Adult Book Discussions

Speakeasy Book Discussion

Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Branch: Central

Description:
Join us for a literary happy hour at a restaurant. 4th Wednesdays; 6 - 7 pm.

Sep 25: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

Oct 23: The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum

Nov: No Meeting

Please call Central branch (410.313.7800) for the location where the book group will meet.

*Registration is preferred. Register online or by calling 410-313-7800.

In Other Worlds

Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Welcoming sci-fi enthusiasts and other intrepid readers. Book discussion, Wednesdays, 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 25: Leviathan Wakes by James Corey
Oct 23: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Nov: No meeting
Dec 4: Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

No registration required.

Murder, Mischief, and Mayhem

Date: Thursday, September 26, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Elkridge

Description:
Book discussion, Thursdays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 26: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Oct 24: Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
Nov 21: An Unexplained Death by Mikita Brottman

No registration required.

Morning Books with Coffee

Date: Friday, September 27, 2019
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Book discussion, Fridays; 10 - 11 am.

Sep 27: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan
Oct 25: Brass by Xhenet Aliu
Nov: No Meeting

No registration required.

Book Club Revue: Tenth Anniversary Edition

Date: Tuesday, October 01, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Branch: Central

Description:
Get HCLS' Books for Discussion 2020 list hot off the press. Learn about upcoming literary events and hear tips for lively discussions from experienced book club facilitators. Share examples of your group's favorite titles. Door prizes. Sponsored by Friends & Foundation of HCLS.

*Registration is required. Register online or by calling 410-313-7800.

Spies, Lies, and Alibis

Date: Tuesday, October 01, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Miller

Description:
Book discussion, 1st Tuesdays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 3: Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel by Matti Friedman
Oct 1: The English Teacher by Yiftach Reicher Atir
Nov 5: The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva

No registration required.

Books on Tap

Date: Wednesday, October 02, 2019
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Branch: Savage

Description:
Meets at Hysteria Brewing Company restaurant. Book discussion, 1st Wednesdays; 6 - 7 pm.

Sep 4: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Oct 2: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Nov 6: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

Location: Hysteria Brewing Company
9570 Berger Rd Suite J
Columbia, MD 21046

No registration required.

Speculative Savages

Date: Wednesday, October 02, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Branch: Savage

Description:
Book discussion, 4th Wednesdays; 7 - 8:30 pm.

Sep 4: Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
Oct 2: The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Nov 28: No Meeting

No registration required.

An Inconvenient Book Club

Date: Thursday, October 03, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Miller

Description:
Will discuss speculative fiction, cli-fi (climate fiction), short stories, and verse - exploring themes of climate disruption, dystopia, recovery, and redemption.

Oct 3: American War by Omar El Akkad

No registration required.

Black Fiction

Date: Saturday, October 05, 2019
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Book discussion, Saturdays; 1 - 2:30 pm.

Sep 7: Whiskey & Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith
Oct 5: Small Country by Gael Faye
Nov 2: The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat

No registration required.

Stories of the World

Date: Monday, October 07, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Branch: Central

Description:
Book discussion, 1st Mondays; 7 - 8:30 pm.

Sep 2: No Meeting
Oct 7: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Nov 4: The Kinship of Secrets by Eugenia Kim

No registration required.

Read. Think. Talk.

Date: Monday, October 07, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Elkridge

Description:
Book discussion, Mondays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 9: Watchmen by Alan Moore
Oct 7: Slaughterhouse 5, or, The Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut
Nov 4: Another Country by James Baldwin

No registration required.

Global Reads

Date: Monday, October 07, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Miller

Description:
Book discussion, 1st Mondays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 2: No Meeting
Oct 7: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Nov 4: A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee

No registration required.

ELKs Excellent Reads

Date: Tuesday, October 08, 2019
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Branch: Elkridge

Description:
Book discussion, 2nd Tuesdays; 12:30 - 1:30 pm.

Sep 10: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh
Oct 8: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
Nov 12: The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg

No registration required.

Eclectic Evenings

Date: Tuesday, October 08, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Central

Description:
Book discussion, 2nd Tuesdays; 7 - 8:30 pm.

Sep 10: The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
Oct 8: Educated by Tara Westover
Nov 12: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

No registration required.

Mystery Book Club

Date: Wednesday, October 09, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Branch: Savage

Description:
Book discussion, 2nd Wednesdays; 7 - 8:30 pm.

Sep 11: The Mystery of the Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah
Oct 9: The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
Nov 13: The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll

No registration required.

The Thursday Next Book Club

Date: Thursday, October 10, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Elkridge

Description:
Book discussion, 2nd Thursdays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 12: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
Oct 10: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
Nov 14: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh

No registration required.

Page to Picture

Date: Saturday, October 12, 2019
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Branch: Glenwood

Description:
What The Eyes Don't See: a study of crisis, resistance, and hope in an American city.

No registration required.

Good Reads

Date: Monday, October 14, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Book discussion, Mondays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 9: Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel
Oct 14: Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson
Nov 18: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

No registration required.

Brit Lit

Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Read and discuss a variety of titles set in the British Isles. 3rd Tuesdays, 10:30 - 11:30 am.

Sep 17: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Oct 15: The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves
Nov 19: My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

No registration required.

*CANCELLED* Business and Political Economy Discussion

Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
* Note: This series has been cancelled. *

Discuss and review books and topics in business, management, and political economy. For details and syllabus, email yao.aziabu@hclibrary.org.

Sep 17: The Prosperity Paradox by Clayton Christensen

Oct 15: The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee

Nov 19: The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties by Paul Collier
The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind by Raghuram Rajan

Warning: Graphic Content

Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Read and discuss a wide array of graphic novels. 3rd Tuesdays, 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 17: Deadpool Classic: Volume 15 by Duane Swierczynski
Oct 15: Nameless by Grant Morrison
Nov 19: Pyongyang by Guy Delisle

No registration required.

Non Fiction Addiction

Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Explore this distinct genre. Book discussion, 3rd Wednesdays, 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 18: The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Oct 16: What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City by Mona Hanna-Attisha
Nov 20: Educated by Tara Westover

No registration required.

Nonfiction Book Club

Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Branch: Savage

Description:
Book discussion, 3rd Wednesdays; 7 - 8:30 pm.

Sep 18: What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City by Mona Hanna-Atisha
Oct 16: A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot & Virginia Woolf by Emily Midorikawa
Nov 20: Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life by David Truer

No registration required.

Bas Bleu

Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Miller

Description:
Book discussion, 3rd Wednesdays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 18: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
Oct 16: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Nov 20: A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

No registration required.

Noontime Books

Date: Thursday, October 17, 2019
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Branch: Central

Description:
Book Discussion, 3rd Thursdays; 12 - 1 pm.

Sep 19: Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
Oct 17: There There by Tommy Orange
Nov 21: The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

No registration required.

Strictly Historical Fiction

Date: Monday, October 21, 2019
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Branch: Miller

Description:
Book discussion, 3rd Mondays; 2 - 3 pm.

Sep 16: The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
Oct 21: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Nov 18: Dear Mrs. Bird by A. J. Pearce

No registration required.

Asian American Literature

Date: Monday, October 21, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Miller

Description:
Book discussion, Mondays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 16: The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
Oct 21: The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang
Nov 18: Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran

No registration required.

Speakeasy Book Discussion

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Branch: Central

Description:
Join us for a literary happy hour at a restaurant. 4th Wednesdays; 6 - 7 pm.

Sep 25: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

Oct 23: The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum

Nov: No Meeting

Please call Central branch (410.313.7800) for the location where the book group will meet.

*Registration is preferred. Register online or by calling 410-313-7800.

In Other Worlds

Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Welcoming sci-fi enthusiasts and other intrepid readers. Book discussion, Wednesdays, 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 25: Leviathan Wakes by James Corey
Oct 23: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Nov: No meeting
Dec 4: Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

No registration required.

Murder, Mischief, and Mayhem

Date: Thursday, October 24, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Elkridge

Description:
Book discussion, Thursdays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 26: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Oct 24: Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
Nov 21: An Unexplained Death by Mikita Brottman

No registration required.

Morning Books with Coffee

Date: Friday, October 25, 2019
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Book discussion, Fridays; 10 - 11 am.

Sep 27: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan
Oct 25: Brass by Xhenet Aliu
Nov: No Meeting

No registration required.

Black Fiction

Date: Saturday, November 02, 2019
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Book discussion, Saturdays; 1 - 2:30 pm.

Sep 7: Whiskey & Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith
Oct 5: Small Country by Gael Faye
Nov 2: The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat

No registration required.

Stories of the World

Date: Monday, November 04, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Branch: Central

Description:
Book discussion, 1st Mondays; 7 - 8:30 pm.

Sep 2: No Meeting
Oct 7: The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
Nov 4: The Kinship of Secrets by Eugenia Kim

No registration required.

Read. Think. Talk.

Date: Monday, November 04, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Elkridge

Description:
Book discussion, Mondays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 9: Watchmen by Alan Moore
Oct 7: Slaughterhouse 5, or, The Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut
Nov 4: Another Country by James Baldwin

No registration required.

Global Reads

Date: Monday, November 04, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Miller

Description:
Book discussion, 1st Mondays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 2: No Meeting
Oct 7: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Nov 4: A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee

No registration required.

Spies, Lies, and Alibis

Date: Tuesday, November 05, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Miller

Description:
Book discussion, 1st Tuesdays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 3: Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel by Matti Friedman
Oct 1: The English Teacher by Yiftach Reicher Atir
Nov 5: The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva

No registration required.

Books on Tap

Date: Wednesday, November 06, 2019
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Branch: Savage

Description:
Meets at Hysteria Brewing Company restaurant. Book discussion, 1st Wednesdays; 6 - 7 pm.

Sep 4: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Oct 2: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Nov 6: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

Location: Hysteria Brewing Company
9570 Berger Rd Suite J
Columbia, MD 21046

No registration required.

ELKs Excellent Reads

Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Branch: Elkridge

Description:
Book discussion, 2nd Tuesdays; 12:30 - 1:30 pm.

Sep 10: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh
Oct 8: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
Nov 12: The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg

No registration required.

Eclectic Evenings

Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Central

Description:
Book discussion, 2nd Tuesdays; 7 - 8:30 pm.

Sep 10: The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
Oct 8: Educated by Tara Westover
Nov 12: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

No registration required.

Mystery Book Club

Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Branch: Savage

Description:
Book discussion, 2nd Wednesdays; 7 - 8:30 pm.

Sep 11: The Mystery of the Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah
Oct 9: The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
Nov 13: The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll

No registration required.

The Thursday Next Book Club

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Elkridge

Description:
Book discussion, 2nd Thursdays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 12: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
Oct 10: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
Nov 14: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh

No registration required.

Strictly Historical Fiction

Date: Monday, November 18, 2019
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Branch: Miller

Description:
Book discussion, 3rd Mondays; 2 - 3 pm.

Sep 16: The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
Oct 21: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Nov 18: Dear Mrs. Bird by A. J. Pearce

No registration required.

Good Reads

Date: Monday, November 18, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Book discussion, Mondays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 9: Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel
Oct 14: Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson
Nov 18: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

No registration required.

Asian American Literature

Date: Monday, November 18, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Miller

Description:
Book discussion, Mondays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 16: The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
Oct 21: The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang
Nov 18: Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran

No registration required.

Brit Lit

Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Read and discuss a variety of titles set in the British Isles. 3rd Tuesdays, 10:30 - 11:30 am.

Sep 17: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Oct 15: The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves
Nov 19: My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

No registration required.

*CANCELLED* Business and Political Economy Discussion

Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
* Note: This series has been cancelled. *

Discuss and review books and topics in business, management, and political economy. For details and syllabus, email yao.aziabu@hclibrary.org.

Sep 17: The Prosperity Paradox by Clayton Christensen

Oct 15: The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee

Nov 19: The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties by Paul Collier
The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind by Raghuram Rajan

Warning: Graphic Content

Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Read and discuss a wide array of graphic novels. 3rd Tuesdays, 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 17: Deadpool Classic: Volume 15 by Duane Swierczynski
Oct 15: Nameless by Grant Morrison
Nov 19: Pyongyang by Guy Delisle

No registration required.

Non Fiction Addiction

Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Explore this distinct genre. Book discussion, 3rd Wednesdays, 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 18: The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Oct 16: What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City by Mona Hanna-Attisha
Nov 20: Educated by Tara Westover

No registration required.

Nonfiction Book Club

Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Branch: Savage

Description:
Book discussion, 3rd Wednesdays; 7 - 8:30 pm.

Sep 18: What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City by Mona Hanna-Atisha
Oct 16: A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot & Virginia Woolf by Emily Midorikawa
Nov 20: Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life by David Truer

No registration required.

Bas Bleu

Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Miller

Description:
Book discussion, 3rd Wednesdays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 18: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
Oct 16: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Nov 20: A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza

No registration required.

Noontime Books

Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Branch: Central

Description:
Book Discussion, 3rd Thursdays; 12 - 1 pm.

Sep 19: Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
Oct 17: There There by Tommy Orange
Nov 21: The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

No registration required.

Murder, Mischief, and Mayhem

Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: Elkridge

Description:
Book discussion, Thursdays; 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 26: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Oct 24: Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
Nov 21: An Unexplained Death by Mikita Brottman

No registration required.

In Other Worlds

Date: Wednesday, December 04, 2019
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Branch: East Columbia

Description:
Welcoming sci-fi enthusiasts and other intrepid readers. Book discussion, Wednesdays, 7 - 8 pm.

Sep 25: Leviathan Wakes by James Corey
Oct 23: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Nov: No meeting
Dec 4: Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

No registration required.