Book Clubs
Current Book Clubs
Biography Book Group
Do you like to read biographies and memoirs? Come and join the Biography Book Club at the Peabody Institute Library, Danvers. We’ll meet every third Monday of the month at 6:30pm online through Zoom. To register visit the library’s calendar of events, choose the event, and click on register. A Zoom link will be emailed to the registrants the morning of the book club meeting.
Literary Lounge Book Group
Come and join the Literary Lounge Book Club at the Peabody Institute Library, Danvers. Meets in-person on the last Thursday every other month (SEPT, NOV, JAN, MAR, MAY, JULY) at 10:00am. To register visit the library’s calendar of events, choose the event, and click on register.
Evening Book Club
The Evening Book Club will meet on the 2nd Monday of every month from 7-8:30pm in the Classroom. No registration is reguired. Pick up a copy of the book the month prior at the Front Desk.
Historical Fiction Book Club
Historical Fiction Book Club: Join our Historical Fiction Book Club where we’ll meet in-person every other month on the last Monday from 6:30-7:30PM in the Library’s Classroom. This book group will focus on reading Historical fiction titles. If you have any questions you can email sjacobie@noblenet.org. To register visit the library’s calendar of events, choose the event, and click on register.
Book Group Books
Browse our Book Club Collection on the third floor or click on a title to put one directly on hold. We have multiple copies of each title—perfect for you or your book club—and each member is responsible for picking up and returning their own copy. Books circulate for two weeks with up to five renewals. Need discussion inspiration? Click through reader’s guides, questions, and author interviews.
Between the World and Me
Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Reader’s guide from Penguin Random House
Author interview from Democracy Now!
Author interview from The Guardian
Author interview from Rolling Stone
Caste
Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Reader’s Guide from Penguin Random House
Author Interview from NPR
Author Interview from NYPL
Author Interview with Bryan Stevenson
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Reader’s guide from Simon & Schuster
Author interview with Entertainment Weekly
Author interview from NPR
Code Name Hélène
Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Reader’s guide from Penguin Random House
Author interview from Penguin Random House
The Four Winds
Discussion questions from author
Discussion questions from Reading Group Guides
Author interview with Adriana Trigiani
A Gentleman in Moscow
Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Author interview from author
Author discussion from Library of Congress
The Guest List
Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Discussion questions from Book Club Chat
Author interview with Chris Whitaker
Hillbilly Elegy
Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Discussion questions from Reading Group Choices
Author interview from NPR
Author interview with Ron Howard
The Last Thing He Told Me
Reader’s guide from Simon & Schuster
Discussion questions from Reading Group Guides
Author interview with Lauren Neustadter
The Light Between Oceans
Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Author interview with BookPage
Little Fires Everywhere
Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Reader’s guide from Penguin Random House
Author interview with Nicole Chung
Author interview from National Book Festival
A Man Called Ove
Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Reader’s guide from Simon & Schuster
Author interview from WHSmith
The Midnight Library
Reader’s guide from Penguin Random House
Discussion questions from Reading Group Choices
Author interview with Joanne Harris
Author interview with Kristin Hannah
The Prophets
Reader’s guide from BookBrowse
Author interview with Brit Bennett
Author interview with Kiley Reid
Untamed
Reader’s guide from author
Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Author interview from Penguin Random House
Author interview with Marie Forleo
Author interview with Reese Witherspoon
The Vanishing Half
Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Reader’s guide from Penguin Random House
Author interview with Jazmine Hughes
Author interview with Kiley Reid
Author interview from Los Angeles Times
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Author interview from Lost Angeles Times