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 - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

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 - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

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 - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Reader’s guide from Simon & Schuster
Author interview with Entertainment Weekly
Author interview from NPR

Code Name Hélène - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

Code Name Hélène

Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Reader’s guide from Penguin Random House
Author interview from Penguin Random House

The Four Winds - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

The Four Winds

Discussion questions from author
Discussion questions from Reading Group Guides
Author interview with Adriana Trigiani

A Gentleman in Moscow - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

A Gentleman in Moscow

Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Author interview from author
Author discussion from Library of Congress

The Guest List - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

The Guest List

Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Discussion questions from Book Club Chat
Author interview with Chris Whitaker

Hillbilly Elegy - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

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 - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

The Last Thing He Told Me

Reader’s guide from Simon & Schuster
Discussion questions from Reading Group Guides
Author interview with Lauren Neustadter

Little Fires Everywhere - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

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 - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

A Man Called Ove

Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Reader’s guide from Simon & Schuster
Author interview from WHSmith

The Midnight Library - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

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 - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

The Prophets

Reader’s guide from BookBrowse
Author interview with Brit Bennett
Author interview with Kiley Reid

Untamed - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

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

Untamed - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

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 - Book Group Books - Peabody Institute Library of Danvers, MA

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Reader’s guide from LitLovers
Author interview from Lost Angeles Times