BHPL Book Groups

BHPL offers three book groups for adults: “Books Speak Volumes”, the Morning Book Group and the Evening Book Group. The books discussed include a wide variety of fiction, non-fiction and biography/memoir titles. Scroll down for more information about each book group. There is also a book group for teens, see the Teen Events page.
Check the event calendar for exact date, time or meeting location.

“Books Speak Volumes” Book Group

The Books Speak Volumes group usually meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. Check the list of previous Books Speak Volumes reading selections here.

The April meeting will be on Thursday, April 18 at 7 pm to discuss Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. Some print copies of Midnight in Chernobyl are available for checkout; stop by or contact the Circulation Desk at (908) 608-8603 x1. Check Libby for eBook & eAudiobook copies.

If you have any questions or would like to join the Books Speak Volumes book group, please email dgutch@bhplnj.org.

Friday Morning Book Group

The Morning book group usually meets the first Friday of each month at 10:30 am. Check the list of previous morning book group reading selections here.

The May meeting will be on Friday, May 3 at 10:30 am to discuss Changing Planes by Ursula Le Guin.
Changing Planes is available as an eAudiobook on both hoopla and Libby.

If you have any questions or would like to join the Morning book group, please contact the Reference Department in person, by phone (908) 608-8603 x3, or email reference@bhplnj.org.

Tuesday Evening Book Group

The Evening book group usually meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7:15 pm. Check the list of previous evening book group reading selections here.

The May meeting will be on Tuesday, May 14 at 7:15 pm to discuss Fly Girl by Ann Hood. Fly Girl is on Libby as an eBook and as an eAudiobook on hoopla.

If you have any questions or would like to join the Evening book group, please contact the Reference Department in person, by phone (908) 608-8603 x3, or email reference@bhplnj.org.

BHPL offers an online resource BookBrowse that has many useful features for book groups!