In-Store Book Groups
Greenlight hosts book groups at both the Fort Greene and Prospect Lefferts Gardens stores! See below for featured book group selections and upcoming meeting dates, and feel free to contact the group leaders with questions. You can also purchase current book group picks through the links at the bottom of the page -- current picks are always 15% off at Greenlight, in the store or online.
Outside Book Groups
Greenlight offers 15% off to members of any registered book group on their featured books! Check out our Book Group Signup page for information on how to register your group and get your exclusive discount.
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Book Groups at Greenlight
(scroll down for links to purchase all featured titles at 15% off)
FG Graphic Novels Book Group
7:30 PM, First Tuesday of each monthLed by Greenlight bookseller Geo, our graphic novels book group in Fort Greene reads and discusses graphic novels ranging from memoirs to adventures to fantasies and beyond. Email Geo to RSVP or for more information.
Next meeting date: Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Featured title: Black Hole by Charles Burns* Meetings at Greene Grape Annex
PLG Graphic Novels Book Group
7:30 PM, First Wednesday of each monthLed by Greenlight bookseller Emily, our graphic novel book group in PLG reads and discusses graphic novels ranging from memoirs to adventures to fantasies and beyond. Email Emily to RSVP or for more information.
Next meeting date: Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Featured title: Mimi and the Wolves, Vol. 1 by Alabaster Pizzo* Meetings at the PLG store
FG Nonfiction Book Group
7:30 PM, Second Tuesday of each monthLed by Greenlight bookseller Katie, our nonfiction book group in Fort Greene reads and discusses the most fascinating topics in nonfiction, both classic and contemporary, with seasonal themes covering a variety of genres. Email Katie to RSVP or for more information.
Next meeting date: Tuesday, February 11
Featured title: They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib* Meetings at Greene Grape Annex
PLG Nonfiction Book Group
7:30 PM, Second Wednesday of each monthLed by Greenlight bookseller Heather, our nonfiction book group in PLG reads and discusses the most fascinating topics in nonfiction, both classic and contemporary, with seasonal themes covering a variety of genres. Email Heather to RSVP or for more information.
Next meeting date: Wednesday, February 12
Featured title: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond* Meetings at the PLG store
FG Fiction Book Group
7:30 PM, Third Tuesday of each monthLed by Greenlight general manager Alexis, our fiction book group in Fort Greene discusses paperback fiction, reading broadly in contemporary fiction with the occasional diversion into classics. Email Alexis to RSVP or for more information.
Next meeting date: Tuesday, February 18
Featured title: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo* Meetings at Greene Grape Annex
PLG Fiction Book Group
7:30 PM, Third Wednesday of each monthLed by Greenlight bookseller Nora, our fiction book group in PLG discusses paperback fiction, reading broadly in contemporary fiction with the occasional diversion into classics. Email Nora to RSVP or for more information.
Next meeting date: Wednesday, February 19
Featured title: The Price of Salt, or Carol by Patricia Highsmith* Meetings at the PLG store
*NEW!* PLG Young Adult Book Group
5:30 PM, Fourth Monday of each monthLed by Greenlight bookseller Rose, our brand new YA book group in Prospect Lefferts Gardens is geared toward kids ages 13 and up, and reads great contemporary and classic YA books. Adult readers of YA are also welcome to attend, and pizza is served. Email Rose to RSVP or for more information.
Next meeting date: Monday, January 27
Featured title: The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz* Meetings at the PLG store
FG Young Readers Book Group
5:30 PM, Fourth Tuesday of each monthLed by Greenlight bookseller Sarah, our young readers book group in Fort Greene is geared toward kids ages 9 to 12, and reads great contemporary and classic chapter books. Parents are welcome (but not required) to attend, and pizza is served. Email Sarah to RSVP or for more information.
Next meeting date: Tuesday, January 28
Featured title: Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender* Meetings at the Fort Greene store
PLG Young Readers Book Group
5:30 PM, Fourth Wednesday of each monthLed by Greenlight bookseller Wynne, our young readers book group in PLG is geared toward kids ages 9 to 12, and reads great contemporary and classic chapter books. Parents are welcome (but not required) to attend, and pizza is served. Email Wynne to RSVP or for more information.
Next meeting date: Wednesday, February 26
Featured title: This Was our Pact by Ryan Andrews* Meetings at the PLG store