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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The "Book Groups at Greenlight" email goes out periodically with information about upcoming book group dates and titles for discussion, as well as recommendations for book group reading. Just click below to sign up!
Please note: all events in the bookstore, including story times and book groups, go on hiatus between November 21 and January 1. Join us again after the holidays!
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, January 7, 2020
Featured title: The Wicked + the Divine Vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie (Artist)* Meetings at Greene Grape Annex
PLG Graphic Novels Book Group
7:30 PM, First Wednesday of each month**Led 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: Thursday, January 9, 2020
**(Please note: January's meeting resides on a Thursday, not a Wednesday.)
Featured title: Invisible Kingdom Vol. 1 by G. Willow Wilson, Christian Ward (Artist)* 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, January 14
Featured title: And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I was Ready by Morgan Jerkins* Meetings at Greene Grape Annex
PLG Cookbook Club
7:30 PM, quarterlyLed by PLG neighbor and blogger Erin Orr of the blog Big Sis Little Dish, the quarterly Cookbook Club in Prospect Lefferts Gardens comes together to create connection and build community through food.
Please contact Erin to RSVP and confirm what dish you will be bringing. Erin is happy to recommend a recipe from the book if you’d like help deciding!
Next meeting date: Monday, January 13, 7:30 PM
Featured title: Dishing Up the Dirt: Simple Recipes for Cooking Through the Seasons by Andrea Bemis* Meetings at the PLG store
PLG Nonfiction Book Group
7:30 PM, Second Wednesday of each monthLed by PLG store manager Geo, 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 Geo to RSVP or for more information.
Next meeting date: Wednesday, January 8
Featured title: The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore* 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, January 21
Featured title: By Night in Chile by Robert Bolaño
Featured title (below): Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin
* Meetings at Greene Grape Annex
PLG Fiction Book Group
7:30 PM, Third Wednesday of each monthLed by Greenlight bookseller Rose, our fiction book group in PLG discusses paperback fiction, reading broadly in contemporary fiction with the occasional diversion into classics. Email Rose to RSVP or for more information.
Next meeting date: Wednesday, January 15
Featured title: Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi* 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, January 22
Featured title: Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren* Meetings at the PLG store