Event List

Join the Niskayuna book club for a discussion of Absolution by Alice McDermott.A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War.In Saigon in 1963, two young Am...

Join us for a discussion of The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams.In 1901, the word ‘Bondmaid’ was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story o...

Join us for a discussion of The Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins.Ireland, 1959: Young Christy Hurley is a Pavee gypsy, traveling with his father and extended family from town to town...

Join us for a discussion of Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr.When everything is lost, it’s our stories that survive.How do we weather the end of things? Cloud Cuckoo Land brings ...

Join us for a discussion of The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. An international sensation, this hilarious, feel-good novel is narrated by an oddly charming and socially chal...

Join us at the Quaker Street book club for a discussion of West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge.An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes wh...

Join the Niskayuna book club for a discussion of Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza.In the early hours of July 16, 1990, Liliana Rivera Garza was murdered by her ...

Great food, great drink, even better company. Join an awesome group of people in this book club discussing The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson.Ages 2...

Join us for a discussion of The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See.Set on the Korean island of Jeju, The Island of Sea Women follows Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls from very differen...

Join us for a discussion of The Boy In The Field by Margot Livesey.The New York Times bestselling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy delivers another “luminous, unforgettable, and...

Join us for a discussion of The Wager by David Grann.From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and s...

Join us for a discussion of The Accidental Empress (Sisi #1) by Allison Pataki. New York Times bestselling author Allison Pataki follows up on her critically acclaimed debut n...

Join us at the Quaker Street book club for a discussion of Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea.In the tradition of The Nightingale and Transcription, an exhilarating World War ...

Join the Niskayuna book club for a discussion of The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead.Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good as anyone. A...

Join us for a discussion of The Perfect Horse by Elizbeth Letts.From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the remarkable true story of the valian...

Join us for a discussion of any book by author Celeste Ng.Celeste Ng is the author of three novels, Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts. Ce...

Join us for a discussion of The Heaven and Earth Grocery Story by James McBride.In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development...

Join us at the Quaker Street book club for a discussion of TBDNew book club members are always welcome. Request a copy of the books online or at any SCPL location.