7014-A WESTMORELAND AVE
TAKOMA PARK, MARYLAND
20912
UPCOMING BOOKCLUBS
Book clubs at People’s Book are free and inclusive-- there are no requirements nor criteria to join! Clubs are all volunteer lead. We hope you see a title you're interested in discussing! The images below reflect the upcoming selection for each club.
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Questions? Email mylo@peoplesbooktakoma.com
Here, Queer, and Fantastic! with Sarah
Join us to explore novels that challenge, subvert, or reimagine the norms of fantasy writing. Every month, we will be exploring diverse and magical worlds, where LGBTQ+ characters are at the center of the action and/or written by LGBTQ+ authors. Epic adventures, magical beings.
Next Meeting: March 5th @ 6pm in store
Typically meets the first Thursday evening of each month.
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The Booker Book Club with Vincent
In the Booker Book Club, we read some of the very best literary fiction written in the English language. We select, read, and discuss shortlisted, longlisted, and winning Booker Prize novels, delving into rich narratives that challenge, inspire, and resonate with the depth and diversity of human experience.
Next Meeting: March 12th @ 6pm in store
Typically meets the second Thursday evening of each month.
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History Book Club with Steve
The History book club is dedicated to learning about and discussing the history of the world at large. Each month we will talk about a book that informs us about a country’s politics, society, and culture over the last 250 years or more.
Next Meeting: March 14th @ 6pm in store
Typically meets the second Saturday evening of each month.
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Messy! Sexy? Midlife. with Rachel & Charlie
We will read fiction, memoir and other types of non-fiction that explore the state of middle age in the world now: marriage, divorce, sex, parenting, reckoning with mortality, emotional inheritance, desire, disappointment, adjusting expectations. What is a grown-up, anyway?
Next Meeting: March 15th @ 3pm in store
Typically meets the third Sunday afternoon of each month.
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Fantasy & SciFi Book Club with Jo Ann
If you love to escape to different worlds, see magic, and fantastic creatures in your books, come read with us! We will talk about different worlds and the characters that evolve there, and maybe what they teach us about our own world. We will read a range of modern fantasy and speculative fiction with an emphasis on diverse writers and stories that leave us with hope!
Next Meeting: March 15th @ 6pm in store
Typically meets the third Sunday evening of each month.
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Poetry Book Club with Sidney
We will be reading poetry collections from diverse voices and publishers! The fun/naughty thing about this book club is you DON’T have to read the whole book before our meeting (just make sure you read enough of the collection to have an idea of what poems you would like to look at closer)! You don’t need to have ANY poetry reading experience, as your host will walk you through how to talk poetry.
Next Meeting: March 18th @ 7pm in store
Typically meets the third Wednesday evening of each month.
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New Lit Fic with Joelle
Calling all fiction-iados, recovering English majors, and anyone interested in reading and discussing new, sometimes strange, sometimes delightful, but always lit fic! This club will focus on new literary fiction (published in the past year or so) from various sub genres and diverse points of view.
Next Meeting: March 20th @ 7pm in store
Typically meets the third Friday evening of each month.
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Book People Book Club with Mack
Book People is a book club devoted to discussing bookish books. Whether it’s a book about an author falling in love, a cursed bookmark, or a mystery set at a library; if it has bookish connections, we’re here to talk about it.
Next Meeting: March 21st @ 7pm in store
Typically meets the third Saturday evening of each month.
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Young Bookworms with Megan
This middle-grade book club is designed for kids between the ages of 9 and 12. Monthly book selections will include a range of genres and formats. The goal of this club is to promote a love of reading and to provide space for young readers to discuss great books!
Next Meeting: March 24th @ 5pm in store
Typically meets the last Tuesday evening of each month, but rescheduled for March.
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Disco Biblioteca: Music Books & Listening Party with Madona
This club is an opportunity for folks who love music and books to read, chat, and listen to curated playlists inspired by the book selection. Facilitated by Takoma Radio’s own Night Nurse (shows on the last Friday of the month; 7 -8 pm). Books and music: just like chocolate and peanut butter; so happy together.
Next Meeting: March 27th @ 7pm in store
Typically meets the last Friday evening of each month.
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Memento Mori with Ali
Interested in creating community around our shared mortality? Join us every other month for casual chats, guided by our readings, about death, dying, grief, and ultimately, life.
Next Meeting: March 29th @ 6pm in store
Typically meets the last Sunday evening every other month.
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Indie Press Book Club with Matt
In light of the recent de-funding of many small presses by the current administration, this reading group will meet monthly to discuss a book from an independent press. This group will focus on exploring the work of independent presses as well as promoting up-and-coming authors and books in translation.
Next Meeting: April 6th @ 6pm in store
Typically meets the first Monday evening of each month.
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Gumshoes: Mystery Fiction Book Club with John
Let’s solve (fictional) crimes together! From globe-trotting mysteries to the secrets buried in the backyard, detective fiction enables readers to step into the role of the investigator and solve elaborate and entertaining mysteries. In this detective fiction book club, we will practice expanding the canon from Poirot and Sherlock Holmes by reading new contemporary detective fiction that experiments with the form and offers perspectives from across the world.
Next Meeting: April 7th @ 7pm in store
Typically meets the first Tuesday evening of each month.
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Sugar & Spice with Alexzandra
Calling hopeless romantics and book-ish flirts: this club will explore different sub-sections of the vast romance genre each month, one happily-ever-after at a time. We will celebrate love stories as diverse as the readers that enjoy them, from mainstream to the magnificently unconventional. Expect laughter, lively debates, and plenty of blushing over our favorite tropes.