Programs
Adult Book Discussions
Are you interested in reading and discussing books of current interest, not only on a regional but also a national and international level? Looking to read upcoming authors new to the literary scene and literary prize-winning works?
Join the Chicago Public Library at Adult Books Discussions held at numerous locations throughout the city. The Library offers a variety of selections and authors from classics to recent bestsellers, both fiction and nonfiction.
Have you recently moved to Chicago or learned a new language and would like to participate in one of CPL’s World Language Discussion groups? The Library hosts discussions in a variety of languages. Besides English, book discussions are offered in Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian and Spanish languages.
For a list of current monthly discussions, please check the events calendar or call the Office of Adult Services at (312) 747-4056 for further information.
2012 Adult Book Discussion Selections
Here are just a few of the upcoming 2012 Adult Book Discussion selections:
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- The Changeling by Kenzaburo Oe
- The Elephant’s Journey by Jose Saramago
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne
- FDR’s Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, A Soviet Spy and a Presidency in Balance by Robert Klara
- How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu
- In the Shadow of Gotham by Stephanie Pintoff
- Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
- The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley
- Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
- Room by Emma Donoghue
- The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Valliant
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
- The Widower’s Tale by Julia Glass