Guilderland Reads: GPL Book Clubs

Hopeless Romantics is a romance book club that meets the third Wednesday of every month to discuss swoon-worthy romance titles. The book club covers a wide variety of subgenres from contemporary to historical to paranormal romance!

Upcoming book titles and dates

The latest Hopeless Romantics title selections and dates can be found here!

Register for Hopeless Romantics

Register for upcoming meetings of the Hopeless Romantics book club by visiting our Events calendar. Registration and book pickup begins approximately one month before the meeting date.

Rainbow Reads is a new book club that will meet monthly on Tuesday evenings to discuss LGBTQIA+ authors and queer-focused literature. A variety of genres will be included, such as: fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels and Young Adult titles.

Upcoming book titles and dates

The latest Rainbow Reads title selections and dates can be found here!

Register for Rainbow Reads

Register for upcoming meetings of the Rainbow Reads book club by visiting our Events calendar. Registration and book pickup begins approximately one month before the meeting date.

Read It & Eat is a hands-on book club! Every two months we will choose recipes from a cookbook and then gather as a group the following month to share what we have learned and made. One lucky patron will win a copy of the featured cookbook.

Upcoming book titles and dates

Check the Library’s calendar of events for future titles and dates.

Register for Read It & Eat!

Registration is in-person at the Information Desk. You will have an opportunity to flip through the book, choose a recipe, and get a photocopy of the recipe. Ages 18 and older are encouraged to participate.

Realm Explorers: Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club banner

Realm Explorers is a new book club that meets on Saturday mornings to discuss various science fiction and fantasy novels. Titles include Adult/Young Adult science fiction and fantasy books as well as graphic novels

Upcoming book titles and dates

The latest Realm Explorers title selections and dates can be found here!

Have a title suggestion? Click here to recommend a science fiction or fantasy book for the book club.

Register for Realm Explorers

Register for upcoming meetings of the Realm Explorers book club by visiting our Events calendar. Registration and book pickup begins two months before the meeting date. Ages 16 and older can participate.

Night Owls/ Day Larks Book Club

This group is so popular that it now has two seatings. Night Owls meets Monday evenings to read the most talked-about titles in both fiction and nonfiction. Day Larks reads the same selection of books but meets at 2pm on the following Wednesday.

Upcoming book titles and dates

The latest Night Owls/ Day Larks book selections and dates can be found here! If you want Night Owls/Day Larks news delivered right to your inbox, don’t forget to sign up for the e-news blast, too.

Register for Night Owls/ Day Larks

Do you have what it takes to crack the case? Find out at the Whodunit Mystery Book Club! We will meet on the second Thursday of every month and read a variety of mystery books, from cozy to noir.

Upcoming book titles and dates

The latest Whodunit Mystery title selections and dates can be found here!

Register for Whodunit

Register for upcoming meetings of the Whodunit Mystery book club by visiting
our Events calendar.
Registration and book pickup begins approximately one month before the
meeting date.

Fright Club

For those with a taste for the macabre, Fright Club reads today’s best Horror and Thrillers and meets the last Tuesday of the month.

Upcoming book titles and dates

The latest Fright Club book selections and dates can be found here! If you want Fright Club news delivered right to your inbox, don’t forget to sign up for the e-news blast, too.

Register for Fright Club

*Sometimes you have to give yourself permission to read*

Silent Book club is 75 minutes of quiet reading and 15 minutes of chatting about books! Bring your e-reader, physical book or audio (with headphones) and take time for yourself. Snacks and beverages are welcome also! Please see the Events Calendar for upcoming dates.

Live Virtual Author Talks!

We’re excited to unveil an ongoing series of outstanding live author talks online, to add to the book discussion groups that the Library currently offers! Each talk features the opportunity to participate in an author Q&A. There are typically between 2-3 bestselling author events each month! Books and authors selected will cover a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres including historical fiction, contemporary fiction, romance, OwnVoices, poetry, business, personal growth, social justice, history, art, culture and more. Click here to register for an upcoming session, or to choose from dozens of past recordings that you can view anytime. This initiative is funded in part by the Guilderland Library Foundation.

Green Reads

Nature, health and the environment are on a lot of people’s minds these days. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of material on the subject, both written and visual. Debuting in early December, our group will meet every other month to discuss either a book or a movie, both fiction and nonfiction, on a wide variety of topics in this genre. We hope you’ll want to be part of the Green Reads experience, a collaboration between the Library and the Albany Guardian Society!

Register for Green Reads

Register for upcoming online sessions of Green Reads by visiting our Events calendar. Green Reads will meet every other month, starting December 2021, and alternating with Memoirs in the Morning. Don’t see any dates listed? Check the next month!

Upcoming book titles and dates

The latest Green Reads title selections and dates can be found here!