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Tome Raiders Nonfiction Book Club

6:30pm–7:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, History
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Tome Raiders

Tired of the same old bestsellers? Craving books that surprise, challenge, and expand your mind? The Tome Raiders Book Club is your passport to the strange, fascinating, and overlooked corners of nonfiction. From the origin of medical discoveries to untold histories and mind-bending science, we hunt down and engage with the most intriguing reads.

Join us as we delve into the broad and weird world of nonfiction every 3rd Wednesday from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, we dive into a nonfiction book, from the reclusive mountains of Idaho in Tara Westover's Educated to the sprawling historical true crime journey of The Wager by David Grann.

In From Here to Eternity, join mortician Caitlin Doughty as she travels the globe to witness how other cultures honor their dead—from Boliv

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Hush Between the Rush Silent Book Club

9:30am–11:00am
Cooper-Siegel
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Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Are you looking for a book club experience without the pressure of assigned readings or mandatory discussion?

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Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (Cooper-Siegel) or 412-781-0783 (Sharpsburg).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Evening Book Group

7:00pm–8:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Evening Book Group

This long-standing monthly book group is always looking for new members! We read mostly adult fiction and have a great time learning what we liked and didn’t like about each month's book. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book.

This month we're reading The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters. Stop in to get a copy of the book.

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
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Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club

Meeting monthly at the Sharpsburg location, this group reads mysteries, thrillers, and true crime.

It's Autism Acceptance Month!

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (Cooper-Siegel) or 412-781-0783 (Sharpsburg).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Booked For Lunch Book Club

12:00pm–1:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
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Event Details:

Booked for Lunch

This group reads both fiction and nonfiction titles of all genres and formats and meets on the 2nd Friday of every month. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book. 

May is our Historical Fiction month, so we will be reading The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali.

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Speculative Fiction Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
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Speculative Fiction Book Club

This bimonthly book club at Sharpsburg focuses on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative fiction genres.

For May, we're reading the fantasy The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera in which a man raised to be the chosen one rejects his fate.

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After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (Cooper-Siegel) or 412-781-0783 (Sharpsburg).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Cooks and Books: NYT Cooking

7:00pm–9:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
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Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Food and Cooking
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Cooks and Books

Join your fellow cookbook-obsessed-peeps as we read, cook, chat and EAT! We'll meet once a month on the 2nd Thursday from 7-9 PM. Each month, we'll read the same cook book or choose a common ingredient or cuisine. We'll each cook something to share and gather to eat and talk!

To celebrate the library’s free access to the New York Times, we’re cooking with NYT chefs!

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Your Registration

Please remember to cancel your registration if you cannot attend so that others may enjoy this program.

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Hush Between the Rush Silent Book Club

9:30am–11:00am
Cooper-Siegel
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Are you looking for a book club experience without the pressure of assigned readings or mandatory discussion?

Disclaimer(s)

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (Cooper-Siegel) or 412-781-0783 (Sharpsburg).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Tome Raiders Nonfiction Book Club

6:30pm–7:30pm
Cooper-Siegel
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, History
Registration Required
Event Details:

Tome Raiders

Tired of the same old bestsellers? Craving books that surprise, challenge, and expand your mind? The Tome Raiders Book Club is your passport to the strange, fascinating, and overlooked corners of nonfiction. From the origin of medical discoveries to untold histories and mind-bending science, we hunt down and engage with the most intriguing reads.

Join us as we delve into the broad and weird world of nonfiction every 3rd Wednesday from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, we dive into a nonfiction book, from the reclusive mountains of Idaho in Tara Westover's Educated to the sprawling historical true crime journey of The Wager by David Grann.

 

***PLEASE NOTE: This event may be cancelled pending an expected major life event for the facilitator, Cameron. If this event is cancelled, only registered patrons will receive notification.***

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Registration Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club

Meeting monthly at the Sharpsburg location, this group reads mysteries, thrillers, and true crime.

We're living in the roaring 2020s, so let's read a Jazz Age mystery: Last Call at the Nightingale by Katharine Schellman.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (Cooper-Siegel) or 412-781-0783 (Sharpsburg).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Evening Book Group

7:00pm–8:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Evening Book Group

This long-standing monthly book group is always looking for new members! We read mostly adult fiction and have a great time learning what we liked and didn’t like about each month's book. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book.

This month we're reading Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy.

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Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Horror Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
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Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

This bimonthly book club at Sharpsburg reads all horror, all the time!

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (Cooper-Siegel) or 412-781-0783 (Sharpsburg).

This event is in the "Off Site" group

Cooks and Books: Field Trip!

7:00pm–9:00pm
Off Site
Upcoming
Registration Required
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Food and Cooking
Registration Required
Event Details:

Cooks and Books

Join your fellow cookbook-obsessed-peeps as we read, cook, chat and EAT! We'll meet once a month on the 2nd Thursday from 7-9 PM. Each month, we'll read the same cook book or choose a common ingredient or cuisine. We'll each cook something to share and gather to eat and talk!

We’ll pick a local restaurant and eat out together for a fun change of pace!

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Your Registration

Please remember to cancel your registration if you cannot attend so that others may enjoy this program.

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Booked For Lunch Book Club

12:00pm–1:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Booked for Lunch

This group reads both fiction and nonfiction titles of all genres and formats and meets on the 2nd Friday of every month. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book. 

June is our Psychological Fiction month, so we will be reading Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Hush Between the Rush Silent Book Club

9:30am–11:00am
Cooper-Siegel
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Are you looking for a book club experience without the pressure of assigned readings or mandatory discussion?

Disclaimer(s)

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (Cooper-Siegel) or 412-781-0783 (Sharpsburg).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Evening Book Group

7:00pm–8:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Evening Book Group

This long-standing monthly book group is always looking for new members! We read mostly adult fiction and have a great time learning what we liked and didn’t like about each month's book. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book.

This month we're reading The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. Stop in to get a copy of the book.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club

Meeting monthly at the Sharpsburg location, this group reads mysteries, thrillers, and true crime.

An elderly widow must clear her daughter of murder in Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (Cooper-Siegel) or 412-781-0783 (Sharpsburg).

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Speculative Fiction Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Speculative Fiction Book Club

This bimonthly book club at Sharpsburg focuses on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative fiction genres.

This month we're reading the dystopian novel Chain-gang All-Stars by Kwame Nana Adjei-Brenyah where prisoners fight for their freedom on live TV a la American Gladiato

Disclaimer(s)

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (Cooper-Siegel) or 412-781-0783 (Sharpsburg).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Cooks and Books: Summer Bounty

7:00pm–9:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Food and Cooking
Registration Required
Event Details:

Cooks and Books

Join your fellow cookbook-obsessed-peeps as we read, cook, chat and EAT! We'll meet once a month on the 2nd Thursday from 7-9 PM. Each month, we'll read the same cook book or choose a common ingredient or cuisine. We'll each cook something to share and gather to eat and talk!

Summer Bounty! Let’s indulge in all the gorgeous, delicious produce available in the summer. Head to your nearest farmers’ market for this month’s dishes.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

Your Registration

Please remember to cancel your registration if you cannot attend so that others may enjoy this program.

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Booked For Lunch Book Club

12:00pm–1:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Booked for Lunch

This group reads both fiction and nonfiction titles of all genres and formats and meets on the 2nd Friday of every month. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book. 

July is our Comedy month, so we will be reading Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Hush Between the Rush Silent Book Club

9:30am–11:00am
Cooper-Siegel
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Reading Room (Scott Family Reading Room)
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Are you looking for a book club experience without the pressure of assigned readings or mandatory discussion?

Disclaimer(s)

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (Cooper-Siegel) or 412-781-0783 (Sharpsburg).

This event is in the "Cooper-Siegel" group

Evening Book Group

7:00pm–8:00pm
Cooper-Siegel
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Cooper-Siegel
Room: Verne C. Koch Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Evening Book Group

This long-standing monthly book group is always looking for new members! We read mostly adult fiction and have a great time learning what we liked and didn’t like about each month's book. Stop in or call the library to get a copy of the current month's book.

This month we're reading How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Sharpsburg Sleuths Book Club

Meeting monthly at the Sharpsburg location, this group reads mysteries, thrillers, and true crime.

Let's go on a seaside vacation to investigate the Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd this month.

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (Cooper-Siegel) or 412-781-0783 (Sharpsburg).

This event is in the "Sharpsburg" group

Horror Book Club

7:00pm–8:00pm
Sharpsburg
Register Now
Registration Required
Library Branch: Sharpsburg
Room: SCL Fiction Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

This bimonthly book club at Sharpsburg reads all horror, all the time!

Disclaimer(s)

Adults Only

Adults 18+ only please.

After Library Closes

This program occurs after the library closes.

Registration

Please register online or call the library at 412-828-9520 (Cooper-Siegel) or 412-781-0783 (Sharpsburg).