Book Swaps New York

Book Swap @ Fort Tryon Park

***The Meetup guest limit is 10 because of the free event limit, but we have unlimited space for people to join us.*** Book swap 11am-2pm at Billings Lawn in Fort Tryon Park. Look for books and the sign. This is a drop-in/drop-out event, meaning you don't have to stay the entire time. All genres, all sizes, and all conditions welcome. Leftover books will be recycled at future book swaps. **Don't have a book to contribute?** We'll have plenty of extras for you. **Not a big reader?** Come hang out anyway!

NYC Romcom Bookclub 💕: The Dead Romantics

At this meeting we will discuss The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston 🩷

Booze & Books in Brooklyn

In addition to draft beers, **LoFi Bar in Park Slope** features craft cocktails, curated wines, and small bites. Non-alcoholic options are also available. Bring your latest read (and maybe a book light!) and **enjoy $1 off all drinks**. **[LoFi Bar](https://www.lofibrooklyn.com/)** is conveniently located near the F/G/R lines. Please note, this is not a private event and LoFi will be open to the public. **There is seating available for 40 people, available on a first-come basis.**

August 2026 Book Club: The Paris Library

Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green

Let’s discuss above titled book.

Harlem Shuffle discussion

We will discuss *Harlem Shuffle* by Colson Whitehead on Wed., Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. at Nick's Bistro, 104-20 Metropolitan Ave, Forest Hills, NY 11375. It's on the southwest corner of 72nd Ave. It's a 20-minute walk (thru a lovely neighborhood) south from Queens Blvd. (closest subway station is 71st/Continental on the E/F/M/R trains). The Q23 bus from that subway station drops off three blocks away. You can preview the menu at https://nicksbistro.com/forest-hills-forest-hills-nick-s-bistro-food-menu

A Streetcare Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

This month’s reads: A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams Join us to discuss these two celebrated works of American drama, first performed and published in 1947 and 1955. These plays explore desire, family conflict, illusion, and the tension between truth and self-deception through the lives of their complex characters. **Please note:** there are two versions of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, with different endings. Read whichever one you choose. We will compare the endings at the meeting if members have read more than one version. **Also note:** we are meeting in Central Park; we will be in Sheep Meadow, just south of Le Pain Quotidien. See the Location section for the exact meeting spot. Please bring a blanket or chair, and any snacks or drinks you would like to share. If it rains, we will meet at the Hugh as usual. Spaces are limited; RSVP required. You are welcome to participate regardless of whether you've finished the plays. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Book Club

\#\# Details **IF YOU RECIEVE AN EMAIL OFFERING TO SHOWCASE YOUR BOOK, PLEASE DO NOT ENGAGE. IT IS NOT FROM WARM AND COZY BOOKCLUB AND IS A SCAM** \*\*THE BOOK YOU SHOULD HAVE FINISHED READING BY THIS MONTH IS The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood.\*\* **LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION!** **PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS ADVERTISED ON MULTIPLE PAGES, THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE THERE.** Hello everyone, Ready to rediscover the joy of reading or diversify your bookshelf? Look no further! We gather once a month on Zoom to explore a wide array of genres, exchange perspectives, and foster connections through our shared love of literature. The idea is to read one book a month (up to 400 pages). There will be the opportunity to discuss how you have found the book at our monthly online event. All book lovers are welcome to join us on this enriching journey. You need to login into a Zoom account to join the event. To join the event, please click here: [https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83080762071?pwd=cWZjNEhzTlVJcmdQclpyT1dMYWtkZz09](https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83080762071?pwd=cWZjNEhzTlVJcmdQclpyT1dMYWtkZz09) Meeting ID: 830 8076 2071 Passcode:909864

Saturday Afternoon at Brooklyn Public Library

Spend an afternoon reading with us at a jewel of Kings County — **[Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library](https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/central)!** Bring a book or choose one of the many titles at the main branch of the library. We’ll socialize and read in the **Info Commons Training Lab** which **seats 50 people available on a first-come basis**.

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

Queer Book Club - Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories by Amal El-Mohtar

Hey Everyone! **Welcome to Queer Book Club! We read books about, for and written by queer people! Follow us on Instagram @queer_book_club Our next meetup will be held on Tuesday August 11th at Young Ethel’s in Park Slope BK This month we will be reading Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories by Amal El-Mohtar ** Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar. With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales about life as it is, was, and could be. Like miscellany from other worlds, these stories are told in letters, diary entries, reference materials, folktales, and lyrical prose. **At the end of the discussion we can vote on which book we read for next month so bring a queer suggestion. Make sure to support our amazing host bar, by buying drinks! They are so great to support us so we must do our part in return! We are a lovely accepting group of queers and allies, and all are welcome! Our book list is officially too long for meetup and will now live on this google doc! 


[Queer Book Club - Booklist ](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-fm0thuCZrdC6FvW81I6eqO8X_uXLMuT48sxtjN8_ck/edit) 


See you next month!

The Best Possible Experience: Stories by Nishanth Injam

This time we're reading **[The Best Possible Experience: Stories](http://clicks.meetup.com/ls/click?upn=u001.NY3oBFzZ5LJDG7YcnfSAKp-2BMOtcpAjug1vy2x51lacHkYRNn0HO0EVOK85dpHCtCSwEJXWzredHiQspxxVjDjpryWlyqJqcn7uBalyTBOOZMi6QeqYHc4XPgov5Q-2FV8wJiuy_VJqvxFx7ncEYyapoo7EqH2XAs9swx6Z1mb0rjP6kDIqaoynvrwj45VSby4NJ7yytsuEIrsmXqjdpbdPm3PbupTgmv3CExr6krIOiOkl35czdvOUUJDRHO-2BR-2FV0Iy2ZXuchkdTQ1kRULQGSIOtQzb-2Ft87hWd8asYeEXccWPH8RO763E0NN65jowwDGLIEva1V1LHv-2FPryt3sncV2yv-2BeC9il2KfARfxr9K4xjJx2jcLIisIoTNC7JwQkNw-2FEXFdMmo5e6NUIDD1hmYhC8VyAQ4Zx8gefRNrUo9agBWer6Tf5fvYku0J2Pz9FYUMMvAkjRGSUviIm2YOjpOkvXklR2arkk6-2FbdFP2NekD-2BQDauA4kqwuQapoLcNx7Cd4hqv2rmqUgpxSC2phxxGMEGQ4Vy0DloV61xAyU-2BySGF-2Br7U4PWzJnn08VLMmtemovbGW7Ok1Nx2Q-2BUsVFQz8DY3wWDx93f8nMZWy76ocl-2FOXLfAWGG5g7-2FhT4S45Ke2m42mslc4zfUDMyc999T9bwAadwxN-2Fxqr0-2FjqfDkOJgKo-2BhllZ6PcOo1-2B8lFhFiTJGfaKhTVm0CuaDWHBgV6gKdLw5X5RxB4Ea8Pt-2F9Q1ECIunNR2BdPh3KwSqWhK-2Frff2U7tYJtrV5PsbzDC-2F68zp3e-2FlTL8Mx4BGetJz5yLgKMaeTluAArlh343d7SObg3gM3GZLji-2B)** by Nishanth Injam (224 pgs). Hope to see you then! *About the book:* Vivid, vibrant, and unwaveringly affecting, *The Best Possible Experience* brings us intimate, impeccably realized accounts of individuals living in one of the most populous countries in the world and in its American diaspora—all haunted, in every sense of the word, by a loss of home. Classically elegant in prose and consistently modern in outlook, Nishanth Injam’s stories ques­tion what it means to have a home and to return home, and show, above all, that home is not a place so much as it is people who are ready to accept you as you are. We see a young man trapped on a bus on the way to visit his parents as his fellow pas­sengers vanish into the restroom. A family, newly in America, determined to host a perfect luncheon for their son’s white classmate—with no idea what to serve him. A woman who returns to a small vil­lage in India every summer to visit the grandfather who raised her, a man who lives with the ghosts of his son and his wife. And a man preparing for his green card interview with the American woman he has paid to marry him. A sui generis talent, Injam first started writing after coming to the United States from India in his twenties. *The Best Possible Experience*, his profoundly personal debut collection, delivers a universal in­quiry into the idea of belonging and preserves in writing the home he left behind, before it was lost. **Because Meetup charges organizers like me $389.76 annually, there is a $1 suggested donation. If you'd like to contribute, you can do so at the meetup or by venmo (I'll post the info afterwards).**