PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING INTEREST IN OUR BOOK CLUBS AT THE START OF THIS YEAR, many of our popular clubs are full and have long waiting lists. We are working to open additional book clubs and to answer a backlog of membership requests. We appreciate your patience while we make more space available.


Thank you for your interest in our monthly book clubs. For inquiries about joining or starting a book club, getting on a wait list for full clubs, perks of being in our clubs, and any other questions, please email bookclubs@acappellabooks.com.

Root Local Environmental Book Club

We’ll be reading books focused on topics such as the environment, climate, or conservation. Then we’ll meet for a lively conversation about how we can apply their solutions...

Location: Morningside

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Biography Book Club (aka What's Wrong With These People?)

Literary, military, art, true crime, film and drama, nature . . . we will tread all over the biographical and memoir genre to find little treasures and great...

Location: Manuel's Tavern

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Better Lit Book Club

As with the original Good Lit Book Club, we read those contemporary/modern books that are critical darlings, award-winning or long-listed titles. Only better.

Location: The Wrecking Bar

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Every Word Matters Book Club

Inspired by Salman Rushdie, who says that he reads poetry every day to remind himself that every word matters.

Location: TBD

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Black-ish Book Club

The Black-ish Book Club will explore the literary landscape through lenses of color. We aim to host stimulating conversations about buzz-worthy books by Black writers and writers of...

Location: Dancing Goats Coffee

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Excellent Lit Book Club

As with the Good Lit and the Best Lit and the Better Lit book clubs at A Cappella, we read the most excellent lit, including critical darlings and...

Location: Dancing Goats Coffee

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Pure Speculation Book Club

Challenging our past, present and future with a diverse selection of authors and genres under the specultive fiction umbrella. We will explore how our world could be different...

Location: Zoom

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Escape Time Book Club

Tired of the pandemic? Tired from work? Life? Need a good escape — well, mentally at least? This book club is for you. While we all love a....

Location: Zoom

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Science Fiction Book Club

Want to read award-winning or classic sci-fi? Curious about critically acclaimed but seldom read literary science fiction or sci-fi in translation? Then this book club is for you.

Location: My Parents' Basement

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The Plot Thickens Book Club

As armchair detectives, we may not be able to solve the problems of the world. But the crimes of the world are right up our alley.

Location: Scofflaw Brewing Co.

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Good Lit Book Club

Those contemporary modern books that are critical darling, award-winning or long-listed titles.

Location: The Imperial

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Green Reads Book Club

Green Reads 2.0 is an environmentally-themed book club. We will read and reflect on literature about climate activism, change, and history. Also, conservation and preservation, environmentalism, and green...

Location: Firepit Pizza Tavern

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Science Book Club

If you are a reader interested in science or a scientist interested in reading, the Science Book Club would love to have you! You don’t have to be...

Location: Zoom

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And The Winner Is...Afternoon Book Club

This daytime lit club is devoted to contemporary and classic books across different genres that have been shortlisted or won literary awards. Selections will be fiction-focused but occasionally...

Location: Ponce City Market

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"That New Thing" Book Club

We will be reading recognized or noteworthy novels and short story collections released within the past three years, including award winners and indie sleepers. Discussions will focus on...

Location: Midway Pub

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Best Lit Book Club

We're the -est of all the superlative literary book clubs at A Cappella. Our group reads and discusses contemporary literary fiction and selections by women writers and writers...

Location: Zoom

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You Can't Make This Stuff Up Book Club

This book club exclusively reads nonfiction works with themes so crazy they couldn’t be fiction--like Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the...

Location: Manuel's Tavern

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LGBTQ Book Club

Talk about stories told by LGBTQ+ authors from all genres and eras. The goal of this book club is to make our reading list as diverse as the...

Location: Manuel's Tavern

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Never Judge A Book...

Those buzzed about books, the ones people are or will be talking about. Maybe controversial, think piece-spawning; may be scheduled for adaptation for movies/TV.

Location: My Parents' Basement

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Grim Readers Book Club

Get your blood flowing with classics, new releases and hidden gems in the horror and thriller genres by a diverse range of authors.

Location: 97 Estoria

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Diaspora Lit

What does diaspora look like in the United States? In this book club, we’ll read contemporary literature about or by immigrants or children of immigrants.

Location: Twain's Brewpub & Billiards

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Fresh Lit Book Club

In this club we'll survey the contemporary literary landscape by reading some of the books that critics and audiences are raving (or, even better, debating) about right now.

Location: Victory Sandwich Bar

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World Literature Book Club

If you interested in receiving other cultures, and are curious to find out how global perspectives are expressed through contemporary European and world literature, this new book club may be for you. Rather...

Location: Firepit Pizza

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Wit & Whimsy: Works of Women Book Club

Inclusive of all genders, this book club focuses on works either written by female authors, or that center around a strong female protagonist. We will read books of...

Location: Atkin's Park

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