We reserve multiple copies of each book. Please visit the Reference Desk to pick up your copy!
Saturday Morning Book Club
Join us to discuss this month’s book! This group usually meets on the third Saturday of the month.
Join us for a discussion of Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson.
Read a book written by a Booker Prize or National Book Award nominated author.
Join us to discuss book of your choice—a book you should have read in high school, but never did!
Join us for a discussion of The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner.
Join us for a discussion of Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land. Contact the library for a copy of the book.
Join us for a discussion of True Biz by Sara Novic. Contact the library for a copy of the book.
Join us for a discussion of The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley.
Join us for a discussion of The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb.
Join us for a discussion of Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy.
Join us for a discussion of Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.
Join us for a discussion of The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams.
Join us for a discussion of These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham.
Join us at Provision State Coffee to discuss The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett.
Join us for a discussion of Boston Girl by Anita Diamant.
Join us for a discussion of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb.
Join us for a discussion of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.
Read a memoir or biography of your choice and discuss it with the group. We will meet outside in front of the library if the weather is nice!
Join us for a discussion of The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin.
Join us online or in person for a discussion of The Push by Ashley Audrain.
Join us online or in person for a discussion of Eternal by Lisa Scottoline.
Join us online or in person to discuss One Day in December by Josie Silver.
Join us online or in person to discuss Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng.
Join us online or in person to discuss A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
Join us online or in person to discuss The Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner.
Join us for a virtual discussion of the book The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. Contact the library to reserve a copy of this book.
Join us for a virtual discussion of the book Beartown by Fredrik Backman. Contact the library to reserve a copy of this book.
Join us for a virtual discussion of the book Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland. Contact the library to reserve a copy of this book.
Join us for a virtual discussion of the book
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson. Contact the library to reserve a copy of this book.
Join us for a virtual discussion of the book
The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer. Contact the library to reserve a copy of this book.
Join us for a virtual discussion of the book
From Scratch by Tembi Locke. Contact the library to reserve a copy of this book.
Join us for a virtual discussion of the book
From Scratch by Tembi Locke. Contact the library to reserve a copy of this book.
Join us for a virtual discussion of the novel
The Cactus by Sarah Haywood. Contact the library to reserve a copy of this book.
Join us for an online discussion of
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan. Book is available for free download in
eBook or
audiobook in Hoopla for Berlin residents.
Senior Center Book Club
Join us to discuss this month’s book! This group meets one Wednesday a month at the Berlin Senior Center.
Join us at the Senior Center for a discussion of Honor by Thirty Umigar. Contact the library for a copy of the book.
Join us at the Senior Center for a discussion of In Falling Snow by Mary-Rose MacColl. Contact the library for a copy of the book.
Join us at the Senior Center for a discussion of Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. Contact the library for a copy of the book.
Join us at the Senior Center for a discussion of Where The Forest Meets The Stars by Glendy Vanderah. Contact the library for a copy of the book.
Join us at the Senior Center for a discussion of West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. Contact the library for a copy of the book.
Join us at the Berlin Senior Center for a discussion of the book Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen.
Join us at the Berlin Senior Center for a discussion of the book The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.
Join us at the Berlin Senior Center for a discussion of Love and Saffron by Kim Fay.
Join us at the Senior Center for a discussion of From Scratch by Tembi Locke.
Join us at the Senior Center for a discussion of The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles.
Join us at the Senior Center for a discussion of The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles.
Join us at the Berlin Senior Center to discuss The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.
Join us for a discussion of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly.
Join us at the Berlin Senior Center for a discussion of Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg.
Join us at the Berlin Senior Center for a discussion of A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg.
Join us at the Berlin Senior Center for a discussion of Educated by Tara Westover.
Join us at the Berlin Senior Center for a discussion of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.
Join us at the Berlin Senior Center to discuss Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. Contact the library for a copy of the book.
Join us for a virtual discussion of the book Plainsong by Kent Haruf. Contact the library to reserve a copy of this book.
Cookbook Club
Each month, Cookbook Club chooses a cookbook, chef, or special ingredient. Find your recipe, make the dish on your own—and then gather for a feast!
You do not need to be an experienced cook, just an enthusiastic one.
This month’s cookbook is The Pretty Dish by Jessica Merchant.
This month’s cookbook is Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child.
This month’s cookbook is Boards: Stylish Spreads for Casual Gatherings by Elle Simone Scott and Steve Klise from America's Test Kitchen.
This month’s cookbook is The Kitchen Garden Cookbook.
This month’s cookbook is The Complete Summer Cookbook from America's Test Kitchen.
This month’s cookbook is The Complete Salad Cookbook from America's Test Kitchen.
This month's cookbook is Italian American: Red Sauce Classics and New Essentials by Angie Rito.
March's cookbook is Cook This Book by Molly Baz.
This month's cookbook is Baking with Dorie by Dorie Greenspan.
This month's cookbook is Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files by Deb Perelman.
Pick a recipe and join us to discuss it online! June's cookbook will be
Healthyish by Lindsay Maitland Hunt.
Since we missed the March Cook Book Club, we thought it would be fun to help you stay connected with fellow cooking enthusiast by doing an online video chat for Cookbook Club.
To participate in Facebook discussions, please join the book club’s
Facebook group. If not, please email
library@berlinpeck.org so we can send you the video chat invite!
Bring 3-4 dozen cookies of one type, a container to bring cookies home and a copy of your recipe. We encourage you to use a recipe from one the library's many great cookie cookbooks!
Book Discussion with the Berlin Police Department
Join us for a quarterly book discussion with an officer from the Berlin Police Department.
Join Officer Aimee Krzykowski and Librarian Carrie Tyszka to discuss Craig & Fred: A Marine, a Stray Dog, and How they Rescued Each Other by Craig Grossi.
This month's book is At the Edge of the Haight by Katherine Seligman.
Book Clubs for Children
Nutmeg Book Club
For grades 3-6. Each month, we read a new book from this year’s Nutmeg Book Award nominees. Join us for games, crafts, and all things Nutmeg!
Copies are available in the Children’s Department.
For fans of ghost stories!
Fostering a guide dog puppy might just be what Olive needs.
A book about an alien in the body of a cat. What's not to love?
A book about an alien in the body of a cat. What's not to love?
How much does going to school mean to you?
Can poetry make someone feel like home?
Who wouldn't want a magic train ride for their birthday?
Can Robinson keep her and her Grandfather together?
Why would one person own 217 cats?
Can Nestor use his powers and stop the real tule vieja before the solar eclipse?
The perfect Halloween read!
Can she prove her dad's innocence while baking the perfect cupcake?
Sometimes you can find friends in the most unexpected places!
Would you want to have a pet donkey?
(Gr. 4-8) Join us for snacks and board games as we kick-off a new year of Nutmeg Book Clubs! Help us choose our first book & give the book club a name!
Join us this month as we read and discuss
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper. For more information about how to get your copy of the text and to register, please contact Miss Annie at
amacpherson@berlinpeck.org.
Grades 4-6. The Nutmeg Book Club will be online via ZOOM this month! We'll be reading
Front Desk by Kelly Yang. To register and for details about Zoom, please email
amacpherson@berlinpeck.org.