Andover Bookstore Book Club
Join us in a monthly discussion about the selected book. All are welcome! Come as often as you are able, no pressure. The ABS Book Club is typically held on the last Thursday of each month (unless otherwise advertised), execpt for the busy months of August and December. Upcoming titles and dates are listed below.
Sign up for book club reminders!
Submit your information to be added to the contact list. Get a reminder email the week of Book Club!
Book club reminders are the only emails you will receive when submitting the form below.
September's pick - The Names by Florence Knapp
Thursday, Sept 24 at 6:30 pm
The extraordinary novel that asks: Can a name change the course of a life? The book’s brilliantly imaginative structure, propulsive storytelling, and emotional power are certain to make The Names a modern classic.
October's pick - Love & Other Monsters by Emily Franklin
*with author Emily Franklin!
MONDAY, Oct 26 at 6:30 pm
In the stormy, scandalous summer of 1816, daring eighteen-year-old Claire Clairmont changed the course of literature forever. But then – unlike her stepsister Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) – she was forgotten. Until now.
November's pick - Why We Read by Shannon Reed
Thursday, Nov 19 at 6:30 pm
From the varied novels she cherishes to the ones she didn’t, Shannon Reed takes us on a rollicking tour through the comforting world of literature, celebrating the books we love, the readers who love them, and the ways in which literature can transform us for the better.