PBKNY Book Club

We are thrilled to announce our 2026-2027 Book Club picks! The PBKNY Book Club, now led by Kirstin Forman, meets on the third Thursday of every month. Please find event details, synopses, and ratings below. If you are interested, contact Kirstin Forman.

My Ántonia

Willa Cather

SEPTEMBER 17 @ 7:00 PM EST

Page Count: ~240 pages

Goodreads Rating: 3.82 / 5

Classic narrated by Jim Burden as he looks back on his Nebraska childhood and his bond with Ántonia Shimerda, the resilient daughter of Bohemian immigrants.

Civilizations

Laurent Binet

OCTOBER 15 @ 7:00 PM EST

Page Count: ~380 pages

Goodreads Rating: 3.68 / 5

A counter-factual history exploring what might have occurred if Atahualpa invaded 16th-century Europe instead of Columbus conquering the Americas.

A Marriage at Sea

Sophie Elmhirst

NOVEMBER 19 @ 7:00 PM EST

Page Count: ~256 pages

Goodreads Rating: 3.79 / 5

True account of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey, a British couple whose sailboat was sunk by a whale in 1973, leaving them adrift in an inflatable raft for 117 days.

Grendel

John Gardner

DECEMBER 17 @ 7:00 PM EST

Page Count: ~176 pages

Goodreads Rating: 3.70 / 5

A retelling of Beowulf from the monster's perspective, following Grendel as a lonely, hyper-intelligent outcast observing and terrorizing early humans.

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

JANUARY 21 @ 7:00 PM EST

Page Count: ~245 pages

Goodreads Rating: 4.20 / 5

Piranesi resides in "The House"—an infinite labyrinth of halls lined with thousands of statues and an ocean trapped inside—believing only he and "The Other" exist.

American Gospel

Jon Meacham

FEBRUARY 18 @ 7:00 PM EST

Page Count: ~416 pages

Goodreads Rating: 3.86 / 5

Pulitzer Prize-winner Jon Meacham examines how America’s Founders navigated the delicate balance between faith and freedom.

The Constant Rabbit

Jasper Fforde

MARCH 18 @ 7:00 PM EST

Page Count: ~320 pages

Goodreads Rating: 4.06 / 5

An absurd political allegory set in an alternate UK where 1.2 million human-sized, anthropomorphic rabbits demand full civil rights.

The Correspondent

Virginia Evans

APRIL 15 @ 7:00 PM EST

Page Count: ~285 pages

Goodreads Rating: 4.44 / 5

An award-winning epistolary novel focusing on a solitary life, memory, aging, and interiority through written correspondence.

The Art of Being Deaf

Donna McDonald

MAY 20 @ 7:00 PM EST

Page Count: ~200 pages

Goodreads Rating: 3.94 / 5

A poetic memoir examining the author's experience navigating the divide between oralism and Deaf culture, identity, and personal agency.

Crying in H-Mart

Michelle Zauner

JUNE 17 @ 7:00 PM EST

Page Count: ~256 pages

Goodreads Rating: 4.22 / 5

Memoir about growing up Korean American, losing a mother to terminal cancer, and reclaiming heritage and memory through Korean cuisine.

The Wedding People

Alison Espach

JULY 15 @ 7:00 PM EST

Page Count: ~384 pages

Goodreads Rating: 4.06/ 5

A woman arriving at a Rhode Island hotel intending to end her life gets drawn into the week-long drama of a high-stakes wedding party.

Stay True

Hua Hsu

AUGUST 19 @ 7:00 PM EST

Page Count: ~208 pages

Goodreads Rating: 3.98 / 5

Pulitzer Prize-winning coming-of-age memoir about an unlikely college friendship at UC Berkeley in the 1990s, cut short by a tragic murder.