Book
Clubs
Book Clubs
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There’s nothing better than talking about a good book with fellow readers — and that’s exactly what our book clubs are all about. Each month, we gather in a cozy corner of Birdie to chat, laugh, and dive into great stories together.
Please plan to finish the book before you come so we can fully jump into discussion — spoilers included! Our conversations are thoughtful but relaxed — come as you are, bring your perspective, and enjoy connecting with other book lovers. Whether you’re a longtime book club member or joining for the first time, all are welcome in this space.
However you read — hardcover, audiobook, or e-reader — you belong here!
Booked for
Murder
Booked For
Murder
A Mystery Book ClubThis adult mystery club meets monthly to dive into clever mysteries, suspenseful thrillers, and page-turning stories full of secrets, suspects, and surprises. Perfect for curious minds, dedicated readers, and amateur sleuths who can’t rest until every clue clicks into place.
Oct. 8, 6:30PM
In 1926, five women disappeared from a remote island in Vermont. Now, one hundred years later, it’s happening again.
Struggling actress Marin Keane is shocked when she lands a role in a major motion picture about the unsolved mystery of New Avalon, an island on sprawling Lake Faraday in Vermont. She’s even more surprised when she learns that the role requires a weeklong research trip to that very spot.
Because New Avalon isn’t your ordinary island. A century ago, it was a commune for spiritual mediums—until they all vanished in 1926. The only trace of them was five dresses hanging from the branches of an old oak tree in the middle of the island, one for each missing woman. Some locals say they simply left. Others think they were murdered. But the prevailing opinion, thanks to a diary left behind by one of the vanished, a young woman named Daisy Rue, is that a séance gone wrong conjured something supernatural that took them all one by one.
Book
seller’s choice
Bookseller’s
choice
An Open Genre Book ClubLet our booksellers guide your next great read. This rotating book club is hosted by different members of the Birdie team, each bringing their own unique taste and perspective.
From hidden gems to buzzy new releases, every meeting offers something new and unexpected. It’s the perfect way to explore a wide range of genres, discover new favorites, and connect with fellow readers—all through the lens of the people who know books best.
Oct. 19, 6:30 pm
AN ACCLAIMED BEST BOOK OF 2025: NPR, Scientific American, Science News, Booklist, BookPage, Chicago Sun-Times. Goodreads Readers’ Choice Nonfiction Winner.
Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is seen as a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it.
In 2019, author John Green met Henry Reider, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, preventable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing over a million people every year.
In Everything Is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry’s story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world—and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.
Club
classics
Bookseller’s
choice
A Classics Book ClubFall in love (or not) with the books that have stood the test of time. Our Classics Book Club is a space to revisit beloved favorites and discover timeless works you may have missed. From enduring novels to influential voices across generations, we’ll explore stories that continue to shape literature and culture.
Co-hosted by our Bookstore Manager Natalie and Events Coordinator Emma, this club offers thoughtful conversation, fresh perspectives, and a welcoming group of readers. No expertise required, just curiosity and a love of a good book!
Nov. 3, 6:30PM
An amoral young tramp. A beautiful, sullen woman with an inconvenient husband. A problem that has only one grisly solution—a solution that only creates other problems that no one can ever solve.
First published in 1934, The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic of the roman noir. It established James M. Cain as a major novelist with an unsparing vision of America's bleak underside and was acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger.
Coffee and
Chapters
Coffee &
Chapters
A Fiction Book ClubStart your morning with coffee, conversation, and a great story. Each month we’ll dive into a different fiction pick and enjoy relaxed, thoughtful discussion in the ReadMore Bar.
Oct. 11, 10:00AM
Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay 'til death. Whoever settles, never leaves.
Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's bed for nights on end. Everybody knows that her eyes may never be opened or the consequences will be too terrible to bear.
The elders of Black Spring have virtually quarantined the town by using high-tech surveillance to prevent their curse from spreading. Frustrated with being kept in lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break their strict regulations and go viral with the haunting. But, in so doing, they send the town spiraling into dark, medieval practices of the distant past.
Dirty Birdie
DIRTY
BIRDIE
A Romance Book ClubThis adult romance book club is dedicated to swoon-worthy happily-ever-afters, broody heartthrobs, and delightfully dirty page-turners. Expect lively discussion, big feelings, spicy opinions, and absolutely zero judgment.
Each month’s read will vary in spice level, from flirty slow burns to extra-steamy favorites—so there’s always something new to explore. Come as you are, bring your favorite tropes, and settle in with fellow romance readers who get it!
Nov. 4, 6:30PM
Dorothy Valentine is close to getting her PhD in wildlife biology when she’s attacked by a lion. On the bright side, she’s saved! On the not-so-bright side, it’s because they’re abducted by aliens. In her scramble to escape, Dory and the lion commandeer an escape pod and crash-land on an alien planet that has...dinosaurs?
Dory and her new lion bestie, Toto, are saved in the nick of time by a mysterious and sexy alien, Sol. On their new adventure, they team up with the equally hot, equally dangerous Lok, who may or may not be a war criminal. Whether it be trauma, fate, or intrigue, Dory can’t resist the attraction that’s developing in their trio....
Spells +
slow Burns
Spells &
slow burns
A Romantasy Book ClubMeet us at ReadMore Bar inside Birdie Books for Spells & Slow Burns, where magic meets romance! Dive into enchanting stories filled with charm, mystery, and those deliciously drawn-out love stories that keep you hooked. It's the perfect hangout to share your thoughts, meet fellow romantasy fans, and get lost in some spellbinding reads. This club alternate between cozy, character-driven love stories and sweeping, epic fantasies.
Oct 21, 6:30pM
Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies immediately, and that’s the way she likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade’s magical founding family has used her power to annihilate their opposition.
Her first husband is in the ground. Her mysterious new betrothed is next.
But Harlow has a secret. When she’s not acting as an assassin at her parents’ whims, she moonlights as a vigilante hunting abusive men in their walled-off city.
Meet a man. Lure him in. Kill him with a kiss. Until one night Harlow kisses a mark and he doesn’t die.
Worse, the man immune to her kiss is her new betrothed, Henry Havenwood, and now he knows about her double life. The only way to protect her secret and her city is get close enough to Henry to figure out why the Havenwoods have reappeared after years of silence and what they have planned.
Cursed with a husband she can’t kill and trapped in a fortress surrounded by vampire-infested woods, Harlow’s survival requires her to do the impossible: Make the man who knows she’s a killer fall in love with her anyway.