August book club selections

Abe Lincoln/Civil War Book Club
THURS 1, 7 P.M.
Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Lincoln Depot Museum, 10 S. Water St., Peekskill
Email [email protected].

Lit Book Club
TUES 6, 7 P.M.
Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid
Stanza Books, Beacon
Register at stanzabooks.com/events.

Fantasy Book Club
TUES 13, 7 P.M.
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty
Stanza Books, Beacon
Register at stanzabooks.com/events.

Page-to-Screen Book Club
THURS 15, 3 P.M.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
Desmond-Fish Library, Garrison
Register at desmondfishlibrary.org/events.

Helen Savoit Book Club
TUES 20, 2 P.M.
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Story, by James McBride
Howland Library, Beacon
Register at beaconlibrary.org.

Sci-Fi Book Club
TUES 20, 7 P.M.
Counterweight, by Djuna
Stanza Books, Beacon
Register at stanzabooks.com/events.

History Book Club
THURS 22, 7 P.M.
Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by David Graeber
Split Rock Books, Cold Spring
Register at splitrockbks.com/event.

Beacon Book Club
THURS 22, 7:15 P.M.
Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler
Wood Fired AMA Kitchen, Fishkill
Register at meetup.com/beacon-bookclub.

Butterfield Book Club
MON 26, 7 P.M.
Happy Place, by Emily Henry
Butterfield Library, Cold Spring
Register at butterfieldlibrary.org/calendar.

Librarian’s Choice Book Club (Young Adult)
WED 28, 3 P.M.
Thud!, by Terry Pratchett
Desmond-Fish Library, Garrison
Register at desmondfishlibrary.org/events.

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