North Brooklyn Classics Book Club

Meet kindred book lovers in a local Meetup Book Club! We read Classic literature, and meet in a great bar in Williamsburg-- don't worry, we're about a 10 minute subway ride from Union Square, so Manhattanites (and those from other boroughs) are welcome!

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What about the Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth.
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Can I suggest a book? What about "To the lighthouse" by Virginia Wolf
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Recent Meetups

January 19 at 7:00 PM, 6 Book Readers attended
read: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
They rated it 5.001 (1 ratings)

A contemporary American novel. Should be fun.
December 15, 2011 at 7:00 PM, 14 Book Readers attended
read "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy
A Tolstoy classic. A modern translation would be best. Sorry about the delay. I've been sick and in a hospital for a while.
October 20, 2011 at 7:00 PM, 4 Book Readers attended
The Good Soldier Schweik by Jaroslav Hasek. Truly, a book for our times.
In these parlous times, we have no fictional characters to guide us in changing things except superheros, and even they have problems. How can we identify with... Learn more
September 22, 2011 at 7:00 PM, 8 Book Readers attended
Read: Infinite Jest by David Forst Wallace
They rated it 5.002 (2 ratings)

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A real book group, always very welcoming.

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This is a very difficult book, particularly for me. ...

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June 23, 2011 at 7:00 PM, 4 Book Readers attended
Read Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian
They rated it 5.001 (1 ratings)

Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West is a 1985 Western novel by American author Cormac McCarthy. The narrative follows a teenage runaway referred to only... Learn more

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Jill commented on Read Madam Bovary
Monday at 8:29 AM

"I've been reading 'Flaubert's Parrot' by Julian barnes which may be a great followup on the side if interested- quite funny and insightful sort-of biography. But sorry I can't make it!"

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Read Madam Bovary
Thursday 7:00 PM at Hotel Del Mano

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Feb 23

Read Madam Bovary
Thursday 7:00 PM at Hotel Del Mano

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Steve joined
February 15 at 11:59 AM

"Read 'War & Peace' last winter, 'Karamazov' right now, but mostly I'm drowning in my subscriptions to the New Yorker, the NYRB, the Times. I'd rather dig in with the classics!"
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Angela Wyman joined
February 2 at 5:11 PM

"I read books, digital or paper. Will show up periodically depending on the book chosen as you are so nearby."
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Victoria joined
January 30 at 11:31 AM

"My name is Victoria and I am a flight attendant new to NYC. I love to read and I would also like to meet some people who share similar interests from the neighborhood."