Program Description
Event Details
The Great Books Discussion Group is an in-person program taking place on the 2nd floor of Long Beach Public Library. Physical copies will be available at the front desk of the Library two weeks before each discussion. All are welcome to join. No registration required.
Note: This program is held by an outside organization and not the Library. For information about Great Books, please contact Linda Breen (lindasbreen@aol.com) for more information.
9/8/25 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
9/29/25 The Women by Kristin Hannah
10/13/25 Florida by Lauren Groff
10/27/25 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
11/10/25 Washington Square by Henry James
11/24/25 James by Percival Everett
12/8/25 Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins
12/22/25 Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
1/5/26 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
1/19/26 Maus by Art Spiegelman
2/2/26 Behind The Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
2/16/26 The Trial by Franz Kafka
3/2/26 Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
3/16/26 The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
3/30/26 The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
4/13/26 A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
4/27/26 The Little Liar by Mitch Albom
5/11/26 Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
6/1/26 The Overstory by Richard Powers
6/15/26 Girl by Edn