Meloy writes with beauty, insightfulness and a genuine care for her readers. Each story is unique yet tied to a recurring theme. According to the book jacket: "all of the characters are caught between opposing forces: between innocence and experience, impulse and stability, fidelity and desire…

Join us on Tuesday, November 19th at 1:00 p.m. to discuss THE LIGHT IN THE RUINSby Chris Bohjalian.   Chris visited with the Gotham Book Club a while back and is making a second "appearance" to talk about his latest book.   Here is Chris' website: http://www.chrisbohjalian.com/the_light_in_the_…

Join us as we discuss Mac Griswold's new book The Manor: Three Centuries At a Slave Plantation on Long Island The discussion will be at this linkBook Discussion February 26th at 1P sharp!

Author Phil Klay will join us on April 30, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. to discuss his book of short stories, "REDEPLOYMENT"   Click here to join the conversation   From the author's website -- www.philklay.com: Phil Klay’s "Redeployment" takes readers to the front lines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a…

Join Gotham's Book Club in a book chat with Anna Quindlen's new book Still Life with Bread Crumbs.   Click here to leave a comment or question for Anna and join us on November 19th at 1P!

This Thursday, April 30th, at 8P join us in a live chat with NY Times Best Selling author Frank Bruni about his new book:   Where You Go Is Not Who You'll BeAn Antidote to the College Admissions Mania   "Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and o…

The Gotham Book Club  will feature THE ART FORGER by B.A. Shapiro at our next discussion on Wednesday, October 14th at 8:00 p.m.     "An engaging tale about art, cupidity, and a Faustian bargain...Shapiro convincingly depicts the rarefied art world that lionizes a chosen few and ignores the talen…

Ever been on a diet? Love to eat? Love to cook?Then join the the Gotham Book Club for our next feature: MY FAT DAD by Dawn Lerman at our next discussion onWednesday November 18th at 1 p.m.   My Fat Dad is the touching story of a daughter and her memories of growing up with an overweight, but bri…

JOIN US on MAY 18th for a special discussion with author M.O. Walsh. We will have the author live on a screen while we comment!   From the author's website (www.mowalsh.com):   "My Sunshine Away unfolds in a Baton Rouge neighborhood best known for cookouts on sweltering summer afternoons, cauld…

Lauren Acampora will be joining us in person at the Friars's Club to discuss THE WONDER GARDEN on September 21st! 12:30 - 2P   Deliciously creepy and masterfully choreographed, The Wonder Garden heralds the arrival of a phenomenal new talent in American fiction." $40 per personPlease use the Pa…

Gotham's Book Club® invites you on November 16th for lunch with author Glenn Berger to discuss his recently published work: NEVER SAY NO TO A ROCK STAR. To visit the author's website, click here   At the fabulousFriars Club57 E. 55th Street New York NY 10022 (212) 751-7272   Admission is $40 Par…

Join us for a very special Book Club luncheon   December 13TH at the Friars Club Live in person discussion with author Tom Rinaldi "THE RED BANDANNA" A New York Times bestseller What would you do in the last hour of your life?The story of Welles Crowther, whose actions on 9/11 offer a last…

Please join us in welcoming Malachy McCourtauthor of the newly released, DEATH NEED NOT BE FATAL at the next Gotham Book Club® discussion on June 20th Full details on the book and Author can be found clicking here   At the fabulousFriars Club57 E. 55th Street, New York NY 10022 (212) 751-7272 …

Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria By Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD We are looking forward to an interesting conversation at our upcoming book club. We hope you can join us! And . . . if you want to join the discussion even if you haven't read the book, that's ok too! …