Adult Reading Challenge
Join our year-long reading challenge for adults! It’s flexible (we’ll give you ideas, but you read what you want within that month’s prompt) and fun (monthly prizes and a party at the end!)
Log your reading via Beanstack. (You can also get the free app and track on your phone.) You only have to read one book per month to participate and be eligible for a monthly prize from a local business. In December, we’ll host a party!
The Atlantic Monthly Discussion Group
The Atlantic Monthly Discussion Group meets on the second Monday of the month at 11 a.m. (except in October when it is the third Monday.)
Just read the feature article (and any other articles that interest you) of the current issue of Atlantic Monthly in print or via Flipster or on the website https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/. Then join us on Zoom and engage in lively and intellectual discussion.
Email: Roberta Koscielski
Bibliophiles Book Club
For more information, contact Nancy at 309-231-3263 or email nvarness1967@gmail.com
Meetings are held the first Tuesday of the month from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Lakeview Branch, 1137 W. Lake Ave.
Biography & Non-Fiction Book Club
The Biography and Nonfiction Book Club meets the second Sunday of each month (unless re-scheduled because of holidays/weather). We meet at the North Branch of the Peoria Public Library, 3001 West Grand Parkway, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. New members are always welcome!
For more information, please call Roberta Koscielski at 309-264-1966.
Boos and Booze Book Club
Join us for a horrifyingly good time every third Wednesday of the month. Love of horror is a must, love of brews is not
Adults only.
New members welcome to join us at 6:30 p.m. at The Fieldhouse Bar & Grill in Campustown. Call (309) 497-2200 for more information.
Graphic Novel Club
Each month you’ll read a graphic novel of your choice within that month’s theme. Then we’ll meet up to discuss the books we read while we snack, socialize, and enjoy themed activities and crafts. For ages 9 to 13.
Meet the third Wednesday of every month (unless otherwise noted *) from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at North Branch, 3001 W. Grand Pkwy.
Questions? Email programming@ppl.peoria.lib.il.us .
Historical Fiction Society
Join us on the first Wednesday of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to discuss a historical fiction title and be transported back in time. We meet at Lakeview Branch, 1137 W. Lake Ave.
New members are always welcome.
Questions? Email programming@ppl.peoria.lib.il.us .
Intercontinental Readers
Intercontinental Readers meets once every three months at Main Library Lower Level 2, Conference Room to discuss books by American and Irish authors. We Skype with members in Clonmel, Ireland.
For more information, email Terry Tate at knttate@mchsi.com
Lattes & Lit Book Club
Join us for a relaxing morning of good drinks and great discussion at Intuition Coffee + Juice, 734 Main St.
We will meet the third Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
For more information, email programming@ppl.peoria.lib.il.us
Mature Readers Book Club
The Mature Readers Book Club meets at Lakeview Branch, 1137 W. Lake Ave., at 2:15 p.m. on the last Wednesday of the month.
Please call us at (309) 370-0067 if you are interested in joining this book club.
Read On Book Club
This group focuses on fiction by Black authors. Lincoln Branch Manager Cynthia Smith leads the discussion, which meets the fourth Monday of every month from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.. For more information, call 309-497-2601.
Science Fiction | Fantasy Book Club
This group typically meets on the second Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the Lakeview Room of the Peoria Public Library Lakeview Branch (1137 W. Lake Ave. 61614-5935).
This book club is meeting both in person and virtually. If you need a Zoom link, please reach out to Jamie Jones at 497-2110.
Sugar & Spice Book Club
If you’ve been on the #spicy side of BookTok, you’ll love this new contemporary romance book club that meets every third Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Sugar Wood-Fired Bistro, 826 SW Adams.
Adults only.
For more information, email programming@ppl.peoria.lib.il.us
The Reading List
Join us for a book club based on the book The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. Meets at 6:30 p.m. on the last Wednesday of every other month at Lakeview Branch, 1137 W. Lake Ave. See exact meeting dates in the calendar.
We will discuss Adams’ book as well as the book selected for that month. For more information, email programming@ppl.peoria.lib.il.us or call (309) 497-2143.
The Sherlock Holmes Story Society
This group traditionally meets in the North Branch Seminar Room at 6:30 pm on the 4th Thursday of the month (except for November).
New members are always welcome, whether you’re a seasoned Sherlockian or a newcomer to the canon! Please call 309-497-2110 if you have any questions.
Twelve Tropes of Romance Book Club
Are you a fan of feel good romance novels that take place in modern day? Is there a specific romance trope you love so much you’ll read anything with that trope? Join the Twelve Tropes of Romance Book Club where each month we’ll read a book with a different romance trope. Reader advisory: Different books may rate higher than others on the spicy scale.
Meets every second Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Lakeview Branch, 1137 W. Lake Ave.
New members are always welcome. Please call 309-497-2600 if you have any questions.