Book Clubs in Bethesda, Potomac & Nearby: A Local Guide

General Fiction
2nd Thursday, 10:30am–12pm • Connie Morella Library, Bethesda
Recently read & coming up: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
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General Fiction
Wednesdays (monthly), 3-4pm • Chevy Chase Library, Chevy Chase
Recently read & coming up: The Fury by Alex Michaelides, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
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General Fiction
Mondays (monthly), 12-1 pm • Kensington Park Library, Kensington
Recently read & coming up: Kindred by Octavia Butler, Walk Through Fire by Sheila C. Johnson
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General Fiction
Thursdays (monthly), 7-8 pm • Rockville Memorial Library, Rockville
Recently read & coming up: KIN: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford, Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See.
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Nonfiction
Wednesdays (monthly), 3-4 pm • Chevy Chase Library, Chevy Chase
Recently read & coming up: Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television by Todd S. Purdum , Abundance by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson
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General Fiction
Last Wednesday of the month, 7 pm • TBD
Recently read & coming up: James by Percival Everett, Eve: How the Female Body Drove
200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
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Pop Culture
2nd Wednesday of the month, 6 pm • Kensington Row Bookshop, Kensington
Recently read & coming up: The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez, Beautiful Things by Emily Rath
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History
2nd Wednesday’s, 7-8:30 pm • Kensington Row Bookshop, Kensington
Recently read & coming up: Mussolini: The Rise and Fall of Il Duce by Christopher Hibbert,
The Muslim Discovery of Europe by Bernard Lewis
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History
Thursdays (monthly), 6-7:30 pm • Connie Morella Library, Bethesda
Recently read & coming up: Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
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Environmental Topics
Saturdays (monthly), 3:30-5 pm • Connie Morella Library, Bethesda
Recently read & coming up: The day the world stops shopping: how ending consumerism saves the environment and ourselves, by J. B. MacKinnon
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Mystery
Wednesdays (monthly), 3-4pm • Wonderland Books, Bethesda
Recently read & coming up: Fen, Bog & Swamp by Annie Proulx, Abundance by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson
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Mystery/Thriller

Tuesday’s (monthly), 6:30-7:30pm • Connie Morella Library, Rockville
Recently read & coming up: Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara, Everyone Is Lying to You by Jo Piazza
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Monthly, Rockville area
Approach: Bring whatever book you’re currently reading and settle in for a relaxed mix of conversation and quiet reading, with time to share what you’re enjoying and time to read
together in comfortable silence.
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Thursday’s (monthly), 3-4pm • Rockville Memorial Library Rockville
Approach: Book discussion and recommendations, open for everyone to share or just listen.
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Spanish Writers
Tuesday’s (monthly), 6pm • Potomac
Recently read & coming up: La Isla de la Pasion by Laura Restrepo, Poeta Chileno by Alejandro Zamba, Morir en la Arena by Lenoardo Padura
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French
Friday’s (monthly), 10 am • Bonjour Books, DC, Kensington
Bring whatever you're reading — or pick something new off the shelves. A relaxed hour of quiet reading with fellow francophiles.

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Wednesdays (monthly), 4:15-5pm • Davis Library, Bethesda
Recently read & coming up: Hula by Jasmin ʻIolani Hakes, Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
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Last updated: April 2026

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