Thursday Morning with Friends Book Club: "All the Beauty in the World"
Reading and discussing current literary fiction, historical fiction and some nonfiction titles.
We are the Thursday Morning with Friends Book Club. We meet every fourth Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. in person at Central Library. This is a volunteer-led book club and new members are welcome.
2025 Reading List
- Jan. 23: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Feb. 27: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
- Mar. 27: The Return by Hisham Matar
- Apr. 24: James by Percival Everett
- May 22: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Nora Zeale Hurston
- June 26: The Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
- July 24: South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon Line by Imani Perry
- Aug. 28: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
- Sept. 25: The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
- Oct. 23: The Hunter by Tana French
- Nov. 20: All The Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley
- Dec. 18: West with Giraffes by Lydia Rutledge
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For more information, LIB-CentralOperations@arlingtonva.us
- Date:
- Thursday, November 20, 2025
- Time:
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Location:
- Bluemont Room
- Library:
- Central Library
- Audience:
- Events for Adults Good for Adults Age 55+
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
- Calendar:
- Arlington Public Library
About the Book:
"A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard"-- "Only a few select people enjoy unrestricted access to every nook and cranny of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and among them are the guards who keep a watchful eye on the two-million-square-foot treasure house. For Bringley, the Museum was a temporary refuge that became his home away from home for a decade. Here he explores his tribe: the artworks and their creators and the subculture of museum guards. Though Bringley gradually returned to the larger world, here he explores the Museum's hidden wonders-- and the people who make it tick."--