Glencarlyn Book Club: "The Night Watchman"
Let's talk about books at Glencarlyn Library!
Join us at the Library for a book discussion on "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich.
The Glencarlyn Book Club is held monthly at Glencarlyn Library, on the last Monday of every month. Snacks and drinks will be provided.
We are reading:
- Jan. 28: "Pride & Prejudice" by Jane Austen
- Feb. 25: "The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead
- Mar. 25: "Invisible Women" by Caroline Criado-Perez
- Apr. 29: "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
- May 27: "Happiness Falls" by Angie Kim
- Jun. 24: "Orlando" by Virginia Woolf
- Jul. 28: "The Long Goodbye" by Raymond Chandler
- Aug. 25: "Dubliners" by James Joyce
- Sep. 29: "Pedro Páramo" by Juan Rulfo
- Oct. 27: "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
- Nov. 24: "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich
- Dec. 15: "The English Understand Wool" by Helen DeWitt
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A limited number of reserved print copies of the selected book will be available at Glencarlyn Library circulation desk approximately one month before the book club meeting. Books are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Patrons are also encouraged to place holds on available print or digital copies.
For more information, please call 703-228-6548.
This program is part of Arlington Public Library's celebration of Native American Heritage Month.
- Date:
- Monday, November 24, 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- 6:45pm - 7:45pm
- Library:
- Glencarlyn Library
- Audience:
- Events for Adults Good for Adults Age 55+
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
- Calendar:
- Arlington Public Library
About the Book:
Based on the extraordinary life of author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather, who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman.
In the Night Watchman, Erdrich creates a fictional world populated with memorable characters who are forced to grapple with the worst and best impulses of human nature. Illuminating the loves and lives, the desires and ambitions of these characters with compassion, wit, and intelligence, The Night Watchman is a majestic work of fiction from this revered cultural treasure.