All book club books are 10% off at Bards Alley - just let us know you're purchasing for a book club! We try to have the next book available at the time of the respective book club meeting, but we can always order upcoming books to the store under your name and call you once it's arrived. Please email book club leaders with any additional questions regarding the clubs themselves!

If you can't purchase in-store, consider utilizing Bookshop.org for physical books or Libro.fm for audiobooks! They partner with indie bookstores and we get a portion of the profit when you shop our affiliate profiles.

Our Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Literary Classics, and Badass Women's book clubs are at capacity and unable to take new members at the moment. Badass Women's is accepting folks for a waitlist; information is listed below.

✰ We cannot accept returns on book club books after the club has already met, except in the case of a misprint or other damage from publishing.

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club
​(AT CAPACITY)
(First Sunday of the month)

✰ This book club is strictly at capacity and not accepting new members at this time; our website will be updated if anything changes.

Transport to new worlds with Brent in our SFF book club, reading a mixture of current and classic science fiction and fantasy novels, and share your love of speculative fiction through the liveliest of conversations.

Current Selection:
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Sunday, December 15, 4:00pm (book club holiday party afterwards)

Upcoming Selections:
January 5: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
February 2: Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore
​March 2: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

mystery/Thriller BOOK CLUB
​(AT CAPACITY)
(Second sunday of the month)

✰ This book club is strictly at capacity and not accepting new members at this time; our website will be updated if anything changes.

​Join Allyson and Ren for a book club that promises twists, turns, and satisfying conclusions.

​Current Selection:
The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
Sunday, January 12, 4:00pm
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Upcoming Selections:
February 9: What Fire Brings by Rachel Howzell Hall
March 9: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

men's book club
​(second monday of the month) 

Led by store owner Jen’s husband, Scott, this is the place for guys to come together and discuss books together in a fun and relaxed way. 
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Current Selection: 
When the Clock Broke by John Ganz
Monday, January 13, 7:00pm
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Upcoming Selections:
TBA

ayr hill garden club's Book Club
(A tuesday of the Month)

Vienna's own Ayr Hill Garden Club is opening up their book club to everyone! They meet during the Winter and Spring, reading all about plants, gardening, nature and animals, and similar books. 

Non-club members and other guests are welcome to join the book club's meetings!
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Current Selection:
The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl
Tuesday, January 14, 7:00PM

Upcoming Selections:
February 11: Soil by Camille T. Dungy
March 11: The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing
April 8: The Milkweed Lands by Eric Lee-Mader

badass women's Book Club
(Second Wednesday of the month)

Get in touch with your inner badass with our Badass Women's Book Club! Led by Gina, this club reads the best in women's literature and non-fiction, meeting for some amazing discussions and much needed recommendations.

**The book club is currently FULL - you may email Gina to get on their waitlist or follow along with her online book club at badasswomensbookclub.com

Current Selection:
Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
Wednesday, January 8, 6:00PM

Upcoming Selections:
February: The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad
March: Dear Miss Perkins by Rebecca Brenner Graham
April: The Good Mother Myth by Nancy Reddy
May: Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
June: The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick

Historical Fiction Book Club
(Second Thursday of the Month)

Join us as we enjoy books that bring history alive through fiction. 

Current Selection:
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead (recommended reading Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead prior!)
​Thursday, January 9, 6:30pm
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Upcoming Selections:
February: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
March: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
April: Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
May: A Map for the Missing by Belinda Huijuan Tang
June: The Bookseller of Iverness by S. G. Maclean
July: The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
August: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

Romance Book Club
(bi-monthly, third sunday)

Our newest addition to our Bards Alley book clubs is sure to be swoon-worthy! Led by Courtney, you join the club in all their Romance book endeavors, aiming to read and discuss a diverse array of authors, stories, and, yes, tropes.

The club currently meets every other month, beginning in February each year.
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Current Selection:
Off for December! Feb. 2025 selection TBA

contemporary fiction Book Club
(third wednesday of the Month)

 Join Diane and friends as they discuss the latest novels making a splash in the world of fiction.

Current Selection: 
Playground by Richard Powers
Wednesday, December 18, 7:00pm

Literary Classics Book Club
(Fourth Sunday of the Month)

​​Whether you've always loved reading the classics or just want to try revisiting them after being burned by high school English, this book club is for you! This will be a pressure-free space to explore occasionally challenging books together. Together we can think about why we keep coming back to certain books and what makes something a "classic" in the first place.

Current Selection:
The Iliad by Homer (trans. by Emily Wilson)
Sunday, January 26,  5:00pm

Upcoming Selections:
February: Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
March: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (trans. by Michael R. Katz)
April: Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin
May: Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
June: The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Memoir/Biography Book Club
(fourth wednesday of the month)

Led by Andrea, this book club reads the hottest non-fiction on people and their goings-on. There's something special about reading a memoir or biography, so take a peak into another life with this club!
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Current Selection:
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Wednesday, January 22, 7:00pm

Upcoming Selections:
February: Just Kids by Patti Smith

Page & Stage: 1st Stage Book Club
(meeting times vary)

Page & Stage is the newest endeavor of our friends at 1st Stage Tysons! Each month, they read a book that compliments their current production, and meet late in the month to discuss the two after an afternoon showtime.

Meetings take place at 1st Stage Tysons instead of Bards Alley. Books are available to purchase via our Square site to pick-up in the store for a 10% discount. For any additional questions, please contact 1st Stage!

Current Selection:
Tell It to Me Singing by Tita Ramirez
to accompany Laughs in Spanish (showing Dec. 12 - 29)
Sunday, December 22, 4:00PM

Upcoming Selections:
​December 22: Tell It to Me Singing by Tita Ramirez
February 9: If You See Me, Don't Say Hi by Neel Patel
March 23: Death & the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman
June 21: August Wilson: A Life by Patti Hartigan