Join The First-Ever Citywide Book Club In Central Park This Week

CENTRAL PARK — Read a book and celebrate with your fellow New Yorkers this week as part of the New York Public Library's first-ever citywide book club.

On Monday, Aug. 17, the New York Public Library and The Public Theater will celebrate the Big Summer Book Club with a free event at the open-air, 1,800-seat Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

The event will feature readings, performances, and public conversation inspired by this year's book: The City We Became by N.K. Jeminsin, a "sprawling urban fantasy" featuring characters from across the five boroughs.

The book is available as an e-book and audiobook download for anyone with an NYPL library card through Labor Day.

So far, there have been 8,500 e-book and e-audiobook checkouts of The City We Became since the launch on May 19.

To get a free ticket to the event at the Delacorte Theater, head over to The Public Theater, The Delacorte Theater, or two different NYPL locations: Clason’s Point Library in the Bronx and the St. George Library Center in Staten Island.

Tickets are also available through a digital lottery here.

Click here to learn more about the Big Summer Book Club.

For questions, email Miranda.Levingston@Patch.com.