Events
Registration opens Monday, June 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM. Click on links below to register. If registration is full, you can sign up for the waitlist.
Battle 1 – Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 7 PM, doors open at 5:30 PM: Flood Zone Brewery
Battle 2 – Thursday, October 15, 2026, 7 PM, doors open at 5:30 PM: Fireside on Main *New date and location!*
Battle 3 - Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 7 PM, doors open at 5:30 PM: 1623 Brewing Company
Battle 4 - Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 7 PM, doors open at 5:30 PM: 1623 Brewing Company
This year's titles
- Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
- How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
- Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman
- The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
- The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
- The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
What is Battle of the Books After Hours?
Battle of the Books After Hours is an adults-only reading competition. Teams of 3-5 will read 6 preselected books and then join in a trivia competition at Flood Zone Brewery, Fireside on Main Event Center, or 1623 Brewing Co.. Check out books from CCPL or purchase from Park Books on Main. The competition will have two rounds of 20 questions in multiple formats: fill-in-the-blank, true or false, or multiple choice.
If you are interested in participating but do not have a team, email greatreads@carr.org, as soon as possible.
- Teams of 3-5 can sign up. Please note we have limited ticket quantities for each team size due to venue capacity.
- Cost is $25 per person ($75 for a 3-person team, $100 for a 4-person team, and $125 for a 5-person team).
- You will be contacted later for your team member names and team name if you enter "Unknown."
- The team size you sign up for is the team size you are committing to. Expect that no additional team members will be able to be added.
- Registration opens June 15 at 9:00 AM. If registration is full, you can sign up for the waitlist.
- Please note that on the night of the event, you may be seated at the same table as another team. We will try our best to work with teams and seating arrangements so that there is spacing, but this may be necessary.
- Please only register your team for one night to allow more teams the chance to participate.
- Doors open at 5:30 PM to practice and purchase food and beverages.
- Teams will be sent full competition rules in advance.
Battle of the Books After Hours is presented by Carroll County Public Library.
Special thanks to our partners 1623 Brewing Co., Flood Zone Brewery, Fireside on Main Event Center, and Park Books on Main.