Book Club

Looking for adult conversation? Join our Book Club. Ages 16 and over may attend the discussion group.

• Feb 4: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  Set during World War II Europe, this novel is sobering without being sentimental. The tension builds as the alternating, parallel stories of Werner and Marie-Laure unfold, and their paths cross.
• Mar 4: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval N. Harari
  #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human."
• Apr 1: The Bees by Laline Paull
  Set entirely in a beehive, the novel and its characters are so beautifully rendered that it could have been set anywhere. Societal codes and social mores combine with the ancient behavior rituals of bees, bringing forth a remarkable story.
• May 6: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
  Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center attacks, searches the five boroughs of New York City for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind.
• June 3: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
  The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.
• July 15: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
  Six-year-old Ender Wiggin and his fellow students at Battle School are being tested and trained to determine whether they possess the abilities to remake the world -- if the world survives an all-out war with an alien enemy.
• Aug 12: Wonder by R. J. Palacio
  Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
• Sep 16: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners suddenly realizes their merit. This is the world of Guy Montag, a career fireman for whom kerosene has become perfume. Explores the evil of government-controlled thought and the inestimable value of philosophy, theology, and literature.
• Oct 14: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
  Identifies the neurological processes behind behaviors, explains how self-control and success are largely driven by habits, and shares scientifically-based guidelines for achieving personal goals and overall well-being by adjusting specific habits.
• Nov 18: The Martian by Andy Weir
  An edge-of-your seat debut thriller with laugh-out-loud dialogue mixed in. After a bad storm cuts his team’s Mars mission short, injured astronaut Mark Watley is stranded. Now he’s got to figure out how to survive without air, shelter, food, or water on the harsh Martian landscape until the next manned mission in four years.
• Dec: 6: You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas by Augusten Burroughs
  Bestselling author Augusten Burroughs offers a collection of holiday stories from his own life. He recounts such absurd anecdotes as the time he ate the face of a six-foot Santa and the time he woke up next to Kris Kringle himself. Slightly racy, often witty, he also offers moments of poignant reflection.