Novel Ideas
September: The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner
October: You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
November: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
December:The Widower’s Wife by Cate Holahan
January: LaRose by Louise Erdrich
February: The Loved Ones by Sonya Chung
March: I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
April: The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
May: Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner
June: Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
Social Justice Book Club
September 7 – There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration by Ali Noorani
November 2 – Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
January 4 – Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
March 1 – Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
May 3 – The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
Q(ueer) & A(llies) Book Club for Teens Grades 9-12
This book club typically meets the 4th Thursday of every other month to discuss novels that feature main characters who consider themselves part of the LGBTQIA (queer) community. Books are selected by the attendees (culled from a wider list generated by Assistant Director, Rebecca Meehan). It’s not essential that attendees read the book in order to attend the program. Many great discussions are inspired by the book, but then naturally evolve into other related topics.
May 24 – Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan
July 26 – The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
September 27 – Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
