Tuesday, April 8th, 5:30pm

Orbital

Samantha Harvey

Winner of the 2024 Booker Prize, this debut novel is "ravishingly beautiful" says the New York Times. Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours. Writing which will take your breath away. 

Tuesday, March 11th, 5:30pm

Lessons In Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

A laugh out loud, shrewdy observant debut novel about women in the 1960's featuring a fiercely intelligent female chemist who is constantly underestimated.

The novel has already been made into an Apple TV series and is an appropriate read in March -- Women's History Month. We'll be discussing the book as well as women writers and how women have been portrayed in fiction. 

Tuesday, February 11th, 5:30pm

James

Percival Everett

A brilliant re-imagining of the classic Huckleberry Finn which is both humorous and harrowing. This new take on the tale is told by "James "(Huck's friend "Jim", the black slave) with scathing and poignant observations on racial injustice, but also tenderness & compassion. One of the best books of 2024 in my opinion -- from a master storyteller.

Tuesday, January 7th, 5:30pm

Hotel Silence

Audur Ava Olafsdottir

Shelby Van Meter will be the discussant 

A somewhat dark, but ultimately uplifting novel by an internationally acclaimed Icelandic author, this is a tender story about a recently divorced man on a life-changing journey into a war-torn country, where he finds the tools to mend the lives of those he encounters and himself. Winner of the Icelandic Literary Prize.