Books we are considering reading and discussing in the future. We’ll be voting on these to select the next several months’ worth. If you have books you’d like to discuss, please send your recommendations on the “contact” page, or bring them to the next meeting!
Ariadne: A Novel by Jennifer Saint Fiction suggested by Sharon Defying the gods, Ariadne betrays her father and country to help Theseus kill the Minotaur. But will her decision lead to happiness? And what of her sister Phaedra? From Amazon – Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and […]
Enough by Cassidy Hutchinson Non-Fiction suggested by Lynnie She was inside the White House, mere steps away from President Trump’s office. She knew things and she testified to Congress about what she knew. from Amazon – Cassidy Hutchinson’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting […]
It Can’t Happen Here (a novel) by Sinclair Lewis Fiction suggested by Sharon The rise of a president who becomes a dictator. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy and an alarming look at how fascism could take hold in America. Amazon: A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily […]
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Fiction suggested by Barbara 1980 a wealthy businessman is brutally kidnapped and returned one week later. Forty years later all the family is still suffering the repercussions. Amazon: In 1980, a wealthy businessman named Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway, brutalized, and held for ransom. He is returned […]
The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman Non-Fiction suggested by Shirley Hillman dares us to believe that we are meant to be here, that we are needed by the world around us. A powerful roadmap to understanding our true nature. Amazon: Plato called it “daimon,” the Romans “genius,” the Christians “guardian […]
State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton & Louise Penny Fiction suggested by Joyce An international thriller: a young Foreign Service Officer, a journalist, an untested Secretary of State, an out of touch US government vs carefully constructed threat. from Amazon – After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn […]
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley Fiction suggested by Janet At an old mansion, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of odd events. Then Flavia finds a dying man. from Amazon – It is the summer of 1950 and at […]
A Year of the Hunter by Czeslaw Milosz, translated by Madeline G. Levine Non-Fiction suggested by Shirley One year in Nobelist Milosz’ life, remembering his youth and the writers’ groups of Warsaw and Paris, his life in Berkeley in the sixties. Has he lived his life decently? Note: This book is hard to find on […]