Our book group meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 5 pm.
 

The Whitingham  Library Book Group Reading List for 2023

 

January 11                   The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

 

February 8                   Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

 

March 8                       The Authenticity Project: A Novel by Clair Pooley

 

April 12                       Caste—The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

 

May 10            .           Joseph Anton: A memoir by Salman Rushdie

 

June 14                        Lucy by the Sea: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout

 

July 12                        Portable Magic…A History of Books and Their Readers by Emma Smith
                                    Substitute: This Tender Land by William Kent Kruger
                           In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota's Gilead River, the Lincoln Indian Training School is a pitiless place where
                                    Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to Odie O’Banion, a lively orphan boy whose exploits constantly                                                          earn him the superintendent’s wrath. Odie and his brother, Albert, are the only white faces among the hundreds of Native American children at the school.

August 9                      This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
                                    Substitute:  You Are the Best Thing by Tarana Burke and Brene Brown
                           NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and                                     cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.

September 13             Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 

 

October 11                  The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

 

November 8                You Are the Best Thing by Tarana Burke and Brene Brown  TBD Please call the Library 802-368-7506

 

December 13              Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting: A novel by Clare Pooley