Biography & Non-Fiction Book Club

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Book Club

Age Group:

Adults

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The Biography and Nonfiction Book Club meets the second Sunday of each month (third Sunday in May). New members are always welcome!

January 14 – Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women by Geraldine Brooks

February 11My Home Team: A Sportswriter’s Life by Dave Kindred

March 10In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park

April 14The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

May 19*The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones

June 9Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Che Guevara

July 14A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan

August 11Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern by Jing Tsu

September 8The Teachers: A Year Inside America’s Most Vulnerable, Important Profession by Alexandra Robbins

October 13Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President by Jonathan Darman

November 10The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel

December 8Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History’s Great Personalities by Claudia Kalb