Book Club
Events
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Tuesday Night Book Club: Master Slave Husband Wife
Join us for a discussion of Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo, winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Biography. This gripping true story recounts the extraordinary escape of…
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Monday Morning Book Club: The Spy Coast
Join us for a discussion of The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen, a suspenseful spy thriller set in the quiet seaside town of Purity, Maine. The novel follows Maggie Bird,…
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Pop-up Book Club: Between the World and Me
Any research into Black history comes with a reckoning of an American present. Written as a letter from a father to his son, Between the World and Me, situates the…
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Tuesday Night Book Club: Atmosphere: A Love Story
Join us for a discussion of Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid, an epic and emotionally charged novel set against the backdrop of NASA’s 1980s space shuttle program.…
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Monday Morning Book Club: My Beloved World
Join us for a discussion of My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor, a candid and inspiring memoir by the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme…
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Tuesday Night Book Club: The Emperor of Gladness
Join us for a discussion of The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong, a luminous and deeply compassionate novel about chosen family, survival, and the quiet forces that bind people…
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Monday Morning Book Club: The Glass Chateau
Join us for a discussion of The Glass Chateau by Stephen Kiernan, a moving novel of hope, healing, and the redemptive power of art set in post–World War II France. In the aftermath of the war, Asher, a former Resistance assassin haunted by loss and guilt, wanders through a devastated country searching for purpose. His…
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Monday Morning Book Club: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
Join us for a discussion of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All by Eliezer Yudkowsky, an urgent and provocative examination of the existential risks posed by artificial intelligence. Drawing on decades of research into machine intelligence and alignment, Yudkowsky argues that the global race to create superhuman AI…
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Tuesday Night Book Club: The Frozen River
Join us for a discussion of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon, a gripping historical mystery inspired by the real life of 18th-century midwife Martha Ballard. Set in Maine in 1789, the novel begins when a man is discovered frozen in the Kennebec River and Martha is called upon to determine the cause of death.…
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Exhibitionists Book Club: St. Lucy’s Home for Girl’s Raised by Wolves
When Karen Russel's debut short story collection fell onto our collective psyches in 2006, it made some lasting alterations to the landscape of literature. A singularly weird and raucous vision. Come with us as we check in on it on its twentieth anniversary and reflect with it in conjunction with Shelburne Museum's exhibit of On…