This book group meets virtually on the first Wednesday of the month, from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. New members are always welcome. Copies of the title to be discussed will be available at the Circulation Desk a month prior to each meeting.
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UPCOMING MEETINGS
2026
MAY 6
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green
The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet – from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu – on a five-star scale.
JULY 1
The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III by Andrew Roberts
The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away the colonies and went mad in his old age. The truth is much more nuanced and fascinating–and will completely change the way readers and historians view his reign and legacy.
AUGUST 5
John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie
John Lennon and Paul McCartney knew each other for twenty-three years, from 1957 to 1980. This book is the myth-shattering biography of a relationship that changed the cultural history of the world.
SEPTEMBER 2
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival by Stephen Greenblatt
The story of how Christopher Marlowe, Shakespeare’s greatest rival, leveraged his classical education to ignite an explosion of English literature, nourished the literary talent of Shakespeare and challenged societal norms with his transgressive genius.
OCTOBER 7
Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash by Alexander Clapp
Waste Wars is a jaw-dropping exposé of how and why, for the last forty years, our garbage – the stuff we deem so worthless we think nothing of throwing it away – has spawned a massive, globe-spanning, multi-billion-dollar economy, one that offloads our consumption footprints onto distant continents, pristine landscapes, and unsuspecting populations. If the handling of our trash reveals deeper truths about our Western society, what does the globalized business of garbage say about our world today? And what does it say about us?
NOVEMBER 4
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León
An intimate and one-of-a-kind look at the world of human smuggling in Latin America, by a MacArthur “genius” grant winner and anthropologist.
DECEMBER 2
The Forgotten Sense: The New Science of Smell – and the Extraordinary Power of the Nose by Jonas Olofsson
James Nestor’s BREATH meets Mary Roach’s GULP in a fascinating tour of our most essential sense for perceiving the world around us – and the story of how it became our most neglected.
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