Modern Fiction Group Reading List
The group meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 10:00 at Elephants Deli on 115 NW 22nd Avenue.
Contact: Rachelle Joy, phoenixjoy@icloud.com
9/23/25 Long Island by Colm Toibin (Jacque)
10/28/25 The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich (Dorthea)
11/25/25 The Hunter by Tana French (Nancy)
Dec Holidays/Vacations – No Meeting
1/27/26 The Wildes, A Novel in Five Acts by Louis Baynard (Donna)
2/24/26 The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali (Liz)
3/24/26 The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (Ginny)
4/28/26 The Cold Millions by Jess Walter (Cathy)
5/26/26 Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki (Rachelle)
& Book Selection for 2026-2027 Season
Non-Fiction 1 Reading List
Third Wednesday at Elephant’s Deli, 115 NW 22nd Ave.
Contact: Kathe Hart, kathehart@hotmail.com
9/17/25 Battle of Ink and Ice: A sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers and the Making of Modern Media by Darrell Hartman (Cathy)
10/15/25 In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Eric Larson (Diane)
11/19/25 Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder (Nancy)
12/17/25 Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During WWII by Becky Aikman (Anne)
1/21/26 Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De Leon (Kathe)
2/18/26 Sovietistan by Erika Fatland (Jacquie)
3/18/26 Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson (Mara)
4/15/26 Immortal Irishman by Timothy Egan (Donna)
5/20/26 Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction and Intrigue by Sonia Purnell (Mary)
6/17/26 Choose books for next year
Non-Fiction II Reading List
Third Friday of the Month at 2:00
Contact: Kathe Hart, kathehart@hotmail.com
9/19/25: Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin (Rachelle)
10/17/25: Four Women Face China’s New Social Order by Yuan Yang (Susan)
11/21/25: Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Michelle)
12/19/25: A Wilder Shore by Camille Peri (Susan)
1/16/26: Mortal Secrets: Freud, Vienna and the Discovery of the Modern Mind (Rachelle)
2/20/26: Cosmos by Carl Sagan (Jae)
3/20/26: Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny (Kathe)
4/17/26: Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here by Jonathan Blitzer (Susan)
5/15/26: How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr (Michelle)
6/19/26: Leo Tolstoy (Jae)
7/17/26: Whiskey Tender by Deborah Jackson Taffa (Rachelle)
8/21/26: The Siren’s Call by Chris Hayes (Susan)
9/18/26: The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre (Michelle)
10/16/26: Sonya by Anne Edwards (Jae)
11/20/26: Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson (Susan)
12/18/26: Sonya by Anne Edwards (Jae)
1/15/27: The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen (Michelle)
2/19/27: Peter the Great by Robert Massie (Jae)
3/19/27: Madame Fourcade’s Secret War by Lynn Olson (Michelle)
4/16/27: Catherine the Great by Robert Massie (Jae)
Overbooked 2025 Schedule
Contact: Linda Stern, lindamstern@comcast.net
09/09/25 Gravel Heart by Abdulrazak Gurnah
10/14/25 Brooklyn and Long Island by Colin Toibin (Ellie)
11/11/25 House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng; Host and leader: Barbara
December: No Meeting
1/13/26 TBA; Host and leader: Julie
2/10/26 Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray; Host and Leader: Judy
3/10/26 The Names by Florence Knapp; Host and Leader: Linda
Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club 2025
Meets usually on 1st Wednesday (with some exceptions in red!) at 1:30 pm
Elephants Deli (Backroom) 115 NW 22nd Ave
Contact: Rachelle Joy, phoenixjoy@icloud.com
9/3/25 The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey (Lisa)
10/1/25 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (Kathy)
11/5/25 Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang (Rachelle)
*** Pick Books for 2026
12/3/25 To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (Pam)
Sleuth Sisters Mystery Books 2025-26 Reading List
4th Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., Meriwether East Activities Room
Contact: Ilga Ross, ilgaross@yahoo.com
9/24/25: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. (Karn)
10/22/25: The Missing American (Emma Djan Book 1) by Kwei Quartey. (Ilga)
3rd Wed., 11/19/25: The Librarians of Lisbon by Suzanne Nelson. (Valerie)
3rd Wed., 12/17/25: Winter’s Child (A Wind River Mystery Book 20) by Margaret Coel. (Dorthea)
1/28/26: Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl. (Amy)
2/25/26: The Resistance Bakery by Siobhan Curham. (Connie)
3/25/26: The Hunter (Book 2 of 2: Cal Hooper) by Tana French. (Ginny)
4/22/26: The Impossible Fortune: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery (Book 5) by Richard Osman. (Korleen)
5/27/26: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by PD James. (Elizabeth)
and select books for 2026-27.