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)
(Note: We have 2 books for October that are related and should be read in the order listed.)

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.