Book Club
Book Club
The Book Club meets monthly to discuss the selected reading.
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Dates: Third Tuesday of each month (usually, see calendar for details)
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Daytime meetings at 1:00pm - 2:30pm, moderated by Joyce Zemsky & Emkarr Meehan
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Evening meetings at 7:00pm - 8:30pm, moderated by Roanne Karzon & Debi Mongiello
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Location: Upstairs at Twin Maples
Meetings are open to all Fortnightly Club members. Please read the book before attending! We will use the publishers' discussion guides to moderate our meetings.
Additional details available on: https://bookclubs.com/fortnightly-club/meetings
Book Club
The Book Club meets monthly to discuss the selected reading. We meet on the third Tuesday of each month from 1pm to 2:30pm, upstairs at Twin Maples. New for next season, we're introducing a few evening meetings at 7pm to 8:30pm!
Meetings are open to all Fortnightly Club members. Please read the book before attending! We will use the publishers' discussion guides to moderate our meetings.
Co-Chairs: Joyce Zemsky & Emkarr Meehan
Reading List for 2026-2027
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Sep 15 - A Marriage at Sea, by Sophie Elmhirst
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Oct 20 - Wild Dark Shore, by Charlotte McConaghy
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Nov 17 - Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
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Dec - no meeting
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Jan 19 - Theo of Golden, by Allen Levi
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Feb 16 - A Million Butterflies, by Jagadish Shukla
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Mar 16 - Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke
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Apr 20 - Culpability, by Bruce Holsinger
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May 18 - TBD
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Jun 15 - TBD
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Jul - no meeting
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Aug - no meeting
Reading List for 2025-2026
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Sep 16 - Trust, by Hernan Diaz
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Oct 21 - The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore
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Nov 18 - The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides
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December - no meeting
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Jan 20 - The Covenant of Water, by Abraham Verghese
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Feb 17 - The Wedding People, by Alison Espach
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Mar 17 - Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
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Apr 21 - Night Watch, by Jayne Anne Phillips
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May 19 - James, by Percival Everett
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Jun 16 - The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans
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July - no meeting
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August - no meeting
Reading List for 2024-2025:
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Sep 17 - Eve, by Cat Bohannon
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Oct 15 - The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon
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Nov 19 - Knife, by Salman Rushdie
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Dec - no meeting
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Jan 21 - Hello Beautiful, by Ann Napolitano
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Feb 18 - Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt
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Mar 18 - Foster, by Claire Keegan
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Apr 15 - North Woods, by Daniel Mason
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May 20 - The Unmaking of June Farrow, by Adrienne Young
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Jun 17 - The Women, by Kristen Hannah
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Jul - no meeting
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Aug - no meeting
Reading List for 2023-2024:
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September - Horse, by Geraldine Brooks
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October - Bezonomics, by Brian Dumaine
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November - (skipping because of Thanksgiving)
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December - Shrines of Gaiety, by Kate Atkinson
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January - The Light Pirate, by Lilly Brooks-Dalton
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February - Yellowface, by RF Kuang
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March - The Art Thief, by Michael Finkel
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April - Day: A Novel, by Michael Cunningham
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May - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
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June - The Lost Apothecary, byt Sarah Penner
Reading List for 2022-2023:
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September - This Is Happiness, by Niall Williams
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October - Picnic at Hanging Rock, by Joan Lindsay
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November - (skipping because of Thanksgiving)
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December - Verity, by Colleen Hoover (will be early December)
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January - Vanderbilt, by Anderson Cooper
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February - The Sentence, by Louise Erdrich
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March - The Marriage Portrait, by Maggie O'Farrell
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April - Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus
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May - Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
Reading List for 2021-2022:
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Sep 23 Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
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Oct 28 Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
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Dec 2 The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
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Jan 27 Nomadland, Novel by Jessica Bruder
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Feb 24 Nomadland, Film (12pm) Academy Award Winner
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Mar 24 The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
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Apr 28 The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
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May 26 Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Jun 23 The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison