Book: Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali When: Friday, August 25th, 7pm Summary: One of today’s most admired and controversial political figures, Ayaan Hirsi Ali burst into international headlines following the murder of Theo van Gogh by an Islamist who threatened that she would be next. She made headlines again when she…
Book: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein When: Friday, July 28th, 7pm If you’ve ever wondered what your dog is thinking, Stein’s third novel offers an answer. Enzo is a lab terrier mix plucked from a farm outside Seattle to ride shotgun with race car driver…
Book: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah When: Friday, May 26th, 7pm Summary: Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story…
Book: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park When: Friday, May 26th, 7pm Summary: In this Newbery Medal-winning book set in 12th century Korea, Tree-ear, a 13-year-old orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch’ulp’o, a potters’ village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potter’s craft; he wants nothing…
Book: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie When: Friday, April 28th, 7pm Summary: “The murderer is with us–on the train now . . .” Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead…
Book: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by JD Vance When: Friday, March 31st, 7pm Summary: Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty…
Book: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi When: Friday, February 24th, 7pm Summary: At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was…
Book: The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs When: Friday, January 27th, 7pm Summary: An instant New York Times bestseller, named a best book of the year by The New York Times Book Review, Amazon, and Entertainment Weekly, among others, this celebrated account of a young…
Book: The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth When: Friday, November 18th, 7pm Summary: A sweeping narrative history of a terrifying serial killer–America’s first–who stalked Austin, Texas in 1885 In the late 1800s, the city of Austin, Texas was on the cusp of emerging from an isolated western outpost into a truly cosmopolitan metropolis.…
Book: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Haiman When: Friday, October 28th, 7pm Summary: A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road,…