Our Book Club
Our next books:
| Title | Author | Meeting date and time |
| The Alice Network | Kate Quinn | December 16, 2026 |
| Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships | Nina Totenberg | January 20, 2027 |
| Not Me | Michael Lavigne | February 17, 2027 |
| People of the Book | Geraldine Brooks | March 17, 2027 |
| Melting Point | Rachel Cockerell | April 14, 2027 |
| Kantika | Elizabeth Graver | May 19, 2027 |
| Mrs. Everything | Jennifer Weiner | June 16, 2027 |
| The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million | Daniel Mendelsohn | TBA |
| The Immortalists | Chloe Benjamin | TBA |
| The Book of V | Anna Solomon | TBA |
| People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present | Dara Horn | TBA |
| The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern: A Novel | Lynda Cohen Loigman | TBA |
| Bipolar Refugee: A Saga of Survival and Resilience (Holocaust Survivor True Stories) | Peter Wiesner | TBA |
| I Knew a Man Who Knew Brahms | Nancy Shear | TBA |
| The Rabbi’s Suitcase | Robert Kehlman | TBA |
| Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging | Angela Buchdahl | TBA |
| Songs for the Brokenhearted | Ayelet Tsabari | TBA |
| Please note that the dates are either the 3rd or 4th Wednesday of the month. Dates were adjusted to accommodate for holidays. Some dates are Thursdays, as noted. |
Books that we already read:
| Title | Author | Meeting date |
| The Art Forger |
Barbara A. Shapiro | April 26, 2023 |
| All About Me | Mel Brooks | May 24, 2023 |
| We Were the Lucky Ones | Georgia Hunter | June 28, 2023 |
| The Weight of Ink | Rachel Kadish | September 27, 2023 |
| Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow | Gabrielle Zevin | October 25, 2023 |
| The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville |
Clare Mulley | December 27, 2023 |
| The Matchmakers Gift | Lynda Cohen Loigman | January 24, 2024 |
| The Dressmakers of Auschwitz | Lucy Adlington | February 28, 2024 |
| Madam | Debbie Applegate | May 1 , 2024, 7:30 pm |
| The Storyteller | Jodi Picoult | May 22, 2024, 7:30 pm |
| This Magnificent Dappled Sea | David Biro | June 26, 2024, 7:30 pm |
| Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker | Barry Sonnenfeld | September 25, 2024, 7:30 pm |
| Song Yet Sung | James McBride | October 23, 2024, 7:30 pm |
| Moonflower Murders: A Novel | Anthony Horowitz | December 4, 2024, 7:30 pm |
| The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store | James McBride | January 22, 2025, 7:30 pm |
| Nightingale | Kristin Hannah | February 26, 2025, 7:30 pm |
| Mazel | Rebecca Goldstein | April 23, 2025 7:30 pm |
| The Book Spy | Alan Hlad | May 28, 2025 7:30 pm |
| Florence Adler Swims Forever | Rachel Beanland | June 25, 2025, 7:30 pm |
| The House is on Fire | Rachel Beanland | Oct. 22, 2025 7:30 pm |
| The Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century | David Laskin | Nov. 17, 2025, 7:30 pm |
| Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity and Love | Dani Shapiro | Jan 14, 2026, 7:30 pm |
| Lilli de Jong | Janet Benton | Feb. 25, 2026, 7:30 pm |
| Opening Doors : The Unlikely Alliance Between The Irish And The Jews In America | Hasia R. Diner | March 25, 2026, 7:30 pm |
| The Little Liar | Mitch Albom | July 1, 2026, 7:30 pm |
| The Invisible Harry Gold: The Man Who Gave the Soviets the Atom Bomb | Alan Hornblum | August 26, 2026, 7:30 pm |
| This Is Not About Us | Allegra Goodman | September 30, 2026 |
| A Place to Hide | Ronald Balson | October 21, 2026 |
Book Club Meeting
December 16, 2026 7:30 PM
The Zoom link will be sent out at 8AM on the morning of the meeting.
All are welcome to join in our discussion.
In an enthralling new dual timeline historical fiction novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption.
- In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very proper family. She’s also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive. So when Charlie’s parents banish her to Europe to have her “little problem” taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London, determined to solve the historical mystery of what happened to the cousin she loves like a sister.
- 1915. A year into the Great War, Eve Gardiner burns to join the fight against the Germans and unexpectedly gets her chance when she’s recruited to work as a spy. Sent into enemy-occupied France, this young female spy is trained by the mesmerizing Lili, the “Queen of Spies”, who manages a vast network of secret agents right under the enemy’s nose.
Thirty years later, haunted by the betrayal that ultimately tore apart the Alice Network, Eve spends her days drunk and secluded in her crumbling London house. Until a young American barges in uttering a name Eve hasn’t heard in decades, and launches them both on a mission to find the truth…no matter where it leads.
“Both funny and heartbreaking, this epic journey of two courageous women is an unforgettable tale of little-known wartime glory and sacrifice. Quinn knocks it out of the park with this spectacular book!”—Stephanie Dray, New York Times bestselling author of America’s First Daughter
Let us know if you have other titles to recommend written by Jewish authors or are about Jewish content.
Books are available in the public library, and on Amazon, eBay, etc. Check our website for the comprehensive list of future book club titles.
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