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Books with Friends Book Group
(Ages 18+, new members welcome)
*Please scroll to the bottom for a list of previous book club picks
Date: January 28, 2025
Time: 6 PM
Location: Schafer Room (2nd Floor)
Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson
With this unflinching account, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson invites readers into her life and world, tracing her family’s ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America’s highest court within the span of one generation.
Previous Picks
2015
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows
Above by Isla Morely
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
2016
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus
Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian
Cherokee Rose by Tiya Miles
Host by Robin Cook
Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Pheaedra Patrick
2017
Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Treachery at Lancaster Gate by Anne Perry
The Hundred Lies of Lizzy Lovett by Chelsea Sedotti
Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
Secret Cord by Geraldine Brooks
Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
2018
Into the Magic Shop by James R. Doty
The Spy by Paulo Coelho
House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers
Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Ashes in the Wind by Kathleen Woodiwiss
Behind Closed Doors by B. H. Paris
Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
2019
Hell Fire Club by Jake Tapper
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Island of the Sea Women by Lisa See
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
2020
Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg
Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett
2021
Dark of the Moon by John Sandford
An Appeal to the World by Dalai Lama
Darwin Affair by Tim Mason
Life Intercepted by Charles Martin
One Night Two Souls Went Walking by Ellen Cooney
Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson
2022
Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
2023
Any book from the Choose to Read Ohio Book List for 2023 & 2024
The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
The First Husband by Laura Dave
Unknown Beloved by Amy Harmon
Choice of one or all: Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem by Amanda Gorman, Anthem by Deborah Wiles, Kent State by Deborah Wiles, and/or Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf
The Devil May Dance by Jake Tapper
2024
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe
The Coworker by Freida McFadden
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan
2025
Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson