Our Book Discussion Group usually meets on the fourth Wednesday at 5:00 PM in Unity Hall in the Church building. You are welcome attend and participate even if you have not read the book. We usually alternate between fiction and nonfiction selections.
Sometimes the meeting date is changed so it is a good idea to call before you come: 716-754-2830.
Enjoy your reading!
The future books which will be discussed are listed below.
2020
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips (272 pg.) Jan 15
Past books discussed:
2019
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (332 pg.) Jan. 16
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Havari (356 pg.) Feb. 20
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett (365 pg.) March 20
The Library Book by Susan Orlean (317 pg.) April 17
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (368 pg.) June 19
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo (169 pg.) August 19
2018
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (320 pg.) Jan. 16
What a Plant Knows by Daniel Chamovitz (175 pg.) Feb. 20
Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss (305 pg.) Mar. 20
George Washington by Paul Johnson (146 pg.) April 23
Burial Rites by Hanna Kent (353 pg.) May15
Are we Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal (353 pg.) June 19
The Translation of Love by Llynne Kutsukake (301 pg.) Aug. 28
Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean (366 pg.) Aug. 28
Autumn by Ali Smith (288 pg.) Sept. 18
Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik (277 pg.) Oct. 16
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (240 pg.) Nov, 20
The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson (320 pg.) Dec. 18
2017
LaRose by Louise Erdrich (384 pg.) Jan 17
Book of Ages: the Life and Opinion's of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore (464 pg. about half are notes etc.)--Feb 21
Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (322 pg) March 21
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert (336 pg. April 18
The Moor's Account byLaila Lalami (336 pg.) May16
The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston (326 pg.) June 20
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (384 pg.) July 18
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben (288 pg.) AND
The History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (288 pg.) September 19
The Black Count by Tom Reiss (434 pg.) October 17
The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies (285 pg.) November 14
Dr. Mutters Marvels: the True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the dawn of Medicine by Cristin Aptowicz (370 pg) December19
2016
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr--January 18
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari--March 22
The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun by Martin Prechtel--April19
All That is Solid Melts into Air by Marshall Berman--MAY 17
H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald--June 21
TIGER HILLS BY Sarita Mandana--JULY 17
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coats AND
JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson--August 16
The Little Red Chairs by Edna O'Brien--September--20
The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Woolf--October 18
Mrs. Engles by Gavin McCrea--November15
The Soul of an Octopus--December20
2015
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin--January 21
The Science of Evil by Semone Baron Cohen--February 18
Bark: Stories by Lorrie Moore--March 18
Letters of Note compiled by Shaun Usher--April 29
The Fault in our Stars by John Green--May 20
Savage Harvest by Cael Hoffman--June 17
The Children Act by Ian McEwan-- July 15
Waiting for Barbarians by J. M. Coetze -- August 15
Elephant Company by Vicki Croke-- September 16
Daughters of the Samurai by Janice Nimura October 20
Gutenberg's Apprentice by Alix Christie -- November 17
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elizabeth Bailey -- December 16
2014
Revolutionary Summer by Joseph Ellis
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Brunt
Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman
Manhunt: the Twelve Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James Swanson
The Pearl Diver by Jeff Talarigo
The Unwinding: an Inner History of the New America by George Packer
Quiet: the Power of the Introvert in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Euphoria by Lily King
Ghost Map: the Story of London's most Terrifying Epidemic by Steven Johnson
Riddle of the Labyrinth: Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox