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Our Book Discussion Group usually meets on the fourth Thursday at 4:30 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

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (304 pg.) March 11

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
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​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
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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