After twenty-five readers responded to our Hearth Book Club Survey, we learned that the Hearth Community is evenly interested in fiction and non-fiction books about creativity, communication, individuality versus community, and vulnerability.
Based on your interests and suggestions, Hearth EmberAmy Beth Harrison and Board MemberNina Earley came up with books to read from January through June of 2017.
Take a look, buy a book (from your local bookstore), and join us for a book club discussion that actually talks about books every fourth Wednesday from 7:00-8:30 at Arts at the Armory.
July 2017:
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Book Club Discussion: July 26, 2017 at 7:00 pm
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August 2017:
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Book Club Discussion: August 23, 2017 at 7:00 pm
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September 2017:
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
Book Club Discussion: September 27, 2017 at 7:00 pm
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October 2017:
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Book Club Discussion: October 25, 2017 at 7:00 pm
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November 2017:
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Book Club Discussion: November 29, 2017 at 7:00 pm
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December 2017:
The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier, Happier, and Smarter by Susan Pinker
Book Club Discussion: December 20, 2017 at 7:00 pm
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Check the Book Club category of the Hearth Blog to catch up on our latest discussions.
January – June 2017 Reading List
January 2017: The Creative Habit: Learn it and Use it For Life by Twyla Tharp
February 2017: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
March 2017: Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
April 2017: Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
May 2017: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
June 2017: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
2016 Reading List
January: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
February: The Tenth of December by George Saunders
March: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
April: In the Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
May: Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
June: He, She and It by Marge Piercy
July: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
August: The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness
September: 10:04 by Ben Lerner
October: Get in Trouble by Kelly Link
2015 Reading List
January: The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
February: The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
March: Hector and the Search for Happiness by Francois LeLord
April: A Visit From The Good Squad by Jennifer Egan
May: What We See When Me Read by Peter Mendelsund
June: The Principles of Uncertainty by Maria Kalman
July: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
August: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
September: The Happiest People in the World by Brock Clarke
October: An Exaggerated Murder by Josh Cook (local author)
November: (Dec 2) The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel