Book Discussion Library

Book Discussion Library

2017
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by JD Vance

2018
The Glass Castle, Janet Walls
Women and Power, Mary Beard
The Sea Around Us, Rachel Carson
American Political Parties, L. Maisel

2019
The Soul of America: The Battle for OUR Better Angels, Jon Meacham
Cane River, Lalita Tademy
The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency, Chris Whipple
Dopesick:Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America, Beth Macy

2020
Evicted, Matthew Desmond
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present, Gail Collins
The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys are Struggling and What We Can Do About It, Warren Farrell and John Gray
All the President’s Men, Bernstein and Woodward

2021
Fix What You Can: Schizophrenia and a Lawmaker’s Fight for Her Son, Mindy Greiling
Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Non-violent Communication, Oren Jan Sofer
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson

2022
The Hate You Give, Angie Thomas
Mastering Civility, Christine Porath
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know, Malcolm Gladwell
The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein

2023-24
The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America’s Soul, Brian Kilmeade
Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury, Drew Gilpin Faust
Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson, Rebecca Boggs
Beautiful Country: A Memoir of an Undocumented Childhood, Qian Julie Wang
Formidable, Elizabeth Griffin

2025

Sula, Toni Morrison.
The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt; THE WOMEN WHO CREATED A PRESIDENT, Edward F. O’Keefe.
Frontier Grit, Marianne Morgan.
The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis, George Stephanopoulos.