Book Club: Historically Speaking

Join us for lively discussions of historical nonfiction books. Upcoming 2026 Titles: January: Challenger: a True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham February: The Barn: the Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson March: All that She Carried: the Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles April: 82 Days on Okinawa: One American's Firsthand Account of the Pacific War's Greatest Battle by Art Shaw The group will not meet in May. June: Nexus: a Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval N. Harari July: Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America by Michael Luo August : King of Kings: the Iranian Revolution: a Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation by Scott Anderson September - Being Mortal by Atul Gawande October: Brave the Wild River: the Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. Sevigny November: By the Fire We Carry: the Generations-long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca Nagle The group will not meet in December. New members are always welcome!