Book Groups (2026-27)

LWVS COMMUNITY BOOK GROUPS

The League seasonally chooses a book that is interesting, timely, and thought-provoking as the subject of a community book discussion. Open to all and typically held at a member’s home, these discussions are casual and collegial, honest and lively. Leave with new knowledge and insight, and maybe a few new friends!

UPCOMING BOOK DISCUSSIONS

Fall Book Selection: TBD
Sunday, November 1, 2026
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Private Home

Spring Book Selection: TBD
Friday, April 30, 2026
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Private Home

 


PAST LWVS BOOK SELECTIONS


  • Spring 2026Caleb’s Crossing (2012) by Geraldine Brooks
  • Fall 20251984 by George Orwell
  • Spring 2025Master Slave Husband Wife (2023) by Ilyon Woo
  • Fall 2024James (2024) by Percival Everett
  • Spring 2024North Woods (2023) by Daniel Mason
  • Fall 2023Small Things Like These (2021) by Claire Keegan
  • Spring 2023Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships (2022) by Nina Totenberg
  • Spring 2021Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson; joining the discussion was Richard Westmoreland, retired Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel and former F/A-18 pilot, mentioned in the book for his participation in the Confederate monument debate in New Orleans from 2015 to 2017 as a vocal proponent of removal
  • Winter 2020Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli and Melting Pot or Civil War: A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders by Reihan Salam
  • Spring 2019 – How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley
  • Fall 2018 – One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Democracy by Carol Anderson
  • Spring 2018 – Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
  • Fall 2017 – Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsberg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World by Linda Hirschman
  • Fall 2016 – Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
  • Spring 2016 – Dark Money, The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
  • Fall 2015 – The Prize: Who’s In Charge of America’s Schools by Dale Russakoff
  • Spring 2015 – The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs