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Book Clubs for Adults


Bay View Library | 2566 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.
Third Wednesday of every month, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

May 16
June 20

July 18
Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Dishwasher: One Man’s Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States by Pete Jordan
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane and
The Killer Angels
by Michael Shaara
Aug. 15 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Michael Chabon
Sep. 19 Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival,
Resilience and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand
Oct. 17 American Boy by Larry Watson
Nov. 21 Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin and
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
Dec. 19 The All of It by Jeannette Haien
Jan. 16, 2013 The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Feb. 20 The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
by Stephen Greenblatt
Mar. 20 The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Apr. 17 The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
May 15 Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the
Lost City One Step at a Time
by Mark Adams
June 19 The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen
July 17 The Bone House by Brian Freeman
East Library | 1910 E. North Ave.
Tuesdays, 7 p.m.
May 15 Wisconsin Poets Laureate: Poems by Marilyn L. Taylor, Denise Sweet, and Ellen Kort
June 19 Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted
by Justin Martin or Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing the American Landscape by Charles E. Beveridge and Paul Rocheleau
July 17 Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius by Ray Monk or
Wittgenstein’s Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers by David Edmons and John Eidinow
Aug. 21 A Widow’s Story: A Memoir by Joyce Carol Oates
Sep. 18 State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Oct. 16 Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President by Ron Suskind
Nov. 20 Room by Emma Donoghue
Dec. 18 Inferno by Dante Alighieri
Tippecanoe Library | 3912 S. Howell Ave.
Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m.
New members welcome.

May 9
June 13
July 11
Aug. 8
Sep. 12
Oct. 10
Nov. 14
Dec.

Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Tinkers by Paul Harding
Saturday by Ian McEwan
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Good Graces by Lesley Kagen
Rin Tin Tin by Susan Orlean
No meeting


 
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