Natural History Fact and Fiction Book Club

Are you interested in learning about topics in contemporary ecology and past natural history? Join the library’s Natural History Fact & Fiction Book Club. We meet the fourth Friday of each month at 5pm to discuss a selected book. Titles include both fiction and non-fiction – the unifying thread being that they all have a natural history component. Feel welcome to attend at any time, even if you haven’t been before or haven’t quite finished the book.

2024 Meeting Dates/Book Titles:

January 26th:
The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World out of Balance / Dan Egan (Non-Fiction)

February 23^rd:
The Overstory: a novel / Richard Powers (Fiction)

March 22^nd:
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us / Ed Yong (Non-Fiction)

April 26^th:
Prodigal Summer / Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction)

May 24^th:
Soul of an Octopus / Sy Montgomery (Non-Fiction)

June 28^th:
The Covenant of Water / Abraham Verghese (Fiction)

July 26^th:
The Genius of Birds / Jennifer Ackerman (Non-Fiction)

August 23^rd:
West With Giraffes / Lynda Rutledge (Fiction)

September 27^th:
Braiding Sweetgrass / Robin Wall Kimmerer (Non-Fiction)

October 25^th:
Wish You Were Here / Jodi Picoult (Fiction)

November 22^nd:
Winter World: the ingenuity of animal survival / Bernd Heinrich (Non-Fiction)

December 27^th:
Let us Descend : a novel / Jesmyn Ward (Fiction)