Before I Go to Sleep* This Blessed Earth by S.J. Watson (WATSON S) by Ted Genoways (630.9782 GEN) Midnight at the Blackbird Café * The Broken Circle by Heather Webber (WEBBER) by Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller (920 AHMADI E) The Nickel Boys* Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass... by (WHITEHEA C) by Frederick Douglass (920 DOUGLASS) The Underground Railroad* Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (920 NOAH T) by Colson Whitehead (WHITEHEA C) Wild* by Cheryl Strayed (920 STRAYED C) BOOK CLUB Before We Were Yours* Educated* by Lisa Wingate (WINGATE L) by Tara Westover (920 WESTOVER T) COLLECTION The Sun is Also a Star* by Nicola Yoon (YOON) Nothing Daunted* by Dorothy Wickenden (921 WIC) Dead Wake* by Erik Larson (940.4 LAR) Nonfiction The Lost City of the Monkey God* When* by Daniel Pink (153.7 PIN) by Douglas Preston (972.85 PRE) Talking to Strangers* Killers of the Flower Moon* by Malcolm Gladwell (302 GLA) by David Grann (976.6 GRA) Between the World and Me* by Ta-Nehisi Coates (305.8 COA) * Available in large print The Woman’s Hour* by Elaine Weiss (324.6 WEI) Many of these titles are also held by the library as These book club favorites are available for check out individually or as a set. They can be checked Evicted* by Matthew Desmond (339.4 DES) audio CDs, e-books or e-audiobooks. out for six weeks and renewed up to two times. Being Mortal Check the library catalog for availability.

by Atul Gawande (362.17 GAW) Titles not on this list may be available for loan The Boys in the Bunkhouse* from other Iowa libraries (allow 6-8 weeks). by Dan Barry (362.3 BAR) Ask us about book club discussion questions, The Radium Girls* author information, and resources for choosing by Kate Moore (363.17 MOO) future titles for your group. Lab Girl* by Hope Jahren (570.92 JAH) The Soul of an Octopus Please visit the Adult Services desk for more information. by Sy Montgomery (594 MON)

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