Senior Book Club

2024 Reading List

Senior Book Club meets at 3pm on the second Tuesday of the month at Luther Crest in Allentown. All are welcome. Non-residents may participate with their own copy of the book.

Drop-in Event

*The reading list is subject to change.

January

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, 2016

February

Great Believers by Rebeccah Makkai, 2018

March

Caucasia by Danzy Senna, 1998

April

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, 2021

May

Unseen World by Liz Moore, 2016

June

Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner, 2016

July

My Antonia by Willa Cather, 1918

August

Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson, 2004

September

Invisible Life of Addi LaRue by V.E. Schwab, 2020

October

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, 2015

November

Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doer, 2021

All programming is sponsored by The Friends of the Parkland Community Library. 
Learn more about The Friends on their webpage.

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