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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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