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These events happen on the last Friday of every month, and are a space for people of Black ancestry to laugh, learn, and celebrate Black writing alongside incredible speakers, artists, and authors — including the likes of Paul Mendez and Akwaeke Emezi. And her latest promises to be another twisty domestic thriller that will keep you guessing until the end. Despite this age of isolation, the New York Public Library has been strengthening its community of readers since April 2020, when it teamed up with US radio station WNYC to launch its online book club. Whether you’re looking for cutting-edge releases new for 2021 or classic recommendations, we’ve selected 35 of the very best book club books sure to spark conversation. Hernan Diaz tracks these narratives across a century and documents the truth-bending power of money, with provocative revelations at each turn.
You love a short story, and this anthology collection of thoughtful and funny poems are the best way to cram as much fun and excitement into your reading as possible! Set in a glittering circus in the pleasure gardens of Victorian London, Circus of Wonders is a story of fame, power and secret love. Younger by two years than her classmates at the Peter Reed School for Space Preparation, she flourishes in her classes but struggles to make friends and find true intellectual peers. If you’re looking for a palate cleanser after a string of dense novels, you could do far worse than Filthy Animals.The great book club books often pose one overarching question and challenges its reader to discern an answer. The Four Windsis an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation. With charm, humor, and pathos to spare, Good Eggsis a delightful study in self-determination; the notion that it’s never too late to start living; and the unique redemption that family, despite its maddening flaws, can offer.
But when somebody ends up dead, a lethal game of cat and mouse ensues, her own husband leading the chase. The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Landare trying to figure out the world around them: Anna and Omeir, on opposite sides of the formidable city walls during the 1453 siege of Constantinople; teenage idealist Seymour in an attack on a public library in present day Idaho; and Konstance, on an interstellar ship bound for an exoplanet, decades from now.A riveting and ruthless portrayal of American suburbia, Good Neighborsexcavates the perils and betrayals of motherhood and friendships and the dangerous clash between social hierarchy, childhood trauma, and fear. Peppered with surprising moments of dry humor despite the challenging subject matter, Kristen Arnett’s latest novel is a profoundly honest examination of family dynamics and the trials and tribulations of parenthood.
Using Megan’s postpartum haunting as a powerful metaphor for a woman’s fraught relationship with her body and mind, Julia Fine once again delivers an imaginative and “barely restrained, careful musing on female desire, loneliness, and hereditary inheritances” ( Washington Post).One of the most popular book club books of 2020 was The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, which took an in-depth look at race, family and fate. But when Anisa enrols and is quickly seduced by all that it's made possible, she soon realizes the disturbing, hidden cost of its services. What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster focuses on legacy, identity and how race affects relationships. She had promised her family she’d never look back, but Ruth knows that to move forward, she must make peace with the past. Did a story make you laugh out loud, whisk you away on a thrilling journey, or introduce you to unforgettable characters?
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