Book Clubs

Discussion Groups

First Tuesdays 

Meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 2 pm

2022-2023 Reading List 

• September -- Favorite Summer Reads
• October -- The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
• November -- The Last Painting of Sara DeVos by Dominic Smith
  
• December -- Thunderstruck by Erik Larsen 
• January -- Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
• February -- Apeirogon by Colum McCann
• March -- Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
• April --  Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
• May -- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
• June -- Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
• Summer Read -- The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

Fourth Mondays 

Meets on the 4th Monday of the month at 1:30 pm

• September 26 -- The Guncle by Steven Rowley
• October 24 -- Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
• November 28 -- Chevy in the Hole by Kelsey Ronan
• December - No meeting
• January 23 -- Thank You Mr. Nixon: Stories by Gish Jen
• February 27 - Beautiful Country by Julie Qian Wang 
• March 27 - Matrix by Lauren Groff
• April 24 -- Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
• May 22 -- Wayward by Dana Spiotta
• June 26 -- Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson

Tuesday Nights 

Meets 7:00-8:00 p.m. 

• September 13 -- The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
• October 11 -- The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
• November 8 -- Seabiscuit: a American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
• January 10 -- Howard's End by E. M. Forster
• February 14 -- Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
• March 14 -- Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym
• April 11 -- In the Garden of Beasts:  Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
• May 9 -- Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

Mystery Book Discussion 

If you love mysteries and true crime, join us. Meets the 4th Tuesday, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Every other month.

• November 22 -- August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones
• January 24 -- I'll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
• March 28 -- In the Woods by Tana French
• May 23  -- Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
• July 25  -- Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
• September 26 -- Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

In Cold Mug: Book Club@ThePub

If you’ve never joined a book club before, or if you’ve ever simultaneously read a book while enjoying a cold one and nachos, this is the discussion group for you.

Meets 4th Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 p.m.

• January 24 -- Dawn of Detroit by Tia Miles
• February 28 -- The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen
• March 28 -- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
• April 25 -- All the Answers by Michael Kupperman
• May 30 -- Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Quiley
• June 27 -- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group

Meets the 3rd Thursday of the month, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

2022-2023 Reading list:

• September 15 -- Soul of America by Jon Meacham
• October 20 -- Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner
• November 17 -- Madhouse at the End of the World by Julian Sancton
• December -- No meeting
• January 19 -- Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert
• February 16 -- The Three Mothers by Anna Malaika Tubbs
• April 20 -- Think Again by Adam Grant
• May 18 -- Sea People by Christina Thompson

Science Fiction Book Discussion Group

This bi-monthly group discusses current, contemporary and classical Science Fiction releases. Meets the second Wednesday at 7 p.m., every other month.

• October 13 -- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
• December 8 -- Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
• February 9 -- Recursion by Blake Crouch
• Apr 13 -- Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Shelf Indulgence Book Club (New Adult Romance)

Meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month, 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Cellar 313 in Grosse Pointe Park. 

2023 Reading list:

• April -- Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
• May -- Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai
• June --Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
• July -- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
• August -- The Proposal by Jasmine Gullory

Thoughts to Action 

Meets once a month via Zoom.  Click here for the book group page.