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Love to read? In the grand tradition of passing on a great book to a friend, we invite you to share and discuss your reading experience with fellow book lovers. Our Book Club meets on the third Thursday of each month at 10am in The Other Cup, September through May. Even if you haven’t read the book we’re discussing, you may still enjoy the conversation. You are welcome to arrive at 9:30am for fellowship; our discussion begins at 10am. All are invited to participate in our book club: a beloved group that has been a part of life at Saint Barnabas for well over 30 years. Read below for this month’s book reading. Questions? Please email Karen Talus. 

Below is the Book Read Schedule for 2025-2026.

Please take note!

September 18, 2025
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson (History: 592 pp.)
Why did we have a Civil War?
October 16, 2025
Meg, Jo, Beth , and Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux (Literary and Social Criticism: 288 pp.)
The title says it all!
November 20, 2025
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt (Social Psychology: 400 pp.)
Problems of the younger generation and interaction with social media.
December 18, 2025
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexi (Fiction: 288 pp.)
Modern Native American experience and coming of age.
January 15, 2026
The Devil and Webster by Jean Hanff Korelitz (Fiction: 368 pp.)
Webster’s first female college president is confronted by an uncontrollable demonstration on her campus.
February 19, 2026
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to his White Mother by James McBride (Memoir: 295 pp.)
Again, the title says it all.
March 19, 2026
The House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest by Craig Childs (History, Environment: 516 pp.)
Our region, water, the environment, and the Anasazi.
April 16, 2026
The Women by Kristin Hannah (Fiction: 480 pp.)
Nurses during the Vietnam War.
May 21, 2026
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Fiction: 560 pp.)
A modern retelling of David Copperfield.

Questions? Please email Karen Talus.  

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