Book Discussion Groups

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Book groups for AAUW Naperville Area members meet monthly from September through May to discuss books on a variety of topics. We meet virtually, so it’s easy to join discussions from wherever you are.

Afternoon Book Browsers 2025-2026

Our afternoon book discussion group meets online at 12:30 p.m. on the last Thursday of the month from August through May. Contact Jan Summers to receive Zoom invitations.

  • Aug. 28, 2025 The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
  • Sept. 25, 2025 – Hold Strong by Robert Dugoni
  • Oct. 30, 2025 – The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource by Chris Hayes
  • Dec. 4, 2025 – The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick
  • Jan. 29, 2026 – Saving Vincent by Joan Fernandez
  • Feb. 26, 2026 – Olivetti by Allie Millington
  • Mar. 26, 2026 – Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
  • Apr. 30, 2026 – The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
  • May 28, 2026 – American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodward

Evening Book Browsers 2025-2026

Our evening book discussion group meets online usually at 7 p.m. on the 3rd Thursday of the month from September through May. Contact Todra Oken to receive Zoom invitations.

  • Sept. 18, 2025 – Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (Classic and banned book)
  • Oct. 16, 2025 – James by Percival Everett
  • Nov. 20, 2025 – Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
  • Dec. 18, 2025 – Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
  • Jan. 15, 2026 – On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci, MD 
  • Feb. 19, 2026Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
  • Mar. 19, 2026 – Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon
  • Apr. 16, 2026 – The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
  • May 21, 2026 – The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women’s Lives Forever by Lydia Reeder