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Book Discussion Groups

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 2024-2025

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. 29, 2024 – Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson
  • Sept. 26, 2024 – The Situation Room by George Stephanopoulos
  • Oct. 24, 2024 – Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe
  • Dec. 5, 2024 – Wellness – A Novel by Nathan Hill
  • Jan. 30, 2025 – The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
  • Feb. 27, 2025 – Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
  • Mar. 27, 2025 – The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
  • Apr. 24, 2025 – The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
  • May 29, 2025 – Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

Evening Book Browsers 2024-2025

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. 19, 2024 – Enough by Cassidy Hutchinson
  • Oct. 17, 2024 – The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
  • Nov. 21, 2024 – Horse by Geraldine Brooks
  • Dec. 19, 2024 – A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
  • Jan. 16, 2025 – Mockingbird Summer by Lynda Rutledge 
  • Feb. 20, 2025 – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • Mar. 20, 2025 – Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
  • Apr. 17, 2025 – The Women by Kristin Hannah
  • May 15, 2025 – Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver