What we’re about
đź“šThis book club is for all book lovers surrounding the general Lorton area. Each month we will select a book and meet up on the last Thursday of the month to discuss.
We will have questions to kick off the discussion, but then we’ll let the conversation go where it may.
Book Club Reads:
2022
- February 2022: An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
- March 2022: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
- April 2022: Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
- May 2022: The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
- June 2022: The Man Who Came and Went by Joe Stillman
- July 2022: Pachinko by Lee Min-jin
- August 2022: When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
- September 2022: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (a Lorton local!)
- October 2022: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- November 2022: Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
- December 2022: No Book Chat - Happy Holidays! ❄️
2023
- January 2023: The Measure by Nikki Erlick
- February 2023: Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang
Happy One-Year to Lorton Book Club! 🎊📚 - March 2023: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
- April 2023: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- May 2023: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
- June 2023: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
- July 2023: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
- August 2023: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
- September 2023: Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
- October 2023: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
- November 2023: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
- December 2023: No Book Chat - Happy Holidays! ❄️
2024
- January 2024: The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter
- February 2024: All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
- March 2024: A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
- April 2024: A Man of Two Faces by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- May 2024: The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- June 2024: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
- July 2024: The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
- August 2024: The Push by Ashley Audrain
Upcoming events (2)
See all- November Book Selection: Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women CodeNew Hope Church, Lorton, VA
Join us on the third Thursday of November for our discussion on Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them. A strict vow of secrecy nearly erased their efforts from history; now, through dazzling research and interviews with surviving code girls, bestselling author Liza Mundy brings to life this riveting and vital story of American courage, service, and scientific accomplishment.
We will meet in Side Lobby 1 at New Hope (8905 Ox Rd., Lorton).
- December Book Selection: The Storied Life of AJ FikryNew Hope Church, Lorton, VA
Join us on the third Thursday of December for our discussion on The Storied Life of AJ Fikry
A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. He lives alone, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. But when a mysterious package appears at the bookstore, its unexpected arrival gives Fikry the chance to make his life over—and see everything anew.
We will meet in Side Lobby 1 at New Hope (8905 Ox Rd., Lorton).
