Book Club

The "All Books Considered" book club meets monthly. We usually meet from 1:30 pm to 3:30 p.m. on the third Sunday of each month. We may change our meeting dates to accommodate other UWA events and for special book-related themes that have included meals, boat cruises and train rides. The location varies from local coffee shops to members’ homes. The current book selections are included each month in the UWA newsletter and a monthly email reminder is sent to members who have requested to be on the Book Group email list. There is a UWA group on Facebook where members can share comments; please contact a coordinator to be added. We read a wide variety of books, hence the book club's unofficial name. Invited speakers have included community members such as Georgine Olson from Noel Wien library. The library is a great place to procure copies. Speakers provide additional information on book genres as well as topics related to our monthly book selection. Everyone is encouraged to offer suggestions of books they are interested in reading and discussing.

For more information, contact Sue Keller or Jackie Newell.

2025 Selections

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman and Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia by Carmen bin Laden
Any book about the Dalai Lama or Desmond Tutu, fiction/nonfiction
James by Percival Everett
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Tom Lake by Anne Patchett
Boots, Bikes, and Bombers: Adventures of Alaska Conservationist Ginny Hill Wood (Oral History) edited by Karen Brewster
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

2024 Selections

The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck
Biographies of Women in the Arts (members choose from list)
The Wind Knows My Name, by Isabel Allende
Hang the Moon: A Novel, by Jeannette Walls

Book Club Picks: More Examples

2019 Selections

1. Any book having to do with the tropics

2. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson

3. A Week in Winter, Maeve Binchy

4. The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who CrazyOutwitted America’s Enemies, Jason Fagone

5. Crazy Rich Asians, Kevin Kwan

6. Educated, Tara Westover

2018 Selections

1. Discuss a favorite book/author

2. Reader’s Choice: Science Fiction

3. Local Author: Any book by Elyse Guttenberg

4. Walter Harper: Alaska Native Son, Mary F. Ehrlander

5. A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

6. Steam Laundry, Nicole Stellon O’Donnell

7. Belgravia, Julian Fellowes

8. The Nightingale, Kristen Hannah

9. Small Great Things, Jodi Picoult

10. Any book by Joanne Fluke (Dessert Murder Themes)

11. Norwegian by Night: A Novel, Derek Miller

12. Reader’s Choice: Childrens Classic

Our 2017 Selections

1. To the Bright Edge of the World, Eowyn Ivey

2. Reader’s Choice: Science Books that Read Like Fiction

3. Dark Money, Jane Mayer

4. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith

5. The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood, and/or 1984, George Orwell

6. Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think, Peter Diamondis and Steven Kotler

7. I Married the Klondike, Laura Beatrice Berton

8. The Girl in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware

9. Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow

10. Read any banned book

11. Born a Crime, Trevor Noah

12. Beauty Queens, Libba Bray

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