All information for the CWAJ Reading Group is posted here. All CWAJ members and their guests are welcome to participate.
Discussion Leader: Peggy Kanda
Discussion questions: click here
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Discussion Leader: Suz Wilkinson
Discussion questions: Click here.
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Libby Osuga-Brown is inviting CWAJ Book Club members to a Book Swap & Potluck at her home on Friday, November 21 from 2 pm to 8 pm (arrive any time).
Space is limited. RSVP to Libby at labrownosuga@gmail.com by November 14 and indicate the dish you will bring.
For more information, check this flyer.
Please send your book recommendations for 2026 to reading@cwaj.org by October 15. A poll will be sent after October 15 to determine what the group will read in 2026.
Books recommended so far:
We Do Not Part by Hang Kang
Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder by Asako Yuzuki (translated by Polly Barton)
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
They Hang Me in Tokyo by Allan West
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Flashlight by Susan Choi
Storm Rider by Akira Yoshimura (translated by Philip Gabriel)
Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena
Cinnamon Beach by Suzanna Kamata
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami (translated by Asa Yoneda)
One Man's Justice by Akira Yoshimura (translated by Mark Ealey)
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (nonfiction)
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
A Short History of Tractors in the Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
Heat Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi
Wolf Hall: A Novel by Hilary Mantel
Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage
Sweetest Fruits by Monique Truong
The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani, translated by Sam Betts
Mansfield Park by Jane Austin
The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
The Director by Daniel Kehlmann
Long Island by Colm Toibin
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Need some inspiration for Japanese authors to recommend, click here or click here. Thanks to Ann for these great links.
Co-Leaders:
Yukiko Sato and Amy Fujii
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