IUF Book Club

Welcome Everyone.

Our book club meets at the Grand Rapids Area Library every Wednesday from 1:30 - 2:30 pm, (springtime hours) in a back room.

We choose books by discussion and consent, and everyone is encouraged to bring a book suggestion.

Prior to the meeting, at 1:00 pm, is a 25-minute meditation session for anyone who wants to participate.

IUF's Current Read

Starting April 15, 2026: The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram

This is a landmark work of ecological philosophy. It explores how human cognition is deeply dependent on the natural environment, arguing that modern society’s reliance on digital, alphabet-based technology has severed our sensorial connection to the Earth, encouraging a view of nature as passive rather than active and sentient.

Available on InternetArchive.org

These are the books that the IUF Book Club has discussed in the past three years.

In The Evening We'll Dance: A Memoir in Essays on Love & Dementia.

by Anne-Marie Erickson

Fierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma, Emerging through Collapse

by Kazu Haga

The Intelligent Universe Revealed: Bringing Science, Spirituality & Mysticism Together

by Jeff Jefferies

Cultivating the Mind of Love

by Thich Nhat Hanh

LISTEN TO DISCUSSION

The Book of Joy

by Douglas Abrams with His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Archbishop Desmond Tutu

The Service Berry

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Dandelion Wine

by Ray Bradberry

Heart to Heart

by The Dalai Lama & Patrick McDonnell

Less is More

by Jason Hickel

PODCAST EPISODE

The Story of More

by Hope Jahren

One Mind

by Larry Dossey, MD

Intraconnected

by Dan Siegel

Braiding Sweet Grass

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Understanding Capitalism

by Riichard D. Wolff

Upshift

by Ervin Laszlo

The Myth of Normal

by Gabor Mate

A Path With Heart by Jack Kornfield

An Immense World

by Ed Yong

Oneness Vs the 1%

by Vandana Shiva

Nonviolent Communication

by Marshall Rosenberg & Deepak Chopra

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