book club calendar for people who don't have time for book club calendars

Book Club Calendar (for people who don’t have time for book club calendars)

After much deliberation and discussion, the Book Club for People Who Have No Time for Book Clubs decided to have more structure and schedule. I wanted to keep our leisurely pace — a book a month is a bit too much for us all and we’d prefer to reflect  on them a little bit more.

So you’ll see our book club calendar is every SIX weeks rather than once a month like the typical book club. That means in a list of 19 books, we cover about two years. I’ve also arranged them seasonally based on the content of the book — autumn books for autumn, winter books for winter and so on.

Here’s the Book Club Calendar if you want to buy ahead:

 

  1. Maus 1 & 2 by Art Spiegelman — August 30th, 2016
  2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon — September 15th, 2016
  3. The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick  — November 8th, 2016
  4. The Cuckoo’s Calling by J.K. Rowling as Robert Galbraith — December 23rd (eve of Eve!), 2016
  5. Foundation by Isaac Asimov — February 7th, 2017
  6. Silence by Shusaku Endo — March 21st, 2017
  7. Fletch by Gregory Mac — April 30th, 2017
  8. Shadow and Claw by Gene Wolfe OR (if you need something shorter) The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss — June 16, 2017
  9. Plainsong by Kent Haruf — July 30th, 2017
  10. Dr. Suess book of your choice — August 7th, 2017
  11. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins — September 14th, 2017
  12. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson — October 31st (All Hallows Eve!), 2017
  13. Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch — December 14th, 2017
  14. Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry — January 20th, 2018
  15. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks OR Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers — February 28th, 2018
  16. 11/22/63 by Stephen King — April 15th, 2018
  17. Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card — May 30th, 2018
  18. Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton — July 15th, 2018
  19. Perelandra by C.S. Lewis — August 30th, 2018

Looking forward to having you join us.

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