Book Club

Gibson's Book Club discusses A Little History of Philosophy

Monday, January 6th, 2020, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Book Club discusses A Little History of Philosophy, by Nigel Warburton.

Our book club is free and open to the public, newcomers are encouraged! Join us for every month, or deal yourself in as the spirit moves you.

A Little History of Philosophy (Little Histories) (Paperback)

By Nigel Warburton

$15.00

ISBN: 9780300187793

Availability: On Our Shelves Now

Published: Yale University Press - October 30th, 2012

For readers of E. H. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World, an equally irresistible volume that brings history’s greatest philosophers to life

“A primer in human existence: philosophy has rarely seemed so lucid, so important, so worth doing and so easy to enter into. . . .

POSTPONED UNTIL DEC. 9--Gibson's Book Club discusses Cold Comfort Farm

Monday, December 2nd, 2019, 5:30 p.m. THIS BOOK CLUB MEETING HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL DEC. 9 DUE TO EXPECTED WINTER STORMS

Gibson's Book Club discusses Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons.

Cold Comfort Farm: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Paperback)

By Stella Gibbons, Lynne Truss (Introduction by), Roz Chast (Illustrator)

$17.00

ISBN: 9780143039594

Availability: On Our Shelves Now

Published: Penguin Classics - March 28th, 2006

"Quite simply one of the funniest satirical novels of the last century." —Nancy Pearl, NPR's Morning Edition

Gibson's Book Club discusses Confederates in the Attic

Monday, November 4th, 2019, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Book Club discusses Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches From the Unfinished Civil War, by Tony Horwitz.

Our book club is free and open to the public, newcomers are encouraged! Join us for every month, or deal yourself in as the spirit moves you.

Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (Vintage Departures) (Paperback)

By Tony Horwitz

$17.00

ISBN: 9780679758334

Availability: On Our Shelves Now

Published: Vintage - February 22nd, 1999

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent takes us on an explosive adventure into the soul of the unvanquished South, where Civil War reenactors, battlefield visitors, and fans of history resurrect the ghosts of the Lost Cause through ritual and remembrance.

Gibson's Book Club discusses Recursion, by Blake Crouch

Monday, October 7th, 2019, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Book Club discusses Recursion: A Novel, by Blake Crouch.

Recursion: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Blake Crouch

$28.00

ISBN: 9781524759780

Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days

Published: Ballantine Books - June 11th, 2019

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines trilogy comes a relentless thriller about time, identity, and memory—his most mind-boggling, irresistible work to date, and the inspiration for Shondaland’s upcoming Netflix film.

Gibson's Book Club discusses Quiet, by Susan Cain

Monday, September 9th, 2019, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Book Club discusses Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, by Susan Cain.

Our book club is free and open to the public, newcomers are encouraged! Join us for every month, or deal yourself in as the spirit moves you.

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Paperback)

By Susan Cain

$18.99

ISBN: 9780307352156

Availability: On Our Shelves Now

Published: Crown - January 29th, 2013

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Experience the book that started the Quiet Movement and revolutionized how the world sees introverts—and how introverts see themselves—by offering validation, inclusion, and inspiration

Gibson's Book Club: PICKAPALOOZA

Monday, August 5th, 2019, 5:30 p.m.

August is our Pickapalooza! Our book club picks a year's worth of book club reads this month; come prepared to defend your suggestions (of which you may bring many!), and we'll decide for the coming year. If you've been hopeful to join our book club but were hoping for different styles of books, now is the time to make your case! We are democratically run, and you can deal yourself in as the spirit moves you.

Gibson's Book Club reads My Ex-Life, by Stephen McCauley

Monday, July 1st, 2019, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Book Club reads My Ex-Life, by Stephen McCauley.

Our book club is free and open to the public, newcomers are encouraged! Join us for every month, or deal yourself in as the spirit moves you.

My Ex-Life: A Novel (Paperback)

By Stephen McCauley

$16.99
Likely available, but must be ordered by email/phone

ISBN: 9781250122445

Published: Flatiron Books - May 7th, 2019

National Bestseller
Best Book of the Year: NPR, Shelf Awareness

In prose filled with hilarious and heartbreakingly accurate one-liners, Stephen McCauley has written a novel that examines how we define home, family, and love. Be prepared to laugh, shed a few tears, and have thoughts of your own ex-life triggered.