Book Club

Gibson's Book Club reads Lincoln in the Bardo

Monday, May 7th, 2018, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Bookstore reads Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders.

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.

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Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel (Hardcover)

By George Saunders
$28.00
ISBN: 9780812995343
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Published: Random House - February 14th, 2017

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE

The “devastatingly moving” (People) first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented

Gibson's Book Club reads Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid

Monday, April 2nd, 2018, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Bookstore reads Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid.

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.

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Exit West: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Mohsin Hamid
$27.00
ISBN: 9780735212176
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Published: Riverhead Books - March 7th, 2017

FINALIST FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE & WINNER OF THE L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE

“It was as if Hamid knew what was going to happen to America and the world, and gave us a road map to our future… At once terrifying and … oddly hopeful.” —Ayelet Waldman, The New York Times Book Review

Gibson's Book Club reads The Reserve, by Russell Banks

Monday, March 5th, 2018, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Book Club reads The Reserve, by Russell Banks

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.

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The Reserve: A Novel (Paperback)

By Russell Banks
$14.99
ISBN: 9780061430268
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Published: Harper Perennial - February 10th, 2009

“At once a harrowing mystery, an illuminating psychological novel of subverted love and family dysfunction, and a powerful commentary on class structure in America . . . [Banks is] one of America’s finest contemporary fiction writers.” —Boston Globe

Gibson's Book Club reads The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde

Monday, February 5th, 2018, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Book Club reads The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde.

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.

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The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)

By Oscar Wilde
$3.00
ISBN: 9780486264783
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Published: Dover Publications - July 1st, 1990

Here is Oscar Wilde's most brilliant tour de force, a witty and buoyant comedy of manners that has delighted millions in countless productions since its first performance in London's St.

Gibson's Book Club reads Kindred by Octavia Butler

Monday, January 8th, 2018, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Book Club reads Kindred, by Octavia Butler.

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.

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Kindred (Paperback)

By Octavia E. Butler
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807083697
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Published: Beacon Press - February 1st, 2004

From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Nebula, and Hugo award winner

The visionary time-travel classic whose Black female hero is pulled through time to face the horrors of American slavery and explores the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now.

Gibson's Book Club reads Today Will Be Different, by Maria Semple

Monday, December 4th, 2017, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Book Club reads Today Will Be Different, by Maria Semple

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.

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Today Will Be Different (Paperback)

By Maria Semple
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316403450
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Published: Back Bay Books - June 27th, 2017

A brilliant novel and instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette, about a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, forced to abandon her small ambitions and awake to a strange, new future.

Gibson's Book Club reads As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner

Monday, November 6th, 2017, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Book Club reads As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner

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.

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As I Lay Dying (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By William Faulkner
$17.00
ISBN: 9780679732259
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Published: Vintage - January 30th, 1991

A true 20th-century classic from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Sound and the Fury: the famed harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother.

Gibson's Book Club reads The Night Strangers, by Chris Bohjalian

Monday, October 2nd, 2017, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Book Club reads The Night Strangers, by Chris Bohjalian.

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.

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The Night Strangers: A Novel (Paperback)

By Chris Bohjalian
$17.00
ISBN: 9780307395009
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Published: Crown - April 24th, 2012

From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Skeletons at the Feast, and Secrets of Eden, comes a riveting and dramatic ghost story.
 
In a dusty corner of a basement in a rambling Victorian house in northern New Hampshire, a door has long been sealed shut with 39 six-inch-long carriage bolts. 

Gibson's Book Club reads A Gentleman in Moscow

Monday, September 11th, 2017, 5:30 p.m.

Gibson's Book Club reads A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles.

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.

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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Amor Towles
$28.00
ISBN: 9780670026197
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Published: Viking - September 6th, 2016

The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers, soon to be a Showtime/Paramount series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov

Young Adult Summer Book Club: Bull

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017, 2 p.m.

Author David Elliott will be joining us for our final book club meeting! We'll be discussing his YA Novel Bull. There will probably be pizza.

 All are welcome, newcomers encouraged, you do not need to be a young adult to participate!

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Bull (Hardcover)

By David Elliott
$17.99
ISBN: 9780544610606
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Published: Clarion Books - March 28th, 2017

Much like Lin-Manuel Miranda did in Hamilton, the New York Times best-selling author David Elliott turns a classic on its head in form and approach, updating the timeless story of Theseus and the Minotaur.

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