November 2024
The next discussion meeting will be on Thursday, November 21 at 7:00 pm to discuss Hero of the Empire: the Boer War, a daring escape, and the making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard.
Some print copies of Hero of the Empire are available for checkout; stop by or contact the Circulation Desk at (908) 608-8603 x1. The eBook & audiobook may be available on Libby.
If you have any questions about the Books Speak Volumes book group, please email dgutch@bhplnj.org.
Books Speak Volumes Title List (by year)
2024
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: a Jewish family’s exodus from Old Cairo to the New World by Lucette Lagnado
Say Nothing: a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Wager: a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder by David Grann
Midnight in Chernobyl: the untold story of the world’s greatest nuclear disaster by Adam Higginbotham
Road to Surrender: three men and the countdown to the end of World War II by Evan Thomas
Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI by David Grann
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Muppets in Moscow: the unexpected crazy true story of making Sesame Street in Russia by Natasha Rogoff
Isaac’s Storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history by Erik Larson
A Fever in the Heartland: the Ku Klux Klan’s plot to take over America, and the woman who stopped them by Timothy Egan
Hero of the Empire: the Boer War, a daring escape, and the making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard
2023
The Nickel Boys: a novel by Colson Whitehead
Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure by Matthew Algeo