January 2025
The next discussion meeting will be on Thursday, January 16 at 7:00 pm to discuss The Demon of Unrest: a saga of hubris, heartbreak, and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson.
Some print copies of The Demon of Unrest are available for checkout; stop by or contact the Circulation Desk at (908) 608-8603 x1. eBook and eAudiobook copies 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)
2025
The Demon of Unrest: a saga of hubris, heartbreak, and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson
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
The Chancellor: the remarkable odyssey of Angela Merkel by Kati Marton
2023
The Nickel Boys: a novel by Colson Whitehead
Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure by Matthew Algeo