Looking for a new book group in Silver Spring?

Looking for a new book group or an additional book group? Consider this effort of the Silver Spring Village (but open to Village members and non-members) and the Silver Spring Library: the group meets once a month at the new library on Wayne and Fenton. Check at the main desk for the location within the library.

Here’s the reading list until April 2016. There’s something for everyone on this list. No reservations required.

October 8, 2015 In the Woods by Tana French (2007)
Rob Ryan and partner, Cassie Maddox, of the Dublin Murder Squad are investigating the murder of a 12-year old girl. The case is chillingly similar to a previous unsolved mystery in which Rob himself was involved but has little memory of. As long buried memories begin to surface, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.
November 12, 2015 The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (2010)
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America.
December 10, 2015 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (2009)
Assuming the power recently lost by the disgraced Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cromwell counsels a mercurial Henry VIII on the latter’s efforts to marry Anne Boleyn against the wishes of Rome, a successful endeavor that comes with a dangerous price.
January 14, 2016 Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (2015)
An audacious, darkly glittering novel about art, fame, and ambition set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, from the author of three highly acclaimed previous novels. One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, the world as we know it begins to dissolve.
February 11, 2016 Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (2012)
Close to aging out of the foster care system, Molly Ayer takes a position helping an elderly woman named Vivian and discovers that they are more alike than different as she helps Vivian solve a mystery from her past.
March 10, 2016 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (2015)
Rachel Watson’s life has gone off the rails: alcoholism has cost her both her marriage and her job. To maintain a veneer of normalcy, she continues her daily train commute to London, watching a happy young couple whose house she passes each day -- until, one day, the young woman is gone.
April 14, 2016 Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larsen (2015)
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