Book Club for Adults

Welcome to City of Asylum Book Club!

The theme of the book club is exploring new voices from around the world.  We will meet monthly at City of Asylum Bookstore at Alphabet City. All meetings begin at 6pm. Please contact our volunteer book club coordinator, Laura McGaha, for more information: lauramcgaha@gmail.com

2021 Book Club selections:

January: Shuggie Bain

February: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

March: Go Went Gone

September: Open Water

October: My Grandmother's Braid

November/December: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

All of the previous book club books can be found here.

 

Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) By Douglas Stuart Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802148506
Availability: In stock at publisher: Usually Ships to store in 3-5 Business Days.
Published: Grove Press - October 13th, 2020

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies By Deesha Philyaw Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781949199734
Availability: In stock at publisher: Usually Ships to store in 3-5 Business Days.
Published: West Virginia University Press - September 1st, 2020

Go, Went, Gone By Jenny Erpenbeck, Susan Bernofsky (Translated by) Cover Image
By Jenny Erpenbeck, Susan Bernofsky (Translated by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9780811225946
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: New Directions - September 26th, 2017

Open Water By Caleb Azumah Nelson Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802157942
Availability: In stock at publisher: Usually Ships to store in 3-5 Business Days.
Published: Grove Press, Black Cat - April 13th, 2021

My Grandmother's Braid By Alina Bronsky, Tim Mohr (Translator) Cover Image
By Alina Bronsky, Tim Mohr (Translator)
$17.00
ISBN: 9781609456450
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Europa Editions - January 19th, 2021

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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel By Ocean Vuong Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525562047
Availability: In stock at publisher: Usually Ships to store in 3-5 Business Days.
Published: Penguin Books - June 1st, 2021