Book Club
We read and discuss non-fiction, non-partisan books that expand our understanding of important national issues.
Books we have read
Strangers in Their Own Land, Arlie Russell Hochschild
Words That Work, Frank Luntz
White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America, Joan C. Williams
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, Jane Mayer
Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together, Van Jones
Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It, Jeffrey D. Clements
Melting Pot of Civil War: A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders, Reihan Salam
Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America, Deborah Fallows and James Fallows
Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, Jon Meacham
Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America, Randy Shaw
The Fifth Risk, Michael Lewis
The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future, Joseph Stiglitz
The Uninhabitable Earth, David Wallace Wells
Doing Justice, Preet Bharara
To learn more
Contact Sue Graham at bookclub@lwvlamv.org for additional information. Book Club meetings can also be found on our Events page.
Summaries of previous book discussions:
Dark Money
Melting Pot
Soul of America
The Sum of Us