2017 Books

For fun:

- Postcards from the Edge, by Carrie Fisher
- Wishful Drinking, by Carrie Fisher
- Within the Sanctuary of Wings, by Marie Brennan

- Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah

- Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg 

- The Book of Speculation, by Erika Swyler

- Turtles All the Way Down, by John Green

- Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun, by Sarah Ladipo Manyika

- Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino

For feminist sci-fi book club:

- The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
- Woman at Point Zero, by Nawal el Saadawi

- The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker
- Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly

For Valencia Library Book Club:

- The Things they Carried, by Tim O'Brien
- Please Look After Mom, by Kyung-Sook Shin
- Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi
- Sweet Tooth, by Ian McEwan

- 13 Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
- The Lathe of Heaven, by Ursula Le Guin

- Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin
- Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders

- Nutshell, by Ian McEwan

2016 Books

Valencia book club:

- God Help the Child, by Toni Morrison

- City of Thieves, by David Benioff

- The Martian, by Andy Weir

- Fates and Furies, by Lauren Groff

- The Book of Aron, by Jim Shepard

- The House Girl, by Tara Conklin

- The Glass Palace, by Amitav Ghosh

Feminist Sci-Fi Podcast book club:

- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs

- Kindred, by Octavia Butler

For fun:

- The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt

- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot

- Orange is the New Black, by Piper Kerman

- The Labyrinth of the Drakes, by Marie Brennan

- The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller

- Rich and Pretty, by Rumaan Alam

- Weird Things Customers say in Bookstores, by Jen Campbell

- Scrappy Little Nobody, by Anna Kendrick 

- Talking as Fast as I Can, by Lauren Graham 

- Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck 

- Survivor, by Chuck Palahniuk

- Breakfast of Champions, by Kurt Vonnegut 

For work:

- The Leadership Challenge, by James Kouzes and Barry Posner