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Month­ly Picks

Each month we rec­om­mend one fic­tion and one non­fic­tion book for book clubs. Check back for new selec­tions, and browse past picks to find your next read.

Feb­ru­ary, 2020

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Fic­tion
Calm Sea and Pros­per­ous Voy­age: Select­ed Stories
Bette How­land
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Non­fic­tion
The Col­or of Love: A Sto­ry of a Mixed Race Jew­ish Girl
Mar­ra B. Gad

Jan­u­ary 2020

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Fic­tion
Fly Already
Etgar Keret
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Non­fic­tion
The Guard­ed Gate: Big­otry, Eugen­ics, and the Law That Kept Two Gen­er­a­tions of Jews, Ital­ians, and Oth­er Euro­pean Immi­grants Out of America
Daniel Okrent

Decem­ber 2019

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Fic­tion
The Hotel Neversink
Adam O’Fal­lon Price
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Non­fic­tion
Rise and Kill First: The Secret His­to­ry of Israel’s Tar­get­ed Assassinations
Ronen Bergman

Novem­ber 2019

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Fic­tion
Three Floors Up
Eshkol Nevo; Son­dra Sil­ver­ston, trans. 
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Non­fic­tion
Sing This at My Funer­al: A Mem­oir of Fathers and Sons
David Sluc­ki

Octo­ber 2019

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Fic­tion
The Lost Family
Jen­na Blum
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Non­fic­tion
Long Live the Tribe of Father­less Girls: A Memoir
T Kira Madden
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