Bookmarks Book Club
Bookmarks Book Club is now accepting new members!
Bookmarks Book Club meets on the first Monday of each month at 6:30pm to discuss fiction and non-fiction. Books sometimes include authors who will be attending or have attended Bookmarks' events. Meetings take place at Bookmarks Bookstore on 634 West Fourth Street #110 in downtown Winston-Salem. Please know that meetings are always subject to change! Make sure you are on the email list -- SIGN UP HERE.
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Upcoming Selections:
- January 9, 2023: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
- February 6, 2023: Jazz by Toni Morrison
- March 6, 2023: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
- April 3, 2023: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- May 1, 2023: When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
- June 5, 2023: Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
- July 10, 2023: Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt
- August 7, 2023: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
- September 11, 2023: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
- October 2, 2023: Joan is Okay by Weike Wang
- November 6, 2023: Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González
- December 4, 2023: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng AND BOOK SWAP!
Questions may be directed to lera@bookmarksnc.org
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! • Ray McMillian is a Black classical musician on the rise—undeterred by the pressure and prejudice of the classical music world—when a shocking theft sends him on a desperate quest to recover his great-great-grandfather’s heirloom violin on the eve of the most prestigious musical competition in the world.
From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner, a passionate, profound story of love and obsession that brings us back and forth in time, as a narrative is assembled from the emotions, hopes, fears, and deep realities of Black urban life. With a foreword by the author.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic—both poignant and funny—about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and discovers unexpected truths about himself and the world.
“Disorienting and reorienting the reader to devastating effect.... Suspenseful and harrowing.” —The New York Times Book Review
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • Meet Elizabeth Zott: “a gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention” (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show. • STREAM ON APPLE TV+
A GOODREADS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A fiery feminist fantasy tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into dragons, exploding notions of a woman’s place in the world and expanding minds about accepting others for who they really are.
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American.” —Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow
A New York Times Bestseller!
A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!
“Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender.” — Washington Post
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Perfect for fans of Alice Hoffman, Isabel Allende, and Sarah Addison Allen, a family searches for the truth hidden in their past in this “expertly woven tale of family power, threaded with as much mystery as magic” (V.E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author).
The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations.
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE · A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK · REVIEWED ON THE FRONT COVER
From GMA BOOK CLUB PICK and WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALIST Angie Cruz, author of Dominicana, an electrifying new novel about a woman who has lost everything but the chance to finally tell her story
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of Chemistry
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK · WINNER OF THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRIZE • INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FINALIST
A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots—all in the wake of Hurricane Maria
An instant New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 • Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more • A Reese's Book Club Pick • New York Times Paperback Row Selection
