Mad Women Book Club

Mad Women Book Club is a private book club.

Book club members, make sure to mention your book club when checking out in-store at Bookmarks to save 20% off your book club purchases.  

Upcoming Selections:

  • January 2023: The Secret History by Donna Tart
  • February: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  • March: Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
  • April: Notes of a Crocodile by Qui Miaojin
The Secret History (Vintage Contemporaries) By Donna Tartt Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781400031702
Availability: Available to order; typically arrives at Bookmarks in 7-10 days
Published: Vintage - April 13th, 2004

A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Goldfinch.


The Color Purple: A Novel By Alice Walker Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143135692
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - December 10th, 2019

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Alice Walker's iconic modern classic is now a Penguin Book.


Cleopatra and Frankenstein By Coco Mellors Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781635576818
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - February 8th, 2022

For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, poignant, and bestselling debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple’s impulsive marriage.

Sunday Times bestseller
Goodreads Choice Award Finalist


Notes of a Crocodile (NYRB Classics) By Qiu Miaojin, Bonnie Huie (Translated by) Cover Image
By Qiu Miaojin, Bonnie Huie (Translated by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781681370767
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: NYRB Classics - May 2nd, 2017

WINNER OF THE 2018 LUCIEN STRYK ASIAN TRANSLATION PRIZE



The English-language premiere of Qiu Miaojin's coming-of-age novel about queer teenagers in Taiwan, a cult classic in China and winner of the 1995 China Times Literature Award.

An NYRB Classics Original