Books with Friends

Books with Friends Book Group

(Ages 18+, new members welcome)

*Please scroll to the bottom for a list of previous book club picks

Date/Time: Tuesday, October 27th at 6pm

Location: Meeting Room on 1st Floor

October's book discussion is part of Trumbull County Reads 2026 countywide reading initiative.

Our October pick is To Slip the Bonds of Earth by Amanda Flower. 

December 1903: While Wilbur and Orville Wright’s flying machine is quite literally taking off
in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina with its historic fifty-seven second flight, their sister Katharine
is back home in Dayton, Ohio, running the bicycle shop, teaching Latin, and looking after
the family. A Latin teacher and suffragette, Katharine is fiercely independent, intellectual,
and the only Wright sibling to finish college. But at twenty-nine, she’s frustrated by the
gender inequality in academia and is looking for a new challenge. She never suspects it will
be sleuthing…Returning home to Dayton, Wilbur and Orville accept an invitation to a
friend’s party. Nervous about leaving their as-yet-unpatented flyer plans unattended, Wilbur
decides to bring them to the festivities . . . where they are stolen right out from under his
nose. As always, it’s Katharine’s job to problem solve—and in this case, crime-solve.

Participants ages 18+ are welcome to join in the discussion on Tuesday, October 27th at 6pm in the Meeting Room.

Previous Picks

2015

Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows

Above by Isla Morely

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam

House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz

2016

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon

Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus

Postmistress by Sarah Blake

Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes

Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian

Cherokee Rose by Tiya Miles

Host by Robin Cook

Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Pheaedra Patrick

2017

Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Treachery at Lancaster Gate by Anne Perry

The Hundred Lies of Lizzy Lovett by Chelsea Sedotti

Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

Secret Cord by Geraldine Brooks

Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston

2018

Into the Magic Shop by James R. Doty

The Spy by Paulo Coelho

House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers

Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman

Ashes in the Wind by Kathleen Woodiwiss

Behind Closed Doors by B. H. Paris

Last Days of Night by Graham Moore

Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

2019

Hell Fire Club by Jake Tapper

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Island of the Sea Women by Lisa See

My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor

The Library Book by Susan Orlean 

2020

Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict

Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg

Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett

2021

Dark of the Moon by John Sandford

An Appeal to the World by Dalai Lama

Darwin Affair by Tim Mason

Life Intercepted by Charles Martin

One Night Two Souls Went Walking by Ellen Cooney

Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson

2022

Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

2023

Any book from the Choose to Read Ohio Book List for 2023 & 2024

The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama

The First Husband by Laura Dave

Unknown Beloved by Amy Harmon

Choice of one or all: Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem by Amanda Gorman, Anthem by Deborah Wiles, Kent State by Deborah Wiles, and/or Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf

The Devil May Dance by Jake Tapper

2024

The Spectacular by Fiona Davis

Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn

Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe

The Coworker by Freida McFadden

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez

The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan

2025

Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Grateful American by Gary Sinise

Happiness is a Choice You Make by John Leland

The Cellist by Daniel Silva

Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki

2026

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson 

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard

Ward D by Freida McFadden

Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

To Slip the Bonds of Earth by Amanda Flower