Where History Buffs & Bookworms Connect
Do you love to read books? How about books about history?
We meet from 1-2:30 on the dates listed below at the Monroe County History Center and online. Everyone is welcome – you don’t have to attend regularly and you don’t have to read the books in order to join a discussion. Email book club organizer: Jennifer Borland at jennifer.borse@gmail.com to be added to our mailing list to receive reminders, discussion resources and the zoom link to join virtually.
MCHC HiSTORY Book Club – Book List for 2026
February 28th: Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Deborah Riley Draper
March 28th: Women of War: The Italian Assassins, spies and couriers who fought the Nazis, by Suzanne Cope
April 25th: Royal Audience: 70 Years, 13 Presidents – One Queen’s Special Relationship with America by David Charter
June 27th: Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution by Jeff Shaara
July 25th: Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776 by William Hogeland
September 26th: The Secret War of Julia Child by Diana Chambers
October 31st: A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon
November 28th: The Frozen River: by Ariel Lawhhon