Book Groups are open to all UUCF members, friends, and the larger community.
Accotink UU Banned Book Club
Second Tuesdays, 7 p.m., via Zoom. All are welcome. The group, hosted by members of Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church in Burke, VA, discusses a different banned book each month and the reasons for its banning. They also discuss ways to fight book banning. Upcoming books are at this link.
Monday Night Book Club
Second Mondays, 7:30 p.m., Music & Arts Room and via Zoom. Contact Joy Hatfield for information.
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January 12: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson.
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February 9: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
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March 9: The Return: Fathers, Sons &the Land In-Between by Hisham Matar.
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April 13: The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan.
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May 11: Absolution by Alice McDermott
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June 8: Look Closer by David Ellis
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July 13: The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger
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August 10: I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong
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September 14: Lessons by Ian McEwan
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October 12: Isola by Allegra Goodman
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November 9: The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
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December 14: Books Selection night for 2027
Wednesday Morning Book Club
First Wednesdays, 10 a.m., via Zoom. Contact Betsy Bicknell for information.
2025
- December: Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
2026
- Jan: Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
- February: I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
- March: The Women by Kristin Hannah
- April: James by Percival Everett
- May: I Heard There was a Secret Chord by Daniel Levitin
- June: The River Is Waiting: A Novel by Wally Lamb
- July: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the 20th Century by Timothy Snyder
- August: Table for Two by Amor Toles