Book Groups are open to all UUCF members, friends, and the larger community.
Accotink UU Banned Book Club
Second Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Sanctuary Commons and via Zoom. For info and Zoom link, contact Mary K. through the Accotink UU contact form. Book list here.
All are welcome. The group discusses a different banned book each month and the reasons for its banning. They also discuss ways to fight book banning.
Monday Night Book Club
Second Mondays, 7:30 p.m., Sanctuary Commons and via Zoom. Contact Don Andress for information.
- Jan. 8, 2024 – “The Time Machine” by H. G. Wells
- Feb. 12 – “The Intuitionist” by Colson Whitehead
- Mar. 11 – “Notes on Complexity” by Neil Theise
- Apr. 8 – “Oath and Honor” by Liz Cheney
- May 13 – “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley
- Jun. 10 – “Hello, Beautiful” by Ann Napolitano
- Jul. 8 – “An Immense World” by Ed Yong
- Aug. 12 – “Master Slave Husband wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom” by Ilyon Woo
- Sep. 9 – “Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship” by Michael Smith
- Oct. 14 – “Wayward” by Emilia Hart
- Nov. 11 – “Verity” by Colleen Hoover
- Dec. 9 – Select books for 2025
Wednesday Morning Book Club
First Wednesdays, 10 a.m., via Zoom. Contact Betsy Bicknell for information.
- Sep. 6, 2023 – “The Round House” by Louise Erdrich
- Oct. 4 – “Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern” by Jing Tsu
- Nov. 1 – “In Memoriam: A Novel” by Alice Winn
- Dec. 6 – “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes” by Dan Egan
- Jan. 3, 2024 – “Lucky Jim” by Kingsley Amis
- Feb. 7 – “Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest” by Suzanne Simard
- Mar. 6 – “The Dovekeepers” by Alice Hoffman
- Apr. 3 – “1984” by George Orwell
- May 1 – The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East (Adult Version) by Sandy Tolan
- Jun. 5 – “Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories From Social Justice Movements” by adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha
- Jul. 3 – “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Aug. 7 – “Verity” by Colleen Hoover