The SO Very Literary Book Club meets on the 3rd Thursday of every month from 1:30-3 pm. Everyone is welcome.  

For 2026, our theme is time travel . . . but we're not talking about Science Fiction. We will visit days of yore through historical fiction and nonfiction.  True to our name, The SO (South Valleys) Very Literary Book Club, aims for great discussions on carefully selected titles.

Registration is appreciated.

Please stay at home if you or any member of your family are sick. Thank you

We look forward to seeing you! 

2026 Dates and Titles

• Thursday, January 15, 2026: Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War by Nathaniel Philbrick.
• Thursday, February 19, 2026: 100-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson.
• Thursday, March 19, 2026:  The Wide, Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact, and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides.
• Thursday, April 16, 2026: A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan.
• **Thursday, May 14, 2026: The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre.
• Thursday, June 18, 2026: James by Percival Everett.
• Thursday, July 16, 2026: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
• Thursday August 20, 2026: West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge.
• Thursday, September 17, 2026: The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede.
• Thursday, October 15, 2026: The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn.
• Thursday, November 19, 2026: There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak.
• Thursday December 17, 2026: At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier

**The May meeting falls outside the regular occurrence pattern due to early voting.