What we’re about
This book club is for people who enjoy reading non-fiction! Let's have fun reading and discussing informative, thought provoking books.
Our goal is to bring like minded individuals together who enjoy learning more about the world and would like to socialize over a good book.
Titles to span diverse subjects like economics, current events, politics, history, science, self-help, biographies, travelogues and memoirs. If it's non- fiction, it qualifies!
We'll meet at restaurants, wine bars, or casual dining spots mostly inside the Loop. New selections for future Meetups are selected at the end of each Meetup. They are based on member suggestions and chosen by popular vote. That means if you want to see a book you love as a featured selection, you need to be present at a Meetup!
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the EndMaggiano's Little Italy, Houston, TX
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, The New York Times Book Review, NPR, and Chicago Tribune, now in paperback with a new reading group guide
Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming the dangers of childbirth, injury, and disease from harrowing to manageable. But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should.
Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Gawande reveals the suffering this dynamic has produced. Nursing homes, devoted above all to safety, battle with residents over the food they are allowed to eat and the choices they are allowed to make. Doctors, uncomfortable discussing patients' anxieties about death, fall back on false hopes and treatments that are actually shortening lives instead of improving them.
In his bestselling books, Atul Gawande, a practicing surgeon, has fearlessly revealed the struggles of his profession. Here he examines its ultimate limitations and failures―in his own practices as well as others'―as life draws to a close. Riveting, honest, and humane, Being Mortal shows how the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life―all the way to the very end.
To learn more and make an Amazon purchase, go to: Being Mortal
- The Librarians - Screening and Post-Film Discussion at MFAHMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston - Caroline Wiess Law Building, Houston, TX
Join us for an event at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. This is NOT a typical book club event as there is no book and it is not exclusive to the club. Please note that an RSVP here does NOT include a ticket to the event. Tickets are $9 must be purchased through MFAH using the link below.
The Librarians, which made its world premiere at Sundance, explores the urgent moment in which we find ourselves. As an unprecedented wave of book banning is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy, flanked by concerned community members and young readers. The Librarians is a chilling cautionary tale and rallying cry for freedom—told through the personal experiences of librarians and the everyday patriots who join their ranks in defense of books.
Post-film discussion with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Kim A. Snyder, executive producer Amber Alonso, and Texas librarians from the film; moderated by Randall Morton, founder and executive director of Progressive Forum Houston.
Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykll4MWltsQ
Purchase tickets: https://www.mfah.org/calendar/the-librarians
- That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in AmericaSeoul Garden Restaurant, Houston, TX
“Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she's not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories.”-Oprah Winfrey, in a speech at the 2023 National Book Awards
Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivity on the front lines of our vicious culture wars.
One of the things small town librarian Amanda Jones values most about books is how they can affirm a young person's sense of self. So in 2022, when she caught wind of a local public hearing that would discuss “book content,” she knew what was at stake. Schools and libraries nationwide have been bombarded by demands for books with LGTBQ+ references, discussions of racism, and more to be purged from the shelves. Amanda would be damned if her community were to ban stories representing minority groups. She spoke out that night at the meeting. Days later, she woke up to a nightmare that is still ongoing.
Amanda Jones has been called a groomer, a pedo, and a porn-pusher; she has faced death threats and attacks from strangers and friends alike. Her decision to support a collection of books with diverse perspectives made her a target for extremists using book banning campaigns-funded by dark money organizations and advanced by hard right politicians-in a crusade to make America more white, straight, and "Christian." But Amanda Jones wouldn't give up without a fight: she sued her harassers for defamation and urged others to join her in the resistance.
Mapping the book banning crisis occurring all across the nation, That Librarian draws the battle lines in the war against equity and inclusion, calling book lovers everywhere to rise in defense of our readers.
"As an author whose novels have been banned . . . I have been waiting for a book like this one.”-Jodi Picoult
"A fantastic book."-Ann Patchett
“Thank you [Amanda Jones] for fighting back . . . People like you are TRUE heroes. TRUE treasures.”-Jason Reynolds
To learn more or make an Amazon purchase, go to: That Librarian
