Norman Book Club

Join us to discuss the 2021 science fiction novel "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir!

We'll be talking about the book and whatever subjects that discussion leads into. You don't have to finish the book to attend. You can also talk about one of our previous books if you missed an event. Hope to see you there!

Almost all of the books chosen for this group should be available in either the Pioneer or Metropolitan library system. Get a library card if you don't have one! You can also access eBooks and audiobooks from the library with the Libby or Hoopla apps.
https://pioneerlibrarysystem.org
https://www.metrolibrary.org

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Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
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Join us to discuss the 1965 science fantasy novel "Dune" by Frank Herbert!

We'll be talking about the book and whatever subjects that discussion leads into. You don't have to finish the book to attend. You can also talk about one of our previous books if you missed an event. Hope to see you there!

Almost all of the books chosen for this group should be available in either the Pioneer or Metropolitan library system. Get a library card if you don't have one! You can also access eBooks and audiobooks from the library with the Libby or Hoopla apps.
https://pioneerlibrarysystem.org
https://www.metrolibrary.org

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Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice” melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for...
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Join us to discuss the 1995 science popularization book "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark" by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan!

We'll be talking about the book and whatever subjects that discussion leads into. You don't have to finish the book to attend. You can also talk about one of our previous books if you missed an event. Hope to see you there!

Almost all of the books chosen for this group should be available in either the Pioneer or Metropolitan library system. Get a library card if you don't have one! You can also access eBooks and audiobooks from the library with the Libby or Hoopla apps.
https://pioneerlibrarysystem.org
https://www.metrolibrary.org

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How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and distinguished astronomer Carl Sagan argues that scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions.

Casting a wide net through history and culture, Sagan examines and authoritatively debunks such celebrated fallacies of the past as witchcraft, faith healing, demons, and UFOs. And yet, disturbingly, in today's so-called information age, pseudoscience is burgeoning with stories of alien abduction, channeling past lives, and communal hallucinations commanding growing attention and respect. As Sagan demonstrates with lucid eloquence, the siren song of unreason is not just a cultural wrong turn but a dangerous plunge into darkness that threatens our most basic freedoms.
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Join us to discuss the 2005 historical fiction title "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak!

We'll be talking about the book and whatever subjects that discussion leads into. You don't have to finish the book to attend. You can also talk about one of our previous books if you missed an event. Hope to see you there!

Almost all of the books chosen for this group should be available in either the Pioneer or Metropolitan library system. Get a library card if you don't have one! You can also access eBooks and audiobooks from the library with the Libby or Hoopla apps.
https://pioneerlibrarysystem.org
https://www.metrolibrary.org

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It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.
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