May 2026 Book Club: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Our May read is Atmosphere, a 2025 historical (early 1980s) fiction (352 pages/10 hours) by Taylor Jenkins Reid. It’s a #1 New York Times bestseller. From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Queer Feminist book club read in May 2022) comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.

It was released in June 2025 and a massive hit so the libraries have lots of copies, but there are still holds for them so get in line early.

Social half-hour starts at 6:30 and the book discussion starts around 7:00. We will be inside in the usual room. It's inside, past the bar, up the stairs, left through the door, and past the restrooms. Ask at the bar for directions.

Second Line should have a food truck/vendor out there.

Second Line asks that you not bring in any outside drink, even non-alcoholic ones. Please support Second Line, a place that gives us a space to meet for free.

We also recommend that you bring your own chair because it will be more comfortable than the ones Second Line provides.