The WNBA Book Group serves as a community outreach program open to all, connecting Nashville book lovers with the members and activities of WNBA. Currently meetings are held on Zoom from 10:00-11:00 a.m. on Saturday mornings. Let us know if you would like the Zoom link by completing the Contact form.
The schedule for the 2022-2023 Book Group Discussions is:
March 18: Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
May 20: The Foundling by Ann Leary
July 15: Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
September 16: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
November 18: The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
Currently, all meetings are held on Zoom at 10:00 a.m. Central time.
Literary Society
We also encourage you to join us on the third Thursday of months when we don't have a book discussion for Literary Society. At 7:00pm we get together to share what we have been reading. It's a great way to discover new books and get to know your fellow WNBA members.
Meeting dates for 2023:
February 16
April 20
June 15
August 17
October 19
December 21
Past Book Discussions
2022-2023 List of Books:
September 17, 2022: Oh William by Elizabeth Strout
November 19: The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
January 21: Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
2021-2022 List of Books:
September 18, 2021: Fast Girls by Elise Hooper
November 20, 2021: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
January 22, 2022: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
March 19, 2022: The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
May 21, 2022: The Cold Millions by Jess Walter
July 16, 2022: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
2019 -2020 List of Books:
September 21, 2019: The Baker’s Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan.
November 9, 2019: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.
January 18, 2020: Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson.
March 21, 2020: Postponed to May.
May 16, 2020: The Guest Book by Sarah Blake.
Some of the books that have been discussed in the 10 years of our book discussions are:
My Reading Life by Pat Conroy
A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold
Kick Kennedy-The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter by Barbara LearningThe Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Hauser
The Sign of the Weeping Virgin by Alana J. White (a WNBA member who was in attendance)
The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Paris Wife by Paula McLain
The Greater Journey by David McCullough
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
The schedule for the 2022-2023 Book Group Discussions is:
March 18: Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
May 20: The Foundling by Ann Leary
July 15: Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
September 16: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
November 18: The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
Currently, all meetings are held on Zoom at 10:00 a.m. Central time.
Literary Society
We also encourage you to join us on the third Thursday of months when we don't have a book discussion for Literary Society. At 7:00pm we get together to share what we have been reading. It's a great way to discover new books and get to know your fellow WNBA members.
Meeting dates for 2023:
February 16
April 20
June 15
August 17
October 19
December 21
Past Book Discussions
2022-2023 List of Books:
September 17, 2022: Oh William by Elizabeth Strout
November 19: The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
January 21: Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
2021-2022 List of Books:
September 18, 2021: Fast Girls by Elise Hooper
November 20, 2021: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
January 22, 2022: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
March 19, 2022: The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
May 21, 2022: The Cold Millions by Jess Walter
July 16, 2022: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
2019 -2020 List of Books:
September 21, 2019: The Baker’s Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan.
November 9, 2019: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.
January 18, 2020: Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson.
March 21, 2020: Postponed to May.
May 16, 2020: The Guest Book by Sarah Blake.
Some of the books that have been discussed in the 10 years of our book discussions are:
My Reading Life by Pat Conroy
A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold
Kick Kennedy-The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter by Barbara LearningThe Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Hauser
The Sign of the Weeping Virgin by Alana J. White (a WNBA member who was in attendance)
The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Paris Wife by Paula McLain
The Greater Journey by David McCullough
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan