2021 Book Club
Meeting schedule
The Employee Forum Book Club generally meets the fourth Thursday of the month from 12-1 p.m. via Zoom.
Free Reading Resources
https://www.hoopladigital.com/
https://www.overdrive.com/account/select-library
E-Books from University Libraries
- Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran
- Resources from UNC University Libraries
- My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Resources from UNC University Libraries
- Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza
- No resources from UNC University Libraries
- The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
- Resources from UNC University Libraries
- Unbought & Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm
- Resources from UNC University Libraries
- Paula by Isabel Allende
- Resources from UNC University Libraries
- Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon
- Resources from UNC University Libraries
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2021 Book Club Selections
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Suggest a Book!
The Forum Book Club is constantly looking for new books to discuss! Go to https://unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1WTX7bxnZoEPlJA to submit your suggestion to our esteemed leader, Brooke O’Neal.
| Member | Department |
|---|---|
| Natiaya Neal--Chair | Gillings School of Global Public Health |
| Brigitte Ironside | Service Center of Excellence - Finance |
Books Discussed Previously
Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaren
My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza
The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm
Paula by Isabel Allende
Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon
Followers by Megan Angelo
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
ME by Elton John
The Water Dancer: A Novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Wicked Girls: A Novel by Alex Marwood
KD: Kevin Durant’s Ruthless Pursuit to be the Greatest by Marcus Thompson
The New Me by Halle Butler
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott
Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks
The Queen—Aretha Franklin by Mikal Gilmore
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
Cubed, A Secret History of the Workplace by Nikil Savil
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Exit West by Moshin Hamid
How Does it Feel to be a Problem? by Moustafa Bayoumi
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Nevada by Imogen Binnie
Maya’s Notebook by Isabel Allende
Deceit and Other Possibilities by Vanessa Hu
Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill
Callings by Dave Isay
Fall on Your Knees by Anne-Marie MacDonald
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace by Patricia Raybon and Alana Raybon
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka’s Civil War by Rohini Mohan
Submission by Michel Houellebecq
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
More of This World or Maybe Another by Barb Johnson
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
I Totally Meant to Do That by Jane Borden
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
I am Malala: The Girl who Stood up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
Guests on Earth by Lee Smith
Giving Voice to Values by Mary Gentile