Nantucket Book Clubs is a new project created by Nantucket Book Partners (Mitchell’s and Bookworks) to connect and collaborate with the Nantucket community. The books to be featured were chosen by island nonprofits, businesses, and community members according to their missions and interests. The 2022 Book Clubs focus on grief, leadership, climate change, connection, community, diversity, and much more. All readers are welcome, both on-island and off-island, with zoom links and a virtual component possible.
Save 10% on the book picks by using coupon code ACKBOOKCLUB at Nantucket Book Partners website or just mention it in the stores. When you purchase the books from Mitchell’s Book Corner and Bookworks, you support your local bookshops as they continue to support the literary needs of our community members and organizations.
To join a specific book club, email allofus@nantucketbookpartners.com for the information to be sent to you. Dates and times are subject to change.
The 2022 Nantucket Book Clubs as of January 10 are:
PASCON – The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
led by Bonnie Fitzgibbon and Deborah Dolan
Virtual Discussion Wednesday, January 19 at 4PM
Women’s Leadership Group – Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
led by Melissa Murphy
Virtual Discussion Thursday January 20 at 7:30PM
Nantucket Land Council – The RiverKeepers: Two Activists Fight to Reclaim our Environment as a Basic Human Right by John Cronin and Robert F Kennedy Jr
led by RJ Turcotte, NLC Waterkeeper
Discussion upstairs at Mitchell’s on Wednesday February 9th at 11AM
Tim Talks Books – To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
led by Tim Ehrenberg
Discussion upstairs at Mitchell’s and virtual on Thursday February 10 at 6PM
The Disordered Cosmos by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
led by Charity Grace Mofsen
Discussion at Mitchell’s Book Corner on Saturday February 12 at 10AM
Inquirer and Mirror Book Club – The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
led by Marianne Stanton
Thursday February 24
5PM – 6:30PM
Nantucket Safe Harbor for Animals NiSHA – The Speckled Beauty A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg
led by Jillian Lucchini + Jessica Sosebee
Discussion upstairs at Mitchell’s and virtual on Thursday March 10 at 6PM
Remain Nantucket + Nantucket Conservation – The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go From Here by Hope Jahren
Discussion in person and virtual at Remain Office 58 Main Street Second Floor
on Tuesday March 15 at 4PM
* 25 free copies will be available at Mitchell’s courtesy of Remain and NCF soon.
Spanish Speaking Book Club – Violeta by Isabel Allende
led by Jill Surprenant and Sindy Rivera
Discussion in person and virtual at NHS Library on Thursday March 24 at 7PM
A Safe Place Nantucket – Playing Dead A Memoir of Terror and Survival by Monique Faisson Ross
led by Suzanne Fronzuto & Kathy Butterworth
Date and Time TBD
Nantucket Book Foundation – Read Dangerously by Azar Nafisi
led by Annye Camara
Date and Time TBD
