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Great Books Discussion Group - HYBRID

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

2026-04-13 19:00:00 2026-04-13 20:30:00 America/Chicago Great Books Discussion Group - HYBRID Co-sponsored by the American Association of University Women Elgin Area Branch. Click on the event title for a list of assigned books. Facilitated by Barbara Njus and Gail Cohen. Please Register. Main Library - Conference Room, Info Serv - Zoom

Monday, April 13
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2026-04-13 19:00:00 2026-04-13 20:30:00 America/Chicago Great Books Discussion Group - HYBRID Co-sponsored by the American Association of University Women Elgin Area Branch. Click on the event title for a list of assigned books. Facilitated by Barbara Njus and Gail Cohen. Please Register. Main Library - Conference Room, Info Serv - Zoom

Main Library

Conference Room, Info Serv - Zoom

Co-sponsored by the American Association of University Women Elgin Area Branch. Click on the event title for a list of assigned books. Facilitated by Barbara Njus and Gail Cohen. Please Register.


2026 Reading List:

JAN 12 - novel - GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin

FEB 9  - novel - THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain

MAR 9 - play -   ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA  by William Shakespeare

APR 13 - novel - A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES by Deborah Harkness

MAY 11 - play - THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson

JUNE 8 - novel - ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, translated by Gregory Rabassa

JULY 13 - novel - THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER by Octavia Butler

AUG 10 - short stories by Jorge Luis Borges:

  • “The Book of Sand” 
  • “The Circular Ruins”
  • "The Secret Miracle”
  • “The Aleph"

SEPT 14 - novel - TESS OF THE d’UBERVILLES by Thomas Hardy

OCT 12 - novel - FOREIGNER by C. J. Cherryh

NOV 9 - novel - LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov


AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Hybrid | Book Clubs & Discussion Groups |

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