Please join the Utah State Library for the Blind in celebrating America250 by joining our 2026 book club. We will be reading a title a month and meeting once a quarter via Zoom for a lively discussion. Discussion dates will be announced at a later date. To register, email [email protected], or call 801-715-6789, toll free 800-662-5540. You can sign up anytime from now until January.
We welcome readers from all service states to join us! All participants will receive a memento at the end of the year. We will send the first six books out in January and the remaining six in May. Online discussions are not mandatory, but we encourage you to attend.
We’ve selected a fascinating collection of books on a variety of relevant topics throughout the year! Check out the full reading list below to see what’s in store.
January – My Name is Resolute by Nancy Turner
February – George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring that Saved the American Revolution by Bill Wallace
March – Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick
April – Pox American: The Great Smallpox Epidemic by Elizabeth Fenn
May – Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
June – Escalante’s Dream: On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest by David Roberts
July – Founding Brothers the Revolutionary Generation by Joseph Ellis
August – (Two Children’s Classics) Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes and The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
September – The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire by Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy
October – Covered with Night by Nicole Eustace
November – American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence by Pauline Maier
December – Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution by Gretchen Woefle
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