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Great Books Discussion Group

The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
2026-07-13 19:00:00 2026-07-13 20:30:00 America/Chicago Great Books Discussion Group HYBRID program co-sponsored by the American Association of University Women Elgin Area Branch. Click the event title for the reading list. Facilitated by Barbara Njus and Gail Cohen. Please Register. Main Library - Info Serv - Zoom, Conference Room

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

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Info Serv - Zoom, Conference Room

HYBRID program co-sponsored by the American Association of University Women Elgin Area Branch. Click the event title for the reading list. 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

DEC 14 - holiday meeting

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

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

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