Community Book Club 2026 Titles

Thursday January 22, 2026

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

Following a mysterious murder on an island off the coast of Vietnam, a research team convenes to study an octopus community that seems to be developing its own language and culture. Humans, AIs, and animals are swept up in the machinations of governments and corporations in this near-future thriller about the nature of intelligence.

Thursday March 26, 2026

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

When Barbara Van Laar is discovered missing from her summer camp bunk one morning in August 1975, it triggers a panicked, terrified search. Losing a camper is a horrific tragedy under any circumstances, but Barbara isn’t just any camper, she’s the daughter of the wealthy family who owns the camp—as well as the opulent nearby estate, and most of the land in sight. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared in this region: Barbara’s older brother also went missing 16 years earlier, never to be found. How could this have happened yet again?

Out of this gripping beginning, Liz Moore weaves a richly textured drama, both emotionally nuanced and propelled by a double-barreled mystery.

Thursday May 28, 2026

Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls

In her evocative, genre-defying graphic memoir, Tessa Hulls tells the story of three generations of women in her family: her Chinese grandmother, Sun Yi; her mother, Rose; and herself. Extensively researched and gorgeously rendered, Feeding Ghosts is Hulls’s homecoming, a vivid journey into the beating heart of one family, set against the dark backdrop of Chinese history. By turns fascinating and heartbreaking, inventive, and poignant, Feeding Ghosts exposes the fear and trauma that haunt generations, and the love that holds them together.

Thursday July 23, 2026

Endling by Maria Reva

In the absurdist literary tradition of George Saunders comes the debut novel of a writer who is “bang-on brilliant” (Miriam Toews) and “bright, funny, satirical, relevant” (Margaret Atwood), chronicling the exploits of three Ukrainian women and one very endangered snail through the travails of foreign invasion, unlikely romance, capitalist exploitation, and nail-biting survival.

Thursday September 24, 2026

Black Cherokee by Antonio Michael Downing

Ophelia Blue Rivers is a descendent of Cherokee Freedmen: Blacks formerly enslaved by rich southern Cherokee. She is “Black” but doesn’t understand why that makes her different. She is “Cherokee” but struggles to know what that means. Their town of Etsi—once a reservation—still lives with the wounds of its disbanding. When the town, and the river that sustains it, are put in mortal danger personal rivalries threaten their very survival. Against this backdrop Ophelia begins her spirited, at times harrowing, search for place and family. She must discover: what does it mean to belong when belonging comes at such a high price? 

Thursday November 26, 2026

Welcome to the Neighbourhood by Clea Young

In Clea Young’s arresting sophomore collection of stories, friendships fail, families stumble, and neighbours know each other’s business. Distinctly rooted in the Pacific Northwest, Young’s characters make their marks and take their missteps on the beaches, in the mountains and neighbourhoods in and around Vancouver, BC.