Better World Book Club

Better World Book Club selects and discusses socially meaningful non-fiction books that expand hearts and minds. 


The book club meets every other month - six times a year - and welcomes all. Our club includes members from the community who are not members of this church

and many who are members of other churches. 


The church  has created a special bookshelf of the books read by the

Better World Book Club. Anyone is welcome to sign out a book by coming to the church. 



Next book club meeting : 

Monday, July 28th @ 3pm


"A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II" by Sonia Purnell

Best Book of the Year by NPR. A never before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of WWII. An astounding and inspiring story of heroism, spy craft, resistance and personal triumph over shocking adversity.


Join us for a most enjoyable and profound exchange. Everyone is welcome. 



Previous books read by the BWBC include:

  • An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the World Around Us by Ed Yong
  • Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
  • The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall
  • The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, & Douglas Abrams
  • Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
  • The End of Bias: A Beginning by Jessica Nordell
  • Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane
  • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
  • Fire Weather: A True Story of a Hotter World by John Vaillant
  • The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
  • Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others by Barbara Brown Taylor
  • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates
  • Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
  • Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel
  • Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary by Timothy D. Snyder
  • Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond
  • Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow
  • Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation by Paul Hawken
  • Remember, My Child: A Memoir of Auschwitz by Itka F. Zygmuntowicz
  • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
  • Slavery's Descendants: Shared Legacies of Race and Reconciliation by Jill Strauss & Dionne Ford
  • The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmasking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk
  • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life by David Brooks
  • Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves by Alexandra Hudson
  • The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
  • White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo