Join us each week on Zoom to discuss these books. (While you can read any translation, the Zoom discussion is in English.)
Annual Book Club List for 2025
| Week | Date | Book | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 4 | Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin | 226 pages, originally published in 1953. |
| 2 | Jan 11 | The Anatomy of Influence by Harold Bloom | 368 pages, published in 2011. |
| 3 | Jan 18 | The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp | 256 pages, published in 2003. |
| 4 | Jan 25 | Spinster by Kate Bolick | 336 pages, published in 2015. |
| 5 | Feb 1 | New Years Around the World Lapbook by Cyndi Kinney | Information on page count not readily available. |
| 6 | Feb 8 | The 1619 Project created by Nikole Hannah-Jones | 624 pages, published in 2021. |
| 7 | Feb 15 | Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste by Pierre Bourdieu | 640 pages, published in English in 1984 (original in 1979). |
| 8 | Feb 22 | Not Like The Others: A Hidden Picture Book About Diversity | Information on page count not readily available. |
| 9 | Mar 1 | The Story of March 1 and Korean Independence Movement | Page count information not readily available. |
| 10 | Mar 8 | Women and Confucianism in Chosŏn Korea: New Perspectives | Typically around 250–300 pages. |
| 11 | Mar 15 | Shin Saimdang - 신사임당 (Children’s Bilingual Korean History Series) | Typically part of a series, specific page counts may vary. |
| 12 | Mar 22 | Redefining Multicultural Families in South Korea: Reflections and Future Directions | Usually around 200 pages, published in recent years. |
| 13 | Mar 29 | No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg | 112 pages, published in 2019. |
| 14 | Apr 5 | The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert | 336 pages, published in 2014. |
| 15 | Apr 12 | Maker Lab: Outdoors: 25 Super Cool Projects | Approximately 160 pages, published in 2020. |
| 16 | Apr 19 | International Aid and Sustainable Development in North Korea | Generally ranges around 250 pages, specific editions vary. |
| 17 | Apr 26 | The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka | 144 pages, published in 2011. |
| 18 | May 3 | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | 416 pages, published in 2022. |
| 19 | May 10 | Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal | Often around 480 pages, originally published in 1887. |
| 20 | May 17 | The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen | 384 pages, published in 2015. |
| 21 | May 24 | Red Sorghum by Mo Yan | 359 pages, published in 1986 (English translation 1993). |
| 22 | May 31 | Jamilia by Chingiz Aitmatov | 96 pages, published in 1958 (English editions may vary). |
| 23 | Jun 7 | Collective Memory of the Korean Independence Fighter Beom-do Hong in Soviet Korean Literature | Specific publication details unavailable. |
| 24 | Jun 14 | Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others by Sara Ahmed | 224 pages, published in 2006. |
| 25 | Jun 21 | Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram | 352 pages, published in 2020. |
| 26 | Jun 28 | Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde | 192 pages, published in 1984. |
| 27 | Jul 5 | Bedlam: An Intimate Journey Into America’s Mental Health Crisis by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg | 288 pages, published in 2019. |
| 28 | Jul 12 | Unmasking Autism by Devon Price | 304 pages, published in 2022. |
| 29 | Jul 19 | Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau | 176 pages, published in 2021. |
| 30 | Jul 26 | Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich | 240 pages, published in 2001. |
| 31 | Aug 2 | I Am Madame X by Gioia Diliberto | 336 pages, published in 2003. |
| 32 | Aug 9 | The Cultural Politics of Urban Development in South Korea | Often around 200 pages, specific editions vary. |
| 33 | Aug 14 | Korean Phoenix: A Nation from the Ashes | Around 350 pages, published in recent years. |
| 34 | Aug 23 | Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History by Bridget Quinn | 192 pages, published in 2017. |
| 35 | Aug 30 | Machine Learning and the Arts | Typically around 200–250 pages. |
| 36 | Sep 6 | The Battle for Paradise by Naomi Klein | 96 pages, published in 2018. |
| 37 | Sep 13 | A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul | 623 pages, published in 1961. |
| 38 | Sep 20 | Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia | 301 pages, published in 2020. |
| 39 | Sep 27 | The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin | 320 pages, published in 1976. |
| 40 | Oct 4 | TBA | Details forthcoming. |
| 41 | Oct 11 | TBA | Details forthcoming. |
| 42 | Oct 18 | Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro | 320 pages, published in 2021. |
| 43 | Oct 25 | Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 200 pages, published in 2018. |
| 44 | Nov 1 | A Lone Flute Resounds: Korean Classical Sijo Poetry Translated into English | Page count varies. |
| 45 | Nov 8 | The Poet by Yi Mun-yol | Often around 200–250 pages, specific editions vary. |
| 46 | Nov 15 | TBA | Details forthcoming. |
| 47 | Nov 22 | TBA | Details forthcoming. |
| 48 | Nov 29 | The Cultural Politics of Urban Development in South Korea | 188 pages, published by Routledge on August 29, 2022. |
| 49 | Dec 6 | Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi | 320 pages, published in 2016. |
| 50 | Dec 13 | The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin | 400 pages, published in 1974. |
| 51 | Dec 20 | The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon | 152 pages, published in 1966. |
| 52 | Dec 27 | Gratitude by Mary Oliver | 64 pages, published in 2016. |
