Daylight Book Club

This book group meets the first Thursday of each month at 11 am in the Library Meeting/Conference Room.

The books chosen for this group are meant to attract a wide variety of readers. Questions? Contact Christine Mackie at mackiec@milwaukieoregon.gov

Upcoming Picks:

January 5, 2023

Still Life: A Novel by Sarah Winman

From the acclaimed author of Tin Man comes a new novel of people brought together across four decades of love, war, art, flood, and the ghost of E. M. Forster.

February 2, 2023

Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World by Sarah Stewart Johnson

A young planetary scientist intimately details the search for life on Mars, tracing our centuries-old obsession with this seemingly desolate planet. This book offers an unlikely natural history of a place where no human has ever set foot, while providing a vivid portrait of our quest to defy our isolation in the cosmos.

March 2, 2023

Mercury Pictures Presents: A Novel by Anthony Marra

On the eve of World War II, the struggling movie studio Mercury Pictures is a nexus of refugees and émigrés, each struggling to reinvent themselves in the land of celluloid and Hollywood dreams. This novel is a love letter to life’s bit players, and a panorama of an era that casts a long shadow over our own.

April 6, 2023

Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton

The harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry - with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter. Drawing on the diaries and journals of the Belgica's crew and with exclusive access to the ship's logbook, this maritime thriller brings novelistic flair to a story of human extremes.