The Ballantyne Book Club meets monthly on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at Aloft Charlotte Ballantyne. Below is their reading list and schedule for 2023. They read a mix of nonfiction and fiction, as well as a spooky selection for October. For more information, contact Shelly Johnson at sj.shellyjohnson@gmail.com.
February 1* | The Cloisters by Katy Hays
fiction, 320 pages
March 1* | Spare by Prince Harry
autobiography, 416 pages
March 29 | Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
fiction, 368 pages
April 26 | Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict
fiction, 336 pages
May 24* | Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
non-fiction, 496 pages
June 21* | Less by Andrew Sean Greer
fiction, 273 pages
July 26 | A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
fiction, 627 pages
August 30 | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
fiction, 400 pages
September 27 | The Orphans of Davenport by Marilyn Brookwood
non-fiction, 352 pages
October 25 | Coraline by Neil Gaiman
spooky fiction, 208 pages
November 29 | The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
sci-fi, 400 pages
*Due to schedule conflicts, this meeting has been moved a week before or after.