No Pressure Book Club
Join us for a no pressure book club! Each month, we'll curate a selection of books from a specific genre; you can pick a book from our list or choose your own! Read the book and join us on the first Wednesday of the next month to discuss your thoughts with others. Can’t make the meeting? No worries! We’ll share our selections on social media, where you can share any thoughts you had while reading or about the genre as a whole.
August 2026 | Thriller/Suspense
Wednesday, September 2 | 5:00PM - 6:00PM
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Evelyn Hardcastle will die every day until Aiden Bishop can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest. And some of his hosts are more helpful than others . . .
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Ten strangers are weekend guests on a private island. Their host, an unknown eccentric millionaire, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to reveal. A famous nursery rhyme is framed and hung in every room of the mansion. One by one, they are murdered in the manner described in the rhyme. Who has choreographed this dastardly scheme? And who will be left to tell the tale? Only the dead are above suspicion.
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules--a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. He travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark, where two murders--a black lawyer from Chicago and a local white woman--have stirred up a hornet's nest of resentment. Darren must solve the crimes--and save himself in the process--before Lark's long-simmering racial fault lines erupt.
The Dead Husband by Carter Wilson
Twenty years ago, an unspeakable tragedy rocked Rose Yates's small, affluent hometown... Haunted by guilt, Rose escaped into a new life where she seems to have it all – happy marriage, son, and career. And then her husband is found dead. Grieving and struggling to make ends meet, Rose returns home but memories of a horrific crime echo through the house, and Rose soon learns that she can't trust anyone, especially not the people closest to her.
Defending Jacob by William Landay
Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: His fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student.
Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong
Karina Kim isn’t a stalker. Her obsession with co-worker, Kurt, is just a coping mechanism. But when Kurt implies he’s aware of her “following,” her tenuous hold on a normal life begins to crumble. And then, right before her eyes, Kurt commits suicide and slams her with a devastating accusation: his death is all her fault. As Katrina combs through everything she’s collected about Kurt over the last three years, a menacing truth begins to be revealed: for every moment she was watching him, he was watching her.
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
Girls are disappearing on the reservation, including Anna Horn’s little sister, Grace. Anna will do anything to bring Grace home. But the demons plaguing the reservation--both ancient and new--are strong. Even as Anna desperately searches for the key she's sure lies in the legends of her tribe's past, a nameless, disembodied entity stalks her every step--an ancient tribal myth come-to-life, one that's intent on devouring her whole.
That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally
Shivering and bruised, a teen wakes up on the side of a dirt road with no memory of how she got there―or who she is. A passing officer takes her to the police station, and not long after, a frantic man arrives. He is her father. Her name is Mary. Or so he says.
The whole town is convinced Drew murdered his girlfriend. Forget proving his innocence; he needs to find her before it's too late. The longer Lola is missing, the fewer leads there are to follow…and the more danger they both are in.
The Trespasser by Tana French
Aislinn Murray is dead in her catalog-perfect living room, next to a table set for a romantic dinner. There’s nothing unusual about her—except that detective Antoinette’s seen her somewhere before, and her death won’t stay in its neat by-numbers box. Other detectives are trying to push Antoinette into arresting Aislinn’s boyfriend, fast. There’s a shadowy figure at the end of Antoinetteʼs road. Aislinnʼs friend is hinting that she knew Aislinn was in danger. And everything they find out about Aislinn takes her further from the glossy, passive doll she seemed to be.
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Travel journalist Lo Blacklock has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. At first, Lo’s stay is nothing but pleasant. But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for, and the ship sails on as if nothing has happened.
September 2026 | True Crime
Wednesday, October 7 | 5:00PM - 6:00PM
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American Fire by Monica Hesse
Shocked by a five-month arson spree that left rural Virginia reeling, Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse drove down to Accomack County to cover the trial of Charlie Smith, who pled guilty to sixty-seven counts of arson. But Charlie wasn't lighting fires alone: he had an accomplice, his girlfriend Tonya Bundick. Incorporating this drama into the long-overlooked history of arson in the United States, Hesse evokes a microcosm of rural America - a land half gutted before the fires even began.
American Kingpin by Nick Bilton
Note: Currently on-order.
In 2011, Ross Ulbricht launched the Silk Road, a website on the Dark Web where anyone could trade anything—drugs, hacking software, forged passports, counterfeit cash, poisons. Spurred by public outcry, Feds launched a two-year manhunt for the site’s elusive proprietor, with no leads, no witnesses, and no clear jurisdiction. As Ross made plans to disappear forever, they raced against the clock to catch a man they weren’t sure even existed, searching for a needle in the haystack of the global Internet.
American Predator by Maureen Callahan
Most people have never heard of Israel Keyes. Over the course of fourteen years, Keyes would fly to a city, rent a car, and drive thousands of miles to use his “kill kits,” which he buried in remote locations across the United States. He would abduct his victims in broad daylight, killing and disposing of them in mere hours. He would then return home to Alaska, resuming life as a quiet, reliable construction worker devoted to his only daughter. Journalist Maureen Callahan first heard about Israel Keyes in 2012, beginning a project that consumed her--uncovering the true story behind how the FBI ultimately caught Israel Keyes after more than a decade undetected.
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes the exotic tactics of surveillance and intimidation deployed by wealthy and connected men to threaten journalists, evade accountability and silence victims of abuse – and tells the story of the women who risked everything to expose the truth and spark a global movement.
The Feather Thief by Kirk W Johnson
June 2009. After performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History, where he grabbed hundreds of bird skins and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson learned about the heist from his fly-fishing guide, and the strange case consumed him. Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation that turned into a gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, a relentless pursuit of justice, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.
Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
In the tradition of the best investigative journalism, physician and reporter Sheri Fink reconstructs 5 days at Memorial Medical Center and draws the reader into the lives of those who struggled mightily to survive and to maintain life amid chaos. After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous patients with drugs to hasten their deaths.
The Ghosts of Eden Park by Karen Abbott
In the early days of Prohibition, long before Al Capone became a household name, a German immigrant named George Remus quits practicing law and starts trafficking whiskey. By the summer of 1921, he owns 35 percent of all the liquor in the United States. Pioneering prosecutor Mabel Walker Willebrandt, determined to bring him down, dispatches her best investigator, Franklin Dodge. It's a decision with deadly consequences, sparking a bitter feud that soon reaches the highest levels of government--and that can only end in murder.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
A unique snapshot of suburban West Coast America in the 1980s and a chilling true-crime account of the wreckage left behind by a criminal mastermind. This book also offers a portrait of one woman’s obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth, three decades later, in spite of the personal cost.
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Rare-book theft is even more widespread than fine-art theft. Most thieves, of course, steal for profit. John Charles Gilkey steals purely for the love of books. He's stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of rare books. Ken Sanders is the self-appointed "bibliodick" (book dealer with a penchant for detective work) driven to catch him. A cat-and-mouse chase that not only reveals exactly how Gilkey pulled off his dirtiest crimes, where he stashed the loot, and how Sanders ultimately caught him but also explores the romance of books, the lure to collect them, and the temptation to steal them.
The Mother Next Door by Andrea Dunlop and Mike Weber
A novelist with first-hand experience and a veteran Texas detective tackle three high-stakes Munchausen by proxy cases. With help from some of the top MBP experts in the world, Dunlop and Weber uncover the complex maze of psychological, systemic, and cultural issues that compound MBP and offer solutions for how we might find our way out.