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Do you love reading books about history? So do we! That's why we created the Ruthmere Book Club - a place where avid readers and history buffs can unite to discuss the stories of the past.

The Ruthmere Book Club meets at 3:30 p.m. on the third Thursday each month (except April 2026, which will meet on 4/23/26) at the Beardsley Discovery Center. Books are selected annually, consisting of both fiction and non-fiction. Books are not provided in all cases, although some are provided by Indiana Humanities or the state library system.

Contact Tehillah Moses (tmoses@ruthmere.org) or Linnea Wuorenmaa (lwuorenmaa@ruthmere.org) if you would like to join the club or would like more information.

Club membership is FREE.

The 2025 Book Club is sponsored by Gordon & Phyllis Hostetler. Thank you!

2026 Book Schedule

January: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (Fiction, 393 pgs.)
February: Driving the Green Book by Alvin Hall (Non-Fiction, 283 pgs.)
March: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (Fiction, 448 pgs.)
April: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Fiction, 487 pgs.) (Meeting on 4/23)
May: Underground in Berlin by Marie Jalowicz Simon (Non-Fiction, 368 pgs.)
June: West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge (Fiction, 371 pgs.)
July: Becoming Madame Secretary by Stephanie Dray (Non-Fiction, 524 pgs.)
August: Hellhound on His Trail by Hampton Sides (Non-Fiction, 480 pgs.)
September: The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenendore (Fiction, 384 pgs.)
October: The Lost Family by Libby Copeland (Non-Fiction, 304 pgs.)
November: Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom (Fiction, 384 pgs.)
December: No book discussion/ Selection of 2027 book choices

Contact book club leaders if you need help getting a copy of a book.

(574)-264-0330

(888)-287-7696

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