The Book Club was born because many of The Glass Dragons members love books (in written, audio, whatever form suits you) in addition to their love of glass. The selection of available books out there is vast, and member input into what we will read and discuss is encouraged! The category will vary from selection to selection.

We have a Facebook group for the Book Club, where you can give your thoughts and suggestions for future reads and get information on attending the Zoom discussions. At this time, membership in the Glass Dragons is not required to join the bookclub.

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Current Category: Historical Mystery

Historical Mystery –

The Lost Apothecary meets Dead Dead Girls in this fast-paced, STEMinist adventure.

Debut author Kate Khavari deftly entwines a pulse-pounding mystery with the struggles of a woman in a male-dominated field in 1923 London.

Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh is determined to blaze a new trail at the University College London, but with her colleagues’ beliefs about women’s academic inabilities and not so subtle hints that her deceased father’s reputation paved her way into the botany department, she feels stymied at every turn.

When she attends a dinner party for the school, she expects to engage in conversations about the university’s large expedition to the Amazon. What she doesn’t expect is for Mrs. Henry, one of the professors’ wives, to drop to the floor, poisoned by an unknown toxin.

Dr. Maxwell, Saffron’s mentor, is the main suspect and evidence quickly mounts. Joined by fellow researcher–and potential romantic interest–Alexander Ashton, Saffron uses her knowledge of botany as she explores steamy greenhouses, dark gardens, and deadly poisons to clear Maxwell’s name.

Will she be able to uncover the truth or will her investigation land her on the murderer’s list, in this entertaining examination of society’s expectations.

~Fantastic Fiction

Upcoming Selections

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Historical  –

Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives learning to handle.

Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. She works in secret, knowing her creations must be perfect to be accepted by men. But perfection may take a lifetime.

Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola as she hones her craft through war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.

The beads she creates will adorn the necks of empresses and courtesans from Paris to Vienna – but will she ever earn the respect of those closest to her?

Tracy Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is vivid, inventive, spellbinding: a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.

~Fantastic Fiction

Watch this space for the March selection and a bit about it!

Previous Selections

  • A Trick of the Light – Louise Penny – March 2023
  • All Creatures Great and Small – James Herriot – February 2023
  • The Angle of Repose – by Wallace Stegner – Dec 2021 – Historical Fiction
  • The Art of Hearing Heartbeats – Jan-Philipp Sendker – October 2022
  • Baking Bad – Kim M. Watt – December 2022 (book 1)
  • The Beekeeper’s Apprentice – Laurie B King
  • Big Magic – by Elizabeth Gilbert – Jan 2022 – Creativity
  • The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek – Kim Michele Richardson – May 2024
  • A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons – Kate Khavari
  • Christmas, Criminals & Campers – Tanya Kappes
  • City of the Lost – Kelly Armstrong – Mystery
  • The Cukcoos Calling – Robert Gailbraith (JK Rowling)
  • The Death of Mrs. Westaway – by Ruth Ware – August 2022
  • Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver
  • The Diamond Age – by Neal Stephenson – February 2022 – Sci Fi
  • The Diamond Eye – by Kate Quinn – June 2022 – Historical Fiction
  • Endurance – Shackleton’s incredible voyage by Alfred Lansing – December 2022 (book 2)
  • Fall on Your Knees – Ann-Marie McDonald – July 2024
  • Garden Spells – Sarah Addison Allen – Sept 2024
  • The Girl Who Could Move *hit with Her Mind – Jackson Ford – April 2022
  • The Girl in in the Eagle’s Talons – Karin Smirnoff
  • The Glass Castle – Jeannette Walls – June 2023
  • The Inn at Rose Harbor – Debbie Macomber July 2023
  • Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus – Sept 2023
  • The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules – Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
  • The Madness of Crowds – by Louis Penny- March 2022 – Mystery
  • The Measure – Nikki Erlik – February 2024
  • Midnight Riot/Rivers of London – Ben Aaronovitch – April 2023
  • Mr. Churchill’s Secretary – by Susan Elia MacNeal – Dec 2021 – Historical Fiction
  • Murther and Walking Spirits – by Robertson Davies – May 2022
  • Open and Shut – David Rosenfelt – November 2022
  • Open Season – by CJ Box – September 2022
  • Remarkably Bright Creatures – by Shelby Van Pelt – July 2022
  • Slow Horses – Mick Herron – October 2024
  • Steal Like an Artist – by Austin Kleon – Jan 2022 –  Creativity
  • The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie – Alan Bradley – May 2023
  • The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman – June 2024
  • The Tiffany Girls – Shelley Noble – December 2023
  • West with the Night – Beryl Markham – January 2024