We are happy to announce the fifth book of the University Book Club. We’ll be reading Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly. Cowles Library has books available for checkout on a weekly basis. (Hint: ask for the book on reserve at the circulation desk.)

Click here for more information: Winter Book Club Info

Contact Sara Heijerman if you have any questions, would like to receive future book club info directly to your email, or would like to RSVP for the discussion, which will be Thursday, Jan. 12, at 4:45 p.m. at Gateway Market Cafe. We’ve had a lot of fun at these, please feel free to join us!

If you can’t make the discussion, we hope you’ll enjoy the book recommendation—as a bonus, this book has been turned into a movie and will be in theaters on Jan. 6!  We’ve also pre-selected our Spring Break book, if you want to get a jump start on the next great read—our spring book will be The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan.

Have a great winter break, and happy reading.

Drake Book Club—previous selections:

• The Kind Worth Killing—Peter Swanson
• Thirteen Ways of Looking—Colum McCann
• The Boys in the Boat—Daniel James Brown
• The Nest—Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
• Hidden Figures—Margo Lee Shetterly (current selection)
• The Association of Small Bombs—Karan Mahajan (Spring Break selection)

—Sara Heijerman, Campus Card Office