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2024 Ohio State Alumni Book Club

Read along with fellow Buckeyes!

ohio state alumni book club
Date
Dec 31, 2024
Cost
Free
Location

At your leisure

Event description

Whether you are already an avid reader or are looking to cultivate new reading habits, this book club has something for everyone! Enjoy regular discussions with fellow alumni, learn from published experts, and share personal and professional insights.

Registration is ongoing. Join at anytime.

Cost

Membership is free. You simply need to borrow or purchase a copy of the book.

Our current selection

March 15–May 17: By Her Own Design by Piper Huguley

Piper G. Huguley’s biographical historical fiction, By Her Own Design: a novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register (William Morrow Publishing) tells the inspiring story of the Black fashion designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress. By Her Own Design was a Booklist top 100 Editor’s Choice selection for 2022 and was named one of the top 100 books of 2022 in Canada by the Globe and Mail newspaper.

Upcoming author talks

The House of Eve with Sadeqa Johnson
Tuesday, May 7 | 4 p.m. ET
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By Her Own Design with Piper Huguley
Wednesday, May 8 | 6 p.m. ET
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American Eclipse with David Baron 
Thursday, May 9 | 3 p.m. ET
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Previous selections

  • Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
  • This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
  • The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
  • The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
  • Dopesick by Beth Macy
  • Grit by Angela Duckworth
  • The Outsider by Stephen King
  • The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
  • The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
  • A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende

Questions

Please contact OSUAA Programs at ADV-OSUAAprograms@osu.edu