Berman Book Club
Dig deeper and experience history through the lens of historical fiction. Each month, we enjoy stimulating conversation and view artifacts from the Berman collection that directly relate to that month’s book. History comes to life when we learn the stories behind the events; it’s anything but boring!
Pre-registration is encouraged. Berman Book Club is $8/person and free for AM&G members.
2025
February: Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
March: Where the Light Falls: A Novel of the French Revolution by Allison and Owen Pataki
April: A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
May: A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa
2024
February: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
March: The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon’s Court by Michelle Moran
April: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
June: Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates by David Cordingly
September: Beneath the Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan (Italy WWII)
October: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (Medieval)
December: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
2023
February: Crossed: A Tale of the Fourth Crusade by Nicole Galland
March: Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History by Antonio Mendez and Matt Baglio
April: The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great by Eva Stackniak
May: Mother Daughter Traitor Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal
June: Dragonfly by Leila Meacham
September: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
October: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
November: The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington by Jennet Conant
2022
February: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
March: “No Ordinary Time” Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II, by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Chapters 1-12)
April: “No Ordinary Time” Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II, by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Chapters 13-25)
May: George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War by Thomas Allen
June: The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
September: The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
October: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
November: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner