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November Book Club Updates

November Book Club Updates

UMN Book Club
November 17, 2025

Welcome

Hey Book Club!

We’re approaching the end of the semester, I can’t believe how fast it’s gone. We have only two meetings left until winter break. Hope you’ve had some spare time amidst midterms and oncoming finals to read. Maybe even read the book club pick? Scroll on and find out what the end of the semester has in store.

Bookish regards,

Anisse

Rebecca Discussion

Join us this weekend!

November Book Discussion

Light refreshments and lively discussion!

This Saturday November 22nd from 1pm-3pm in the Wilson Collaboration Studio.

December Book

Our December Read is…

I Who Have Never Known Men

Our December read is Jacqueline Harpman’s I Who Have Never Known Men.

Join us December 6th for our book discussion from 1-3pm at Wilson Library.

January Book

Vote on our Winter Break book…

Winter Break Read will be?

It’s once again time to democratically elect the next book club read!

Click the link below to vote on our winter break book!

UBC Board Member Spotlight

Get to know your book club board!

Speed Q&A with Board Member Greta!

Favorite genre: Fantasy

Preferred book format: Paperback

Favorite book club selection: Mistborn

Favorite book club activity: Bookstore crawls

Number of books read last year: 33

Book Club Kits

Read with friends! The University Book Club has been working closely with the University Libraries on a brand-new pilot program, funded by the Libraries' strategic initiatives award, to build a collection of book club and buddy reading kits available for anyone at UMN to check out. The kits are available to check out TODAY at Wilson Library on a first-come-first-serve basis.

We have a number of new kits that will be available around noon on Monday, June 30th. New book club kits include The Idiot by Elif Batuman and The Three-body Problem by Cixin Liu. Along with a new buddy read kit for The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo.

Book Access

Ways to access our current book selection:

Borrow a physical copy from UMN Libraries: email [email protected] to reserve a copy
Buy the book at a 20% discount from the UMN Bookstore (either in-person or online) Note: The discount is automatically applied when you check out.
Borrow a physical copy from UMN Libraries or using the Interlibrary Loan service
Borrow via the UMN Libraries Libby, the book club has our own collection!
Public Libraries:
- Hennepin County Library: Library cards are free and Arvonne Fraser Library is located just a few blocks from campus, in Dinkytown
- Ramsey County Library: Library cards are free and the Roseville Library is about a 10 minute drive from the St. Paul campus
The Book House: Used book store in Dinkytown

If your financial situation makes it hard to obtain a copy of our current book selection, please reach out to us at [email protected] as we may be able to help.

Contact

Keep in Touch

Email: [email protected]

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