The UVA Alumni Association’s Corner Book Club is a virtual book club for alums of all ages featuring a range of titles by UVA alumnae authors.
Corner Book Club members can read along anytime, anywhere and have the opportunity to recommend titles, vote on reading selections throughout the year, connect on a private online forum, and participate in special virtual events with alumnae authors.
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What We’re Reading Now
The Corner Book Club is reading Better Luck Next Time by alumna Julia Claiborne Johnson (Col ’81) from August 5 – October 7. A virtual event with Julia will take place on October 7 from 12-1 p.m. ET. Register now to join us live.
Our Next Read
The Corner Book Club looks forward to reading The Distant Dead by alumna Heather Young (Col ’86, Law ’91) from October 14–December 16. Join the Corner Book Club so you’re ready to jump in when reading begins.
July 2021 – June 2022 Potential Reading Selections
Corner Book Club members have the opportunity to vote on reading selections throughout the year.
Girls of a Certain Age
by Maria Adelmann
(Grad ’12)
The Ensemble
by Aja Gabel (Grad ’09)
Here Comes the Miracle
by Anna Beecher
(Grad ’20)
The Last Thing He Told Me
by Laura Dave (Grad ’02)
The Lies that Bind
by Emily Giffin (Law ’97)
Everything I Have is Yours
by Eleanor Henderson (Grad ’05)
Better Luck Next Time
by Julia Claiborne Johnson (Col ’81)
Portrait of a Mirror
by A. Natasha Joukovsky (Col ’08)
Home Making
by Lee Matalone (Col ’11)
Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
by Lulu Miller (Grad ’12)
The Art of Gathering
by Priya Parker (Col ’04)
Saint X
by Alexis Schaitkin
(Grad ’13)
The Lightness
by Emily Temple (Grad ’16)
The Knockout Queen
by Rufi Thorpe (Grad ’09)
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
by Jia Tolentino (Col ’09)
Seven Days in June
by Tia Williams (Col ’97)
Black Futures
by Jennifer E. Wortham (Col ’04)
The Distant Dead
by Heather Young (Col ’86, Law ’91)
Past Selections
Corner Book Club members have already enjoyed reading these works by UVA alumnae authors.
The Third Rainbow Girl
by Emma Copely Eisenberg (Grad ’15)
All We Ever Wanted
by Emily Giffin (Law ’97)
We Were the Lucky Ones
by Georgia Hunter Farinholt (Col ’00)
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter – And How to Make the Most of Them Now
by Meg Jay (Col ’92)
Fever
by Mary Beth Keane
(Grad ’05)
Ask Again Yes
by Mary Elizabeth Keane (Grad ’05)
The Exiles
by Christina Baker Kline (Grad ’90)
The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home
by Heath Hardage Lee (Grad ’95)
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
by Liza Mundy (Grad ’87)
I’ll Be Your Blue Sky
by Marisa de los Santos (Col ’88)
The Possible World
by Liese Schwarz
(Med ’92)
Hidden Figures
by Margot Rebecca Lee Shetterly (Com ’91)