Lake Lit Book Club will be on third Mondays of the month in 2026, and we will meet every month except December. $20 or register to have a seat on the designated book club sofa for the whole year for $200, saving $20. Includes beverages (mocktail, decaf coffee, herbal tea, or soft drink) and light snacks. The 2026 Lake Lit Book Club reads are:
January 19, 2026: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire — A Banned Book, Tony Award-Winning Broadway Musical, Major Motion Picture Film Adaptations
February 16, 2026: James by Percival Everett — Black History Month, American Book Award, National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
March 16, 2026: My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende — International Women’s Day, Women’s History Month
April 20, 2026: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad — Arab American Heritage Month, National Book Award
May 18, 2026: The School for Good Mothers: A Novel by Jessamine Chan — Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, New York Times Bestseller, one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2022
June 15, 2026: The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine — Pride Month, National Book Award
July 20, 2026: The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston — Romance, Magical Realism
August 17, 2026: Lies and Sorcery by Elsa Morante, 1948, translated by Jenny McPhee in 2024. Bonus read if you’re ahead on your summer reading: Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico — Literary Translation, Women in Literary Translation Month
September 21, 2026: The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai — Shortlisted for Booker Prize
October 19, 2026 (meeting at Starbucks at Johnson Crossing, 1071 E. Johnson St., Fond du Lac, WI 54935): The Antidote by Karen Russell — Shortlisted for National Book Award
November 16, 2026 (meeting at Starbucks at Johnson Crossing, 1071 E. Johnson St., Fond du Lac, WI 54935): The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich — Native American Heritage Month, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Register for the entire year here:
Or register only for this month’s book club meeting here: