Book Club Reading Recommendations | The American Writers Museum

Check out the lists below for your next reading inspiration. Book club members and voracious readers alike will find something to pique their interest. The best part? You can click on the Amazon or IndieBound links, and start reading right away! Check back regularly as new lists will be added and existing lists updated.

"There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, from "The Great Gatsby" * * Happy birthday to F. Scott Fitzgerald! And cheers to everyone who came out for our Great Gatsby Party on Saturday, it was a roaring success and the attire was on point. Way to go, ol' sport! * * #FScottFitzgerald #GreatGatsby #HappyBirthday #GreatGatsbyParty

Plan an event worth writing about! Book an event at the American Writers Museum by October 1 and get 20% off the rental fee! Call 312-374-8790 or email events@americanwritersmuseum.org to learn more.

Plan an event worth writing about! Book an event at the American Writers Museum by October 1 and get 20% off the rental fee! Call 312-374-8790 or email events@americanwritersmuseum.org to learn more.

Who else is ready to jump into the weekend? #CaptioningStories
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Stop by and check out our exhibit 'Capturing Stories: Photographs of Writers by Art Shay' and write your own caption to one of Art Shay's iconic photos for the chance to be featured here. The exhibit runs until October 28 so we'll see you soon! Open all weekend from 10-5. @artshayarchive #CaptioningStories #ArtShay #FridayMood #FridayFeels #isittimetogohomeyet?

Who else is ready to jump into the weekend? #CaptioningStories * * Stop by and check out our exhibit 'Capturing Stories: Photographs of Writers by Art Shay' and write your own caption to one of Art Shay's iconic photos for the chance to be featured here. The exhibit runs until October 28 so we'll see you soon! Open all weekend from 10-5. @artshayarchive #CaptioningStories #ArtShay #FridayMood #FridayFeels #isittimetogohomeyet?

"Writing is a muscle, so you have to use it to make it strong." * * #ThrowbackThursday to when @jacqueline_woodson visited us and shared writing tips with young Chicago students. Other bits of advice: "The way you learn to write is by reading," and "Writing is taking it moment by moment by moment." Thank YOU for a wonderful moment, Ms. Woodson! * * #JacquelineWoodson #AmericanWritersMuseum #TheDayYouBegin #HarborMe #BrownGirlDreaming #TBT

TOMORROW! 6:30 pm. International award-winning author @nnediokorafor joins us to read and discuss her work, which includes the Binti Trilogy, Black Panther: Long Live the King and so much more. Books and comics can be purchased and signed following the program. Come on out Chicago! For more information and tickets visit our website, link in bio.
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#NnediOkorafor #Binti #BlackPanther #Wakanda #WakandaForever #Shuri #WhoFearsDeath

TOMORROW! 6:30 pm. International award-winning author @nnediokorafor joins us to read and discuss her work, which includes the Binti Trilogy, Black Panther: Long Live the King and so much more. Books and comics can be purchased and signed following the program. Come on out Chicago! For more information and tickets visit our website, link in bio. * * #NnediOkorafor #Binti #BlackPanther #Wakanda #WakandaForever #Shuri #WhoFearsDeath