HIB Book Club
by Jackie Bogdan
May 12, 2025
The Himalayan Institute of Buffalo Book Club
In the Fall of 2023, HIB launched its Book Club led by Kandy Svec and Mary Jo Pfeiffer. This robust group of reading enthusiasts meets monthly on Friday afternoons at the center to discuss both fiction and nonfiction. It all began with members putting their favorite book titles into a hat and drawing the monthly selections. We want to share what we’ve been reading to date, along with the list of contenders that didn’t make it out of the hat… yet. If you love to read and appreciate good company, lively conversation, and tasty snacks, please join us! Information on registration can be found on our webpage under “workshops”.
Stay tuned for the 2025 Summer reading selections - coming soon!
Books we’ve been discussing:
The Women by Kristin Hannah – June 2025
Horse by Geraldine Brooks – May 2025
Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse – April 2025
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham – March 2025
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie – Feb. 2025
The Stationary Shop by Marjan Kamali – Jan. 2025
Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny – Dec. 2024
How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb – Nov. 2024
North Woods by Daniel Mason – May 2024
Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese – April 2024
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr – March 2024
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens – Feb. 2024
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver – December 2024
The Hours: A Novel by Michael Cunningham – Nov. 2023
Contenders (Books still in the hat):
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
A Thousand Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Autobiography of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein
Becoming Myself by Irwin D. Yalom
Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
His for Hawk by Helen McDonald
Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
Remarkable Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Septology by Jon Fosse
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt by Edward F. O’Keefe
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
The Secret Daughter by Kelly Rimmer
Village Weaver by Myriam Chancy
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Why Does the World Exist? by Jim Holt
1984 by George Orwell
Published author, musician, and HIB-Book Club fan-favorite Vicky Stearns signing a copy of her book “Classical Music: A Listener’s Guide” - available on Amazon and other locations.
