Ashley's Book Club

This is a book club where my beloved friends and I read and chat about books!

Schedule

Here you can find what our book club schedule is!

Since we are just getting started, the schedule is a little wonky. Eventually, we will switch over to making book club the first Saturday of the month. That way it's a little easier to plan around for future sessions.

Our next book club will be:

Date Event
Saturday June 6, 2026 Book Club to discuss: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!
Saturday June 27, 2026 Book Club to discuss: Vote for the next book below!

Next Book Suggestions

Here's the options for what we can read next. Please vote for the next book here.

Cover Title / Description Author Pages
Book cover of The Fifth Season shows a rusted stonework. The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)

Essun comes home to find her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. In the middle of a disastrous apocalypse, Essun goes out to find her daughter.

N.K. Jemisin 468
Book cover of The Alchemist shows a styliszed map in the center of a sun. The Alchemist

Santagio, a shepherd boy, travels the world in search of treasure. Is it really about the destination, or the journey?

 Paulo Coelho 182
Book cover of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow shows The Wave with rainbow text over it. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Two friends come together as creative partners to create a video game. This brings them success, but what else?

 Gabrielle Zevin 300
Book cover of Handmaid's Tale shows a stylized handmaiden in red. The Handmaid's Tale

A future United States is struggling with declining birthrate, and reverts to a society of repressive intolerance.

 Margaret Atwood 320
Book cover of Ready Player One is the title written in yellow on a red background. Ready Player One

When the creator of a massive virtual utopia dies, he leaves his entire fortune to whoever can find them, via a series of "Easter Eggs". Wade Watts stumbles upon the first clue.

 Ernest Cline 480

Previously Read Books

Here's what we've read in the past:

Date Read Cover Title / Description Author Pages
March 12, 2026 Book cover of All Systems Red shows an armored figure standing in front a space-themed background.
All Systems Red (Murderbot #1)

Company-supplied droid becomes self-aware. Adventures ensue.

Discussion questions.
Martha Wells 144
April 12, 2026 Book cover of Stories of Your Life and Others shows a human head made of mathematical equations.
Stories of Your Life and Others

A collection of Black-Mirror-esque short stories.

Discussion questions.
Ted Chiang 281
May 9, 2026 Book cover of Recursion shows a maze-like looking figure eight.
Recursion

A sci-fi thriller about a mysterious phenomenon called False Memory Syndrome, where people experience vivid memories of lives they never lived, causing them to go mad.

Discussion questions.
Blake Crouch 329
June 6, 2026 Book cover of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy shows a hand in a thumbs up motion in front of a few silly looking planets.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

After Earth is unexpectedly destroyed, an ordinary man is swept into a wild adventure across space with an eccentric group of companions.

Discussion questions.
Douglas Adams 216

Past Book Suggestions

You can find previously suggested books here: Book Suggestions

If you were intrigued by a book that didn't win the vote this time around, worry not! I will catalog all the proposed books here! That way, we can throw it back on the ballot in the future OR you can reference them for your own reading pleasure.