2025-26 Book Club

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS CLERMONT COUNTY

2025-26 BOOK CLUB TITLES

Second Wednesday of each month @ 6pm via Zoom

December     Becoming Madame Secretary by Stephanie Dray. (Novel)

Frances Perkins is destined to rise in a political world dominated by men, facing down the Great Depression as FDR's most trusted lieutenant-even as she struggles to balance the demands of a public career with marriage and motherhood.

February       They Called Us Enemy by George Takei  (Biographical Graphic Novel. Non-fiction

In 1942, at the order of President Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centers," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the terrors and small joys of childhood in the shadow of legalized racism.

April               The Women’s March by Jennifer Chiaverini. (Novel)

An enthralling novel of the women’s suffrage movement inspired by three courageous women who bravely risked their lives and liberty in the fight to win the vote: Alice Paukl, Maud Malone, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett.                        

June               Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in the Wildest Campaign in History by Chis Whipple. Political non-fiction.

August            The Conductor: the Story of Rev. John Rankin, Abolition’s Essential Founding Father by Franz Caleb. (Biographical non-fiction)

Sitting above the small community of Ripley, Ohio, a lantern shone in the front window of a red brick home at night. It was a signal to slaves in Kentucky—a beacon of liberty in the darkness—just across the Ohio River. Anyone fleeing bondage could look to Reverend John Rankin’s home for hope. Author Caleb Franz tells the story of the man who served as a George Washington–type figure to the antislavery movement.

October           The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict. (Novel)

She possessed beauty and a stunning mind. Her beauty saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee and the escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.

But she kept a secret more shocking than her heritage or her marriage: She was a scientist. And she knew a few secrets about the enemy. She had an idea that might help the country fight the Nazis, if anyone would listen to her.

December        Reader’s Choice. Pick any book you like.

We’ll discuss them all!