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The Audacious Book Club

The 2026 Audacious Book Club Selections

(Through November)

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Roxane Gay
Feb 10, 2026
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There are so many amazing books published each year so it is really difficult to pick just one a month (and in October, well, we picked two), but here is what we will be reading this year. As a reminder, if you’d like to receive the books automatically each month, you can sign up with Allstora, our book purveyor. And here are our FAQs.

January

The Hitch by Sara Levine

February

The Age of Calamities, by Senaa Ahmad.

March

Tell Me How You Eat by Amber Husain

April

Black. Single. Mother. By Jamilah Lemieux

May

The Violence: My Colombian War by Adriana Ramirez

June

John of John by Douglas Stuart

July

Pool House by Mary HK Choi

August

The Simp by Roshan Sethi

September

Reality TV for Snobs by Ali Barthwell

October

The Disappearers by Marlon James
The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw

November

The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

What are you looking forward to reading this year? What would you like to see from our book club and discussions? We’re listening!

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