OLLI at MSU Book Discussion Group

Since 2004, the Wonderlust Book Group has held lively discussions of provocative books from around the world, including classic and contemporary literary fiction, timely nonfiction, and occasional works of epic poetry and drama.


Aug 31–“Tender is the Night” by F. Scott Fitzgerald (~320 pp): American, originally published 1934. The group will be reading print of the 1934 edition rather than one of the subsequent editions.

Oct 5–“Nights at the Circus” by Angela Carter (~295 pp): British, originally published in 1984

Nov 2–“The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas (~464 pp): American, originally published in 2017

Dec 7–“The Sound and the Fury” by William Faulkner (~366 pp): American, originally published in 1929

Jan 4–“Oh Pioneers!” by Willa Cather (~142 pp): American, originally published in 1913

Feb 1–“Stoner” by John Williams (~278 pp): American, originally published in 1965

March 1–“The Woman in the Dunes” by Kobo Abe (~241 pp): Japanese, originally published in 1962

April 5–“The Bridge on the Drina” by Ivo Andric (~314 pp): Yugoslavian, originally published in 1945

May 3–“Abigail”by Magda Szabó (~333 pp): Hungarian, originally published in 1970

June21(Updated)   –“Pale Horse, Pale Rider” by Katherine Anne Porter (~224 pp): American, originally published in 1939