The University Friends Circle Book Club usually meets on the first Thursday of the month at 3:30 p.m., at the UC Merced on Main building at the corner of Main Street and M, in downtown Merced. The June 2026 meeting will be on Thursday, June 4th.
Book Club leaders Martha (french412@yahoo.com) and Barbara invite all UFC members to join them for robust discussion each month. Book Club members rotate responsibility for book selection during the academic year. All UFC members are welcome at any time!
We are now in summer mode, which means... read what you like and tell us about it at the June, July and August meetings! If you want to get a head start on the August selection to be discussed Sept. 3, the book will be Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi.
Titles read this academic year:
- April 2026: The Beach House by Jenny Hale
- March 2026: Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
- February 2026: Apples Never Fall by Lian Moriarty
- January 2026: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
- December 2025: Between Sisters by Kristin Hannah
- November 2025: Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon
- October 2025: My Friends by Fredrik Backman
- September 2025: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
