English Book Club Information
IUP’s Department of English sponsors a Book Club open to students, faculty, staff, and administrators interested in pleasure reading and discussing contemporary books. The club usually meets twice per semester and discusses books selected by student members of the club. Free food is provided at the meetings.
Checking Out Books
Copies of the book club books are available for checkout from English Department Secretary Jackie Rohrabaugh in the English Department Office, 110 Leonard Hall.
Student Book Club President
- Elizabeth M. Elmore
Current Faculty Book Club Members
- Gian Pagnucci, Book Club Advisor
- Chris Kuipers, Club Email Contact Person
Past Faculty Book Club Members
- Resa Crane-Bizzaro
- Sue Johnson
- Jo-Anne Kerr
- Linda Norris
- Heather Powers
English Book Club Selections
2012-2013 English Book Club Selections
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- This is one of the finest science fiction books ever written. It is the highly compelling story of a brilliant young boy named Ender Wiggin who must survive and excel in a grueling military battle school in order to learn how to save earth from alien bug invaders. The book is full of difficult strategic challenges that Ender has to find clever ways to overcome.
2011-2012 English Book Club Selections
- A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire Book 1 by George R. R. Martin
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2010-2011 English Book Club Selections
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2009-2010 English Book Club Selections
- Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
- Watchmen by Alan Moore (writer) and Dave Gibbons (illustrator)
2008-2009 English Book Club Selections
- World War Z by Max Brooks
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- The Uncommon Reader: A Novella by Alan Bennett
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Audio Books