Frog book group
FROG IS AN ACRONYM FOR FREETHINKERS READING OPPORTUNITY GROUP, our JH BOOK Discussion GROUP
The Jefferson Humanists’ book club, known as the Freethinkers Reading Opportunity Group (FROG), meets every month to discuss humanist themes in books, both fiction and non-fiction. Past books have included, The Measure, Lessons in Chemistry, Different:Gender through the Eyes of a Primatologist, The Sixth Extinction, Breakfast with Seneca, Secondhand:Travels in the New Global Garage Sale, Klara & the Sun and many more. We’ve also read books on select topics, like Feminism, Living the Secular Life, Famous Humanists, Political Extremism, Robot and Overpopulation, all leading to lively discussions. Click here to see a list of all past discussion titles.
We invite you to join the FROGs. We always have great conversations and a good time! If you are interested in being added to future FROG email notices, contact book group leader, Helena Goldstein (frog@jeffersonhumanists.org). You also can find notices of our meetings, with location & other details, on Meetup at www.meetup.com/JeffcoHumanists/.
Here is our planned schedule for 2026
Jan 10th
Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder’s Formula for a Long and Useful Life by Eric Weiner
FEB 14th
Money, Lies and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy by Katherine Stewart
Mar 14th
The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America by Jeffrey Rosen
apr 11th
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
may 9th
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
JUne 13th
Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
JUly 11th
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayle
Aug 8th
One Day, Everyone will have been Always been Against This by Omar El Akkad
sept 12th
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart
oct 10th
Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of our Planet by Ben Goldfarb
nov 14th
Topic – Best Books You Read in the Past Year
dec 12th
Orbital by Samantha Harvey