Led by Claudia Cayne, this informal group meets on the second Saturday of each month (unless otherwise noted) at 4:00 PM in the Reading Room. 

All are welcome for one or all of the lively and informal discussions. Registration is not required. 

Claudia's selection for this month is Orbital, by Samantha Harvey.

Winner of the Booker Prize, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men hurtling through space--not towards the moon or the vast unknown, but around our planet. We glimpse moments of their earthly lives and most of all, we are with them as they behold and record their silent blue planet. Their experiences of sixteen sunrises and sunsets and the bright, blinking constellations of the galaxy are at once breathtakingly awesome and surprisingly intimate. So are the marks of civilization far below, encrusted on the planet on which we live.  Profound, contemplative and gorgeous, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and a moving elegy to our humanity, environment, and planet.

SML's Current Fiction Book Group meets September 2025 through June 2026. For a look at book selections ahead, please visit this link.