History Book Group
Please join the Needham History Center & Museum Book Group.
All who enjoy reading books based on history are welcome!
We meet at the Needham History Center at 12:00 pm – so feel free to bring your lunch! We read a wide range of books in history, biography, and current issues – see the past lists for a better idea. Fiction is also welcome, as long as the history is good. You are also invited to bring some suggestions for future books. Contact us for more information or questions.
History Book Group – 2026-2027 Schedule:
September 22 – Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War (Lisa Brooks)
October 20 – Fever in the Heartland: the KKK’s Plan to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them (Timothy Egan) Please note new date
December 1 – Lafayette in the Somewhat United States (Sarah Vowell)
January 26 – The American Revolution and the Fate of the World (Richard Bell)
February 23 – TBD
March 23 – TBD
April 27 – TBD
May 25 – TBD
June – TBD – This is usually a group outing/field trip to a place relevant to the year’s reading.
Photo: The book group visits the exhibit “Whose Revolution?” at the Concord Museum, June 2025