This is the 2026 RIF RAFF BOOK CLUB list.

Check us out on Facebook. Search Bobby LaGrange RifRaff Book Club for live meeting notes and updates. Go to our official webpage http://condor.depaul.edu/~rstuba Send e-mail comments and book reviews prior to the suggested meeting date to rifraffbc@hotmail.com You could always give us a call for details of the monthly meeting if you are interested in discussing any of the books on this year’s list.


SUNDAY January 25, 2026 - RS

Rosarita

by Anita Desai 112 pages

A young women meets a stranger who introduces a mystery about her family.


Sunday February 22, 2026 - BC

Hell of a Book: A Novel

by Jason Mott 319 pages

Follows a writer on a book tour to promote his bestselling novel, then a tragic police shooting occurs on the news.


SUNDAY March 29, 2026 - RS

Sorrowful Mysteries: The Shepard Children of Fatima

by Stephen Harrigan 256 pages

Part memoir part mystery - a powerful exploration of the three secrets of Fatima.


SUNDAY April 26, 2026 - RS

Startlement - New and Selected Poems

by Ada Limon 232 pages

The 24th Poet Laureate of the United States collection themed around the concept of mystery and awe.


SUNDAY May 31, 2026 - RS

Exit Zero

by Marie-Helene Bertino 208 pages

Twelve short stories of death shaped entities.


SUNDAY June 28, 2026 - RW

Ask the Dust

by John Fante 165 pages

The story of Arturo Bandini, a young writer in 1930s Los Angeles who falls hard for an elusive, mocking, unstable Mexican waitress.


SUNDAY July 26, 2026 - BC

Convenience Store Woman

by Sayaka Murata 436 pages

Keiko had always been considered a strange child. A fresh, charming portrait of an unforgettable heroine.


SUNDAY August 30, 2026 - RS

One of Us: A Novel

by Dan Chaon 288 pages

Macabre tale of orphaned twins on the run from their murderous uncle who find refuge in a bizarre traveling carnival.


SUNDAY September 27, 2026 - BC

A Marriage At Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

by Sophie Elmhirst 256 pages

The electrifying true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea: a tale of obsession, survival, and partnership.


SUNDAY October 25 2026 - RS

Kaplan's Plot : A Novel

by Jason Diamond 320 pages

Concerns Chicago, cemeteries, secrets, and crimes.


SUNDAY November 29, 2026 - BC

The Employees

by Olga Ravn 144 pages

Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the "Six-Thousand Ship" crew.


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