This is the 2020 RIF RAFF BOOK CLUB list.

Check us out on the web via 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 26, 2020 - BC

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

by Raphael Bob-Waksberg 244 pages

Short story collection that delivers a killer combination of humor, romance, whimsy, cultural commentary, and crushing emotional vulnerability.


Sunday February 23, 2020 - SW

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead 213 pages

Story of two black school boys wrongly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.


SUNDAY March 29, 2020 - RW

The Fifth Risk

by Michael Lewis 221 pages

Brilliant narrative that takes the reader into the engine room of a government under attack by its own leaders.


SUNDAY April 26, 2020 - ND

The Fig Eater

by Jody Shields 311 pages

Fashion writers debut suspense novel about murder, superstition, and bourgeois sexual intrigue.


SUNDAY May 31, 2020 - RS

The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides 325 pages

Psychotherapist tries to unlock the secrets of a woman who shot her husband six times in the face. She refuses to talk to anyone after the horrific event.


SUNDAY June 28, 2020 - SW

The Martian

by Andy Weir 369 pages

Fresh take on the Man vs. Nature battle for survival set on the planet Mars. Yes, it is also a movie.


SUNDAY July 26, 2020 - KG

The Individualist: Digressions, Dreams, and Dissertations

by Todd Rundgren 240 pages

A collection of one page personal reminiscences and commentaries throughout the rock musician's life.


SUNDAY August 30, 2020 - JG

Half Broke Horse

by Jeanette Walls 272 pages

Autobiographical heartwarming stories about the spirt of an indomitable woman.


SUNDAY September 27, 2020 - RS

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel

by Ocean Vuong 246 pages

A letter from a son to his single mother who cannot read. A family whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam.


SUNDAY October 25 2020 - BC

John Dies at the End

by David Wong 375 pages

A smart take on fear that manages to tap into the readers existential dread on one page, then has them laughing on the next. Warning! Adult themes and language.


SUNDAY November 29, 2020 - RS

There There: A Novel

by Tommy Orange 294 page

Self-taught Indian dancer comes together with other Native Americans at the Big Oakland Powwow in California.


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