Book Club is hosted typically the first Monday of each month, via video call.
- If you would like to be on the book club email list to learn of upcoming events, please send an email to bookclubcoordinator@sweboston.org
- If you have suggestions for books to read for future events, please send an email to bookclubcoordinator@sweboston.org
Feel free to come even if you haven’t read the book! We’ll discuss the book and topics that matter to us as members and supporters of the Society of Women Engineers Boston Chapter.
SWE Boston is excited to invite you to our February 2nd book club discussion featuring Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science by Jessica Hernandez, PhD, a Maya Ch’orti’ and Zapotec environmental scientist and founder of environmental agency Pina Soul, SPC.
An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn’t working–and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors.
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Join SWE Boston’s Book Club discussion on Monday, March 2, 2026 from 8 – 9 PM to discuss Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2025)
“[S}et in the 1980s NASA space shuttle program, following aspiring astronaut Joan Goodwin as she navigates her career, a secret romance with fellow astronaut Vanessa Ford, and her responsibilities caring for her niece. The book explores themes of love, ambition, and identity, blending a fast-paced, thrilling space adventure with a passionate love story” – Google
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Past Book Club Events
- January 2026: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
- December 2025: A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern
- November 2025: Wild Seed by Octavia Butler
- October 2025: Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Dr. Peter Attia
- September 2025: Death Valley by Melissa Broder
- July 2025: Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew
- June 2025: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
- May 2025: Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It by Richard Reeves
- April 2025: The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd
- March 2025: Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way by Roma Agrawal
- February 2025: The Woman’s Hour by Elaine F. Weiss
- January 2025: The Women by Kristin Hannah
- December 2024: The Engineer’s Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood
- November 2024: She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders, 2nd edition (2013) by Jennifer Finney Boylan
- October 2024: Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machine by Joy Buolamwini
- September 2024: Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
- July 2024: The Exceptions by Kate Zernike
- May 2024: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
- April 2024: My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor.
- February 2024: The Likeability Trap by Alicia Menendez.
- January 2024: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrick Backman.
- December 2023: Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
- November 2023: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- September 2023: Yerba Buena by Nina Lacour
- August 2023: The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates
- June 2023: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
- May 2023: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- June 2022: The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
- April 2022: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
- March 2022: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
- February 2021: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
- March 2021: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
- April 2021: Invisible Women: Data Bias In A World Designed for Men
- May 2021: To Caroline – Love, Auntie by Linda Graf
- July 2021: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- September 2021: The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight by Martha Ackmann
- October 2021: WWW: Wake by Robert J Sawyer