Three Esplanade book clubs meet regularly, and many other neighbors are avid readers. These reviews were all written by neighbors.

2025 Reviews

Orbital: A Novel by Samantha Harvey (reviewed by Janet Aserkoff)

Working by Robert Caro (reviewed by Jane Weingarten)

The Death of Common Sense by Phillip K. Howard (reviewed by Laurence Lieberman)

2024 Reviews

Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi (reviewed by Daniel Deykin)

A Fatal Inheritance by Larry Ingrassia (reviewed by Elaine Li Shiang MD)

James by Percivall Everett (reviewed by Jane Gould)

An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearnes Goodwin (reviewed by Susan Barron)

The Wager by David Green (reviewed by Ash Rao)

Knife by Salmon Rushdie (reviewed by Fred G. Davis)

The End of Drum Line by Hanna Pylvairen (reviewed by Janet Askerkoff)

Chasing Beauty by Natalie Dykstra (reviewed by Lisa Frusztajer)

Master Slave, Husband Wife by Lyon Woo (reviewed by Barbara Ogur)

Designing America by Hugh Howard (reviewed by Ken Winston)

American Ramble by Neil King, Jr. (reviewed by Sissela Bok)

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (reviewed by Jessie von Hippel)

Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (reviewed by Susan Barron)

Vaster Wild by Lauren Goff (reviewed by Bob Kagan)

Opel and Nev by Dawnie Walton (reviewed by Janis Grogan)

Daughters of the Samurai by Janice Nimura (reviewed by Eileen Glovsky)

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (reviewed by Susan Barron)

Theory of Bastards by Audrey Schulman (reviewed by Bob Kagan)

The Little Liar by Mitch Albom (reviewed by Laurence M. Lieberman)

Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane (reviewed by Susan Corcoran)

The Last Hurrah by Edwin O’Connor (reviewed by Mary Jo Bane)

In Love by Amy Bloom (reviewed by Jane Hilburt-Davis)

Trust by Herman Diaz (reviewed by Jane Gould)