Women’s Book Club (In Person)

This peer-led Book Club welcomes lesbian, bisexual, queer, transgender, and questioning women of all ages to join readers in a friendly, thought-provoking discussion related to the month’s book selection.

All book selections emphasize works written by and about women and vary in genre, ranging from non-fiction to poetry to historical literature to romance to science fiction to graphic novels.

• When: 2nd Wednesday, 5-6:30 pm
• Where: The Center Library, 3909 Centre St. San Diego, CA 92103
• Contact: For more information on the group, please contact women@thecentersd.org.
• Phone: ‪(619) 692-2077 x134

September, 2025 Book Selection: Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles
This rare existentialist novel follows Mrs. Copperfield and Miss Goering, two women determined to live authentically and find happiness—even as their journeys descend into debauchery.
When it was first published in 1943, the book was dismissed as “senseless and silly,” “a risk to one’s sanity,” and “unseemly in its depiction of lesbianism.” Some critics even claimed “the book is about nothing.”
But don’t let that scare you! Since then, Two Serious Ladies has been widely reappraised, praised by major critics, and frequently reissued with new introductions. John Waters even calls it “the best novel ever written.” A new edition is being released this August.

October, 2025 Book Selection: Night Side of The River by Jeanette Winterson
In this collection, Winterson presents short stories and essays about what ghosts have meant to us historically and what they may mean in the future.
Ghost tours gone awry, A. I., and haunted houses! Stories written by one of the most acclaimed authors around. Just in time for Halloween. Don’t worry, we will leave the lights on!

November, 2025 Book Selection: The Dyke and the Dybbuk by Ellen Galford
Kokos the Dybbuk has been trapped in a tree for two centuries.  She is now free and having a hard time adjusting to the twentieth century.  Now the employee of a multinational corporation, Kokos is assigned to haunt one Rainbow Rosenbaum, a London taxi-driver, film critic, lesbian and descendant of the woman Kokos was to haunt centuries ago.  Kokos now needs to keep her job dealing with a different world and a different kind of gal and a hilarious tale unfolds.  This book received great reviews when it was released and it is sure to be delightful!