Salina Reads is a series of events whose goal is to strengthen community connections by widening perspectives and deepening understanding about differing points of view through literature, shared experience and discussion.
Salina Reads
For 2023, the selected Salina Reads book is “Record of a Spaceborn Few” by Becky Chambers. This science fiction novel explores what it means to be a community filled with humans, aliens and other beings yet undiscovered.
Non-Fiction Companion Title
“How to Be a Family” by Dan Kois
Youth Recommendations
“Across the Universe” by Beth Revis (YA)
“Last Day on Mars” by Kevin Emerson (JFiction)
“There’s an Alien in your Book” by Tom Fletcher (Picture Book)
Non-Fiction Companion Title
“How to Be a Family” by Dan Kois
Youth Recommendations
“Across the Universe” by Beth Revis (YA)
“Last Day on Mars” by Kevin Emerson (JFiction)
“There’s an Alien in your Book” by Tom Fletcher (Picture Book)
Upcoming Events
Past Selections
2021 — “A Dog’s Purpose: A Novel for Humans” by W. Bruce Cameron
2019 — “Killers of the Flower Moon” by David Gann
2018 — “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah; and youth selections, “Last Stop on Market Street” by Matt de la Pena and “One Crazy Summer” by Rita Williams-Garcia
2017 — “The Last Cattle Drive” by Robert Day; and youth selections, “Old Yeller” by Fred Gipson and “Let’s Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy” by Jan Thomas
2016 — “Digging to America” by Anne Tyler and “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri; and youth selection, “The Tree in the Courtyard” by Jeff Gottesfeld
2015 — “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel
2014 — “The Worst Hard Time” Timothy Egan
2013 — “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” by Mark Haddon