Community Book club
“I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them.”
– Emma Thompson
What are you reading?
We asked our community to share the books that shaped how they think about gathering, belonging, and the work of bringing people together.
The answers ranged from the “classics” to unexpected gems. We’re talking business books, novels, even a bit of dystopian fiction.
And we’re going to read through it. Together, slowly, one book at a time.
If you want to read alongside us, or finally pick up the titles everyone keeps talking about.
How it works
Community Council’s Book Club is a gentle, low-lift way to stay connected to the ideas that influence our work. Roughly each quarter we choose one book that has shaped (or challenged) the way we think.
Sign up
Join the Book Club mailing list. You’ll get the monthly pick, meeting link, and a short reflection guide.
Read at your own pace
No required chapters. No homework. Come as you are — whether you’ve read it cover to cover, skimmed it, or just want to listen in.
Join A VIRTUAL gathering
A 60-minute virtual call hosted by the Community Council team featuring:
a gentle warm-up prompt
guided discussion questions
small breakout conversations
space to share insights or simply listen
Everything is optional. Participation is how you choose to show up.
OUr Next Book
The power of moments
The New York Times bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick explore why certain brief experiences can jolt us and elevate us and change us—and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work.
While human lives are endlessly variable, our most memorable positive moments are dominated by four elements: elevation, insight, pride, and connection. If we embrace these elements, we can conjure more moments that matter.
This book delves into some fascinating mysteries of experience: Why we tend to remember the best or worst moment of an experience, as well as the last moment, and forget the rest. Why “we feel most comfortable when things are certain, but we feel most alive when they’re not.” And why our most cherished memories are clustered into a brief period during our youth.
