Islington Reads

Islington Reads book club is open to all ages, genders and identities and to members and non-members of Islington United Church.

Islington Reads offers participants the opportunity to read some great books and connect with other readers in a meaningful way.

Our Next Read

The Island of Sea Women

Our next Islington Reads book club meeting will be on June 16th, 2026 at 7 pm on Zoom when we will welcome Nikki Erlick and discuss her book, The Measure.

To register, subscribe to Islington Reads (below) to receive the Zoom link closer to the event date.

Nikki Erlick

The Measure is a book about love, hope, redemption and forgiveness in the face of incredible stress and was an immediate bestseller on its release. Everyone in the world wakes up one morning to find a box on their doorstep with a mysterious string inside. As people react in their own ways to the box and its contents, we see more closely how the lives of 8 people are affected. Nikki Erlick has worked as a travel writer and ghost writer. The Measure is her first novel.

Summer Reading List

Fiction

  • Liberty Street by Heather Marshall
  • The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
  • Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
  • Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise
  • Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
  • Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
  • All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley
  • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
  • My Friends by Fredrik Backman
  • Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddin
  • The Measure by Nikki Erlick
  • The Kindness of Strangers: Coast to
  • Coast to Coast in 60 Days by Lloyd Taylor
  • Jilted Countess by Loretta Ellsworth
  • Three Summers by Karen Swan
  • Golden Boy by Patricia Finn
  • This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page
  • City of the Muse by Kate Hilton

Nonfiction

  • Africa is Not a Country by Dipo Faloyin
  • Junglekeeper by Paul Rosolie
  • When the Forest Breathes by Suzanne Simard
  • The Powerful Primate by Roland Ennos

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Author Interviews

Coming Soon
The Upending of Wendall Forbes by David Giuliano
The Paper Birds by Jennette Lynes - November 25, 2025
However Far Away by Rajinderpal S. Pal - September 23, 2025
What I Know About You by Eric Chacour- January 26, 2025
The Booklover's Library" by Madeline Martin - November 19, 2024
In the Upper County by Kai Thomas - September 24, 2024
Perfect Shot by Steve Urszenyi - April 16, 2024
Asking For a Friend by Kerry Clare - November 28, 2023
All The Colour In The World by C. S. Richardson - September 26, 2023
My Indian Summer by Joseph Kakwinokanasum - June 20, 2023
At Last Count by Clare Ross Dunn April 18, 2023
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley - January 17, 2023
Such Big Dreams by Reema Patel - September 20, 2022
The 100 Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin - March 8, 2022
Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin - January 11, 2022
Astra by Cedar Bowers - November 2, 2021
The Innocents by Michael Crummey - September 14, 2021
The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe - June 8, 2021
The Girl with the Louding Voice - May 2021
The London Restoration - January 2021