Take a Chance Book Club: "Project Hail Mary"
Expand your Reading Horizons!
Are you interested in joining a book club but not sure what you might like to read? We are a book club that reads and discusses a different genre each month. Take a chance with us! New members are always welcome.
Join us the second Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Westover Library.
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This month's genre is Science Fiction and the book selection is "Project Hail Mary " by Andy Weir.
2025 Reading List
- Jan. 13: "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V.E. Schwab (Fantasy)
- Feb. 10: "All the Sinners Bleed" by S.A. Cosby (Thriller/Noir Fiction)
- Mar. 10: "Fourteen Days" by The Authors Guild (Collaborative Novel)
- Apr. 14: "North Woods: A Novel" by Daniel Mason (Historical Fiction)
- May 12: "House of Sticks" by Ly Tran (Memoir)
- June 9: "I Kissed Shara Wheeler" by Casey McQuiston (Young Adult)
- July 14: "The Mighty Red" by Louise Erdrich (Coming-of-Age Novel)
- Aug. 11: "Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum" by Antonia Hylton (Nonfiction/Social Welfare)
- Sept. 15: "Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers" by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Cozy Mystery)
- Oct. 13: "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Magical Realism/Romance)
- Nov. 10: "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir (Science Fiction)
- Dec. 8: Reader's Choice! Let's pick our favorite genre!
A limited number of reserved print copies of the selected book will be available at Westover Library circulation desk approximately one month before the book club meeting. Books are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Patrons are also encouraged to place holds on available print or digital copies.
For more information, please call the Westover Branch Library at 703-228-5260.
- Date:
- Monday, November 10, 2025
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Location:
- Longfellow Room
- Library:
- Westover Library
- Audience:
- Events for Adults Good for Adults Age 55+
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
- Calendar:
- Arlington Public Library
About the book: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. With his crewmates dead and his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.