Reader with a Cause
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) book club, Reader with a Cause, provides a platform for readers to discuss equality, empowerment, and violence against women as it appears in contemporary books.
Since many of today’s most popular books raise issues that are connected to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating abuse, and stalking, we will be using this group as a venue to discuss these issues with group members. We strive to provide members with the talking points and tools they need to discuss these issues with their friends, families, and coworkers.
What We Are Reading…
The following links will take you to the discussion threads for each of the books we’ve read for Reader with a Cause on Goodreads.
- If you’re a member – join in! (Even if it’s past the start date, please feel free to chime in! Our members love to discuss at any time.)
- If you like our discussion questions, download the PDF and use these questions as the basis for discussions with your own book club or with friends and family. (And don’t forget to tweet us @NNEDV or message us and let us know how it went!)
 |
March-April 2019: Written on the Body: Letters from Trans and Non-Binary Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
|
 |
January-February 2018: We’re Going to Need More Wine
|
 |
November-December 2017: Men Explain Things To Me |
 |
September-October 2017: Ready Player One |
 |
July-August 2017: Big Little Lies |
 |
May-June 2017: Difficult Women
|
 |
March-April 2017: Behind Her Eyes
|
 |
January-February 2017: Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
|
 |
November-December 2016: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks |
 |
October-November 2016: The Joy Luck Club
|
 |
August-September 2016: Luckiest Girl Alive
|
 |
July-August 2016: Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do About It
|
 |
June-July 2016: In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
|
 |
May-June 2016: Boy, Snow, Bird
|
 |
April-May 2016: Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
|
 |
March-April 2016: Modern Romance |
 |
November-December 2015: The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
|
 |
September-October 2015: The Girl on the Train |
 |
July-August 2015: Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science – and the World
|
 |
May-June 2015: Americanah |
 |
March-April 2015: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail |
 |
January-February 2015: Bad Feminist |
 |
November-December 2014: The Astronaut Wives Club |
 |
September-October 2014: Purple Hibiscus |
 |
June 2014-August 2014: The Round House |
 |
April-June 2014: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead |
 |
February-March 2014: Divergent |
 |
January-February 2014: Orange Is the New Black |
 |
November-December 2013: Gone Girl |
 |
September-October 2013: The Cuckoo’s Calling |