Friends Journal Book Reviews

Every issue of Friends Journal includes reviews of recently published books that bring illuminating perspectives to Quakers' spiritual and social concerns. Many of the books we cover can be purchased through FGC'S online Quakerbooks store.

Latest Book Reviews

Do You Know Them?: Families Lost and Found After the Civil War

Reviewed by Patricia Stansbury

December 1, 2024

Lost Words: An Armenian Story of Survival and Hope

Reviewed by David Austin

December 1, 2024

The House Before Falling into the Sea

Reviewed by Melinda Wenner Bradley

December 1, 2024

Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park

Reviewed by Tom and Sandy Farley

December 1, 2024

Less Is More: Join the Low-Waste Movement

Reviewed by Mark Jolly-Van Bodegraven

December 1, 2024

Extinctopedia: Discover What We Have Lost, What Is at Risk, and How We Can Preserve the Diversity of Our Fragile Planet AND The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Young Readers Adaptation)

Reviewed by Laura Barrosse-Antle

December 1, 2024

Remember my Story by Claire Sarnowsky with Sarah Durand

Remember My Story: A Girl, a Holocaust Survivor, and a Friendship That Made History

Reviewed by Neal Burdick

December 1, 2024

A Long Time Coming by Ray Anthony Shepard

A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama

Reviewed by Brad Gibson

December 1, 2024

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