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

Yorùbá Boy Running: A Novel

Reviewed by Margaret Crompton

November 1, 2025

WOOD-SOLACE, or a Return to Belonging

Reviewed by Neal Burdick

November 1, 2025

In Brief: Building a Moral Economy: Pathways for People of Courage

Reviewed by Tom Head

November 1, 2025

In Brief: The Amazing Carnival Barker

Reviewed by Gail Whiffen

November 1, 2025

Those Who Stayed: A Vietnam Diary

Reviewed by Robert Levering

October 1, 2025

Two Women, One War: An Unlikely Friendship During the Vietnam War

Reviewed by Eileen Redden

October 1, 2025

Annice Carter’s Life of Quaker Service: Harmonizing Practice with Principle at Home, in Palestine, and in Kenya

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

October 1, 2025

Speaking In Quaker Meeting For Worship by Rhiannon Grant

Speaking in Quaker Meeting for Worship: What, When, How, and Why

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

October 1, 2025

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