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

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

Idlewild: A Novel

Reviewed by Trevor Brandt

November 1, 2024

The Low Road: A Novel

Reviewed by Laura Barrosse-Antle

November 1, 2024

And This Shall Be My Dancing Day: A Novel

Reviewed by Michele Sands

November 1, 2024

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