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

The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Liberation

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

April 1, 2026

The Back Forty: Reflections from Forty Years of Tending the Land in Quaker Community

Reviewed by John Andrew Gallery

April 1, 2026

Strands: An Apprenticeship with Grief and Loss AND Ecology of Grief: A Mother’s Witness

Reviewed by Barbara Birch

April 1, 2026

Lone Dog Road: A Novel

Reviewed by Margaret Crompton

April 1, 2026

IN BRIEF: Quick Facts About Indigenous Americans

Reviewed by Addi Schwieterman

April 1, 2026

Zealous: A Darker Side of the Early Quakers

Reviewed by Max L. Carter

March 1, 2026

A Pioneer in the Cause of Freedom: The Life of Elisha Tyson

Reviewed by Thomas D. Hamm

March 1, 2026

Patterns of Racial Wounding and Racial Justice in Quaker Communities

Reviewed by Abigail E. Adams

March 1, 2026

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