Linda-Marie is the founder and host of the WILD book club, which has over one hundred twenty-five members, though a smaller group meets in-person. WILD stands for Women In Lively Discussion. WILD members discuss fiction and nonfiction by women (cis and trans) and non-binary writers. They travel the world and explore different ways of being through their book choices. If you’d like to follow along with us on our reading journey, please view our reading selections here.
WILD Reading List for 2026
January: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
February: The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page
March: A Green Equinox by Elizabeth Mavor
April: A Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings
May: Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
June: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
July: The Vagabond by Colette
August: Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González
September: A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
October: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
November: O, Caledonia by Elspeth Barker
December: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
WILD Reading List for 2025
January: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
February: Colored Television by Danzy Senna
March: Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
April: Real Life and Other Fictions by Susan Coll
May: Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
June: Ex Wife by Ursula Parrott
July: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
August: Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray
September: Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
October: Autumn by Ali Smith
November: The Art Thieves by Andrea L. Rogers
December: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
Some past reading selections here.
WILD Reading List for 2026
January: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
February: The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page
March: A Green Equinox by Elizabeth Mavor
April: A Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings
May: Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
June: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
July: The Vagabond by Colette
August: Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González
September: A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
October: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
November: O, Caledonia by Elspeth Barker
December: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
WILD Reading List for 2025
January: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
February: Colored Television by Danzy Senna
March: Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
April: Real Life and Other Fictions by Susan Coll
May: Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
June: Ex Wife by Ursula Parrott
July: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
August: Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray
September: Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
October: Autumn by Ali Smith
November: The Art Thieves by Andrea L. Rogers
December: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
Some past reading selections here.