Great Books Reading Series 2025

Join our community of readers for lively explorations of diverse texts facilitated by faculty from UNC and the Triangle. Reading groups gather at Flyleaf Books on successive Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. We also offer limited virtual seats for those who prefer to participate from home. Participants receive a copy of the book before the first discussion. Space is limited, so sign up early to reserve your spot! Cost includes reading materials. REGISTER NOW

For a more detailed description of each reading, click on the title below:

• The Inhabited Woman by Gioconda Belli | Tuesdays, February 4 & 11 | 10 AM – 12 PM | $40
  •  A romance novel, a bildungsroman, a political story, and an ecological tale, all in one.
• The True Story of Ah Q by Lu Xun and The Diary of Miss Sophie by Ding Ling | Wednesdays, February 19 & 26 | 10 AM – 12 PM | $40
  • Representing China’s tumultuous May Fourth period, a time of cultural, political and social ferment in the early 20th century.
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera | Wednesdays, March 5 & 12 | 10 AM – 12 PM | $40
  • This novel juxtaposes geographically distant places, brilliant and playful reflections, and a variety of styles.
• The Professor’s House by Willa Cather | Wednesdays March 19 & 26 | 10 AM – 12 PM | $40
  • A modernist masterpiece in miniature; part treasure-hunting story and part domestic novel of manners.
• The Symposium by Plato | Tuesdays, April 1 & 8 | 10 AM – 12 PM | $40
  • One of the most remarkable analyses of the nature of love in Western literature.
• The Quiet American by Graham Greene | Wednesday, April 30 | 10 AM – 12 PM | $25
  • … A sticky book, morally and politically complex, but also a page-turner of the first order!

SUMMER 2025