WPD Virtual Book Club
WPD's Virtual Book Club was refreshed and relaunched in 2023. Over the last two years, Book Club has grown to include nearly 400 active participants. Our new platform, Bookclubs.com supports both bimonthly real-time discussions on Zoom, with around 20-30 participants, and more flexible asynchronous discussions drawing in members who are unable (or who prefer not to) participate in the live meetings. And, we know are members are very busy and things often come up - there is no obligation to participate in every book discussion. It's completely up to you. Members can also recommend books and vote on future books for the club to read. All are welcome and Book Club is free to join!
Current Books
How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
The term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the country, but we don't realize just how threatening it is. It means more than the arrival of trendy shops, much-maligned hipsters, and expensive lattes. The very future of American cities as vibrant, equitable spaces hangs in the balance.
The deceptively simple question of who can and cannot afford to pay the rent goes to the heart of America's crises of race and inequality. A vigorous, hard-hitting exposé, How to Kill a City reveals who holds power in our cities and how we can get it back.
Discussion Dates
Introduction and Parts 1-2: 1/28/26 at 7:00PM (EST)
Parts 3-4 and Conclusion: 2/11/26 at 7:00PM (EST)
When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, and How We Can Learn from Them
This groundbreaking, deeply reported work from CNBC’s Julia Boorstin reveals the key characteristics that help top female leaders thrive as they innovate, grow businesses, and navigate crises —“a must-read for all leaders as they consider the future of work” (Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play and Find Your Unicorn Space).
Discussion Dates
Part 1: 2/25/26, 7:00PM (EST)
Part 2: 3/11/26, 7:00PM (EST)
Part 3: 3/25/26, 7:00PM (EST)
Previous Books
- Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections by Anna Goldfarb
- Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town by Charles L. Marohn, Jr.
- Shame on You: How to Be A Woman in the Age of Mortification by Melissa Petro
- The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby
- Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law by Leah Rothstein and Richard Rothstein
- True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Gretchen Whitmer
- The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Diedre Mask
- Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez
- The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
- Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
- Feminist City by Leslie Kern