LEADership Bookclub

Join us for our quarterly Leadership Bookclub! Each quarter, we read and discuss a book that addresses issues pertaining to women’s leadership. The program is open to ALL members of the UChicago community, regardless of gender identity.

Quarterly Bookclub Selection

Autumn Quarter 2026 Book Club Selection is...

Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons by Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

The bookclub will be hosted on November 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM in Reynolds Club. Lunch will be provided. 

You can register to join the conversation here. 

If you have any questions about the Leadership Bookclub, contact LaSabra Williams at lasabra@uchicago.edu. 

Past Bookclub Selections

We explore women's leadership through all genres of books! If you are interested in any of our past bookclub selections, you can find the complete archive below. 

• 2025-2026
  • Autumn 2025: Loud by Drew Afualo
  • Winter 2026: The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes
  • Spring 2026: Teeth in the Back of My Neck by Monika Radojevic
  • Summer 2026: Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel by Loretta J Ross
• 2024-2025
  • Autumn 2024: The Myth of Making It by Samhita Mukhopadhyay
  • Winter 2025: Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power by Lola Olufemi
• 2023-2024
  • Autumn 2023: Journal of a Black Queer Nurse by Britney Daniels
  • Winter 2024: The Likeability Trap by Alicia Menendez
  • Spring 2024: Miss Major Speaks:Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary by Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and Toshio Meronek
  • Summer 2024: Women! In! Peril! by Jessie Ren Marshall
• 2022-2023
  • Autumn​​​​​​​ 2022: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner 
  • Winter 2023: Off With Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power by Eleanor Herman
  • Spring 2023: The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama
  • Summer 2023: All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews 
• 2021-2022
  • Autumn​​​​​​​ 2021: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Nikki Kendall
  • Winter 2022: Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
  • Spring 2022: Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab