2027

The Common Table

A Mother’s Year of Reading, Beauty & the Great Conversation

A gathering of Christian women seeking to cultivate their minds, deepen their faith, and grow in wisdom through good books and meaningful conversation.

Throughout the year, we’ll read a thoughtfully curated selection of classic literature, compelling fiction, and Christian nonfiction, exploring themes of faith, virtue, love, beauty, and the human experience.

Each month’s reading is enriched by Scripture, poetry, hymns, and classical music, inviting us to consider the connections between truth, goodness, and beauty.

Explore the 2027 reading calendar, discover each month’s selections, and cast your vote for our community-choice books.

Read widely. Think deeply. Grow in wisdom. Gather around the table.

The 2027 Reading Calendar

January

Habit of self-education

Scholé Every DayAbout the book

February

Quiet strength of character

Cranford by GaskellAbout the book

March

Womanhood

The End of Woman by GressAbout the book

April

The Nature and order of Love

VOTE! (If Keller’s The Meaning of Marriage carries the vote encourage to read with husbands)

The Four Loves by LewisAbout the book
The Enchanted April by von ArnimAbout the book
The Meaning of Marriage by KellerAbout the book

May

Sin and the mystery of Grace

The End of the Affair by GreeneAbout the book

June

Examination of the heart

My Dear Hemlock by DillehayAbout the book

July

The art of noticing

I Capture the Castle by SmithAbout the book

August

The art of hospitality

VOTE!

The Gospel Comes with a House Key by ButterfieldAbout the book
The Hidden Art of Home Making by SchaefferAbout the book
The Life Giving Home by ClarksonAbout the book

September

Cultivation of hope

The Black Tulip by DumasAbout the book

October

Mystery, truth and the unknown

VOTE! (If Jane Eyre carries the vote it would be best to skip November Austen month and give Jane Eyre two months)

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleAbout the book
Brat Farrar by Josephine TeyAbout the book
Jane Eyre by BrontëAbout the book

November

Austen month!

December

Advent, hope and fulfillment

The Advent of the Lamb of God by RamseyAbout the book

Cast Your Vote

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