Community Reads 2025
Community Reads is our Lexington-wide book group. Connect with your friends and neighbors by reading the selected book, joining in a book discussion or related program, and attending a book talk with this year's featured author.
About this year’s selection
Our 2025 Community Reads selection is Happiness Falls, a novel written by award-winning author of Miracle Creek, Angie Kim. Happiness Falls, both a mystery and a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis, surfaces questions about love, language, and human connection.
Do you host your own monthly book club or discussion group? Visit any Lexington Public Library location to check out a book club kit, while supplies last. Each book club kit includes 15 copies of Happiness Falls and 15 discussion guides.
Join us for a conversation with the critically acclaimed author of Happiness Falls, Angie Kim. With all the powerful storytelling she brought to her award-winning debut, Miracle Creek, Angie Kim turns the missing-person story into something wholly original, creating an indelible tale of a family who must go to remarkable lengths to truly understand one another.
ASL interpretation will be provided courtesy of Sign Language Network of Kentucky. Joseph-Beth Booksellers will be on hand for book sales and book signing after the author’s talk.
Interested in learning more about Asian-American families, the power of language, and other themes and narrative devices from Happiness Falls? Click here for a curated, printable list of recommended reads.
Connect with Lexington’s Korean community by browsing this list of community organizations, Korean cuisine and markets, and other Korean-owned businesses in Lexington.
Join Get HAAPI throughout the month of May to connect with and learn more about local AAPI authors, artists, performers, and businesses, including a celebration at the Moondance Amphitheater on Friday, May 16, as well as a tea tasting and poetry readings at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning on Friday, May 30.
