History Book Club

Readers take on a monthly selection and discuss it from 2 to 3 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month
(except for a summer break in July and August). The public is always invited for these free events.

The book list for 2025-2026:

Listed books are available in the museum bookstore, through the library system, and/or bookstores.

Oct. 1, 2025
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt & the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan

Nov. 5
Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home by Chris La Tray

Dec. 3
A Decent Orderly Lynching: The Montana Vigilantes by Frederick Allen

Jan. 7, 2026
Shelby’s Folly: Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns, and the Shakedown of a Montana Boomtown by Jason Kelly

Feb. 4
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

March 4
The Boxcar Librarian: A Novel by Brianna Labuskes

April 1
Tenting Tonight by Mary Roberts Rinehart

May 6
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan

June 3
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick

Sept. 2
Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Bighorn by Larry Colton

Oct. 7
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer