Page Against the Machine Book Group (August 2025 Theme)

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For August 2025, we're reading any book dealing with or about any mode of transportation. Trains, cars, planes, horses, you name it...any book related to transportation in the slightest counts!

Updated July 1, 2025
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Around the world in eighty days
Verne, Jules
Paper Book
Translated by George Makepeace Towle. Afterword by Peter Glassman. Barry Moser's sixteen exquisite watercolors capture Verne's beloved novel of suspense in this deluxe gift edition that will be treasured for years to come. A "handsome new edition...The translation is clear and sprightly."--New York...
The art of racing in the rain : a novel
Stein, Garth.
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM FOX 2000 STARRING MILO VENTIMIGLIA, AMANDA SEYFRIED, AND KEVIN COSTNER MEET THE DOG WHO WILL SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO BE HUMAN The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein--a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately...
Chasing the demon : a secret history of the quest for the sound barrier, and the band of American aces who conquered it
Hampton, Dan
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * At the end of World War II, a band of aces gathered in the Mojave Desert on a Top Secret quest to break the sound barrier-nicknamed "The Demon" by pilots. The true story of what happened in those skies has never been told.  Speed. In 1947, it represented the...
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his years of pilgrimage : a novel
Murakami, Haruki
Paper Book
A New York Times #1 Bestseller A New York Times and Washington Post notable book, and one of the Financial Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Slate, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, and BookPage's best books of the year
The coming of the railway : a new global history, 1750-1850
Gwyn, David
Paper Book
The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway   Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But from the 1750s onward the introduction of iron rails led to a dramatic technological evolution--one that would truly change the...
The continental affair
Mangan, Christine
Paper Book
With gorgeous prose, European glamour, and an expansive wanderlust, Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair is a daring literary caper that is quick on its feet and delightfully surprising. Meet Henri and Louise. Two strangers, traveling alone, on the train from...
The devil's Mercedes : the bizarre and disturbing adventures of Hitler's limousine in America
Klara, Robert
Paper Book
Critically acclaimed author Robert Klara's The Devil's Mercedes chases down one of the most improbable stories of the postwar era: the national drama that erupted when Hitler's armored limousine surfaced in the US. In 1938, Mercedes-Benz began production of the largest,...
Drive! : Henry Ford, George Selden, and the race to invent the auto age
Goldstone, Lawrence
Paper Book
From the acclaimed author of Birdmen comes a revelatory new history of the birth of the automobile, an illuminating and entertaining true tale of invention, competition, and the visionaries, hustlers, and swindlers who came together to transform the world. In 1900, the...
Driving while black : African American travel and the road to civil rights
Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan
Paper Book
The ultimate symbol of independence and possibility, the automobile has shaped this country from the moment the first Model T rolled off Henry Ford's assembly line. Yet cars have always held distinct importance for African Americans, allowing black families to evade the many dangers presented by...
The floating brothel : the extraordinary true story of an eighteenth-century ship and its cargo of female convicts
Rees, Si©Øn
Paper Book
A seafaring story with a twist -- the incredible voyage of a shipload of "disorderly girls" and the men who transported them, fell for them, and sold them. This riveting work of rediscovered history tells for the first time the plight of the female convicts aboard the Lady...
Fog & Car
Lim, Eugene
Paper Book
Long out of print, Eugene Lim's wry and haunting debut novel returns to shelves with a new introduction from Renee Gladman and a fresh, reversible cover. Jim Fog is marooned in a small Midwest town shortly after his divorce, succumbing to aimless nostalgia. His ex, Sarah Car, has...
Going places : transportation redefines the twentieth-century West
Schwantes, Carlos A.
Paper Book
It seems difficult even to imagine the modern West without reference to its planes, trains, and automobiles. Freeways define modern Los Angeles, as Route 66 still recalls the freedom of the open road. Seattle, long home to Boeing, gave birth to jetliners such as the 707. And once trains with...
The great rescue : American heroes, an iconic ship, and the race to save Europe in WWI
Hernon, Peter
Paper Book
Published in commemoration of the centennial of America's entry into World War I, the story of the USS Leviathan, the legendary liner turned warship that ferried U.S. soldiers to Europe--a unique war history that offers a fresh, compelling look at this epic time. When war...
Hoof beats : how horses shaped human history
Taylor, William
Paper Book
"Hoof Beats helps readers see the drama even in the grass eating. . . . Taylor has written that too-rare work that is as authoritative as it is legible to the lay audience."--New York Times Journey to the ancient past with cutting-edge science and new data to discover how horses forever...
How does that make you feel, Magda Eklund? : a novel
Montague, Anna
Paper Book
I'll be waiting : a novel
Armstrong, Kelley
Paper Book
From New York Times Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a spellbinding new tale of supernatural horror involving a haunted-house, seances, lost loved ones, and a sinister spirit out for blood... Nicola Laughton never expected to see adulthood, being diagnosed with...
If something happens to me : a novel
Finlay, Alex
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller! From "one of the genre's most exciting voices" (E! News) comes one of the year's most-anticipated thrillers. For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open. The crushing blow to the...
In too deep : a Reacher novel
Child, Lee
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A gripping Jack Reacher thriller from the bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher! Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone...
The jetsetters : a novel
Ward, Amanda Eyre
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * Named One of the Best Beach Reads of the Year by Parade, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Good Housekeeping "The exuberant activity aboard the Splendido Marveloso is no match for the fireworks set off as the...
L.A. freeway, an appreciative essay
Brodsly, David.
Paper Book
Light changes everything : a novel
Turner, Nancy E.
Paper Book
"I adored stepping into to the world of the Prines through tough-as-rawhide Mary Pearl. Light Changes Everything is a novel as gritty and authentic as the women of the Arizona Territory. Nancy E. Turner brings the west and its people fully to life." -Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times<...
The Lincoln highway
Towles, Amor
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times Readers' Choice Best Book of the Century, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR,...
Murder on the Orient Express
Christie, Agatha
Paper Book
An exclusive authorized edition of the original Agatha Christie hardcover--the Queen of Mystery's most famous book, and Hercule Poirot's most famous case. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stopped the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train was surprisingly full for the time of...
On the move : transportation and the American story
Davidson, Janet.
Paper Book
Chronicles the history of America in terms of the vehicles and transportation networks that transformed the nation, in a volume that encompasses a host of maps, artwork, artifacts, and period photography.
The river view
Harrison, Jamie
Paper Book
Jules Clement is back in Blue Deer, working as an archaeologist and private investigator. He's a mostly happy man: he's a new father, and he and his wife Caroline are building their dream house on an idyllic patch of river bottomland. But everything that can go wrong will, in terms of money, love,...
The roads we follow
Deese, Nicole
Paper Book
A cross-country road trip. A secretive box of journals. An unforgettable summer romance.As the youngest daughter of a country music legend, Raegan Farrow longs to establish an identity away from the spotlight and publish her small-town romances under a pen name. But after her dream is dashed...
The Spanish diplomat's secret
March, Nev
Paper Book
In The Spanish Diplomat's Secret, award-winning author Nev March explores the vivid nineteenth-century world of the transatlantic voyage, one passenger's secret at a time. Captain Jim Agnihotri and his wife Lady Diana Framji are embarking to England in the summer of...
Super pumped : the battle for Uber
Isaac, Mike
Paper Book
Backed by billions in venture capital dollars and led by Travis Kalanick, a brash and ambitious founder, Uber promised to revolutionize the way we move people and goods through the world. But in June 2017, Uber's hard-charging CEO was ousted in a boardroom coup that capped a brutal year for the...
Take me home : a novel
Sweeney, Melanie
Paper Book
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER Road Trip Rules: No bad music. No detours. No falling in love. Hazel Elliot never looks back. If a door closes, she burns the whole house down. But when she's invited to her father's Christmas Eve wedding, she's forced to...
Two from the heart
Patterson, James
Paper Book
From the author of Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas and Sundays at Tiffany's comes the New York Times bestseller featuring two heartwarming stories of loss, love, and the life-changing power of stories. Anne McWilliams has lost...

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