Archive - Athenaeum Book Club

September 2025

The Man Who Said Life Is Suffering

A story of pessimism, truth, and the search for peace

Sep 29 •

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Book Club Recap 5: The Count of Monte Cristo

First Impressions...

Sep 22 •

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Christianity in The Lord of the Rings

The Gospel inside the Ring

Sep 20 •

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Monte Cristo’s True Villain

How reason itself became corrupted by evil

Sep 16 •

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13 Lessons I Learned from Reading Dostoevsky

Insights from literature’s greatest novelist

Sep 13 •

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How to Write Like Tolkien

If you want to write like Tolkien you first have to understand what made him different from other writers.

Sep 7 •

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Book Club Recap 4: Don Quixote

Sep 5 •

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Book Club Recap 3: Don Quixote

First impressions: the first modern novel...

Sep 5 •

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1:58:44

The Secret Lesson of Don Quixote

And the quest for meaning

Sep 2 •

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