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2025 Woodworkers Book Club Reading List

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I have compiled this list from the recommend books commented by you fellow book worms across Discord and Instagram, and wow, you all really showed up and threw out some great titles to read this year. I can’t wait to discuss with all of you. The correlating guest moderators will be announced as answers from my pleading emails are either accepted or ignored.


January - “Making Things Work” - Nancy Hiller

February - “The Intelligent Hand” - David Binnington Savage

March - “Make a Chair from a Tree” - Jennie Alexander

April - “The Why and How of Woodworking” - Mike Pekovich

May - “Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction” - Gary Rogowski

June - “The Soul of a Tree” - George Nakashima

July - “Dutch Tool Chest” - Megan Fitzpatrick

August - “Calvin Cobb: Radio Woodworker!” Roy Underhill

September - “A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects“ - Robell Awake

October - “Good Clean Fun” - Nick Offerman

November - “The Shaker Legacy“ - Christian Becksvoort

December - “A Cabinetmakers Notebook” - James Krenov


I will post the best links i can find below but always be on the look out for used issues. A lot of these are standards and can be found in library’s as well.















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