The Stacks Book Club - February 2025
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Stacks Book Club selection for February is Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. This controversial and iconic novel tells the story of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged man who becomes obsessed with Dolores Haze, a twelve-year-old girl he nicknames Lolita. Widely regarded as one of the greatest works of the 20th century, Lolita explores themes of power, obsession, and morality through the lens of its unreliable narrator. This challenging and unforgettable classic promises plenty to discuss and dissect.
If you want to read with us this month, here are some key dates to The Stacks Book Club read of Lolita.
February 5th -- The Stacks Episode announcing our guest for the Lolita episode.
February 26th -- The Stacks Book Club episode of Lolita.
March 4th -- The Stacks Virtual Book Club meetup to discuss the book. To participate you will need to join The Stacks Pack on Patreon. There, you’ll have inside access to the show, access to the Discord community, and more.
LA’s Black-owned indie bookstore Reparations Club offers you 10% off your copy of Lolita ( or The Annotated Lolita) using the code STACKS10 at checkout!
You can support The Stacks by purchasing this month's pick through my Bookshop.org or Amazon page as well.
OOOOOH. This is DIFFERENT!
Thank you for picking this book! The book club episode was so interesting and helped me sift through some thoughts I've been having about what some may deem "controversial" art. It's so important to engage with things that make us uncomfortable, for whatever reason, and I appreciate you doing that in your work.