Meetings are at the Main Street Books at 7:00 p.m.
January 7, 2026 – My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne de Maurier
March 4, 2026 – Lust for Life, by Irving Stone
May 6, 2026 – The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
July 1, 2026 – Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana
September 2, 2026 – James, by Percival Everett
November 4, 2026 – Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth), by Markus Zusak

Full Article that is also available in the Iron County Today: 
Your Reading List for 2026
By Samuel Wells, CCAC Board Member

The Cedar City Arts Council (CCAC) would like to invite all Iron County book-lovers to join us in reading six books this coming year. If you haven’t already written out your reading goals, you might want to consult our list (below) and join in some of our discussions. We understand that bibliophiles often have big plans over the holidays. We make long lists and maybe join too many reading groups (I am currently part of three). But I have come to really value our CCAC discussions and want to make sure that you all are aware of when we meet and what we are reading. 

I’m very happy with our lineup this year. Several excellent titles were submitted as recommendations and the six books listed below made the final cut. Our first book (that we will be discussing on January 7) is Daphne de Maurier’s classic My Cousin Rachel. The author, of course, needs no introduction. More than 3 million copies of her 1938 Gothic novel Rebecca have been sold. It has never been out of print. Alfred Hitchcock himself directed the subsequent film version that won an academy award for best picture. 

My Cousin Rachel is another of de Marier’s famous Cornish novels. It is set along the southern coastline of Britain’s mystical Cornwall – that legendary peninsula that is bordered by the Celtic Sea to the north and the English Channel to the south. This, of course, is also the land or Arthur, of pirates, and of Celtic myth. Daphne de Maurier has captured the mystery of this land in its 19th and 20th Century colors perhaps more than any other novelist. 

We hope you can join us as we talk about this award-winning book, and enjoy each other’s company. If you can’t join us in January, our next book (Irving Stone’s Lust for Life) is next on the list. We meet on the first Wednesday (usually) of every odd-numbered month at Main Street Books(in Cedar City) starting at 7:00 PM. We alternate between fiction and non-fiction titles. We are a welcoming and accommodating group and would love to have you join us.