The Club
The book club is a space where we read the Classics: the Great Books and Great Works. We discuss the Great Ideas embedded in them. It is a moment where readers are invited to contemplate greatness, and in doing so, to absorb wisdom that elevates everyday life.
It is a space where leaders are nurtured and inspired to embrace a culture of virtuous leadership. The Great Books tradition is the teacher; I facilitate.
What makes a Great Book
These are the four qualities I look for in a book before the club reads it.
- Enduring relevance
- It transcends its era and remains relevant across centuries.
- Intellectual depth
- It gives tools for logical thinking and explores profound themes.
- Foundational influence
- It has shaped the trajectory of literature, philosophy, art or history.
- Universal themes
- It asks the enduring human questions of justice, truth and the nature of life.
How the club works
Members read the whole book before we meet. Nobody needs to have studied literature.
- One month before
The book is assigned and members are given a month to finish it. I confirm the editions everyone will read from.
- A week before
Members receive my notes and the questions for discussion.
- The session
We meet and use the Socratic method to guide the discussion. Conversations last not less than three hours.
Who is welcome
Everyone who holds some position of leadership, at home or in public.
The club is for people who aspire to virtuous leadership, who are curious about it, who want to cultivate a transformative reading culture, or who want to spend their leisure time in elevated pursuits.
If you lead a team, a firm, a classroom or a family and want to do it better, you are welcome.
The cohorts
Three groups, each kept small and each by invitation.
- Devenir
- Eight women in senior roles. Monthly since 2019.
- Coffee with Aristotle
- Young professionals moving into mid-level roles. Monthly since 2015.
- Karen Country Club
- Fifteen members, from mid-career to senior leadership. Every other month.
Facilitating Devenir from home, the year the club met online 
Coffee with Aristotle reads The Dragonfly Sea 
Lucy Mulli Book Club at Karen Country Club
Joining
To join, come to an open session or put your name on the waiting list below. New cohort members come from the waiting list.
The waiting list
Leave your address, and when a place opens in a cohort or a new one begins, I will write to people in the order they signed up.