ASU Book Group: ‘Eve’ by B.K. O'Connor

Commemorating Women’s History Month, the ASU Book Group’s March 2027 selection is the historical novel, “Eve” by fiction writer B.K. O'Connor, an ASU graduate (MA English ’23).

The book group is open to all in the ASU community and meets monthly from noon to 1 p.m. in Hayden Library on the ASU Tempe campus as well as online. Please register to attend.

Haven't read the book? Come anyway! Authors are always present.

Synopsis

Exiled to a desolate and harsh New Earth, in this “Paradise Lost” retelling, Eve faces relentless toil, pain, and the resentment of Adam, who blames her for shattering their Paradise. But even in this barren world, Eve’s curiosity only grows. When Eve and Adam discover a thriving civilization in the fertile valleys of Mesopotamia, Adam is able to find peace, while Eve fights an irresistible pull further.

Can Eve find contentment with the vestiges of Eden that remain? Or will she dare to taste the fruit forbidden to her, once more?

The book is available at local bookstores.

About the book group

The ASU Book Group meetings and selections for 2026-2027 are:

• Sep. 24 - “MeXicana Roots and Routes” edited by Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez and Anita Huizar-Hernández
• Oct. 22 - “A Harvest of Furies” by Hayden Casey
• Nov. 18 - Channeling Emily Dickinson with Rosemarie Dombrowski
• Feb. 25 - "Tumbleweed Underworld" by Eduardo Pagán
• Mar. 25 - “Eve” by B.K. O'Connor
• Apr. 15 - “The Garden” by Sir Jonathan Bate

The ASU Book Group is sponsored as a community outreach initiative and hosted in partnership between the Department of English and ASU Library.