One Village, One Book

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Back Reading Room ADA Accessible. Our book club meets monthly at the library to discuss books set in Oakland and the Bay Area or by Bay Area authors. We select our books from a variety of genres and eras so you’re sure to find something you’re interested in. We’ll get to learn more about our city, meet some neighbors and discuss what we’ve read. This year we’re mostly alternating fiction and non-fiction books. Meetings are the first Tuesday of the month (note the change from 2025!) from 6:30-7:30pm. Come to one discussion, a few or all of them! No pre-registration or commitment is required – all we ask is that you’ve read at least some of the book and are ready to discuss it. Here’s our 2026 schedule: (Quoted descriptions are from the library catalog unless otherwise noted.) January 6, 2026: Sourdough by Robin Sloan (fiction) We’re kicking off the year with a quick read about the very Bay Area intersection of tech and food culture. Lois is an exhausted software engineer who is gifted a very special sourdough starter by her favorite bakers when they must flee the country. Pretty soon she’s part of a mysterious underground food scene at the former Alameda Naval Air Station. February 3, 2026: Family Style: Memories of An American From Vietnam by Thien Pham (graphic memoir) The book that got the most votes from our members on our year-end poll! “Told through the lens of meaningful food and meals, this graphic novel chronicles the author’s childhood immigration to America, where food takes on new meaning as he and his family search for belonging, for happiness and for the American dream.” Pham is a graphic novelist, comic artist and educator based in Oakland. March 3, 2026: Deep Care: The Radical Activists Who Provided Abortions, Defied the Law, and Fought to Keep Clinics Open by Angela Hume (non-fiction) “The story of the radical feminist networks who worked outside the law to defend abortion. Deep Care follows generations of activists and clinicians who orbited the Women’s Choice clinic in…

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