I lead a church book group that meets a few times a year to discuss books about Oakland, so to better know and love our city. Somehow, the first three selections all had orange covers.
September 2025
Farm City, by Novella Carpenter
(Penguin, 2010)
June 8, 2025
Shut Up, This is Serious!, by Caroline Ixta
(Quill Tree / HarperCollins, 2024)
December 8, 2024
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History,
by David F. Walker, illustrated by Marcus Kwame Anderson
(Ten Speed, 2021)
September 8, 2024
There, There, by Tommy Orange
(Knopf, 2018)
June 2, 2024
Dragon Hoops, by Gene Luen Yang
(First Second, 2020)
Russell Yee 