Events › Black Authors Book Club

Join us every third Tuesday from 6 to 7 p.m. for mocktails, a custom bookmark, and to discuss selections from the African American Special Collection.

Follow us on Instagram to keep up with our latest book selections and updates. Each month, we vote on the next book at the end of our meeting.

Feb 2025 Selection: All About Love- bell hooks

Mar 2025 Selection: Parable of the Sower- Octavia Butler

Apr 2025 Selection: The Stars and the Blackness Between Them- Junauda Petrus


May 2025 Selection: Homegoing- Yaa Gyasi


June 2025 Selection: The Other Black Girl- Zakiya Dalila Harris


July 2025 Selection: Sky Full of Elephants- Cebo Campbell



Aug 2025 Selection:  Ring Shout- P. Djèlí Clark



Sept 2025 Selection: My Sister, the Serial Killer- Oyinkan Braithwaite



Oct 2025 Selection: When No One Is Watching- Alyssa Cole



Nov 2025 Selection: Flirting Lessons- Jasmine Guillory



Dec 2025 Selection: Chain-Gang All-Stars- Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Program made possible by a grant from the Friends of the Oakland Public Library