Read BIPOC Book Club

Join librarians virtually to discuss books by authors who are Black, Indigenous or People of Color.

Meets the last Tuesday of the month (January through November) at 6PM. New members are always welcome!

Registration Required

To register, call your local library or register here.

2023 Discussion Titles*

• January 31 - The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
  -- Available on Libby
• February 28 - Your House Will Pay: A Novel
  -- Available on Hoopla and Libby
• March 28 - Passing -- Available on Libby
• April 25 - Dial A for Aunties -- Available on Libby
• May 30 - The Carrying -- Available on Hoopla and Libby
• June 27 - Our Voice of Fire -- Available on Hoopla
• July 25 - Olga Dies Dreaming -- Available on Libby
• August 29 - Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir
  -- Available on Hoopla (audiobook only) and Libby
• September 26 - Afterparties -- Available on Hoopla and Libby
• October 31 - The Violin Conspiracy -- Available on Libby
• November 28 - The Bluest Eye -- Available on Libby

2022 Discussion Titles

• The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
• There There, by Tommy Orange
• Crying in H-Mart, by Michelle Zauner
• Homeland Elegies, by Ayad Akhtat
• Interior Chinatown, by Charles Yu
• Beloved, by Toni Morrison
• Heaven, My Home, by Attica Locke
• The Legend of Auntie Po, by Shing Yin Khor
• Infinite Country, by Patricia Engel
• How Long 'til Black Future Month?, by N.K. Jemisin
• Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernadine Evaristo

* Book Club titles and dates are subject to change.

Hoopla:: https://sonomalibrary.org/elibrary/a-z/hoopla:
Books available through Hoopla are always available for unlimited checkout.

Overdrive: https://dev-sonomalibrarynew9d.pantheonsite.io/elibrary/a-z/libby:
Some titles available through Overdrive will be offered for unlimited checkout (with no wait time) two weeks before the date of the book discussion.