Skip to Content

Past Selections

robert hass, praise, california book club, spring 2026 selection

‘Praise’

TTS audio available

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below

white oleander, janet fitch

‘White Oleander’

TTS audio available

grand avenue, a novel in stories, greg sarris

‘Grand Avenue’

TTS audio available

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below

tosh, growing up in wallace berman's world, tosh berman

‘Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman’s World’

TTS audio available

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below

lisa see, on golden mountain

‘On Gold Mountain’

TTS audio available

john freeman, california rewritten

‘California Rewritten’

TTS audio available

the backyard bird chronicle, amy tan, california book club

‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles’

TTS audio available

adrian tomine, shortcomings, california book club

‘Shortcomings’

TTS audio available

rosanna xia, california against the sea, california book club

‘California Against the Sea’

TTS audio available

the last fire season, manjula martin

‘The Last Fire Season’

TTS audio available

gold fame citrus, claire vaye watkins

‘Gold Fame Citrus’

TTS audio available

mumbo jumbo, ishmael reed

‘Mumbo Jumbo’

TTS audio available

‘Headshot’

consequences, manuel munoz

‘The Consequences’

the sympathizer, viet thanh nguyen

‘The Sympathizer’

goodbye, vitamin, rachel khong

‘Goodbye, Vitamin’

violent spring, gary phillips

‘Violent Spring’

this boy's life, tobias wolff

‘This Boy’s Life’

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below

colored television, danzy senna

‘Colored Television’

under the feet of jesus, helena maria viramontes

‘Under the Feet of Jesus’

venita blackburn, dead in long beach, california

‘Dead in Long Beach, California’

javier zamora, solito

‘Solito’

gary snyder, riprap, practice of the wild

‘Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems’

jessica hagedorn, gangster of love

‘The Gangster of Love’

laila lalami, the other americans

‘The Other Americans’

dave eggers, the every

‘The Every’

dj waldie, holy land

‘Holy Land’

carribean fragoza, eat the mouth that feeds you

‘Eat the Mouth That Feeds You’

deborah a miranda, bad indians

‘Bad Indians’

jennifer egan, the candy house

‘The Candy House’

bad mexicans, kelly lytle hernandez

‘Bad Mexicans’

clark and division, naomi hirahara

‘Clark and Division’

stay true, hua hsu

‘Stay True’

charles yu, interior chinatown

‘Interior Chinatown’

percival everett, telephone

‘Telephone’

claudia rankine, citizen

‘Citizen’

isabel allende, the house of the spirits

‘The House of the Spirits’

andrew sean greer, less

‘Less’

jaime hernandez, maggie the mechanic

‘Maggie the Mechanic’

jaime cortez, gordo

‘Gordo’

kim stanley robinson, the gold coast

‘The Gold Coast’

natalia molina, a place at the nayarit

‘A Place at the Nayarit’

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below

swimmers, julie otsuka

‘The Swimmers’

wrong end of the telescope, rabih alameddine

‘The Wrong End of the Telescope’

always running, luis rodriguez

‘Always Running’

your house will pay, steph cha

‘Your House Will Pay’

maggie nelson, the argonauts

‘The Argonauts’

michael connelly, the dark hours

‘The Dark Hours’

karen tei yamashita, i hotel

‘I Hotel’

natalie diaz, postcolonial love poem

‘Postcolonial Love Poem’

a paradise built in hell, rebecca solnit

‘A Paradise Built in Hell’

elsewhere california, dana johson

‘Elsewhere, California’

barbarian days, william finnegan

‘Barbarian Days’

robin coste lewis, voyage of the sable venus

‘Voyage of the Sable Venus’

the mars room, rachel kushner

‘The Mars Room’

mean, myriam gurba

‘Mean’

southland, nina revoyr

‘Southland’

the sellout, paul beatty

‘The Sellout’

america is not the heart, elaine castillo

‘America Is Not the Heart’

devil in a blue dress, walter mosley

‘Devil in a Blue Dress’

the distance between us, reyna grande

‘The Distance Between Us’

how much of these hills is gold, c pam zhang

‘How Much of These Hills Is Gold’