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Past Selections

adam hochschild, american midnight
JULY 2026

‘American Midnight’

TTS audio available3 min
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susan straight, mecca, california book club, spring 2026 selection
JUNE 2026

‘Mecca’

TTS audio available2 min
the flowers, dagoberto gilb, california book club, spring 2026 selection
MAY 2026

‘The Flowers’

TTS audio available3 min
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robert hass, praise, california book club, spring 2026 selection
APRIL 2026

‘Praise’

TTS audio available3 min
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white oleander, janet fitch
MARCH 2026

‘White Oleander’

TTS audio available2 min
grand avenue, a novel in stories, greg sarris
FEBRUARY 2026

‘Grand Avenue’

TTS audio available3 min
tosh, growing up in wallace berman's world, tosh berman
JANUARY 2026

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

TTS audio available3 min
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lisa see, on golden mountain
DECEMBER 2025

‘On Gold Mountain’

TTS audio available3 min
ada limon, startlement
NOVEMBER 2025

‘Startlement’

TTS audio available4 min
john freeman, california rewritten
OCTOBER 2025

‘California Rewritten’

TTS audio available3 min
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the backyard bird chronicle, amy tan, california book club

‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles’

TTS audio available4 min
adrian tomine, shortcomings, california book club

‘Shortcomings’

TTS audio available3 min
rosanna xia, california against the sea, california book club

‘California Against the Sea’

TTS audio available4 min
the last fire season, manjula martin

‘The Last Fire Season’

TTS audio available3 min
gold fame citrus, claire vaye watkins

‘Gold Fame Citrus’

TTS audio available3 min
mumbo jumbo, ishmael reed

‘Mumbo Jumbo’

TTS audio available3 min
headshot, rita bullwinkel

‘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’

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’

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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’

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’

sarah shun lien bynum, likes

‘Likes’

the barbarian nurseries, hector tobar

‘The Barbarian Nurseries,’ Héctor Tobar

there there, tommy orange

‘There There,’ by Tommy Orange

the woman warrior, maxine hong kingston

‘The Woman Warrior,’ by Maxine Hong Kingston

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’