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Lakeview Branch Book Club
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May 20, 2026 at Oakland Public Library: Lakeview Branch in Oakland, CA
550 El Embarcadero, Oakland, CA 94610, USA
Join us the third Tuesday of the month for a book discussion. We
alternate between fiction and nonfiction, classics and new publications,
and we choose the titles we'll read together as a group yearly. Books
for the upcoming 2025/2026 year will be chosen this summer. Titles are
available for check out, first come first served, at Lakeview for the
upcoming month.
Please contact Molly Nichols, Lakeview Branch Manager @
Lakeview, for more information at [email protected] or call
510-238-7344.
October 21, 2025 - The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
November 18, 2025 - A Feather On The Breath of God by Sigrid Nunez
December 16, 2025 - The End of the Myth by Greg Grandin
January 20, 2026 - A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
February 17, 2026 -Freedom’s Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1830 to 1970 by Lynne Olson
March 17, 2026 - The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
April 21, 2026 - Flannery O’Connor: Collected Work or The Complete Stories
May 19, 2026 - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
June 16, 2026 - Book and Dagger by Elyse Graham
July 21, 2026 - The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
August 18, 2026 - Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
September 15, 2026 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Date:
May 20, 2026
Time:
1:30 AM
2:30 AM
Event type:
Community
Lakeview Branch is a small Oakland Public Library location right by Lake Merritt, across from the lakeside path and playground. It is a single-story building with a mural on the side, a main entrance on the street side, and another entrance from the parking lot with a low ramp and power-assisted doors. Inside, the layout is straightforward: a service desk near the front, shelves of books in English and Spanish, and a modest number of tables and chairs. more...
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