Book Drives San Francisco

Book Club: "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" by Gabrielle Zevin

Our first meetup. We will discuss Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow over coffee. Whether you loved it, hated it, or are still reading, come talk it through with us. All readers welcome.

East Bay Women's Book Club October Meetup: True Biz

Hello, fellow female readers -- The book for the October Meetup is True Biz by Sara Novic. For those of you who are new, I will send out the address to my house by Monday, October 19. Looking forward to gathering together and discussing the book. Bonnie

October 2026 Book Discussion: The Vegetarian by Han Kang

**Our October Book Has Been Chosen! 📚** **Thanks to everyone who voted! Our next Books & Brew read is:** **🌿 The Vegetarian — Han Kang** **Grab a copy, start reading, and join us for a great conversation!** **About the Book** **After a series of disturbing dreams, Yeong-hye makes the seemingly simple decision to stop eating meat. But as her family reacts with increasing confusion, anger, and attempts to control her, that decision becomes the beginning of a much more profound transformation.** **Told through the perspectives of those around Yeong-hye, The Vegetarian explores autonomy, desire, conformity, violence, and the ways we understand—or fail to understand—the people closest to us.** **Originally published in Korean and translated by Deborah Smith, Han Kang’s unsettling novel won the 2016 International Booker Prize and invites plenty of questions about identity, choice, and what happens when someone refuses to live according to the expectations placed upon them.** **──────────** **📸 Follow us on Instagram @booksandbrew_oakland for meetup photos, book announcements, and future events.**

Round Table Book Discussion October Meeting

Join us for an in-person, open discussion on the fiction or non-fiction book or podcast/movie/news article/cultural event that most engaged you. Give a brief summary of a book or article that interested you, and we will discuss it, along with the issues other participants select. Or just come to check it out. Find us by the Roundtable sign on the table. Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 6:30 pm **We are at our warm-weather outdoor location:** ### Caffe Strada 2300 College Avenue · Berkeley, CA

October 21: Rachel Khong - My Dear You

NOTE: Meeting on the 21st this month! Third Weds, not second! **Recommended Stories:** * My Dear You * Serene * D Day This one has been getting some rave reviews and was a joint winner in our poll for October! Her novel *Real Americans* was highly successful and we're looking forward to reading her short form. **For First-Timers:** We recommend reading at least one story, but feel free to read as little or as much as you'd like! Discussion is open, informal, and we try to focus on the recommended stories listed above. **About the Collection:** Khong's first story collection and her swerve from realism into the surreal: afterlives, government race-perception drugs, ghost-conjuring cats — magic treated matter-of-factly, in service of grief, love, and identity.

SF CogSci #33: Behave, by Robert Sapolsky

We're continuing Behave, by Robert Sapolsky - moving on from chapters 1-6, which we discussed last time, and doing the rest of the book. If you're attending in person, please be sure to register [here](https://luma.com/san-francisco-cognitive-science-reading--5c00) as well, so you can get into the building. Thank you! Tom

Book, Coffee, Chit Chat, etc. (Tuesday Edition)

ATTENTION: We are now meeting in person again! Please follow current recommendations around mask usage to keep everyone safe. Masks are always welcome and accepted, no matter the current regulations. If you'd like to meet online check out our meeting on the first Wednesday of every month. It's that time again! Let's chit chat about the books we exchanged last time and welcome newcomers bringing their first book. If you've been before you know the deal, otherwise just bring a book to share and expect to say both a few words about it and why you want to share it.

Book, Coffee, Chit Chat, etc. (Wednesday Edition)

ATTENTION: We are now meeting in person again! Please follow current recommendations around mask usage to keep everyone safe. Masks are always welcome and accepted, no matter the current regulations. If you'd like to meet online check out our meeting on the first Wednesday of every month. It's that time again! Let's chit chat about the books we exchanged last time and welcome newcomers bringing their first book. If you've been before you know the deal, otherwise just bring a book to share and expect to say both a few words about it and why you want to share it.

Let’s read “Swallow the Ghost" by Eugenie Montague

(4th Saturday Richmond District Edition). Books, Coffee, Chit Chat

Bring what you’re reading and we’ll have an interesting group conversation (novels, non-fiction, essays, poetry, romance, cookbooks, science fiction & fantasy, etc.) This “4th Saturday Richmond District Edition” is designed to accommodate the overflow from Emily’s 2nd Saturday Richmond District Book Chat. If you are not able to attend Emily’s Group, then please feel free to join this 4th Saturday version. We meet in the back patio of Bazaar Café (lovely place). If it rains, we’ll meet inside the Café.

Ring by Koji Suzuki

What better way to celebrate Halloween than with the book that inspired one of the most iconic horror movies of all time. Before there was *The Ring*, there was **Koji Suzuki’s *Ring***. It follows a hardworking journalist who launches his own personal investigation into a string of mysterious deaths, including his niece's, and a cursed videotape with a deadline. Crawl your way into our book discussion this October. **... you have seven days** 📼 (Or 7 weeks to read the book c: ) \*if you're on the waitlist, feel free to join anyways!

October · Nigeria · My Sister, the Serial Killer

\*Please note the new location!\* For October, we're reading the novel My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Nigeria). Please see the [Goodreads link](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38819868-my-sister-the-serial-killer/) for a complete description. 226 pages, e-book and audiobook versions available. Thank you to member Dani for suggesting it!