Book Club List 2026!
After taking a hiatus in fall 2025, we are starting up our Teach Truth Book Club again at Napa Bookmine. I am posting all the titles so you can get a head start on checking out from the library, getting copies from your local bookseller, or borrowing from a friend. For Black History Month, we begin with James by Percival Everett on February 7th. Then we zoom out with The Dawn of Everything for an expansive look at the source of civilizations, examining the role of diversity and equity in our cultural beginnings.
James - Percival Everett - (FEB 9)
A brilliant reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—both harrowing and satirical—told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.
The Dawn of Everything - (MAR 9)
David Graeber and David Wengrow
A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality—and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation.
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong - (APR 13)
With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years. If you have read or heard anything by Ocean Vuong, we welcome you to come share and listen to his words.
My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem - (MAY 11)
In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of body-centered psychology. He argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies. Our collective agony doesn't just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue Americans—our police.
We Survived The Night - Julian Brave Noisecat (JUNE 8)
A stunning work of narrative non-fiction from one of the most powerful young Native American writers at work today—We Survived the Night combines investigative journalism, folklore, and a deeply personal father-son journey in a searing portrait of a community fighting for self-determination in a fractured nation.