Oakland California Books

1.
The Customer Is Always Wrong
The Customer Is Always Wrong
by: Mimi Pond
3.91 avg rating — 1,512 ratings
2.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating — 214,322 ratings
3.
Over Easy
Over Easy
by: Mimi Pond
3.62 avg rating — 2,703 ratings
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Anger Is a Gift
Anger Is a Gift really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,396 ratings
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The Mistress of Spices
The Mistress of Spices 3.48 avg rating — 14,722 ratings
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Welcome to Oakland
Welcome to Oakland 3.87 avg rating — 69 ratings
7.
One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1)
One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 37,257 ratings
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Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16
Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 3.80 avg rating — 12,136 ratings
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Masha'allah and Other Stories
Masha'allah and Other Stories 3.89 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture) 4.28 avg rating — 149 ratings
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The Lost Daughter: A Memoir
The Lost Daughter: A Memoir 3.86 avg rating — 516 ratings
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What It's Like to Live Now
What It's Like to Live Now 3.79 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Good Fortune: My Journey to Gold Mountain
Good Fortune: My Journey to Gold Mountain 3.92 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer 3.97 avg rating — 10,356 ratings
15.
Tikvah Means Hope
Tikvah Means Hope 4.23 avg rating — 255 ratings
16.
Oakland Noir (Akashic Noir)
Oakland Noir (Akashic Noir) 3.75 avg rating — 236 ratings
17.
The 57 Bus
The 57 Bus 4.10 avg rating — 42,535 ratings
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Leaving: A Novel
Leaving: A Novel 4.19 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Oakland's Chinatown
Oakland's Chinatown 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
20.
Telegraph Avenue
Telegraph Avenue 3.40 avg rating — 21,578 ratings
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Bullies: A Friendship
Bullies: A Friendship 3.30 avg rating — 494 ratings
22.
The Mango Bride
The Mango Bride 3.90 avg rating — 1,067 ratings
23.
Way Past Cool
Way Past Cool 3.85 avg rating — 261 ratings
24.
Fire in Oakland, California: Billion-Dollar Blaze
Fire in Oakland, California: Billion-Dollar Blaze 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
24.
Bamboo Women: Stories from Ming Quong, a Chinese Orphanage in California
Bamboo Women: Stories from Ming Quong, a Chinese Orphanage in California 3.62 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Oakland, the Story of a City
Oakland, the Story of a City 3.77 avg rating — 101 ratings
27.
Black Artists in Oakland
Black Artists in Oakland 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Promise: How One Woman Made Good on Her Extraordinary Pact to Send a Classroom of 1st Graders to College
The Promise: How One Woman Made Good on Her Extraordinary Pact to Send a Classroom of 1st Graders to College 4.03 avg rating — 97 ratings
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Yellow Journalist
Yellow Journalist 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Urban Voices: The Bay Area American Indian Community (Volume 50) (Sun Tracks)
Urban Voices: The Bay Area American Indian Community (Volume 50) (Sun Tracks) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Eye from the Edge: A Memoir of West Oakland, California
Eye from the Edge: A Memoir of West Oakland, California 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
32.
A City for Children: Women, Architecture, and the Charitable Landscapes of Oakland, 1850-1950
A City for Children: Women, Architecture, and the Charitable Landscapes of Oakland, 1850-1950 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Oakland, California: Towards A Sustainable City
Oakland, California: Towards A Sustainable City it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Oakland Fire Department
Oakland Fire Department it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Oakland Hills
Oakland Hills really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Oakland Tales: Lost Secrets of The Town
Oakland Tales: Lost Secrets of The Town 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Dragonwings (Golden Mountain Chronicles, #5)
Dragonwings (Golden Mountain Chronicles, #5) 3.56 avg rating — 4,352 ratings
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Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga 3.98 avg rating — 53,569 ratings
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California Comeback: The Genius of Jerry Brown
California Comeback: The Genius of Jerry Brown really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Hella Town: Oakland's History of Development and Disruption
Hella Town: Oakland's History of Development and Disruption 3.88 avg rating — 230 ratings
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East Bay Grease
East Bay Grease 4.06 avg rating — 216 ratings
41.
Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend
Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend 4.11 avg rating — 2,067 ratings
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Trailblazer: A Biography of Jerry Brown
Trailblazer: A Biography of Jerry Brown 3.34 avg rating — 32 ratings
44.
Children's Fairyland
Children's Fairyland 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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America's "Healthiest" City: A History of Early Oakland, California
America's "Healthiest" City: A History of Early Oakland, California 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
46.
Love, Penelope
Love, Penelope 3.56 avg rating — 186 ratings
46.
Children of the Night
Children of the Night 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
48.
Flavors of Oakland
Flavors of Oakland 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
48.
Babylon Boyz
Babylon Boyz 3.91 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Shut Up, This Is Serious
Shut Up, This Is Serious 4.13 avg rating — 1,297 ratings
51.
American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland
American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland 4.11 avg rating — 361 ratings
51.
Skeleton Key
Skeleton Key 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
53.
The Buildings of Oakland, with a Section on Piedmont
The Buildings of Oakland, with a Section on Piedmont liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
53.
It's night in San Francisco but it's sunny in Oakland
It's night in San Francisco but it's sunny in Oakland
by: Otis Pig
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings
53.
Drawing From Life
Drawing From Life it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Tyger Tales
Tyger Tales 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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ABC Oakland
ABC Oakland 4.73 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Striking It Rich: Treasures from Gold Mountain
Striking It Rich: Treasures from Gold Mountain 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Six Out Seven
Six Out Seven 4.16 avg rating — 94 ratings
60.
The Bridge
The Bridge it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
61.
Street Life: Poverty, Gangs, and a Ph.D.
Street Life: Poverty, Gangs, and a Ph.D. 4.12 avg rating — 218 ratings
62.
Blues City: A Walk in Oakland
Blues City: A Walk in Oakland 3.45 avg rating — 173 ratings
62.
Italian Oakland
Italian Oakland 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
64.
Moneyball
Moneyball 4.27 avg rating — 141,362 ratings
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Oakland
Oakland 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Oakland Landmarks: An Artistic Portrayal of History
Oakland Landmarks: An Artistic Portrayal of History did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Edited to Death: A Maggie Fiori Mystery (A Maggie Fiori Mystery, 1)
Edited to Death: A Maggie Fiori Mystery (A Maggie Fiori Mystery, 1) 3.23 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Selections from the Oakland Tribune Archives
Selections from the Oakland Tribune Archives liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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From Blacks to Brown and Beyond: The Struggle for Progressive Politics in Oakland, California, 1966-2017
From Blacks to Brown and Beyond: The Struggle for Progressive Politics in Oakland, California, 1966-2017 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Oakland and surroundings
Oakland and surroundings 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Oakland, Jack London, and Me: A Literary Biography
Oakland, Jack London, and Me: A Literary Biography 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings
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No There There: Race, Class, and Political Community in Oakland
No There There: Race, Class, and Political Community in Oakland 3.63 avg rating — 35 ratings
72.
Oakland's Equestrian Heritage
Oakland's Equestrian Heritage 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Humpty Dumpty in Oakland
Humpty Dumpty in Oakland 3.33 avg rating — 1,111 ratings
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Flame and Fortune in the American West: Urban Development, Environmental Change, and the Great Oakland Hills Fire
Flame and Fortune in the American West: Urban Development, Environmental Change, and the Great Oakland Hills Fire 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
75.
Oakland Aviation, California
Oakland Aviation, California 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
77.
The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland
The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland 4.14 avg rating — 145 ratings
78.
Oakland Police Department
Oakland Police Department it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Rats in the Trees
Rats in the Trees 3.81 avg rating — 48 ratings
79.
Straight Outta East Oakland
Straight Outta East Oakland 3.96 avg rating — 27 ratings
81.
Run for Your Life
Run for Your Life 3.92 avg rating — 38 ratings
81.
Jews of Oakland and Berkeley
Jews of Oakland and Berkeley 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
81.
Straight Outta East Oakland 2
Straight Outta East Oakland 2 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
84.
Rockridge
Rockridge 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
84.
Nightcrawling
Nightcrawling 3.96 avg rating — 57,333 ratings
86.
The Valley of the Moon
The Valley of the Moon 3.99 avg rating — 1,892 ratings
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Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club
Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club 3.73 avg rating — 4,416 ratings
88.
The Crazy Horse Electric Game
The Crazy Horse Electric Game 3.88 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
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From Blacks to Brown and Beyond: The Struggle for Progressive Politics in Oakland, California, 1966-2011
From Blacks to Brown and Beyond: The Struggle for Progressive Politics in Oakland, California, 1966-2011 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
88.
Wandering Stars
Wandering Stars 3.83 avg rating — 32,895 ratings
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The High Price of Freeways
The High Price of Freeways really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
92.
Fall Secrets
Fall Secrets 4.22 avg rating — 58 ratings
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What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World: A Memoir
What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World: A Memoir 4.38 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Empire State: A Love Story (or Not)
Empire State: A Love Story (or Not) 3.20 avg rating — 2,242 ratings
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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill: The Cathedral of Christ the Light: The Making of a 21st Century Cathedral
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill: The Cathedral of Christ the Light: The Making of a 21st Century Cathedral really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America 4.44 avg rating — 44,183 ratings
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Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford
Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford 4.10 avg rating — 486 ratings
98.
Hawker Fare: Stories & Recipes from a Refugee Chef's Thai Isan & Lao Roots
Hawker Fare: Stories & Recipes from a Refugee Chef's Thai Isan & Lao Roots 4.22 avg rating — 144 ratings
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Ghost Train
Ghost Train 3.40 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Operation Pet Rescue: Animal Survivors of the Oakland, California, Firestorm
Operation Pet Rescue: Animal Survivors of the Oakland, California, Firestorm 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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