Book Club
Join our OCA-exclusive book club that features discussions on a book by an AANHPI author! Each season, members are expected to read a ~300-page book while participating in bi-weekly meetings with engaging conversations on AANHPI themes and fun activities.
Season Duration
APRIL – JULY
Deadline to Join
APRIL 19,2025
*Note: members will be expected to purchase their own book copy.
Join The Book ClubThis Season’s Book Choices
By joining the book club, we will be choosing one of the three books via a majority vote to read and discuss.
Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan
“In this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as civil war devastates Sri Lanka.”
Genre: Historical Fiction
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
“This follows the intertwined lives of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic Mia Warren, a single mother and artist, who arrive in the planned community of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and disrupt the established order.”
Genre: Young Adults
Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay
“A novel about four generations of Filipino American boys grappling with identity, masculinity, and their fraught father-son relationships.”
Genre: Young Adults
Program Benefits
Books are a means to further our understanding of a range of human experiences and relationships. Immersing ourselves in diverse narratives helps us further contextualize our own and others’ culture and history. AANHPI literature preserves the accomplishments and traditions of its wide array of communities—our book club aims to honor their heritage and allow members to reflect on connections to the books we read. Members will also have the opportunity to bond with fellow AANHPI individuals and discuss the AANHPI experience within our community.
Optional Community Service Opportunity
To coincide with OCA Las Vegas’ mission of serving the community, members are invited to participate in group community service opportunities with Spread The Word Nevada (STWN). Throughout the season, members will have multiple chances to participate in STWN’s Book Preps and Family Literacy Program, cleaning books that will be distributed to low-income schools and reading to families.
CLUB ELIGIBILITY
- Must be an OCA member, YLC member, or a past/current mentee of the OCA Mentorship Program.
- Must currently reside in Las Vegas or neighboring communities (to attend in-person meetings).
Questions
Please email brianna.sorrillo@ocalasvegas.org.
About OCA Las Vegas
The mission of OCA Las Vegas is to provide support and empower Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) to find our voice and identity while making positive changes in the community. Our vision is to become the organization of choice and to create a thriving and engaged community of AAPI leaders for the next generation.