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Welcome to Green Apple Books and Music. Our store on Clement Street in San Francisco has been a destination for bibliophiles for over 40 years. We buy, sell, and trade new and used books, CDs, and DVDs seven days a week. We offer a huge and carefully chosen selection of new and used books.

While we’re proud of our humble website, we encourage you to see the real thing, the reason Green Apple is consistently voted the best bookstore in the Bay Area. Please pay us a visit if you’re in town or call the store to check on a particular item.

New Books
We carry a large and carefully chosen selection of new books. Come to the store to browse our eclectic displays of the most interesting new releases, many discounted 20%. Here are a few of our favorite new releases from our latest email newsletter all of which include FREE SHIPPING (Media Mail within the US of A only) if you order them here.. Come in to browse our staff favorites, new release displays, buyer's choice table, or any of the well-stocked new book sections in the store. Visit our newsletter archive.
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
Robin Kelley

Aside from being a beautifully designed book that will look lovely on your bookshelves, this is the ... (more)

$30.00

The Poetry of Rilke
Rilke, Rainer Maria [Snow, trans.]

Edward Snow’s luminous translations of Rilke have been appearing for the last 25 years. North Point... (more)

$50.00

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$12.95

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$6.95


40 Anniversary Green Apple Bag
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$6.99


Green canvas tote bag
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$6.95


So Many Books, So Little Time Bag
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$6.95

The best deals on quality publisher overstock. Here are a few of our most promising new arrivals in bargain books as highlighted in our latest email newsletter. Come in to browse the tables with all the latest bargains. There’s something for everyone at a deep discount.

The Kindly Ones
Jonathan Littell

Here's the controversial international best-seller, a chilling fictional memoir of a former Nazi of... (more)

$12.98

Pancha Tantra
Walton Ford

If you have ever seen a Walton Ford exhibit, the sheer enormity of his work is breathtaking. His vi... (more)

$69.98

New and used in all genres, especially rock, jazz, classical, and blues. Selected with care from people who know Bach to Beck. (View all our Featured CDs)
New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War
Eryka Badu

Just what hip-hop needs is what the new record from Ms. Badu brings. As AMG puts it, "expect plenty ... (more)

$15.97

April
Sun Kil Moon

I don't think anyone who knows of Mark Kozelek's work in Red House Painters or Sun Kil Moon would wa... (more)

$15.97

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Staff Picks!

Helpful and friendly book and music lovers without the indie attitude.

Joe Brainard: I Remember
Joe Brainard
Granary Books
$12.00
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Click the KFOG logo to see the most recent books reviewed by Green Apple's own Kevin Hunsanger on KFOG's morning show.

Kevin's Recent KFOG Picks!

Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans
Nation Gallery of Art

$45.00
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The KFOG Archives!

Fantasyland: A Season on Baseball's Lunatic Fringe
Sam Walker
Viking Adult
$25.95
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