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Keep an eye on our events calendar in order not to miss readings from the likes of Rachel Cusk, Hari Kunzru, John Waters, Michael Chabon, Catherine Lacey, and more!

We've had quite the lineup of authors stop by our store to give readings & sign books. Check out our signed books page for a complete list, while supplies last!

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Three Upcoming Events

9th Ave: Lary Bloom on Sol LeWitt

Fri, 07/19/2019 - 7:30pm

Lary Bloom discusses his new biography, Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas.

CANCELLED 9th Ave: John Corbett

Tue, 07/23/2019 - 7:30pm

John Corbett discusses his new book, Pick up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music.

9th Ave: Kristen Arnett and Esmé Weijun Wang

Wed, 07/24/2019 - 7:30pm

Kristen Arnett discusses her new novel, Mostly Dead Things with with Esmé Weijun Wang.

New Books We Like

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No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison Cover Image

Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad Cover Image

Why Karen Carpenter Matters (Music Matters) Cover Image

Tears of the Trufflepig: A Novel Cover Image

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Book of the Month

Each month, we select a brand new book that we love so much that we guarantee you'll love it too—and if you don't, we'll give you your money back. This month we're recommending Say Say Say by Lila Savage.

Like Marilynne Robinson or Alice Munro, San Francisco writer Lila Savage's first novel is a tender, generous sliver of compassion about the difficulties in caring for ourselves and for others. Ella is a home care worker who floats between other people's tragedies, hired to join a family just long enough to witness her clients' decline. Ella has a girlfriend but there’s an immediate attraction between her and a new client's husband. While that fraught relationship is the center of this novel, the real excitement here is the language, which recasts the steady and familiar (our bodies, our hopes) as quivering ephemera. Seriously, read the first page and you’ll feel sad about jellybeans. An exquisite, heartbreaking novel that dwells in the quiet moments when people know they are falling short of their best selves. —Benjy

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