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Welcome Browser Books! We are pleased to announce that Green Apple Books will be taking over ownership of Fillmore Street institution Browser Books beginning October 1, 2019.

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: Conor Dougherty

Tue, 02/18/2020 - 7:30pm

Conor Dougherty discusses his new book Golden Gates: Fighting For Housing in America.

9th Ave: Jenny Offill and Ethan Nosowsky

Thu, 02/20/2020 - 7:30pm

Jenny Offill discusses her new novel Weather with Ethan Nosowsky.

9th Ave: Emily Nemens and Emily Bell

Tue, 02/25/2020 - 7:30pm

Emily Nemens discusses her new novel The Cactus League with Emily Bell.

New Books We Like

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I Used to Be Charming: The Rest of Eve Babitz Cover Image

In the Dream House: A Memoir Cover Image

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Cover Image

Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages Cover Image

New Books We Like

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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 Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu .

We all make choices throughout our lives, choosing different paths to follow, different roles to play. But who selects the options we choose from? Interior Chinatown is like a rapier taken to stereotypes that inhabit society's attitudes towards Asian Americans. The main character, Willis Wu, is a minor actor in an ongoing cop drama who wants to be more than a generic Asian male in the background, maybe even someday becoming "Kung Fu Guy." The novel bounces back and forth between the script Wu is inhabiting and an interior monologue. And one of the strengths of this book, for this reader, is how thin the line sometimes feels between these stereotypical roles that Willis is acting, and the ridiculousness of the particular situations. Interior Chinatown is a brilliant novel, one that challenged this reader in the best possible ways. —Martin

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