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9th Ave: Dionne Irving with Jonathan Escoffery

Cover of Dionne Irving's The Islands. The cover has a collaged image of a metal fence, long beach grass, sand, and turquoise sea. The title and author name are in bold black writing down the center.

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The Islands: Stories (Paperback)

By Dionne Irving
$16.95
ISBN: 9781646220663
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Published: Catapult - November 1st, 2022

Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

Powerful stories that explore the legacy of colonialism, and issues of race, immigration, sexual discrimination, and class in the lives of Jamaican women across London, Panama, France, Jamaica, Florida and more

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If I Survive You (Hardcover)

By Jonathan Escoffery
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374605988
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Published: MCD - September 6th, 2022

FINALIST FOR THE 2023 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD. NOMINATED FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION, THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE JOHN LEONARD PRIZE, THE 2023 PEN/JEAN STEIN OPEN BOOK AWARD, THE 2023 PEN/BINGHAM PRIZE, THE 2022 STORY PRIZE, THE 2023 CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION, AND THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE

9th Ave: Arielle Estoria with Virgie Tovar

Cover of Arielle Estoria's book, The Unfolding. The cover is a taupe background, with a line drawing of a feminine figure with long flowing hair, the sun behind their shoulder. The title and lines are in brown, sage green, pink, and gold.

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The Unfolding: An Invitation to Come Home to Yourself (Hardcover)

By Arielle Estoria
$27.99
ISBN: 9780063094420
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Published: HarperOne - March 7th, 2023

“A moving, fresh, unique poetry collection and a generous invitation into the mind of the poet. Both a galvanizing wake-up call and a tender lullaby.” — Glennon Doyle, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Untamed

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The Body Positive Journal (Diary)

By Virgie Tovar, Lucila Perini (Illustrator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781797214450
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Published: Chronicle Books - May 3rd, 2022

This joyful and empowering guided journal encourages readers to love and value their body as it is.

9th Ave: Oindrila Mukherjee with Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

Cover of Oindrila Mukherjee's novel The Dream Builders. The cover is pink and orange, with a peacock feather crossing it diagonally, the title written in bold white down the center.

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The Dream Builders (Paperback)

By Oindrila Mukherjee
$17.95
ISBN: 9781953534637
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Published: Tin House Books - January 10th, 2023

A Good Morning America and PureWow Best Book of January

A Goodreads Buzziest Book of the New Year

A January Indie Next Pick & Debutiful Most Anticipated Book of 2023

“A marvel.” —Kevin Wilson

“Funny, moving, and often deliciously cynical.” —Tiphanie Yanique

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What We Fed to the Manticore (Paperback)

By Talia Lakshmi Kolluri
$16.95
ISBN: 9781953534415
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Published: Tin House Books - September 6th, 2022

Longlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction

A Ms. Magazine, Bustle, Publishers Weekly, Chicago Review of Books, Debutiful, and ALTA Journal Best Book of September

An Orion Best Book of Fall

9th Ave: Briana Loewinsohn with Gene Luen Yang

Cover of Briana Loewinsohn's graphic memoir, Ephemera. The cover is off white with illustrated sage green leaves on the top and bottom. The title is written in green cursive, delicately placed in the center of the cover.

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Ephemera: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Briana Loewinsohn
$24.99
ISBN: 9781683966906
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Published: Fantagraphics - March 21st, 2023

A debut graphic novel that poignantly blends memoir, magic realism, and graphic medicine.

Shang-Chi by Gene Luen Yang Vol. 1: Brothers & Sisters By Gene Yang, Dike Ruan (Illustrator), Philip Tan (Illustrator) Cover Image

Shang-Chi by Gene Luen Yang Vol. 1: Brothers & Sisters (Paperback)

By Gene Yang, Dike Ruan (Illustrator), Philip Tan (Illustrator)
$15.99
ISBN: 9781302924850
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Published: Marvel - April 13th, 2021

THE MASTER RETURNS! An ancient and evil secret society has stayed in hiding since the death of their leader, Zheng Zhu. But now his successor has been chosen to shift the balance of power in the world...Zheng Zhu's son, Shang-Chi!

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American Born Chinese (Paperback)

By Gene Luen Yang, Gene Luen Yang (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN: 9781250811899
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Published: First Second - February 23rd, 2021

A Michael L. Printz Award winner, a National Book Award finalist, and a New York Times bestseller!

9th Ave: Jason Yamas and Miah Jeffra

Cover of Jason Yamas' memoir Tweakerworld. The cover is purple, with photos of a hot pink mustachioed man, multiplied with eyes in different directions. The title is broken up at the top and bottom in bright blue letters.

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Tweakerworld: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Jason Yamas
$28.00
ISBN: 9781951213701
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Published: Unnamed Press - March 7th, 2023

Meet Jason: a college educated documentary film producer, cat parent of two, and one of San Francisco's top drug dealers.

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American Gospel (Paperback)

By Miah Jeffra
$25.95
ISBN: 9781625570437
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Published: Black Lawrence Press, Inc. - March 24th, 2023

A low-income Baltimore neighborhood is targeted for a controversial urban renewal project-an amusement park in the theme of Baltimore itself-that forces its residents to reckon with racism, displacement, and their futures. Peter Cryer is a queer teenager who fantasizes about leaving Baltimore and the instability of his home life while also seeking a place to belong.

9th Ave: Rebecca Makkai with Rachel Khong


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The Great Believers: A Novel (Paperback)

By Rebecca Makkai
$18.00
ISBN: 9780735223530
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Published: Penguin Books - June 4th, 2019

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2018
LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER
ALA CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER
THE STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER

Soon to Be a Major Television Event, optioned by Amy Poehler

9th Ave: Record of the Month Listening Party

Rectangular graphic with a lime green background and white and black rings drawn over it. In the center is a record sleeve with an LP sticking partially out. The LP has a green apple in the center of it. The sleeve of the record reads, in groovy font, "Green Apple Books, Record of the Month Club"

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6 months worth of our Record of the Month picks!

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9th Ave: Jen Beagin

Cover of Jen Beagin's novel Big Swiss. The cover is a painting of a white woman, upside down, with long brown hair with a wide open mouth and equally wide eyes, cleavage pressing against a frilly white blouse. The title is in bright yellow across the painting.

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Big Swiss: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jen Beagin
$27.00
ISBN: 9781982153083
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Published: Scribner - February 7th, 2023

National Bestseller

A brilliantly original and funny novel about a sex therapist’s transcriptionist who falls in love with a client while listening to her sessions. When they accidentally meet in real life, an explosive affair ensues.

Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York.

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Pretend I'm Dead: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jen Beagin
$17.00
ISBN: 9781501194429
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Published: Scribner - January 8th, 2019

NAMED A BEST BOOK of the YEAR by O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE, REFINERY 29, and KIRKUS REVIEWS
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE

The “wondrous” (O, The Oprah Magazine), “scathingly funny” (Entertainment Weekly) debut from Whiting Award winner and author of Big Swiss Jen Beagin about a cleaning lady named Mon

CANCELED 9th Ave: Eric Porter

Cover of Eric Porter's A People's History of SFO: The Making of the Bay Area and an Airport. The cover is a photo of a Pan Am flight, low over the freeway. From the airplane down, the photo is black and white, but the sky about the plane is bright blue with fluffy clouds.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED

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A People's History of SFO: The Making of the Bay Area and an Airport (Hardcover)

By Eric Porter
$29.95
ISBN: 9780520380035
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Published: University of California Press - January 3rd, 2023

An illuminating profile of the San Francisco Bay Area, and its regional and global influence, as seen from the focal point of San Francisco International Airport (SFO).

A People's History of SFO uses the history of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to tell a multifaceted story of development, encounter, and power in the surrounding region from the eighteenth ce

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