New Books We Like

Recent releases of which we are particularly fond.

Big Swiss: A Novel By Jen Beagin Cover Image
$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.


Maame: A Today Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick By Jessica George Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250282521
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Published: St. Martin's Press - January 31st, 2023

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! • A Today Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick

"
Sparkling." —The New York Times


Our Share of Night: A Novel By Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (Translated by), Pablo Gerardo Camacho (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Mariana Enriquez, Megan McDowell (Translated by), Pablo Gerardo Camacho (Illustrator)
$28.99
ISBN: 9780451495143
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Published: Hogarth - February 7th, 2023

“A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post
An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)


Stone Blind: A Novel By Natalie Haynes Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780063258396
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Published: Harper - February 7th, 2023

Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023

"Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories.”—Telegraph (UK)


Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World By Malcolm Harris Cover Image
$36.00
ISBN: 9780316592031
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - February 14th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“Welcome and necessary…illuminating and revelatory.” – The New Yorker


The history of Silicon Valley, from railroads to microchips, is an “extraordinary”* story of disruption and destruction, told for the first time in this comprehensive, jaw-dropping narrative.


The Last Gift of the Master Artists: A Novel By Ben Okri Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9781635422795
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Published: Other Press - January 31st, 2023

The Booker Prize–winning author, a child of the Nigerian Civil War, reinvents through the story of the Atlantic slave trade the beautiful soul and resilient culture of his country.


A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos) By Samantha Shannon Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9781635577921
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - February 28th, 2023

The New York Times bestselling stunning, standalone prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree.

“A magnificent, sweeping epic. Shannon has created a world rich in intricate mythology, beautifully realized and complex.” Jennifer Saint, bestselling author of Ariadne


Victory City: A Novel By Salman Rushdie Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593243398
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Published: Random House - February 7th, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries—from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize–winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie


The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-up in Oakland By Ali Winston, Darwin BondGraham Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781982168599
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Published: Atria Books - January 10th, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE

From the Polk Award–winning investigative duo comes a critical look at the systematic corruption and brutality within the Oakland Police Department, and the more than two-decades-long saga of attempted reforms and explosive scandals.

No municipality has been under court oversight to reform its police department as long


Tomb of Sand: A Novel By Geetanjali Shree, Daisy Rockwell (Translated by) Cover Image
By Geetanjali Shree, Daisy Rockwell (Translated by)
$29.99
ISBN: 9780063299405
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Published: HarperVia - January 31st, 2023

WINNER OF THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE

A playful, feminist, and utterly original epic set in contemporary northern India, about a family and the inimitable octogenarian matriarch at its heart.


Welcome Me to the Kingdom: Stories By Mai Nardone Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593498187
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Published: Random House - February 14th, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • An immersive debut set across the temples, slums, and gated estates of late-twentieth century Bangkok, telling the story of three families striving to control their destinies in a merciless, sometimes brutally violent, metropolis.


I Have Some Questions for You: A Novel By Rebecca Makkai Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593490143
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Published: Viking - February 21st, 2023

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 

“A twisty, immersive whodunit perfect for fans of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.” —People 

"Spellbinding." —The New York Times Book Review

"[An] irresistible literary page-turner." The Boston Globe


Your Driver Is Waiting: A Novel By Priya Guns Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9780385549301
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Published: Doubleday - February 28th, 2023

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR • In this electrifyingly fierce and funny social satire—inspired by the iconic 1970s film Taxi Driver—a ride share driver is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity, and financial security...until she decides she's done waiting. • “What you are about to read is a call to arms.


Ghost Music By An Yu Cover Image
By An Yu
$26.00
ISBN: 9780802159625
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Published: Grove Press - January 10th, 2023

From the author of the "original and electric" Braised Pork (Time), An Yu's enchanting and contemplative novel of music and mushrooms follows a former concert pianist searching for the truth about a vanished musicianFor three years, Song Yan has filled the emptiness of her Beijing apartment with the tentative notes of her young piano students.


The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World By Jonathan Freedland Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9780063112339
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Published: Harper - October 18th, 2022

"A brilliant and heart-wrenching book, with universal and timely lessons about the power of informationand misinformation.


The Chinese Groove: A Novel By Kathryn Ma Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781640095663
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Published: Counterpoint - January 24th, 2023

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
An Amazon Editors' Pick
People, A Best Book of the Year