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Staff Recommendations A listing of staff proclivities, recommended by both past and present bookstore and publishing employees. Check back for new recommendations each month as we bring you the best of what we're reading or have read. Browse by title, author or staff member!   Andy   |  Caitlyn   |  Cassie   |  Chris   |  Don   |  Elaine   |  Emmitt   |  Garrett   |  Greg   |  Ivy   |  Jared   |  Jeff   |  Lawrence   |  Linda   |  Michael   |  Nancy   |  Paul   |  Peter   |  Scott   |  Stacey   |  Tân   |  Vanessa

<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >>>     sort list by title | author | publication date Dragonfish A Novel Vu Tran "Vu Tran's Dragonfish is that rare hybrid marvel―a literary thriller, a narrative of migration and loss that upends the conventions of any form." ―Dinaw Mengestu, author of All Our Names John A Play Annie Baker The perfect elements for quirky theater brilliance—set in a B&B filled with tchotchkes and terrifying dolls, a young couple attemp to save their relationship, all the while touring the Civil War's bloodiest battlefield. —Recommended by Cassie, City Lights Books Hot Dog Taste Test Lisa Hanawalt Hilarious! —Recommended by Don, City Lights Books Eye of the Sixties Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art Judith E. Stein A man with a preternatural ability to find emerging artists, Richard Bellamy was one of the first advocates of pop art, minimalism, and conceptual art. The founder and director of the fabled Green Gallery on Fifty-Seventh Street, the witty, poetry-loving art lover became a legend of the avant-garde, showing the work of artists... The Time of Our Singing A Novel Richard Powers America, in a nutshell, cracked. A broadly compassionate and historically unsparing exploration of time, history and race. —Recommended by Jake, City Lights Books A Cure for Suicide A Novel Jesse Ball Kind of like how you can read all of Vonnegut when you're young, I've read all of Ball's work into my 30s. Here is another beguiling tale of love running up against security in a not-too-distant American(?) future of peculiar social design. —Recommended by Jake, City Lights Books An American Genocide The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1864-1873 Benjamin Madley Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the killings ended. Muse A Novel Jonathan Galassi Paul Dukach is heir apparent at Purcell & Stern, one of the last independent publishing houses in New York, whose shabby offices on Union Square belie the treasures on its list. Working with his boss, the flamboyant Homer Stern, Paul learns the ins and outs of the book trade—how to work an agent over lunch; how to swim with the literary sharks... Ghettoside A True Story of Murder in America Jill Leovy A masterly work of literary journalism about a senseless murder, a relentless detective, and the great plague of homicide in America. The Liminal War The Second Book of The Liminal Trilogy Ayize Jama-Everett When Taggert's adopted daughter goes missing he suspects the hand of an old enemy. He gathers friends, family, and even those who don't quite trust that he has left his violent past behind. But their search leads them to an unexpected place, the past, and the consequences of their journey have a price that is higher than they can afford. Homegoing A Novel Yaa Gyasi A novel of breathtaking sweep and emotional power that traces three hundred years in Ghana and along the way also becomes a truly great American novel. Extraordinary for its exquisite language, its implacable sorrow, its soaring beauty, and for its monumental portrait of the forces that shape families and nations. The Mirror Thief A Novel Martin Seay Seay's debut novel is a true delight, a big, beautiful cabinet of wonders that is by turns an ominous modern thriller, a supernatural mystery, and an enchanting historical adventure story." Set in three cities in three eras,The Mirror Thief calls to mind David Mitchell and Umberto Eco in its mix of entertainment and literary bravado. The Ballad of Black Tom Victor LaValle People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there. Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father's head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse written... Death in the Congo Murdering Patrice Lumumba Emmanuel Gerard, Bruce Kuklick Maybe not a unique event in the history of newly-independent former colonies, but a telling one, and one for which the United States should still feel shame. —Recommended by Jeff, City Lights Books <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >>>