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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   |  Erin   |  Garrett   |  Greg   |  Ivy   |  Jared   |  Lawrence   |  Linda   |  Michael   |  Nancy   |  Paul   |  Peter   |  Ryan   |  Scott   |  Stacey   |  Tân   |  Vanessa

<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >>>     sort list by title | author | publication date An Unrestored Woman Shobha Rao In paired stories that hail from India and Pakistan to the United States, Italy, and England, we witness the ramifications of the violent uprooting of families, the price they pay over generations, and the uncanny relevance these stories have in our world today. —Recommended by Jared, City Lights Booksellers Insomniac City New York, Oliver, and Me Bill Hayes "A beautifully written once-in-a-lifetime book, about love, about life, soul, and the wonderful loving genius Oliver Sacks, and New York, and laughter and all of creation."--Anne Lamott American War A Novel Omar El Akkad Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. But even she knows that oil is outlawed, that Louisiana is half underwater, and that unmanned drones fill the sky. When her father is killed and her family is forced into Camp Patience for displaced persons... A Cup of Rage Raduan Nassar Nasty, brutish, and short, i.e. perfect.— Recommended by Vanessa Such Small Hands Andrés Barba A brilliant little fright!—Recommended by Cassie & Paul Difficult Women Roxane Gay Award-winning author and powerhouse talent Roxane Gay burst onto the scene with An Untamed State and the New York Times bestselling essay collection Bad Feminist (Harper Perennial). Gay returns with Difficult Women, a collection of stories of rare force and beauty, of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human connection. Writing to Save a Life The Louis Till File John Edgar Wideman An award-winning writer traces the life of the father of iconic Civil Rights martyr Emmett Till—a man who was executed by the Army ten years before Emmett's murder. An evocative and personal exploration of individual and collective memory in America by one of the most formidable Black intellectuals of our time. White Tears Hari Kunzru White Tears is a ghost story, a terrifying murder mystery, a timely meditation on race, and a love letter to all the forgotten geniuses of American music and Delta Mississippi Blues. —Recommended by Paul The Year of the Runaways A Novel Sunjeev Sahota The Year of the Runaways is a stunning work of fiction that explores what it means and what it costs to make a new life, the capaciousness of the human spirit, and the power of humanity in the face of unspeakable suffering. —Recommended by Paul, City Lights Books Imagine Me Gone Adam Haslett Adam Haslett's new novel is devastating and darkly funny. Haslett's writing is graceful, and his intellectual curiosity is wide-ranging as he creates an unforgettable family's story tacking mental illness and race among other fraught topics. —Recommended by Stacey, City Lights Publishing Homesick for Another World Stories Ottessa Moshfegh There's not a single character in this collection that I liked, but I was addicted to these stories, and found myself identifying with those characters—cursing myself for it. —Recommended by Jared, City Lights Books Capacity Theo Ellsworth One of my very favorite books in any genre and a perfect gift to inspire young artists or writers. Ellsworth's drawings and stories are bursting with ideas on every square inch of the page, as he brilliantly reveals an artist's journey into their own "capacity" for self-discovery and creation. —Recommended by Chris, City Lights Publishers Assata An Autobiography Assata Shakur Assata's personal and political convictions are uniquely her own, and essential. Through this book, she inspires critical thought, & lends to a deeper understanding of the injustices that plague the judiciary & prison system to this day. —Recommended by Jared Red Parts Autobiography of a Trail Maggie Nelson <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >>>