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Sara's Top Ten Dystopias That Are More Exciting Than Ours

*Okay, okay, I know what you’re thinking. “Exciting? You think our systemic issues aren’t exciting enough?” I don’t mean to sound blasé about our current situation. But the day-to-day dystopia of middle class America — advertisements nested within advertisements, phones that listen to your conversations so you’ll have a perfectly-timed video of the grill you were thinking of buying from A****n.com — is grossly conventional.

The Emissary By Yoko Tawada, Margaret Mitsutani (Translated by) Cover Image
By Yoko Tawada, Margaret Mitsutani (Translated by)
$14.95
ISBN: 9780811227629
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Published: New Directions - April 24th, 2018

In Tawada’s newest novel (now the first National Book Award Winner for Literature in Translation), Japan has cut itself off from the rest of the world. Xenophobia has affected everything: language, lifestyle, mortality... all are subtly different from the world we know. Tawada manages this uncanny imagined landscape with grace, a surprising amount of warmth, and a very delicate touch.


Autobiography of Death By Kim Hyesoon, Don Mee Choi (Translated by) Cover Image
By Kim Hyesoon, Don Mee Choi (Translated by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9780811227346
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Published: New Directions - November 27th, 2018

I love Kim Hyesoon’s poetry. Her spectacular, grotesque book All the Garbage of the World, Unite was a favorite of mine in 2011, when it came out. In Autobiography of Death, Kim Hyesoon has compiled 49 poems, each of which represents a day a soul experiences on earth between death and reincarnation. Again, Hyesoon delves into the gross squall of bodily decomposition (in the first poem, the spirit watches as the body dies and has her personal belongings burgled), while also mourning the way society responds to major structural crises.


The Naked Woman By Armonía Somers, Kit Maude (Translator), Elena Chavez Goycochea (Afterword by) Cover Image
By Armonía Somers, Kit Maude (Translator), Elena Chavez Goycochea (Afterword by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781936932436
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Published: Feminist Press - November 6th, 2018

A woman in Uruguay attempts suicide on the eve of her 30th birthday, but instead of dying she becomes hyper-aware of her surroundings — enlightened, even— and wanders the woods and village outside her apartment. The sight of her form throws the village into chaos, as they are forced to confront the rocky religious morality and misogyny their lives are based on. This small book is allegorical but still a page-turner. It was written in 1950! In Uruguay! Critics complained that it was impossible that a woman might be the author of such an explicit text. TOUGH. Get used to it.


The Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories By Yukiko Motoya, Asa Yoneda (Translated by) Cover Image
By Yukiko Motoya, Asa Yoneda (Translated by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781593766788
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Published: Soft Skull - November 6th, 2018

My favorite thing about these stories is that they’re all set in mundane every day places — homes, supermarkets, boutiques — and yet form a bridge between the familiar and the alien. These characters are tied together by a sense of longing or frustration that cannot be satisfied by their typical rigamarole. The Lonesome Bodybuilder’s vignettes will appeal to lovers of the surreal, but also to people who never stopped seeing magic in the everyday. Motoya allows the strange and mystical to become an often joyous part of life; without judgement, the abnormal and normal are able to merge.


Revolution Sunday By Wendy Guerra, Achy Obejas (Translated by) Cover Image
By Wendy Guerra, Achy Obejas (Translated by)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781612196619
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Melville House - December 4th, 2018

Revolution Sunday accesses a deeply troubled facet of Cuba’s struggles with censorship and surveillance. In the wake of the repeated jailing of artists such as Tania Bruguera, Wendy Guerra does a spectacular job of laying out the troubles and paranoias of living in Cuba as a radical artist. Main character Cloe’s day-to-day life includes disappearing documents, international fame versus local anonymity, and her family’s secret agent (who often comes over for meals).


The Taiga Syndrome By Cristina Rivera Garza, Suzanne Jill Levine (Translated by), Aviva Kana (Translated by) Cover Image
By Cristina Rivera Garza, Suzanne Jill Levine (Translated by), Aviva Kana (Translated by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9780997366679
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Published: Dorothy, a publishing project - October 1st, 2018

All of the paranoia that Yukiko Motoya renounced is here, in this book. An unnamed ex-detective comes out of retirement to venture deep into a strange forest an with eerie pull. Her intent is to find a man’s ex-wife, but once inside the forest her mission becomes splintered. This book is a freak show, a Little Red Riding Hood story, a fairy tale. It’s all wrapped up into a slim package that will immerse you and leave you desperately confused but thrilled.


Hybrid Child: A Novel (Parallel Futures) By Mariko Ohara, Jodie Beck (Translated by) Cover Image
By Mariko Ohara, Jodie Beck (Translated by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781517904906
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Published: Univ Of Minnesota Press - June 15th, 2018

Mariko Ohara’s book was initially published in the 90’s, but didn’t make it to the US until this year, thanks to the translation of Jodie Beck. This one immediately made it into the “sci fi classics” category for me. When a cyborg escapes a lab, he eludes his hunters by shapeshifting (and he’s able to do so with any form he’s encountered and of which he's cataloged the DNA). He shapeshifts into a small girl, a plane, a plant… this book stretches the definition of “living organism” and is highly empathetic even throughout its grisly fight scenes. I would consider it a deeply feminist work, with as many ties to mythology and fairy tale as it has to the sci fi tradition.


Comemadre By Roque Larraquy, Heather Cleary (Translator) Cover Image
By Roque Larraquy, Heather Cleary (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566895156
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Published: Coffee House Press - July 10th, 2018

This little book accomplishes so much in 150 pages. The book ricochets from a failed, morally-dubious experiment in a 1907 asylum to the performance art scene in the early 2000s. If you’re looking for a wild ride, this might be your dream novel. Mixing lowbrow and highbrow, science and art, Comemadre has everything from frog figurines to talking heads to identical artists, all of which culminate in investigating the questions: do we have a soul? When does the body die? What is transcendence?


Mem By Bethany C. Morrow Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9781944700553
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Published: Unnamed Press - May 22nd, 2018

1920’s speculative fiction about trauma, agency, and MONTREAL. How cool is that? This book does an incredible job of giving the scope of a whole culture through the lens of a single individual. Elsie, the protagonist, is a fantastic, fully-realized personality who moves around Morrow’s created world with curiosity and thoughtfulness. Morrow’s book definitely made waves when it came out in hardcover, and it’s soon to be released in a gorgeous paperback version.

See my interview with Bethany here!


On a Sunbeam By Tillie Walden Cover Image
$22.99
ISBN: 9781250178138
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Published: First Second - October 2nd, 2018

Tillie Walden always does a spectacular job with world-building. In her newest graphic novel, a girl crosses space and time to find her long-lost lover. The narrative is deeply moving, but the best thing about ON A SUNBEAM is how INCREDIBLE it is as a visual object. Walden uses rich colors to share emotion and atmosphere in frames where characters are fairly quiet.

See my interview with Tillie here!


Keaton’s Year End Best List: The 2018 Brazos Buyer’s Book Awards

It’s that most special time of the year again! Awards season! Year-end list season! For the next couple of magical months, you, dear reader, will be regaled with just about everyone’s opinion on the best whatever of 2018. Now, it’s been a horrific year to be sure, but there was still so much great art and beauty created. And to that end, it’s been a banner year for books! So why not begin your year-end round up right here with good ol’ Keaton? For 2018, I’ve put together a combination top 10 list/award show for y’all.

The New Inheritors By Kent Wascom Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780802128171
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Published: Grove Press - July 10th, 2018

A complete reimagining of what is possible with historical fiction. Wascom’s third volume in his Gulf Coast Quartet is absolutely stunning in concept, prose and ambition.


After the Winter By Guadalupe Nettel, Rosalind Harvey (Translator) Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566895255
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Published: Coffee House Press - September 4th, 2018

This quiet yet incisive, death-tinged love story explores how even the briefest relationships can affect us utterly and forever. Nettel’s best yet to find its way into English translation.


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Oraefi: The Wasteland By Ófeigur Sigurðsson, Lytton Smith (Translator) Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781941920671
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Deep Vellum Publishing - October 2nd, 2018

Part adventure, part history, and part madness! Sigurdsson’s nested rant of a narrative swept the literary awards in his native Iceland and is now one of the best books translated into English this year.

and the winner is...ORAEFI: THE WASTELAND!!!!


...and the nominees for Best Short Story Collection of 2018 are:


The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories By Denis Johnson Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780812988635
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Random House - January 16th, 2018

An unintended swan song for a true American original. Johnson was still at the height of his powers when he died just before the release of this collection. There is no barrel scraping here. Just whip smart, funny, heartfelt, perfectly crafted short fiction.


Kolyma Stories By Varlam Shalamov, Donald Rayfield (Translated by) Cover Image
By Varlam Shalamov, Donald Rayfield (Translated by)
$24.95
ISBN: 9781681372143
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: NYRB Classics - June 12th, 2018

The first volume of Shalamov’s prison stories is one of the most affecting works of autobiographical fiction I’ve ever come across. This is an unheralded classic of world literature, and a harrowing look into the horrors of death and survival in a Siberian prison camp.


Friday Black By Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781328911247
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mariner Books - October 23rd, 2018

A full throttle debut collection that reads like a hybrid of Vonnegut and Paul Beatty. Adjei-Brenyah writes piercing, darkly satirical tales for our troubled times. Just read the first story, and see if your jaw doesn’t drop.

and the winner is...FRIDAY BLACK!!!!!


...and the nominees for Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 are:

 


The Order of Time By Carlo Rovelli Cover Image
$24.00
ISBN: 9780735216105
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Riverhead Books - May 8th, 2018

Italian theoretical physicist, Rovelli, continues to blow minds with this illuminating and lyrical exploration of the concept of time. Read it once, and you’ll never look at the world around you the same again.


The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath By Leslie Jamison Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780316259613
Availability: UNAVAILABLE
Published: Little, Brown and Company - April 3rd, 2018

This is not an addiction memoir. Although, Jamison does recount her trials with alcoholism, this stunning work is instead a learned and experienced critique of the perceived link between substance abuse and creative genius.


Sexographies By Gabriela Wiener, Jennifer Adcock (Translated by), Lucy Greaves (Translated by) Cover Image
By Gabriela Wiener, Jennifer Adcock (Translated by), Lucy Greaves (Translated by)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781632061591
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Published: Restless Books - May 29th, 2018

What Peruvian essayist and “gonzo” journalist, Wiener, does in this collection is endlessly fascinating. Whether experiencing sexual subcultures or an ayahuasca trip, she uses herself as the point of departure to delve into the infinite manifestations of being human.

and the winner is...THE RECOVERING!!!!!


Now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for… The Best Overall Book of 2018 is:

 


The Overstory: A Novel By Richard Powers Cover Image
$27.95
ISBN: 9780393635522
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 3rd, 2018

A singular work of fiction from one of America’s most undersung authors. Powers has achieved something no other writer has before. He’s written a truly environmental novel where humans are not the most interesting thing about it. Instead, the multiple characters are envisioned as part of a larger, more inclusive system of life. Spanning centuries and crisscrossing the country, the devastation of the last virgin forests is the backdrop of a climatic struggle for the future of the natural world. An absolute masterpiece.


Honorable Mentions: 


Comemadre By Roque Larraquy, Heather Cleary (Translator) Cover Image
By Roque Larraquy, Heather Cleary (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566895156
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Coffee House Press - July 10th, 2018

An Untouched House By Willem Frederik Hermans, David Colmer (Translated by), Cees Nooteboom (Afterword by) Cover Image
By Willem Frederik Hermans, David Colmer (Translated by), Cees Nooteboom (Afterword by)
$16.00
ISBN: 9781939810069
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Archipelago - October 23rd, 2018

The Changeling By Joy Williams Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781941040898
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Published: Tin House Books - April 10th, 2018

Katie's Top Ten Books (and Gift Items) of 2018

This year has been a doozy and many times I felt myself wondering if things would ever change and how? I chose to make my list true to my feelings and how I have sought knowledge and solace these last twelve months. My list includes some art inspired books and gift items, but the overall theme deals with the issues surrounding our current culture. While that can seem like a real downer around the holidays, I have found by reading these books that the opposite has been true.

Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up By Claire Wilcox (Editor), Circe Henestrosa (Editor) Cover Image
By Claire Wilcox (Editor), Circe Henestrosa (Editor)
$55.00
ISBN: 9781851779604
Availability: BACKORDERED
Published: V & A Publishing - July 24th, 2018

I have a deep obsession with all things Frida—she is one of my favorite artists, and I love sharing her work with others. This book focuses more on who Frida was and how she presented herself to the world through her personal style, prosthetics, jewelry, and clothes which are accompanied by diary entries, letters, and artworks creating an incredibly intimate portrait of the artist who felt deeply in life. This book is absolutely stunning for the art or fashion lover—full page images of Kahlo’s clothing show the intricate details of her traditional Tehuana dresses. If you can’t make it to her and Diego’s home in Coyoacan to see all these items this book really does them justice!


Art of Feminism: Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality, 1857-2017 (Art History Books, Feminist Books, Photography Gifts for Women, Women in History Books) By Helena Reckitt (Editor), Lucinda Gosling (Text by), Hilary Robinson (Text by), Amy Tobin (Text by), Maria Balshaw (Preface by), Xabier Arakistain (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Helena Reckitt (Editor), Lucinda Gosling (Text by), Hilary Robinson (Text by), Amy Tobin (Text by), Maria Balshaw (Preface by), Xabier Arakistain (Foreword by)
Unavailable from Brazos Bookstore
ISBN: 9781452169927
Availability: OUT OF PRINT - Not Available for Order
Published: Chronicle Books - October 23rd, 2018

An amazing large art book that is essential for the feminist art lover in your life. THE ART OF FEMINISM follows the feminist movement and the ways in which the visual arts and media have propelled the movement and the women creating it. This book has a little bit of everything—illustrations, paintings, photography, performance, and graphic design. Accompanying the works are essays about the art and the artist. Feel empowered reading this book and get out and create some fierce art!


Forgotten Women: The Artists By Zing Tsjeng Cover Image
Unavailable from Brazos Bookstore
ISBN: 9781788400633
Availability: OUT OF PRINT - Not Available for Order
Published: Cassell - October 2nd, 2018

This is a great series of books. Others in this collection include influential women, scientists, writers, and my favorite artists. Forty-eight fantastic artists who have gone mostly unacknowledged within the male driven art world finally get some attention! Some artists represented were overshadowed by their famous male significant others. This book does an excellent job of representing different mediums, styles, and countries.


Perennial By Kelly Forsythe Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566895170
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Published: Coffee House Press - August 7th, 2018

I read COLUMBINE this year by the journalist Dave Cullen after steering clear of it for a long time, but with all the terrible issues surrounding gun control I realized it was something I needed to read and understand as an event that sparked a continued issue in American culture. In her absolutely standout poetry collection, Kelly Forsythe uses the post-Columbine world to show the changes in both the youth from that moment forward and her and understanding of herself as a young girl. This collection is incredibly moving, and Forsythe writes about the tenderness of youth, growing up, and how we become aware of grief and loss at a young age.


Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays) By Rebecca Solnit Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781608469468
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Published: Haymarket Books - September 4th, 2018

In this collection of Essays, Solnit chooses to focus on the “wars” in our country, within our communities, and in our own homes. She calls the injustices within our society such as our current politicians, police shootings, gentrification, gun violence, among other issues and calls them by their true names, leaving nothing sugar coated but breaking issues down to the core of what they really are and how they look and effect us. This is a cliche to say, but it’s a powerful and thought provoking collection.


The Reckonings: Essays By Lacy M. Johnson Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781501159008
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Scribner - October 9th, 2018

Where do I even begin! I have highlighted and written all over my copy of THE RECKONINGS and continue to reread chapters months after finishing the collection of essays. It’s a fantastic continuation or introduction to Johnson’s works concerning the subject of her own sexual assault which she writes about in her memoir THE OTHER SIDE. Through the twelve essays Johnson draws from art, history, philosophy, mythology and many other subjects to discuss our current era of sexual assault, harassment, police brutality, school shootings, and issues with incarceration. This collection focuses on what is wrong and how we should try to fix where society has fallen short. Johnson does not suggest pointing the finger or demanding vengeance, rather embracing honesty and the acknowledgement of all people and the pain they have experienced at the hands of others, society, and the law. An overarching theme of this collection is hope and finding hope even and grabbing on even when it seems impossible…this has been and will continue to be my mantra.


After the Winter By Guadalupe Nettel, Rosalind Harvey (Translator) Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566895255
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Coffee House Press - September 4th, 2018

AFTER THE WINTER is by far one of the best books I’ve read this year! I think about it constantly, and I always recommend it! It’s a love story that’s not a traditional love story, but a book about characters. Except this story’s characters are not just the people, but also the cities and locations like Paris, New York, and a cemetery. If you are anything like me, you love deep characters and the places and people that develop the person you become through love, death, and making huge moves to pursue the life you dream for yourself. This is one of those timeless books you will revisit yearly. It has the qualities of becoming a classic like Pride and Prejudice, but a lot less tea in the parlor.


It’s a puppy pouch…enough said! A great canvas bag that can be used as a pencil case, makeup pouch, or a clutch!


Thu's Top Ten Books of 2018

Since I started working at Brazos Bookstore in August 2017, I have read over 100 books by Asian and Asian-American authors. I counted them all on my shelf, and around the 100 mark I stopped counting. At one point, I even speculated whether this was a form of racism.

Go Home! By Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (Editor), Viet Nguyen (Foreword by), Alexander Chee (Contribution by) Cover Image
By Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (Editor), Viet Nguyen (Foreword by), Alexander Chee (Contribution by)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781936932016
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Feminist Press - March 13th, 2018

This powerful anthology was my introduction and gateway to some of my favorite Asian voices like Alexander Chee, Esmé Weijun Wang, and Jason Koo. My favorite story is Fariha Róisín’s "Meet a Muslim". Go Home’s daring and diverse collection of stories feel so real and transform the concept of home and turn it upside down.


The Ensemble: A Novel By Aja Gabel Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780735214767
Availability: UNAVAILABLE
Published: Riverhead Books - May 15th, 2018

How often do we get to grow along with and spend the greater part of our lives with another person? Does persistence and proximity pull us closer? Would creating and nurturing something together help us anticipate and strengthen our bonds? Can loss and change define relationships? Aja Gabel’s The Ensemble affords us this rare opportunity to witness bonds that surpass time and what defines and strengthens them through the lives of Jana, Henry, Brit, and Daniel, who form the Van Ness String Quartet.


Sanpaku By Kate Gavino Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9781684152100
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Archaia - August 21st, 2018

Marcine is obsessed with the Japanese theory of sanpaku, where seeing the white around the irises is the sign of a terrible fate. Sanpaku has everything that would pull me towards a book: set in my hometown of Houston, tantalizing depictions of food, by an Asian author about Asians. But aside from the details, what makes Sanpaku so special and what keeps me coming back to it is Marcine’s connection to her late lola, the lengths she takes to compensate for it after her death, and fully realizing the space your loved ones and their memories occupy in your heart. A gorgeous and quirky coming-of-age graphic novel that tackles love, family, and self-realization. Read my interview with Kate here!


Strange Weather in Tokyo: A Novel By Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell (Translated by) Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781640090163
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Counterpoint - November 14th, 2017

Hiromi Kawakami’s Strange Weather in Tokyo is not quite your typical love story. A treat for fans of Haruki Murakami’s love stories (i.e., Norwegian Wood), SWT thoughtfully renders humanism where Murakami’s other-worldly characters miss. In addition, read it for the vivid Tokyo cityscape and drool-worthy Japanese meals.


The Incendiaries: A Novel By R. O. Kwon Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780735213890
Availability: UNAVAILABLE
Published: Riverhead Books - July 31st, 2018

R.O. Kwon surpasses the impossibility that plagues most holiday gatherings by bridging the spectrum of faith and belief in this alluring novel about three strangers from troubled pasts who become tangled with a religious cult with secret ties to North Korea. Apart from being the hottest book of 2018, The Incendiaries has been reviewed and raved about by everyone. It’s that good! Read my interview with Reese here!


Number One Chinese Restaurant: A Novel By Lillian Li Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781250141293
Availability: UNAVAILABLE
Published: Henry Holt and Co. - June 19th, 2018

Two reads, interview, and a panel discussion later, Lillian Li’s Number One Chinese Restaurant is the one that did it for me and for the record is my ‘Number One Favorite Book’ of 2018. A rich and heartfelt story about a Chinese restaurant and the colorful lives of the people who breathe life into it, Li’s intention and brilliance shine through every page and gives me hope for the future of Asian and Asian-American stories. Read my interview with Lillian here


The Day the Sun Died By Yan Lianke, Carlos Rojas (Translator) Cover Image
By Yan Lianke, Carlos Rojas (Translator)
$26.00
ISBN: 9780802128539
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Grove Press - December 11th, 2018

Yan Lianke is one of China’s most prolific and banned authors, and his newest novel The Day the Sun Died is a dystopian Chinese allegory meets The Walking Dead. Sharp and sinister, all of the villagers in a small town begin to dreamwalk as if carrying on with their daily lives and eventually meet exhaustive deaths. A young narrator and his parents, proprietors of a funerary service, desperately try to save the town.


Convenience Store Woman By Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator) Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802128256
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Grove Press - June 12th, 2018

For 18 years, fluorescent lighting, beeps and chimes, ebb and flow, and even the food of the convenience store courses through Keiko’s veins. The convenience store provides for her and it’s the life she knows. But when this life clashes with her family’s wishes for her to meet society’s standards, she is resigned to conform. An entertaining and refreshing critique on the pressures of society.


Lion Cross Point By Masatsugu Ono, Angus Turvill (Translator) Cover Image
By Masatsugu Ono, Angus Turvill (Translator)
Unavailable from Brazos Bookstore
ISBN: 9781931883702
Availability: OUT OF PRINT - Not Available for Order
Published: Two Lines Press - April 10th, 2018

Akutagawa Prize-winning author Masatsugu Ono’s Lion Cross Point is part Japanese ghost story and a young boy’s reconciliation and catharsis from unspeakable brutality and abuse. 10-year-old Takeru casts a gentle and pure lens to heartless and dark places from his memories. In this eerie and breathtaking novel, the reader’s path teeters on the verge of hope and hopelessness.


Chemistry: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) By Weike Wang Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525432227
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Vintage - April 3rd, 2018

What do we know about the unnamed narrator in Weike Wang’s Chemistry? She has roughly a year to finishing her Ph.D. in chemistry (and fulfilling her parents dreams), her boyfriend Eric proposed (twice), but all she can think is how she’s not up to the task. Hilarious, smart, penetrating, and poignant, Wang’s narrator is brilliant albeit lacking in social skills whose relentless and polarizing sensibilities makes her the greatest unsung hero. I love this book!


Laura M's Top Ten Books for Seasonal Reading

Spring:

Florence in Ecstasy By Jessie Chaffee Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781944700171
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Unnamed Press - May 16th, 2017

To me, Spring is all about rebirth. Everything’s coming up green and fresh and alive, and reading this book was exactly like that. In it, a young woman named Hannah travels to Florence to outrun her life and combat an eating disorder. She joins the rowing club, gets a job at a local library, and spends her days wandering the city and reading up on the lives of saints. What makes this book so special though, is its depiction of Florence. I have yet to read a book that so perfectly captures the spirit of the city, and in such achingly beautiful language. Each time Hannah falters in her journey, the city, in all of its crumbling grandeur, is there is pull her out of the shadows. Oh and did I mention there’s a lovely, tender, utterly realistic romance at the center of it all? In short, Chaffee has managed to skirt along the edge of sentimentality and bring us a Florence, and a protagonist, that is just as flawed as she is beautiful.


The Summer Book By Tove Jansson, Kathryn Davis (Introduction by), Thomas Teal (Translated by) Cover Image
By Tove Jansson, Kathryn Davis (Introduction by), Thomas Teal (Translated by)
$15.95
ISBN: 9781590172681
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: NYRB Classics - May 20th, 2008

In this deceptively simply book, a young girl and her grandmother spend the summer on a quiet, desolate island. The chapters read like a series of vignettes: the girl and her grandmother build a city out of branches, they climb rocks, they weather through a storm. And yet, this book felt a breath of cool air on a too-warm day. Its meandering pace was so relaxing, and the quirky humor was enough to keep me smiling throughout. A pure delight of a book, perfect for a lazy afternoon and a tall glass of lemonade.


Tales from the Inner City By Shaun Tan, Shaun Tan (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Shaun Tan, Shaun Tan (Illustrator)
$24.99
ISBN: 9781338298406
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Arthur A. Levine Books - September 25th, 2018

It’s only mildly embarrassing to admit that Shaun Tan is one of those authors I have to read in small doses, because if I’m not careful I get overwhelmingly jealous of his creative brain. The stories in the book are like snow globes, each one so perfectly crafted (and stunningly illustrated), they are like little worlds unto themselves. Each one takes a slice of urban life and adds just enough strangeness and nostalgia to make you marvel. An eagle at an airport terminal. Crocodiles on the 87th floor of a high-rise. Bears seeking legal representation. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say Shaun Tan knows how to work magic.


The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting By Alanna Okun Cover Image
Unavailable from Brazos Bookstore
ISBN: 9781250095619
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Published: Flatiron Books - March 20th, 2018

This is a book about knitting. Do I knit? No. Have I ever wanted learn? Not really. Did I love this book anyway? YES. This is an essay collection about the joy of crafting, but more than that it’s about the joy of making something out nothing, and of carrying on a family tradition. It’s about the ways we chose to fill those extra pockets of time in our day, and how those choices can end up changing our lives. I laughed. I cried. I almost wanted to take up knitting. Maybe you’re wondering why I think you should read it in summer? Well firstly, it’s the best time to start a knitting project (if all goes well you’ll be done in time for winter). Secondly, the author makes a very compelling argument for knitting at the beach!


Fall


City of Crows By Chris Womersley Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781609454708
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Published: Europa Editions - September 18th, 2018

The weather is getting cooler, the light fades faster in the evening, and more than ever I want to curl up with something atmospheric, engrossing, and a little creepy. I found all three of those things in CITY OF CROWS. Set in 17th century France, it follows Charlotte, a woman who makes a deal with the devil in order to find her kidnapped son, and Lesage, a traveling con man in search of treasure. All roads lead to Paris, the City of Crows, and Charlotte and Lesage find themselves increasingly drawn into the underworld of magic and trickery. What I loved most was the author’s exploration into the strange mix of religion and magic that pervaded this time period: plague and hardship was kept at bay by a fearful belief in both, and the way Womersly interweaves the two is absolutely fascinating.


In The Night Wood By Dale Bailey Cover Image
$23.00
ISBN: 9781328494436
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Harper - October 9th, 2018

A mysterious children's book author. A failed professor and drug-addled wife, clouded by grief over the loss of their daughter. A remote mansion at the edge of a terrifying wood. And a horned monster lurking just out of sight. This modern gothic fairy tale is perfect for any chilly October evening. What I loved most about it was the way Bailey weaves modern elements into a classic story. Somehow, Disney princesses become sinister and academic stuffiness seems tension-filled. Bailey weaves a story as complex and gnarled as the intertwining roots of a tree, that will give you chills and keep you up long after you should have gone to bed.


Winter


Heart Spring Mountain: A Novel By Robin MacArthur Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062444431
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Published: Ecco - November 6th, 2018

This book is by the author of a short story collection that made it onto my top ten last year, so naturally it was one of my most anticipated releases of 2018. It did not disappoint! This rich, layered novel follows three generations of women who make their home on the same rural farm in Vermont. It carries us through one year, jumping back and forth between different timelines and revealing long lost family secrets. But more than the revelations you uncover, this book is about resilience and isolation, loneliness and community, and the slow destructiveness of climate change. The reason I chose winter and not spring (as the title suggests) is that the Vermont winters are so intense that they seem to expand to encompass the whole book, intensifying both the starkness of the landscape and the warmth inside.


Empty Set By Verónica Gerber Bicecci, Christina Macsweeney (Translator) Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566894944
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Published: Coffee House Press - February 6th, 2018

In this little gem of a novel, a young woman is dealing with the disappearance of her mother, and attempting to navigate the spaces she used to fill. She plots her relationships with charts and graphs, Venn diagrams, and arrows, mapping out her place in the complicated spaces that are human relationships. She meditates on time, tracing the spiral rings on the plywood she’s using to shore up her dilapidated house, and wonders if time overlaps, circles around itself like the rings of a tree. This is a small, quiet story, but you immediately feel engrossed in Veronica’s world. What’s more, the visual nature of the book had me seeing connections everywhere - just for a moment, it made me think differently about time and love and the spaces between.


This is the journal that is going to revolutionize journals. No, seriously. It’s a game changer. Why? The Rekonect notebook has magnetic pages, which allows you take them out and re-organize them at will. Maybe you want your to-do list to always be the first page. Maybe you need a way to re-organize notes in a way that makes more sense to you. No longer are you bound by the confines of static notebook pages! You can take pages out and scan them without worrying about the bulge from the spine. You can tear them along the perforated magnetic strip and have a loose sheet of paper. You can take a page out of your notebook and stick it right on your fridge! The possibilities are endless. What’s more, the journal is surprisingly sturdy - one tug and a page comes free of the binding, but open the covers and shake, and nothing falls out. It’s kind of magical, and it truly is the notebook of the future!


Mark's Top Ten Books of 2018 (Now Brooklyn-Free!)

The guidelines are simple: no book in my top 10 books of 2018 can have been conceived of, written, revised or edited in the borough of Brooklyn, New York (either in its entirety or piecemeal). The authors of these highly exemplary works can’t currently live in or have lived in Brooklyn during the creation of these works.

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The Invented Part By Rodrigo Fresán, Will Vanderhyden (Translator) Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781940953564
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Open Letter - May 16th, 2017

I love this novel. I have been assured by both Rodrigo’s publisher, Chad Post of Open Letter, as well as Mr. Fresan himself that not a single sentence, word, even comma of this incredibly inventive, pyrotechnic and genre-bending book was conceived of or written in Brooklyn. I called Mr. Fresan by phone and though he admitted to having been in Brooklyn once (2014, book launch, dinner following) he ‘didn’t enjoy it very much’. Will Vanderhyden, the translator responsible for this absolute gem of literary narrative, assures me he did not translate any part of the ridiculously original and fever-inducing THE INVENTED PART in Brooklyn. His affidavit sits before me and it’s an exercise in austerity. Will takes his translation duties as seriously as this list. Good on him.


River By Esther Kinsky, Iain Galbraith (Translator) Cover Image
By Esther Kinsky, Iain Galbraith (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781945492174
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Transit Books - September 4th, 2018

Did Esther Kinsky visit any of the rivers that flow through her spellbinding novel RIVER? More importantly though, did any of these rivers happen to flow through the borough of Brooklyn? Luckily for us the places exquisitely written about in RIVER are located in England, Israel, Canada and other locales in Europe. Even when the narrator of this masterclass in melancholic nature writing makes it onto American shores the rivers discussed aren’t even in New York! This absolutely incredible book hovers on the vague and ineffable borders of memory and time, proof that a novel can be almost entirely devoid of plot and still capture the imagination. Essay, memoir and fiction blend seamlessly into a book of quiet and profound beauty. The translation is stunning too; each chapter a meditation on memory, experience and the world around us. Esther Kinsky, unlike Jonathan Safran Foer, does not and has never lived in Brooklyn.


Probably the most intense and visceral reading experience I had this year. Similar to Ferrante’s THE DAYS OF ABANDONMENT, this brief and claustrophobic novel follows the mind of a woman as she spirals into madness and rage. I was assured that the absurdly, almost offensively talented Ariana Harwicz had never stepped foot in Brooklyn, New York. However, days from finishing this list a rumor reached my ears which haunted my waking hours and stopped me in my tracks: supposedly Ariana Harwicz, author of the singular and almost obscenely vivid DIE, MY LOVE was seen walking the streets of Williamsburg in 2011 (the year she wrote the novel); in fact, several witnesses reported seeing her. Had she not signed my affidavit? Had she not pledged with the sincerity of a saint that she had never once stepped foot in Brooklyn? What was I to believe?! Whom was I to trust?! Promptly I removed her name from the list as I began investigating the matter. Luckily through due diligence (and the assistance of a retired detective based in a city that’s not Brooklyn) I was able to establish the photograph upon which the hateful rumor was based and we can all breathe easy: it was merely someone who slightly resembled Harwicz in the photo (an opaque black & white showing the offender entering an unnamed smoothie establishment). This case of mistaken identity allowed me to happily restore Ariana to the list.


After the Winter By Guadalupe Nettel, Rosalind Harvey (Translator) Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566895255
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Coffee House Press - September 4th, 2018

I was already an enormous fan of Guadalupe Nettel before reading her most recent book, AFTER THE WINTER, in English. Somehow, it’s her best book, with more depth and breadth than her masterful story collection, NATURAL HISTORIES and fictional memoir, THE BODY WHERE I WAS BORN. Focusing on two relationships, Nettel shows us the fragility of our lives as well as the arbitrary nature of love. Filled with sadness, longing and a gorgeous sense of place (Paris and Cuba among them) Nettel exposes the physical and emotional borders of life, love and longing. Although Nettel promoted AFTER THE WINTER in New York and parts of the novel take place in New York, Brooklyn is eschewed entirely and this, if nothing else, is proof of her genius.


Palafox By Eric Chevillard, Wyatt Mason (Translated by) Cover Image
By Eric Chevillard, Wyatt Mason (Translated by)
$15.00
ISBN: 9780972869249
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Archipelago - July 1st, 2004

What is a Palafox and what does it look like? Reading this book will only confuse you more; it has antlers, feathers, scales, an enormous wingspan and can camouflage itself into the background. It can fit in a person’s palm yet weighs two tons. Does this sound ridiculous? Well that’s because it is. Innovative, hysterical and turning corners at every bend, this was my first book from the French author who is as rewarding as he is difficult. Incidentally, Palafox was not in any way, conceived of or written in Brooklyn. In fact, reading the book one doesn’t think of Brooklyn or even the existence of Brooklyn but is adrift in a world where Brooklyn doesn’t exist, a world, dare I say it, richer for Brooklyn’s non-existence. Several Palafoxes were once mistakenly spotted in Williamsburg but they were later discovered to be two members of The Strokes. Additionally, Palafox was translated by the brilliant Wyatt Alexander Mason in a place other than Brooklyn.


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Eleanor, Or, the Rejection of the Progress of Love By Anna Moschovakis Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566895088
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Coffee House Press - August 14th, 2018

My next book is the wonderfully original and inventively deceptive ELEANOR by Anna Moschovokis. Thankfully (thankfully!) Anna does not live in Brooklyn, New York but (by our good fortune) lives and works in an entirely different part of New York that is, not only not very close to Brooklyn, but doesn’t rhyme with, resemble or carry any relevant kinship to Brooklyn besides, of course, being in the same state as Brooklyn. Trust me, I did the research*. Anna, by the skin of our collective teeth, you made the list! What can I say about this incredibly moving novel, a story about Eleanor as well as Eleanor’s author, a missing laptop and people trying to connect in a world replete with technology but lacking in authentic ways to connect? This is a book of the times that manages to be both experimental and accessible. Lovely.

*Editors' Note: Mark did not do the research. Moschovakis may, in fact, be thoroughly devoted to the creative community in Brooklyn, going so far as to even have started a Brooklyn-based publishing collective. However, to this day, Mark breaks out into hives when anyone so far as even mentions a word beginning with the letter "B." If any newspaper that crosses his path includes the word "Brooklyn," his wife must manually snip the word out with a pair of scissors hanging from the mailbox specifically for that purpose. Thus, we're unable to confirm the veracity of many of his claims or fact-check with Mark himself. 


The Taiga Syndrome By Cristina Rivera Garza, Suzanne Jill Levine (Translated by), Aviva Kana (Translated by) Cover Image
By Cristina Rivera Garza, Suzanne Jill Levine (Translated by), Aviva Kana (Translated by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9780997366679
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Dorothy, a publishing project - October 1st, 2018

Reading THE TAIGA SYNDROME is like reading a detective novel from another planet. Things are strange, eerie, off, and yet the reader is compelled to continue. I adore this strange and violent novel that exists on the cusp of consciousness and unconsciousness. Are there monsters? Is there cannibalism? I have no idea. The book is truly unclassifiable. In any event, it would’ve be a real heartbreaker not to include it on my top books of the year. As she is a local professor in Houston, I was able to contact the brilliant Garza by phone.

MH: Hello Cristina.

CRG: Hello.

MH: Did you conceive of or write any part of THE TAIGA SYNDROME in Brooklyn, New York?

CRG: No, I did not.

MH: Have a great day.


Comemadre By Roque Larraquy, Heather Cleary (Translator) Cover Image
By Roque Larraquy, Heather Cleary (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566895156
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Coffee House Press - July 10th, 2018

Dark and grotesque, yet brimming with irreverent humor, this compact book has two halves, both which look at history, art and the human body through its two tales which take place a century apart. Beginning in a sanatorium in 1907 and moving deftly to the art world of Buenos Aires in 2009, Argentine author Roque Larraquy manages to tell a fascinating story that considers science, medicine, history and humanity’s dogged pursuit to move forward at any cost. Roque Larraquy has never set foot in Brooklyn I’m happy to report and although the brilliant translator Heather Cleary is a native New Yorker the last time she was in Brooklyn was for jury duty in 2006.


The Kites By Romain Gary, Miranda Richmond Mouillot (Translated by) Cover Image
$27.95
ISBN: 9780811226547
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: New Directions - October 31st, 2017

Perhaps this lovely French novel that opens as World War II approaches appears a bit old-fashioned and traditional - I didn’t see it that way - but I was captivated by every single page. It is a story about family, war, love and what it means to be patriotic in the truest sense. It’s strange and generous and the writing is exquisite; a book awash in humanity. There wasn’t a single person I sold this book to that didn’t thank me for it later. In addition, Romain Gary was a character in real life; a dandy, a colorful storyteller who once even challenged Clint Eastwood to a duel in the 1970’s. Is there an author on your list who did that?


Villa Amalia (The French List) By Pascal Quignard, Chris Turner (Translated by) Cover Image
By Pascal Quignard, Chris Turner (Translated by)
$24.50
ISBN: 9780857424785
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Seagull Books - April 15th, 2018

A musician suspects her husband of cheating and follows him to a strange house in the Paris suburbs. Sounds like a thriller, right? Well Quignard’s book is certainly not a thriller but, instead, an examination of a woman’s life, a meditation on betrayal, lifelong friendships and reinvention. This was my first book by Quignard which I quickly followed up by reading A TERRACE IN ROME. The setting of this book goes from France to the Mediterranean; the writing is stunning and the story never quite goes where the reader suspects. An absorbing and intriguing read that has in no way anything to do with Brooklyn, New York. In fact, I assure anyone who reads this incredible book that not the thinnest, slightest wisps of Brooklyn will enter one’s consciousness.


Laura G's Top Ten Monsters of 2018

It is my philosophy that every book worth reading has a monster. It doesn’t have to be a monster in the traditional sense - of course that is the best kind! So without further ado, here is my list of the Top Ten Monsters of 2018!

Everything Under: A Novel By Daisy Johnson Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555978266
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Graywolf Press - October 23rd, 2018

The Bonak

Everyone knows I adore Daisy Johnson’s writing. This newest book is no exception. Intense, evocative, and lush, EVERYTHING UNDER shocked me with its lyrical prose and twisting, intricate plot. My favorite part? The unknowable monster called the Bonak. Never seen, only heard, the Bonak is fear incarnate. This is a monster of epic proportions.


Strange Grace By Tessa Gratton Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781534402089
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Margaret K. McElderry Books - September 18th, 2018

The Devil

STRANGE GRACE blew me away with its gorgeous prose and mysterious setting. Three narratives are tied together through hope and pain, culminating in an explosive finale. While the romance is perfectly untraditional, the monster is old school: the Devil. Years ago a village made a pact with the Devil to ensure their survival. The payment? One human soul every year.


The Good Demon By Jimmy Cajoleas Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781419731273
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Amulet Books - September 18th, 2018

Her

This modern Southern Gothic is an inverted exorcism tale. The book follows Claire, a girl possessed by a demon she calls Her. But when Her is exorcised from Claire, she has to try to get her beloved demon back. This is an interesting twist on the classic demon/possession narrative, discordant in the best way possible.


The Boneless Mercies By April Genevieve Tucholke Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780374307066
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - October 2nd, 2018

Logafell

THE BONELESS MERCIES is a dark and thrilling take on the epic BEOWULF! The characters are powerful and raw, the story bloody and wrenching. As with the rest of the characters, even the monster is gender bent as Grendel becomes Logafell. Deadly, vindictive, and highly difficult to kill, Logafell is the perfect monster to antagonize these fierce women.


The Boy, the Boat, and the Beast By Samantha M. Clark Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534412552
Availability: Unlikely to Be Available
Published: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books - June 26th, 2018

The Beast

This book is one of the most original Middle Grade novels I’ve read in years. A boy wakes up on an abandoned beach. He doesn’t know who he is, where he came from, or how he got here. But he is being stalked by a mysterious and dangerous Beast.This Beast, like all great monsters, forces the boy to face his fears and grow from his experiences.


In the House in the Dark of the Woods By Laird Hunt Cover Image
$22.00
ISBN: 9780316411059
Availability: UNAVAILABLE
Published: Little, Brown and Company - October 16th, 2018

The Human Psyche

I would consider this monster “cheating” if I hadn’t read the book. But the further you fall into this dark and twisted tale the further you realize that the Human Psyche is a tangible character within the story. Further, it is a veritable monster. IN THE HOUSE IN THE DARK OF THE WOODS is a haunting exploration of loneliness with no foreseeable end.


The Brilliant Death By A. R. Capetta Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780451478443
Availability: UNAVAILABLE
Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - October 30th, 2018

The Capo

THE BRILLIANT DEATH is one of the most original novels I’ve read recently. The premise was already amazing, but I fell in love with its in-depth and fearless exploration of gender fluidity. The world is richly imagined with a monstrous mafia-esque villain. This was an absolute delight!


The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein By Kiersten White Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780525577942
Availability: UNAVAILABLE
Published: Delacorte Press - September 25th, 2018

Victor Frankenstein

White’s novel delves deeper into the Frankenstein story, making Dr. Frankenstein himself the monster. How does a monster become so? Is rehabilitation possible? This book is a true horror as Elizabeth's quest for her friend’s salvation drags her further toward becoming a monster herself.


Shadow of the Fox By Julie Kagawa Cover Image
$20.99
ISBN: 9781335145161
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Harlequin Teen - October 2nd, 2018

Oni, Kami, etc.

The world in SHADOW OF THE FOX is richly imagined, inspired by the myths and culture of feudal Japan. As with all excellent Japanese myths, the story is fraught with oni and kami, Japanese demons made terrifying by their seeming endlessness. Defeat one, ten more rise in its place. If you love battle scenes, this book is for you!


El Chupacabras By Adam Rubin, Crash McCreery (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Adam Rubin, Crash McCreery (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780399539299
Availability: NOT ON OUR SHELVES. Usually Arrives in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Dial Books - March 27th, 2018

El Chupacabra

This bilingual picture book follows the tale of Latin America’s most fearsome monster: the goat-eating chupacabra! Funny and exciting, this is a monster for all ages!


The 2018 Holiday Catalog

We all agree that books make excellent gifts, but choosing the perfect book can be a trick. It’s hard to keep up with the best new books across everyone’s interests, but that’s what you come to us for. We like to make it easy and fun to find the perfect book for the ones you love. To that end, we’ve broken down our featured titles by genre, so you can find the perfect gifts for the readers in your life (including you!). 

The 2018 Children's Holiday Catalog

 We are so very excited to introduce our Holiday Kids’ List! There’s something here for everyone, for all tastes and interests – from our youngest readers to teens and beyond – because we all know that a good book is a good book and that crosses all age lines! As we do all year long, our hope for our Holiday list is that we are bringing our customers a thoughtfully-curated collection of the best of what is new in children’s and young adult literature, both fiction and non-fiction.

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