Library Science Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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We are excited to announce our September book pick — Dear Dickhead by French writer and filmmaker Virginie Despentes. This novel... is essentially an ultracontemporary collection of letters. Heated... correspondences via e-mail between two people... disruptive, provocative, punk... You end up laughing and rabidly highlighting.

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Part ghost story, part grief story, this debut novel flirts with autofiction, while sitting squarely in the tradition of the gothic novel. Strange, haunting, and somewhat swayed by rythym of the internet — this book refuses to take itself too seriously. It’s so fun to read and so hard to stop talking about.

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Izumi Suzuki was a Japanese writer and actress known for her science fiction, essays, and short stories orbiting pop culture of the 70s in Japan. This novel is so special and we are so excited it’s finally out in the world.

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We chased after an early copy of this novella (Clara’s first to be translated to English) and fell in love with it very quickly. @claradrummond examines the superabundances of Brazilian elites— their art, ethics, and monied ambivalence in the face of social inequality, machismo, and violence. It’s twisted, gorgeously catty, and as Lily Hunter blurbed: brilliantly written in the spirit of Clarice Lispector 🤍

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This is an immersive poetic epic that takes place over a single night at a house party in South London. He moves around the party in a one-take that is so intimate and urgent… you kind of feel drunk just reading it.