Pete's Reading Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Pete's Reading on X
For over 20 years, Brooklyn's premier reading series, every 3rd Thursday of the month at @petescandystore. Currently hosted by @temim & @briangresko

Neruda on the Park
Cleyvis Natera
Thursday night, @petescandystore is the place to be, when @CleyvisNatera (NERUDA ON THE PARK) @anarasong (LITTLE RABBIT) & @drovarela (THE TOWN OF BABYLON) take the stage to read, along w hosts @vanjchan & @briangresko. Books provided by @greenlightbklyn 7:30pm, 709 Lorimer, BK https://t.co/qbkLUNAGiq
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Red Zone: A Love Story
Chloe Caldwell
Tonight! After the rain, join us for readings by @elainehsiehchou (DISORIENTATION) @chantalvjohnson (POST-TRAUMATIC) & Chloe Caldwell (THE RED ZONE)! Hosted by @vanjchan & @briangresko, w books provided by @greenlightbklyn @petescandystore 7:30pm, 709 Lorimer St, BK https://t.co/mJrPXKxiZJ
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Justine
Forsyth Harmon
Tonight!! We’re thrilled to welcome @mayhewbergman (HOW STRANGE A SEASON) @SonofBaldwin (THE PROPHETS) & Forsyth Harmon (JUSTINE) to the stage of @petescandystore, along w hosts @vanjchan & @briangresko 7:30pm, 709 Lorimer St, BK https://t.co/MeU7F26ZdN
Hardcover, 2021
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Counterfeit
Kirstin Chen
Thanks to our audience for packing the house last night! And to readers @kirstin_chen (COUNTERFEIT), @joshriedel (PLEASE REPORT YOUR BUG HERE), & Ryan Lee Wong (WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON) for your words and presence 🙏🏼❤️ https://t.co/wjoJqxPfbL
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
If I Had Your Face
Frances Cha
🎉 Congrats @katiekitamura for making the 2021 National Book Award Longlist for Fiction! 🎉 Come hear Katie read from her novel INTIMACIES at our next event, Thursday, October 21st at 7:30pm, with fellow superstars @Frances_H_Cha (IF I HAD YOUR FACE) & @KristenRadtke (SEEK YOU)
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Whore of New York: A Confession
Liara Roux
Hope you can join us on Thursday, November 18th, 7:30pm, for a 🔥🔥🔥 night of readings featuring @tracysoneill (QUOTIENTS), @QuillingIt (MADE IN CHINA), & @LiaraRoux (WHORE OF NEW YORK), hosted by the dynamic literary duo @vanjchan & @briangresko *proof of vax required* https://t.co/hO8kF02Rf0
Paperback, 2021
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Vanishing Half: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
Brit Bennett
Tomorrow night, BK’s longest running reading series returns, with @britrbennett (THE VANISHING HALF) @mhbertino (PARAKEET) & @lrsphm (POP SONG), host @briangresko & special guest @saralippmann; 7:30PM at @petescandystore *proof of vax required, via photo or NYS Excelsior app* https://t.co/MI3auBPbw2
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Town of Babylon
Alejandro Varela
Thursday night, @petescandystore is the place to be, when @CleyvisNatera (NERUDA ON THE PARK) @anarasong (LITTLE RABBIT) & @drovarela (THE TOWN OF BABYLON) take the stage to read, along w hosts @vanjchan & @briangresko. Books provided by @greenlightbklyn 7:30pm, 709 Lorimer, BK https://t.co/qbkLUNAGiq
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Work Wife
Alison B. Hart
So thrilled for THE WORK WIFE, by series co-founder Alison B. Hart, and check out this gorgeous cover!! 🥰 https://t.co/AlxvccD4Di
Hardcover, 2022
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Edge Case
YZ Chin
Join us Thursday night, at 7:30pm, when novelists @yz_chin (EDGE CASE), @abmcelroy1 (THE ATMOSPHERIANS), & Meredith Westgate (THE SHIMMERING STATE) light up the stage of @petescandystore, with hosts @vanjchan & @briangresko *proof of vax required, via photo or NYS Excelsior app* https://t.co/hCidVoezck
Paperback, 2022
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book