The Booksmith Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture
Jenny Odell
Tuesday, March 7, 7PM: Booksmith & The Long Now Foundation present Jenny Odell for SAVING TIME at SFJAZZ, an evening on long-term thinking we cannot WAIT to absorb. Details: https://t.co/Wo01CwITX5 https://t.co/xk6urlymPp
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Hospital Book
Lisa Brown
Tonight at 5PM (early start time!) we welcome @lisabrowndraws for THE HOSPITAL BOOK and @jdowningartist for NIGHT IN THE CITY. Please join us for what promises to be a delightful evening! https://t.co/nROceHNtYH https://t.co/0VEPZ0v61N
Hardcover, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nightcrawling
Leila Mottley
Monday, 5/8, 7PM: Cleyvis Natera celebrates the paperback launch of NERUDA ON THE PARK. She'll be in conversation with Leila Mottley (NIGHTCRAWLING). This one will be amazing—join us! https://t.co/XqRVXWeKdD https://t.co/LRtB8sDlMI
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hysterical: A Memoir
Elissa Bassist
Events this week: Wednesday 10/26, 7PM: Elissa Bassist, creator and editor of The Rumpus' "Funny Women" column, discusses HYSTERICAL, with Tracy Clark-Flory. Join us! https://t.co/nlAcsO8lWS https://t.co/6rUTqySKmi
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Patrick Radden Keefe
Friday, 7/8, at 7PM in Berkeley, we've got Patrick Radden Keefe discussing ROGUES with Jonah Weiner. Tickets are still on sale but going fast! https://t.co/bEdiQcddHu https://t.co/dHPXDI3eQk
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chilean Poet
Alejandro Zambra
Rachel Cusk / The Country Life: a funny-as-hell 90s redress of Jane Eyre Leone Ross / Popisho: a chef is tasked by the Gods to make one perfect meal for everyone on an island in the span of 20 years Alejandro Zambra / Chilean Poet: a perfect novel about family https://t.co/R0itJXEz8E
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Heights: Finding Home
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Folks, we're thrilled to welcome LIN MANUEL MIRANDA with Quiara Alegría Hudes & Jeremy McCarter on June 15th for IN THE HEIGHTS: FINDING HOME. Tickets on sale now, all the details here: https://t.co/7U2tRjOqTV https://t.co/WLprEWLsET
Hardcover, 2021
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Before the Borderless: Dialogues with the Art of Cy Twombly
Dean Rader
Thursday, 5/4, 7PM: Dean Rader and Paula J. Birnbaum discuss their new books, BEFORE THE BORDERLESS, and SCULPTING A LIFE. Please join us for what promises to be a stimulating evening! https://t.co/jWYE0GIYad https://t.co/FY9E1Rl2Jb
Hardcover, 2023
$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Very Cold People
Sarah Manguso
Tonight at 6PST, 300 ARGUMENTS author Sarah Manguso discusses her debut novel, VERY COLD PEOPLE, with Heido Julavits! Free with RVSP—please join us! https://www.booksmith.com/event/sarah-manguso https://t.co/lNqfM40OkP
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Recitatif: A Story
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison / Recitatif: Morrison's only short story! forward by Zadie Smith! Dave Eggers / The Every: a book about a dystopian reality that we’re kind of already living in Yoko Tawada / Scattered All Over the Earth: Wind in the Willows on acid https://t.co/JdbGNq8vfJ
Hardcover, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book