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🎙NEW on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan: Peter Balakian on How the Transmission of Trauma Across Generations Informs His Poetry
“I had become obsessed with lyric language, poems, and songs. Bob Dylan was a big impact on me because he brought dense lyric language into the domain of rock, folk,...
Here are this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners
The full list of winners and nominated finalists from the arts & letters categories are below. Fiction Joshua Cohen, The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible...
Celebrate Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month with these reads
TO PARADISE by Hanya Yanagihara (Doubleday, $32.50) From the author of the classic A Little Life—a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about...
The National Book Foundation has announced this year’s “5 Under 35”
Congratulations to the honorees! Alexandra Chang, Days of Distraction Ecco / HarperCollins Publishers Selected by Jason Mott, 2021 National Book Award Winner for Fiction Joseph Han, Nuclear Family Counterpoint Press Selected by Azareen...
This year’s International Booker Prize shortlist is led by women
Here is the Shortlist! CURSED BUNNY by Bora Chung, translated from Korean by Anton Hur / not available in US yet Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories...
Read to Resist: The War on Ukraine
As Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its second week, we continue to find ways to both combat and understand the events that have led us to this moment in global...
A Letter from Mitchell
I’ve been thinking a lot about David Byrne these days. I’ve always loved his music, and American Utopia is one of the best live theater events I’ve seen. More to the point, though, his...
Give your unused children’s books a new home!
Books & Books is hosting an ongoing book drive with The Children’s Trust Books for Free. We at Books & Books encourage you to recycle your gently used baby books,...
T-Shirt, Totes & Support!
Dear Friends & Readers, Thank you to everyone who supported us during our fundraising campaign! We’ve had lots of requests to keep the campaign going just a little bit longer for...
Virtual & In-Person Author Series
In- Person | An Evening with Ottessa Moshfegh & Amanda Keeley discussing Lapvona
Books & Books and Miami Book Fair present… An Evening with Ottessa Moshfegh in conversation with Amanda Keeley discussing Lapvona: A Novel (Penguin Press, $27) Saturday, June 25, 7 PM...
To Risk It All: A Virtual Evening with Admiral James Stavridis
Books & Books and Miami Book Fair present… A Virtual Evening with Admiral James Stavridis, USN To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision (Penguin Press, $28)...
Siren Queen: A Virtual Evening with Nghi Vo and Rebecca Roanhorse
Books & Books, Miami Book Fair, Book Passage, Gibson’s Bookstore, The King’s English Bookshop, Left Bank Books and Pegasus Books present… A Virtual Evening with Nghi Vo in conversation with Rebecca...
In Person | An Evening with Robin Peguero discussing WITH PREJUDICE
Books & Books and Miami Book Fair present… An Evening with Robin Peguero discussing his debut novel With Prejudice (Grand Central Publishing, $28) Friday, May 20, 7:30 PM RSVP REQUIRED...
In-Person | An Evening with Alexander Maksik discussing The Long Corner
Books & Books and Miami Book Fair present… An Evening with Alexander Maksik discussing The Long Corner: A Novel (Europa Editions, $27) Monday, May 23, 7:30 PM | Books &...
&Avalon: A Virtual Evening with Nell Zink & Jonathan Franzen
Books & Books, Miami Book Fair, Knopf, Harvard Book Store and Politics and Prose present… A Virtual Evening with Nell Zink In Conversation with Jonathan Franzen discussing Avalon: A Novel (Knopf, $27)...
Our Last Days in Barcelona: A Virtual Afternoon with Chanel Cleeton
Books & Books and Miami Book Fair present… A Virtual Afternoon with Chanel Cleeton Our Last Days in Barcelona (Berkley, $17) Wednesday, May 25, 8 PM ET | On Crowdcast...
The Garden of Broken Things: A Virtual Evening with Francesca Momplaisir & Edwidge Danticat
Books & Books and Miami Book Fair present… A Virtual Evening with Francesca Momplaisir in conversation with Edwidge Danticat discussing The Garden of Broken Things: A Novel (Knopf, $28) Thursday, May...
In-Person | Neruda on the Park: An Evening with Cleyvis Natera and Ana Menéndez
Books & Books and Miami Book Fair present… An Evening with Cleyvis Natera in conversation with Ana Menéndez discussing Neruda on the Park: A Novel (Ballantine Books, $28) Friday, May...
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Books & Books partners with The Underline
Storytime at The Underline An educational experience investing in childhood literacy through the celebration of books and great storytelling. The Underline and Books & Books are teaming up to bring...
T-Shirt, Totes & Support!
Dear Friends & Readers, Thank you to everyone who supported us during our fundraising campaign! We’ve had lots of requests to keep the campaign going just a little bit longer for...
The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan: A Podcast
Mitchell Kaplan has been a bookseller and has owned the independent bookstores Books & Books for over 35 years. If you love books, writers or are a passionate reader, this...
Visit us in Key West!
Hours, policies & procedures We see the CDC’s new guidelines for fully vaccinated people as a good sign. Things are getting better, but we’re not there yet. Because we...
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