Every Day I Read: 53 Ways To Get Closer To Books

Sarah Chihaya

"A wise, tremendously moving exploration of what it means to seek companionship and understanding, in books and in life."—Hua Hsu, author of Stay True "[A] stirring and sparkling new memoir."—The Washington PostONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH: Time, Los Angeles Times, CosmopolitanBooks can seduce you. They can, Sarah Chihaya believes, annihilate, reveal, and provoke you. And...

Stevens, Matt

Imagine your favorite movies as vintage books! This clever collection features iconic films, cult classics, and box office hits brilliantly designed to look like original book covers--a delight for film fanatics and bibliophiles alike. A good book cover is evocative, emotional, and revealing. It lures readers in and invites them to begin a journey with just a hint of the story ...

Evan Friss

"A spirited defense of this important, odd and odds-defying American retail category." —The New York Times"It is a delight to wander through the bookstores of American history in this warm, generous book." —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author and owner of Books Are MagicAn affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American c...

Patrick Dewitt

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who has lived his life through and for literature, unaware that his own experience is a poignant and affecting narrative in itself. Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books and small comforts in a mint-colored house in Portland,...

Yagisawa, Satoshi / Ozawa, Eric

In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them. Set again in the beloved Japanese bookshop and nearby coffee shop in the Jimbochi neighborhood of Toyko, More Days at th...

Oliver Darkshire

Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd (est. 1761) to apply for a job. Allured by the smell of old books and the temptation of a management-approved afternoon nap, Darkshire was soon unteetering stacks of first editions and placating the store's resident ghost (the late Mr. Sotheran, hit by a tram). A novice in this ancient, pote...

Sok-Yong, Hwang

"De algún modo no sentía el vacío bajo sus pies. Cuando hacía deporte caminando una y otra vez por la zona de la barandilla, sentía el impulso de caminar sobre el aire. Jinoh metió el cuerpo entre los barrotes, inclinándose, y extendió una pierna. Parecía que estaba pisando un mullido colchón o edredón. Sujeto con ambas manos a la barandilla, sacó los dos pies por fuera."Jinoh ...

Sok-Yong, Hwang

Al terminar la conferencia, una joven se acerca a Minwoo Park, director de un gran estudio de arquitectura, y le entrega una nota, con un nombre y un número de teléfono. La joven es Woohee Jeong, una directora de teatro que vive en un semisótano mohoso, quien para llegar a fin de mes trabaja todas las noches en un supermercado y se alimenta de la comida caducada que tendría que...

Sok-Yong, Hwang

Jeongho tiene catorce años y mirada felina. Lo llaman Ojos Saltones. La escasez de ingresos de su madre les obliga a ambos a trasladarse a Nanjido, la Isla de las Flores, un inmenso vertedero al oeste de Seúl donde las orquídeas cedieron lugar a la basura y millares de personas malviven en chabolas engarzadas a las montañas de desperdicios. Una sociedad muy jerarquizada y codif...