We're kicking off the summer with an addition to our book club line up! Tell Me How It Ends will be a reading group for nonfiction titles focusing on current events and social justice, hosted by Jordan. The first book for this club is, appropriately, Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions by Valeria Luiselli.
First meeting on Monday, June 26th at 6:30pm!
Remember our book club discount and check out our blog for more book club info!
The favorites from this week. Thanks Logan Square!
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Modern legends from the Arabian peninsula with disturbingly on-the-nose cultural critiques on immigration, exploitation, and the pursuit of justice...
And... this book makes cockroaches cool. -Jordan
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We're sad to hear that Lena had to cancel the Lenny tour (you can check out the full explanation at lennyletter.com), and wish her the best! If you signed up for our contest, don't despair - it is still on! You won't be able to meet Lena, but we are still giving away signed copies of her book. If you had tickets to the show, send us a message before May 30th for your chance to win!
Got your tickets for Lenny America IRL? That's all you need for the chance to win signed copies of Not That Kind of Girl and to meet Lena Dunham! DM us to get your name into the drawing and we'll let the winner know before June 2nd.
And check out these books by Lenny contributors Kaitlyn Greenidge, Jacqueline Novak, and Chloe Caldwell before the tour!
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We're celebrating this sunny day with readings from Sunshine State! Sarah Gerard and Susan Lanier tonight at 6:30!
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Lauren Marks was 27 when an aneurysm ruptured in her brain and left her fighting for her life. This is an incredible first-person account of one woman's journey to regaining her language and identity - and she'll be here tonight! Stop by at 6:30 to hear Lauren in conversation with Stephanie Douglass.
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April is here and our book clubs are ready for spring! Check out the website for more info!
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"Edgar and Lucy" and "Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk" are some of our current favorites, so we are very excited to have Victor Lodato and Kathleen Rooney here tonight at 6:30!
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Anybody else reading "The Handmaid's Tale" before it gets to Hulu? This week's bestsellers:
The Sellout - Paul Beatty
The Vegetarian - Han Kang
Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
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This week's favorites!
Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Big Lonesome - Joseph Scapellato
Men Explain Things to Me - Rebecca Solnit
Things We Lost in the Fire - Mariana Enriquez
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We're spending the weekend with some of our March book club picks. What are you reading this weekend?
Wool by Hugh Howey
The Weird & Wonderful book club meets 3/22 at 6:30pm!
The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
In Brief book club meets 3/28 at 6:30pm!
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Is Midwestern literature stuck in the past? Stop by tonight (6:30) and hear Mark Athitakis explore how shifts in work, class, place, race, and culture has been reflected or ignored by novelists and short story writers.
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Just some new things for #newreleasetuesday
Can't wait for Victor Lodato and Kathleen Rooney, reading March 23rd at 6:30!
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Is anyone else reading Lincoln in the Bardo right now? This week's bestsellers!
Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders
Kent State - Thomas M. Grace
The Vegetarian - Han Kang
It Can't Happen Here - Sinclair Lewis
We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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#weekendreading suggestions!
The Wilde Readers book club meets Tues. 3/14 to talk about Boy Erased by Garrard Conley, and the Found in Translation book club meets Thurs. 3/16 for The Gringo Champion by Aura Xilonen. Don't forget our book club discount!
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Bookclubs are taking over our bestsellers this week!
The Sensational Past - Carolyn Purnell
Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders
Portraits of a Few of the People I've Made Cry - Christine Sneed (In Brief book club - 2/28 6:30pm)
Wool - Hugh Howey (Weird & Wonderful book club - 3/22 6:30pm)
Conflict is Not Abuse - Sarah Schulman
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This week's top books at City Lit! Read any of these? Give us your #bookreview in the comments and you might be featured in the store! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
The Sellout - Paul Beatty
Hope in the Dark - Rebecca Solnit
(Not pictured) Dirty Waters - R J Nelson
We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
What We Do Now - Dennis Johnson
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Tonight - In Brief, our book club exploring short stories from writers new and established, is meeting for a discussion of Night at the Fiestas by Kirstin Valdez Quade! 7 pm at City Lit Books!
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We've got some big award winners taking over our bestsellers shelf this week. Check out the winners of this year's Man Booker Prize, the Man Booker International Prize, and the National Book Award!
Tacky Goblin - T. Sean Steele
The Vegetarian - Han Kang
The Sellout - Paul Beatty
Milk and Honey - Rupi Kaur
The Underground Railroad - Colton Whitehead
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#weekendreading recommendation time! Grab Renata Adler's "Pitch Dark" then join the Bitter Women Boon club this Tuesday (11/15) at 6:30!
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City Lit Books bestsellers of the week!
Much Ado - Michael Lenehan
The Sellout - Paul Beatty
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Double Down - Jeff Kinney
The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
The Heart Goes Last - Margaret Atwood
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It's too beautiful outside to keep these bestsellers indoors. Grab a book and enjoy the day!
• The Kingdom of the Unjust - Medea Benjamin
• Break the Habit - Tara Betts
• Bluets - Maggie Nelson
• Frantumaglia - Elena Ferrante
• Upstream - Mary Oliver
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This month, the Found in Translation book club is reading "Man Tiger" by Eka Kurniawan. Grab your copy and meet at City Lit this Friday, Nov. 4th at 6:30!
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We have Medea Benjamin here talking about her new book "Kingdom of the Unjust"!
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We've got new books - yeah, we do!
We've got new books - and you can, too!
Sorry... we get excited about #newreleasetuesday
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This week's bestsellers! Read any of these? Give us a quick review in the comments, and you could be City Lit famous on our customer picks shelf!
"Cat Knit" by Jacob Grant
"The Apothecary's Curse" by Barbara Barnett
"The Mothers" by Brit Bennett
"A Little Life" by Hanya Yanagihara
"The Vegetarian" by Han Kang
"You Can't Touch My Hair" by Phoebe Robinson
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#weekendreading recommendation number 2! "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" by Douglas Adams is next up for the Weird & Wonderful book club - Wednesday, Oct.26th at 6:30!
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The In Brief book club is meeting Tuesday night at 7 to talk about Mia Alvar's "In the Country" Grab your copy here and plop down with these short stories for your #weekendreading
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City Lit Books weekly Bestsellers! Have any guesses about what will be on this list next week?
The Annie Year - Stephanie Ash
Tacky Goblin - T Sean Steele
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Super Extra Grande - Yoss
Commonwealth - Ann Patchett
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We got a drawing lesson from author/illustrator Jacob Grant this morning during our special Book Release Edition of Story Time! Stop by and checkout his new book "Cat Knit"
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A great conversation with Cuban Heavy Metal/Science Fiction Rockstar YOSS tonight! Signed copies of "A Planet for Rent" and "Super Extra Grande" available in the store!
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Wondering what to read this weekend? There's still time to grab "Eileen" by Ottessa Moshfegh and be ready for the Bitter Women Book Club meeting coming up Tuesday (10/18) at 6:30! Shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize - don't miss it!
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We've got some awesome authors dropping by City Lit Books this weekend, you should come, too!
• 10/13 Stephanie Ash "The Annie Year"
• 10/14 Yoss "Super Extra Grande" and "A Planet for Rent"
• 10/15 Jacob Grant "Cat Knit"
Check the website for details, link in bio!
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