CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS ALLIANCE
  • Oakland Schedule 3.28-29
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Grove Atlantic 
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Slenderman
by Kathleen Hale​

The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internet
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Also a Poet
by Ada Calhoun
​A staggering memoir from New York Times-bestselling author Ada Calhoun tracing her fraught relationship with her father and their shared obsession with a great poet
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Penguin Press 
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A Map for the Missing
by Belinda Huijuan Tang
A mesmerizing debut novel set against a changing post–Cultural Revolution China, A Map for the Missing reckons with the costs of pursuing one’s dreams and the lives we leave behind.
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The Search for the Genuine​
by Jim Harrison

The first general nonfiction title in thirty years from a giant of American letters; a sparkling, definitive collection of Jim Harrison’s essays and journalism—some never before published
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Brother Alive
by Zain Khalid
​An astonishing debut novel about family, sexuality, and capitalist systems of control, following three adopted brothers who live above a mosque in Staten Island with their imam father
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Mukana Press
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Send Her Back and
Other Stories

by Munashe Kaseke
An awfully intimate, fresh telling of the black immigrant woman experience in the United States.
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Cat Brushing
by Jane Campbell
A rousing and original debut story collection that probes the erotic, emotional, and intellectual lives of elder women, Cat Brushing will be published in the author’s 80th year.
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​Bloomsbury YA
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​The Loophole
​ by Naz Kutub
​A gay Muslim/Indian boy travels the world for a second chance at love after a possibly magical heiress grants him three wishes.
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Quirk Books 
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How to Win the War
​on Truth 

by Samuel C. Spitale
Made to Stick by Chip Heath meets Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe in this illustrated guide to navigating today’s post-truth landscape, filled with real-world examples of disinformation campaigns.
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Sourcebooks
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 Cradles of the Reich :
​A Novel

by Jennifer Coburn 
Based on historical events, this novel brings us intimately inside the women's homes that actually existed in several countries during World War II, when thousands of babies were taken from their mothers to be raised as part of the new Germany. 
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Mountaineers Books
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Valley of Giants: Stories from Women at the Heart of Yosemite Climbing
by Lauren DeLaunay Miller
Groundbreaking anthology "Valley of Giants" pulls together journal excerpts, original essays, interviews, archival materials, and memorable firsts that span the past century of women climbing in the Valley. 
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Cameron + Company
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Wave
by Diana Farid
A coming-of-age novel in verse set in 1980s Southern California, about a Persian American girl who rides the waves, falls, and finds her way back to the shore.
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Macmillan
Tom Doherty Associates ​
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Lakelore
by Anna-Marie McLemore
In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pulled into a magical world under a lake - but can they keep their worlds above water intact?​
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Kelcie Murphy
​and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts

by Erika Lewis
When Kelcie tests into the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts, she learns she’s a Saiga, one of the most ancient beings in the Otherworld and kin to its infamous traitor.

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A Strange and Stubborn Endurance
by 
Foz Meadows
The story centers on Velasin vin Aaro, the scion of a noble house who never planned to marry at all, let alone to forge a political alliance with a woman from the neighboring kingdom of Tithenai. When an ugly confrontation reveals his preference for men, Vel fears he’s ruined the diplomatic union before it can even begin.
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HarperCollins
​Children's Books
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 The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
by Jen Ferguson
​Jen Ferguson’s powerful and beautifully written YA debut novel follows a demisexual Métis teen girl from a Canadian prairie town who, over one summer, must grapple with an unwelcome figure from her past—as well as the questions about identity, secrets, confusion about her sexuality, and relationships that all make up who she is. 
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Tor Books
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The Atlas Paradox
by Olivie Blake

The Atlas Paradox is the long-awaited sequel to Olivie Blake's New York Times bestselling dark academic sensation The Atlas Six—guaranteed to have even more yearning, backstabbing, betrayal, and chaos.
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Penguin Random House
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CALIFORNIA SOUL: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival
by Keith Corbin

A sharply crafted and unflinchingly honest memoir about gangs, drugs, cooking, and living life on the line—both on the streets and in the kitchen—from one of the most exciting stars in the food world today
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Mariner Books 
Peachtree Teen
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All Signs Point to Paris
By Natasha Sizlo
A surprising astrology reading sends Natasha Sizlo—divorced, broke, freshly heartbroken, and reeling from her father’s death—on an unexpected but magical journey to France, in pursuit of a man born on a particular date in a particular place: November 2, 1968 in Paris.
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Hell Followed With Us
By Andrew Joseph White
​A furious, queer debut novel about embracing the monster within and unleashing its power against your oppressors. Perfect for fans of Gideon the Ninth and Annihilation.

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​The Ghosts of Rose Hill
By R.M. Romero

A modern folktale for fans of The Bear and the Nightingale and The Hazel Wood about embracing your power, facing your monsters, and loving deeply enough to transcend a century.
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  • Oakland Schedule 3.28-29
  • El Segundo Schedule: 5.7
  • Spring/Summer Seasonal Rep Picks