FP Staff List: October is the new December
Back by popular demand, it’s our annual holiday book recommendation list! We’re sharing our list early (really early!) because we want you to have ample time to peruse. Plus, independent bookstores really appreciate early sales (unlike Santa, they can’t deliver everything in one day!) Here we are sharing some of our favs, with ideas for every reader on your list. So give the folks in your life what they really want this holiday season—a great new book from an independent bookstore.*
Happy browsing!
*does not include excuse to get out of plans so you can stay home to read
Shop Natália’s list at Vroman’s Bookstore:
SELF-PORTRAIT IN GREEN: 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION by Marie Ndiaye, translated by Jordan Stump (Two Lines Press)
SPIRIT OF HAITI: 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION by Myriam J. A. Chancy (SUNY)
THE BOX: A NOVEL by Mandy-Suzanne Wong (Graywolf Press)
HAPPY STORIES, MOSTLY by Norman Erikson Pasaribu, translated by Tiffany Tsao (Feminist Press)
Shop Rachel G.’s list at The Golden Notebook:
LOST ON ME by Veronica Raimo, translated by Leah Janeczko (Grove Atlantic)
THE RED ZONE: A LOVE STORY by Chloe Caldwell (Soft Skull)
I'M A FAN: A NOVEL by Sheena Patel (Graywolf)
VIROLOGY: ESSAYS FOR THE LIVING, THE DEAD, AND THE SMALL THINGS IN BETWEEN by Joseph Osmundson (W.W. Norton)
Shop Nadine’s list at Skylight Books:
FOUR IN HAND by Alicia Mountain (BOA Editions)
GREASEPAINT by Hannah Levene (Nightboat)
HUMAN SACRIFICES by María Fernanda Ampuero (Feminist Press)
SEA CHANGE by Gina Chung (Vintage)
Shop Alicia L.’s list at Greenlight Bookstore:
ENJOY ME AMONG MY RUINS by Juniper Fitzgerald (Feminist Press)
THE END OF SAN FRANCISCO by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (City Lights Books)
THE TWILIGHT ZONE by Nona Fernández, Translated by Natasha Wimmer (Graywolf Press)
DARKLY: BLACK HISTORY AND AMERICA'S GOTHIC SOUL by Leila Taylor (Repeater)
Shop Lucia’s list at Buffalo Street Books:
GOBLIN MODE: HOW TO GET COZY, EMBRACE IMPERFECTION, AND THRIVE IN THE MUCK by McKayla Cole (Quirk Books)
WHAT WE KEPT TO OURSELVES by Nancy Jooyoun Kim (Atria Books)
WE REFUSE: A FORCEFUL HISTORY OF BLACK RESISTANCE by Kellie Carter Jackson (Seal Press)
NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT: AN INDIGENOUS DARK FICTION ANTHOLOGY edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Vintage)
Shop Rachel P.’s list at Books Are Magic:
NEW YORK LIBERATION SCHOOL by Conor Tomás Reed (Common Notions)
HERE BE ICEBERGS by Katya Adaui, translated by Rosalind Harvey (Charco)
LOTE by Shola von Reinhold (Duke University Press)
NERVOUS CONDITIONS by Tsitsi Dangarembga (Graywolf Press)
Shop Annaya’s list at The Little Boho Bookshop:
WORKING IT: SEX WORKERS ON THE WORK OF SEX edited by Matilda Bickers with peech breshears and Janis Luna (PM Press)
PLEASURE ACTIVISM: THE POLITICS OF FEELING GOOD by adrienne maree brown (AK Press)
POLYSECURE: ATTACHMENT, TRAUMA, AND CONSENSUAL NONMONOGOMY by Jessica Fern (Thornapple Press)
THE BODY IS NOT AN APOLOGY by Sonya Renee Taylor (Berrett-Koehler Publishers)
Shop Alicia G.’s list at Bookwoman:
WILD GEESE by Soula Emmanuel (Feminist Press)
THIS LONG THREAD: WOMEN OF COLOR ON CRAFT, COMMUNITY, AND CONNECTION by Jen Hewett (Roost)
WORN: A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF CLOTHING by Sofi Thanhauser (Pantheon)
EMERGENT STRATEGY by adrienne marie brown (AK Press)
Shop Margot’s list at Bluestockings:
THE CALL-OUT by Cat Fitzpatrick (Seven Stories)
EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK COMMUNE by M E O'Brien, Eman Abdelhadi (Common Notions)
NONE OF THE ABOVE: REFLECTIONS ON LIFE BEYOND THE BINARY by Travis Alabanza (Feminist Press)
STEMMY THINGS by imogen smith xtian (Nightboat)