On this edition of Your Call, we’ll speak with bookstore owners about what they and their customers are reading. We also welcome your book recommendations.
Independent bookstores are thriving despite the convenience of online stores, according to recent newsreports, offering a sense of community and the pleasure of reading a physical book. Hear about new nonfiction and literary works. Listen for reading list inspiration or holiday gift ideas.
Guests:
Pete Mulvihill, co-owner of Green Apple Books, an independent bookstore selling new and used books for more than 50 years
Amy Thomas, owner of Pegasus Books, with stores in Berkeley and Oakland since 1969
Web Resources:
CBS: Once-endangered bookstores are booming again
SF Chronicle: Recommendations from Pegasus Books
Slate: The 10 Best Books of 2018
Book Recommendations:
There There by Tommy Orange
Educated by Tara Westover
The Seas by Samantha Hunt
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
Milkman by Anita Burns
The Wizard and The Prophet by Charles C. Mann
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin by Gray Brechin
The Man who Came Uptown by George Pelecanos
A History of America in Ten Strikes by Erik Loomis
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Eva's Berlin by Eva Leveton
The Big Burn by Timothy Egan
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo PhD
Trauma-Sensitvie Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing by David A. Treleaven
Reporter by Seymour Hersh
Pictures of a Gone City by Richard Walker
The Overstory by Richard Powers
American Overdose by Chris McGreal
LESS by Andrew Sean Greer
Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat
Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslow
Man with a Seagull on His Head by Harriet Paige
Bold & Brave by Kirsten Gillibrand & Maria Kalman
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson & Rafael Lopez
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Holes in the Sky by Patricia Polacco
Ottolenghi Simple: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi
The Library Book by Susan Orelan
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
