The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Paperback)

By Robert A. Caro

$26.00

How did one man, who was never elected to any public office, become the most powerful figure in New York for half a century, and create the city and island we know today? This biography may appear daunting at first, but it is brilliantly written and impeccably researched. It is also very likely the best book about modern New York and Long Island that you will ever read. 

Middlemarch (Penguin Clothbound Classics) (Hardcover)

By George Eliot, Rosemary Ashton (Editor), Rosemary Ashton (Introduction by), Rosemary Ashton (Notes by), Coralie Bickford-Smith (Illustrator)

$26.00

Fascinating, complex and quotidien, Middlemarch will entrance romance, fiction, and history buffs alike. The novel's subtitle, "A Study of Provincial Life" accurately infers the intimacy and exactitude with which Eliot dissects the culture of the 19th century Englishh countryside.

Kindred (Paperback)

By Octavia E. Butler

$16.00

This is the sort of book you devour in days and you think about for years to come.

The Waste Land and Other Poems (Paperback)

By T. S. Eliot, Frank Kermode (Editor)

$12.00

The winding, the turning, the modern and all its existential dread, from this meek man's musings to himself that I read to myself back then, right now, and in the days ahead and, all in all, in the end, silent tears shall be shed.

The Princess Diarist (Hardcover)

By Carrie Fisher

$28.00

In the third in Carrie Fisher's trilogy of memoirs, we travel back to the summer of 1976 where Fisher's personal journals reveal the shocking details behind an affair with co-star Harrison Ford on the set of a low-budget space opera called "Star Wars". Told with the same with and brutal honesty you've come to expect from the beloved princess from Alderaan. Charming, 'til the last.

The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library Novel #1) (Paperback)

By Genevieve Cogman

$17.00

Dragons, Fae, multiple worlds and Librarians who steal books- what more do you need to know? An awesome book and fabulous start to a great series.

A Moveable Feast (Paperback)

By Ernest Hemingway

$16.00

Transport to the 1920s and walk alongside the struggling journalist, Ernest Hemingway, as he navigates Paris. He introduces avant-garde literary artists and painters such as Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, and Picasso.

Annihilation: A Novel (The Southern Reach Trilogy #1) (Paperback)

By Jeff VanderMeer

$15.00

Eerily beautiful, as terrifying as it is terrific. Told through the perspective of a woman who has been requested to only refer to herself as her title, "the biologist." Think Annie Dillard meets H.R. Giger.

Just Kids (Paperback)

By Patti Smith

$16.99

Youth, 1970s New York, friendship, love and rock and roll -- this book has everything. Patti Smith is a gift to us all.

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness (Paperback)

By Nagata Kabi

$13.99

A comical, heartwrechning way-too-real-at-times insight into a disheveled sexual awakening that I wish I was able to read in High School. Prepare to cry.

Dune (Paperback)

By Frank Herbert

$10.99

"Education is no substitute for intelligence. What do you despise? By this are you truly known. Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. Give as few orders as possible... Once you've given orders on that subject, you must always give orders on that subject. Repression makes a religion flourish. Humans are almost always lonely. The least favorable condition controls the growth rate. An ecosystem maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a misstep in just one niche. You can't buy security. "This is an ecological text, one that can teach you not what to think, but how.

Easy Riders Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock 'N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (Paperback)

By Peter Biskind

$22.00

THIS BOOK IS INSANE!! You probably never thought you needed to hear stories about Dennis Hopper chasing after an airplane his soon-to-be-ex-wife was on, or George Lucas breaking the animatronic shark from Jaws, or Martin Scorsese snorting all the cocaine in Hollywood; but guess what? You do! And you will if you read this book. Not for the faint of heart!

Things Fall Apart: A Novel (Paperback)

By Chinua Achebe

$14.00

A masterful depiction of the implosion of hyper-masculinity, power, and narcissism set in barely pre-colonial Africa. Prepare to gasp in horror, cry in desperate frustration, and love every moment.

Of Mice and Men (Paperback)

By John Steinbeck

$12.00

The first time I truly broke down and sobbed after reading something was when I finished this book. "Tell me about the rabbits, George."

The Hazards of Good Fortune (Paperback)

By Seth Greenland

$20.00

Any novel by Greenland is cause to celebrate. Mixing themes of capitalism run rampant, racial privilege, and unchecked ambition, this merry prankster ride satisfies on all levels.

You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance (Hardcover)

By Chani Nicholas

$24.99

Want to learn to read your birthchart, but don't know where to start? Let Chani, internet darling, be your guide.

Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel (Paperback)

By Julian K. Jarboe

$15.00

Queer! Cyber! Punk! A collection of short stories with something for everyone who's ever felt displaced.

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (Paperback)

By Christopher Moore

$16.99

What more do you need to know? This hilarious and irreverent story tells the tale of Jesus's "missing years." Fans of Good Omens will love it!

A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle #1) (Paperback)

By Ursula K. Le Guin

$9.99

Please god do not let this horrible cover throw you off. This series is spectacular - my favorite of Le Guin's and she's written many series. And unlike the Dune phenomenon of books worsening as the series progresses, (please don't get me wrong though - if the first book starts at 50 million points, Chapterhouse is still pretty incredible) this series truly gets better the further on in you go. Tehanu in particular is GOOD. I recall there being tears of awe.

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) (Paperback)

By N. K. Jemisin

$17.99

Beautifully crafted fantasy full of rich landscapes, complex characters, and unique conflicts/ Unflinchingly raw and unapologetically powerful. TLDR: Legend of Korra meets Firefly

Chronicles: Volume One (Paperback)

By Bob Dylan

$17.00

Quite possibly the greatest storyteller in the history of music, Bob Dylan finally decides to set the record straight on the myths surrounding his life. And by 'set-the-record-straight', of course I mean completely make most of this book up and make things more muddled and confusing. Classic Dylan! Will there ever be a Chronicles, Vol. 2? The answer, my friend...

Lunch Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets) (Paperback)

By Frank O'Hara

$8.95

These poems are perfect for filling a quiet moment. Often about New York and love - these are poems you can carry with you, poems you will revisit again and again.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Mass Market)

By Douglas Adams

$7.99

Don't panic. Buy it.

Watership Down: A Novel (Paperback)

By Richard Adams

$19.99

A stirring tale of courage and survival- with rabbits. A unique story of freedom, ethics and an allegory on human nature.

Frankenstein (Dover Thrift Editions) (Paperback)

By Mary Shelley

$6.00

My favorite book ever! Once you read this book, it will never let you go. You join the unending chase between human + inhuman, between boneaching loneliness and nauseating proximity. Welcome aboard!

Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Anne Carson

$18.00

Follow Geryon as he comes into his own and grapples with feelings of loneliness, inadequacy, and monstrousness. Sweet, funny, and tragic by turns, this book will stay with you.

All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries (Paperback)

By Martha Wells

$15.99

Step into the mind of a sarcastic sharp-thinking and often introverted A.I. being. Fast paced space thriller following the rogue security unit: Murderbot. A must read for sci-fi lovers looking for finely drawn storylines with an endearing A.I. narrative.

Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition (Hardcover)

By Buddy Levy

$29.99

Meticulously researched and wonderfully written, the reader is pulled straight into the book. Whether you are a newcomer or loyal follower of all things Arctic exploration, Labyrinth of Ice is a must read!