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Our latest newsletter: October 31, 2024

Selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review:

This is where you'll find the perfect gift
for the reader who's "read everything"!

Time to get organized for 2025!

Chosen from a field of almost 800 submissions, these are the winners of this year's award:

The winner and all nominees for the world's most prestigious literary award:

The most acclaimed and anticipated music books of the year - so far:

Novels, short stories, and children's books that feature a setting in Oakland, CA:

Oakland history, travel guides, sports, cooking, children's books, biographies, memoirs, poetry, landmarks, natural history, and much more: