FP Staff List: October is the new December
Ready for a little holiday shopping?
We know it’s only October, but if you like to buy books for everyone on your list (same!) you’ll want to shop early. 2022 has been a year filled with global supply-chain delays and high demand for books, so indie bookstores are advising customers to please order early. But don’t stress! We got you. To help you pick out the best books for every reader on your to-gift list, we’ve highlighted some of our favorite bookstores and gathered a selection of our favorite titles from indie presses. HAPPY BROWSING!
Shop Veronica’s list at Writer’s Block Bookstore:
INTIMACIES, RECEIVED by Taneum Bambrick (Copper Canyon Press)
DEAR MEMORY: LETTERS ON WRITING, SILENCE, AND GRIEF by Victoria Chang (Milkweed Editions)
CYBORG DETECTIVE by Jillian Weise (BOA Editions)
JUST US: AN AMERICAN CONVERSATION by Claudia Rankine (Graywolf Press)
Shop Lucia’s list at Mitzi’s Books:
SOME OF THEM WILL CARRY ME by Giada Scodellaro (Dorothy)
WHAT’S COMING TO ME by Francesca Padilla (Soho Teen)
WHAT WE FED TO THE MANTICORE by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri (Tin House Books)
FAT OFF, FAT ON: A BIG BITCH MANIFESTO by Clarkisha Kent (FP)
Shop Jisu’s list at Skylight Books:
VIOLETS by Kyung-Sook Shin, trans. by Anton Hur (FP)
THE DECAGON HOUSE MURDERS by Yukito Ayatsuji, trans. by Ho-Ling Wong (Pushkin Vertigo)
SECOND PLACE by Rachel Cusk (FSG)
AFTERPARTIES: STORIES by Anthony Veasna So (Ecco)
Shop Margot’s list at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe:
WE WERE WITCHES by Ariel Gore (FP)
SHIP OF FATES by Caitlin Chung (Lanternfish Press)
TINK AND WENDY by Kelly Ann Jacobson (Three Rooms Press)
PRETEND IT’S MY BODY: STORIES by Luke Dani Blue (FP)
Shop Sally’s list at McNally Jackson:
EMERGENT STRATEGY: SHAPING CHANGE, CHANGING WORLDS by adrienne maree brown (AK Press)
SKIP by Molly Mendoza (Nobrow)
ALIEN MISS by Carlina Duan (University of Wisconsin Press)
BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Editions)
Shop Nadine’s list at Cafe con Libros:
HIGH-RISK HOMOSEXUAL by Edgar Gomez (Soft Skull Press)
I’M THE GIRL by Courtney Summers (Wednesday Books)
WIN ME SOMETHING by Kyle Lucia Wu (Tin House)
MARGARET AND THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING BODY by Megan Milks (FP)
Shop Nick’s list at Porter Square Books:
FIRE SEASON: SELECTED ESSAYS, 1984–2021 by Gary Indiana (Seven Stories Press)
JAWBONE by Mónica Ojeda, trans. by Sarah Booker (Coffee House Press)
WHEN THEY TELL YOU TO BE GOOD by Prince Shakur (Tin House Press)
STRANGERS TO OURSELVES by Rachel Aviv (FSG Books)
Shop Maya’s list at Harriett’s Bookshop (via Bookshop.org):
LIFE DOESN’T FRIGHTEN ME by Maya Angelou, paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat, and edited by Sara Jane Boyers (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
THE BOOK OF LIGHT by Lucille Clifton (Copper Canyon Press)
MONA by Pola Oloixarac, trans. by Adam Morris (Picador USA)
BLACK FUTURES, edited by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham (One World)
Shop Lauren’s list at Avid Bookshop:
JAWBONE by Mónica Ojeda, trans. by Sarah Booker (Coffee House Press)
PANICS by Barbara Molinard, trans. by Emma Ramadan (FP)
POETRY UNBOUND: 50 POEMS TO CHANGE YOUR WORLD by Pádraig Ó Tuama (W. W. Norton & Company)
LILIANA'S INVINCIBLE SUMMER: A SISTER'S SEARCH FOR JUSTICE by Cristina Rivera Garza (Hogarth)
Shop Rachel’s list at Loyalty Bookstore:
EZRA’S GHOSTS: STORIES by Darcy Tamayose (NeWest Press)
SHE IS HAUNTED: STORIES by Paige Clark (Two Dollar Radio)
SLIPPING by Mohamed Kheir, trans. by Robin Moger (Two Lines Press)
DANCE ON SATURDAY: STORIES by Elwin Cotman (Small Beer Press)