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GREEN APPLE BOOKS (SAN FRANCISCO)
Samantha Shaw: H Is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald · Hausfrau, Jill Alexander Essbaum · SuperMutant Magic Academy, Jillian Tamaki · War of the Foxes, Richard Siken · The Dark Forest, Cixin Liu (trans. Joel Martinsen)
Stephen Sparks: Outline, Rachel Cusk · The Deep Zoo, Rikki Ducornet · Counternarratives, John Keene · Trace, Lauret Savoy · Hunting with Eagles: In the Realm of the Mongolian Kazakhs, Palani Mohan
Pete Mulvihill: Barbarian Days, William Finnegan · Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates · Mission High, Kristina Rizga · The Boatmaker, John Benditt · Fates and Furies, Lauren Groff
Anna Zalokostas: Garments Against Women, Anne Boyer · Ban en Banlieue, Bhanu Kapil · Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates · Story of the Lost Child, Elena Ferrante · Counternarratives, John Keene
Linnie Greene: In the Country, Mia Alvar · The World is On Fire, Joni Tevis · M Train, Patti Smith · Killing and Dying, Adrian Tomine · Calloustown, George Singleton
Emily Ballaine: M Train, Patti Smith · One of Us, Asne Seierstad · Dead Ladies Project, Jessa Crispin · Fat City, Leonard Gardner · The Life and Death of Sophie Stark, Anna North