Recommendations from Gallery Bookshop
Recommendations of recent books from the staffs of a rotating list of Northern California independent bookstores.
[...] Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts, by Joshua Hammer: A thrilling story of how librarians shed their mild manners and pulled off an audacious heist.
What do we really know about our world?
What will future generations remember of us? A fascinating read bound to keep you up at night.
What They Feel, How They Communicate — Discoveries From a Secret World, by Peter Wolhlleben: A German forester’s childhood love of nature is reignited by what he experiences with trees.
Ninety-five-year-old Keb has nothing to live for — not until his grandson declares he wishes to die.
Whether you’re grieving the loss of a beloved pet or a human, this is a novel for you.
Covering the AIDS pandemic from the early 1980s into 2021, this is the kind of immersive novel that makes you feel that real life is occurring on the page and your ordinary world is just interfering.