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By ordering a forthcoming book through your local independent bookstore, you can get access to exclusive offers, special giveaways, and signed copies! You also support authors and their new titles. Below, explore the books we are most excited about and any associated promotions (All promotions are available while supplies last).

Please place orders for pre-order titles separately. If your pre-order is placed with other titles, please note that we will add additional shipping fees.

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 Cover Image

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 (Hardcover)

By Sarah Schulman
$40.00
ISBN: 9780374185138
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - May 18th, 2021
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Transgender Marxism (Paperback)

By Jules Joanne Gleeson (Editor), Elle O'Rourke (Editor), Jordy Rosenberg (Foreword by)
$29.94
ISBN: 9780745341668
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Published: Pluto Press - May 20th, 2021
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The Death of Vivek Oji: A Novel (Paperback)

By Akwaeke Emezi
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525541622
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Published: Riverhead Books - May 25th, 2021
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With Teeth (Hardcover)

By Kristen Arnett
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593191507
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Published: Riverhead Books - June 1st, 2021
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America Cover Image

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (Hardcover)

By Clint Smith
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316492935
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - June 1st, 2021
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One Last Stop (Paperback)

By Casey McQuiston
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250244499
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - June 1st, 2021
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Pure Flame: A Legacy (Hardcover)

By Michelle Orange
$28.00
ISBN: 9780374238704
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - June 1st, 2021
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel Cover Image

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel (Paperback)

By Ocean Vuong
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525562047
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Published: Penguin Books - June 1st, 2021
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Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Ashley C. Ford
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250305978
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Published: Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book - June 1st, 2021
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Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir (Hardcover)

By Akwaeke Emezi
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593329191
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Published: Riverhead Books - June 8th, 2021
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The Maidens (Hardcover)

By Alex Michaelides
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250304452
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Published: Celadon Books - June 15th, 2021
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Both Can Be True (Hardcover)

By Jules Machias
$16.99
ISBN: 9780063053892
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Published: Quill Tree Books - June 8th, 2021
Change Everything: Racial Capitalism and the Case for Abolition Cover Image

Change Everything: Racial Capitalism and the Case for Abolition (Paperback)

By Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Naomi Murakawa (Editor)
$15.95
ISBN: 9781642594140
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Published: Haymarket Books - June 22nd, 2021
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Skye Falling (Hardcover)

By Mia McKenzie
$27.00
ISBN: 9781984801609
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Published: Random House - June 22nd, 2021
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Filthy Animals (Hardcover)

By Brandon Taylor
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525538912
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Published: Riverhead Books - June 22nd, 2021
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution: An Oral History Cover Image

Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution: An Oral History (Paperback)

By Lynn Breedlove (Introduction by), Walter Crasshole (Editor), Yony Leyser (Editor), Anna Joy Springer (Introduction by), Liam Warfield (Editor)
$18.00
ISBN: 9781629637969
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Published: PM Press - June 29th, 2021
Alone in Space: A Collection Cover Image

Alone in Space: A Collection (Hardcover)

By Tillie Walden
$32.95
ISBN: 9781910395585
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Published: Avery Hill Publishing - July 6th, 2021
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic: Revised and Expanded Edition Cover Image

The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic: Revised and Expanded Edition (Paperback)

By Jessica Hopper, Samantha Irby (Foreword by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780374538996
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Published: MCD x FSG Originals - July 6th, 2021
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Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night (Paperback)

By Morgan Parker, Danez Smith (Introduction by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781951142568
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Published: Tin House Books - July 13th, 2021
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Maya and the Robot (Hardcover)

By Eve L. Ewing, Christine Almeda (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781984814630
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Published: Kokila - July 13th, 2021
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While We Were Dating (Paperback)

By Jasmine Guillory
$16.00
ISBN: 9780593100851
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Published: Berkley - July 13th, 2021
Abolition. Feminism. Now. Cover Image

Abolition. Feminism. Now. (Paperback)

By Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners
$15.95
ISBN: 9781642592580
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Published: Haymarket Books - July 20th, 2021
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Pilgrim Bell: Poems (Paperback)

By Kaveh Akbar
$16.00
ISBN: 9781644450598
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Published: Graywolf Press - August 3rd, 2021
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Velvet Was the Night (Hardcover)

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593356821
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Published: Del Rey Books - August 17th, 2021
Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir Cover Image

Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Kat Chow
$28.00
ISBN: 9781538716328
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - August 24th, 2021
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My Heart Is a Chainsaw (Hardcover)

By Stephen Graham Jones
$26.99
ISBN: 9781982137632
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Published: Gallery / Saga Press - August 31st, 2021
Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood Cover Image

Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood (Hardcover)

By Dawn Turner
$26.99
ISBN: 9781982107703
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Published: Simon & Schuster - September 7th, 2021
The Madness of Crowds: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #17) Cover Image

The Madness of Crowds: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #17) (Hardcover)

By Louise Penny
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250145260
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Published: Minotaur Books - August 24th, 2021
On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint Cover Image

On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint (Hardcover)

By Maggie Nelson
$27.00
ISBN: 9781644450628
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Published: Graywolf Press - September 7th, 2021
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement Cover Image

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement (Hardcover)

By Tarana Burke
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250621733
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Published: Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book - September 14th, 2021
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Harlem Shuffle (Hardcover)

By Colson Whitehead
$28.95
ISBN: 9780385545136
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Published: Doubleday Books - September 14th, 2021
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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (Hardcover)

By Mary Roach
$26.95
ISBN: 9781324001935
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 14th, 2021

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The Hill We Climb and Other Poems Cover Image

The Hill We Climb and Other Poems (Hardcover)

By Amanda Gorman
$19.99
ISBN: 9780593465066
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Published: Viking Books - September 21st, 2021
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Change Sings: A Children's Anthem (Hardcover)

By Amanda Gorman, Loren Long (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593203224
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - September 21st, 2021
Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom Cover Image

Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom (Hardcover)

By Derecka Purnell
$28.00
ISBN: 9781662600517
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Published: Astra House - October 5th, 2021
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Oh William! (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Strout
$27.00
ISBN: 9780812989434
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Published: Random House - October 19th, 2021
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There Are Trans People Here (Paperback)

By H. Melt
$16.00
ISBN: 9781642595727
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Published: Haymarket Books - November 16th, 2021