A Great Good Place for Books

A full service bookstore in the Montclair Village neighborhood of Oakland, California.

December 2023 Hours: Monday-Thursday 10-6, Fridays and Saturdays 10-7, Sunday 10-5. Christmas Eve 10-5.

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Great Good Book Club: THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride

Great Good Book Club

Great Good Book Club: THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 7 PM

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Latest Staff Recommendations

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staff pick: Katherine Center's HOW TO WALK AWAY

staff pick: THE POLE by J. M. Coetzee

GGP’s Amy recommends THE VULNERABLES by Sigrid Nunez

staff pick: LET US DESCEND by Jesmyn Ward

staff pick: THE MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut

staff pick: THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese

staff pick: LESSONS by Ian McEwan

staff pick: BROKEN CODE: INSIDE FACEBOOK AND THE FIGHT TO EXPOSE ITS HARMFUL SECRETS by Jeff Horwitz

GGP’s Amy recommends THE VULNERABLES by Sigrid Nunez

GGP’s Em recommends OUR STRANGERS: STORIES by Lydia Davis

GGP’s Em recommends EASY BEAUTY: A MEMOIR by Chloé Cooper Jones

staff pick: TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett

staff pick: Death Valley

staff pick: A MOST AGREEABLE MURDER by Julia Seales

staff pick THE FREEDOM CLAUSE by Hannah Sloane

GGP’s Sam recommends WELLNESS by Nathan Hill

PULLING THE CHARIOT OF THE SUN: A MEMOIR OF A KIDNAPPING by Shane McCrae

staff pick: THE LAST DEVIL TO DIE: A THURSDAY MURDER CLUB MYSTERY by Richard Osman

staff pick: On A Sunbeam

staff pick: FORGET ME NOT by Alyson Derrick

staff pick: I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU YET by Jesse Q. Sutanto

staff pick: A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC (Shades of Magic #1) by V. E. Schwab

staff pick: A GATHERING OF SHADOWS (Shades of Magic #2) by V. E. Schwab

staff pick: A CONJURING OF LIGHT (Shades of Magic #3) by V. E. Schwab

staff pick: LOST ON ME by Veronica Raimo

staff pick: THE GUEST by Emma Cline

staff pick: THE LIGHT ROOM by Kate Zambreno

staff pick: SPEECH TEAM by Tim Murphy

staff pick: THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride

New in Hardcover

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Cover ofThe End of the World is a cul de sac

The Vulnerables

Cover of Baumgartner

Cover of The Happy Couple

Cover A Grandmother Begins the Story

Cover of Resurrection Walk

Cover of My Name is Barbara

Cover of Portal San Francisco's Ferry Building

Cover of invitation to a Banquet

Cover of Iron Flame

New in Paperback

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Cover of The Lyrics

Cover of The Music Never Stops

Cover of The Color Purple

Cover of This Spells Love

Cover of Check and MAte

Cover of Good Taste

Cover of Love Redesigned

Cover of Best American Essays

Cover of Trespasses

Cover of The House By The Poppy Field

New Children's Books!

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Cover of Keeper of the Lost Cities Graphic Novel

The Bad Guys - 18

Cover of Warriros: The Ultimate Guide

Cover of The Wild Robot Protects

Kathleen's Recent Recommendations

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staff pick: Katherine Center's HOW TO WALK AWAY

staff pick: THE CONNELLYS OF COUNTY DOWN by Tracey Lange

staff pick: THE MAJORITY by Elizabeth L. Silver

Staff Pick: THE RACHEL INCIDENT by Caroline O’Donoghue

staff pick: Emily Henry’s HAPPY PLACE

Staff Pick: The Half Moon By Mary Beth Keane

Staff Pick: Romantic Comedy: A Novel (Hardcover) By Curtis Sittenfeld

Samantha's Recent Recommendations

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staff pick: Death Valley

staff pick: A MOST AGREEABLE MURDER by Julia Seales

staff pick THE FREEDOM CLAUSE by Hannah Sloane

GGP’s Sam recommends WELLNESS by Nathan Hill

PULLING THE CHARIOT OF THE SUN: A MEMOIR OF A KIDNAPPING by Shane McCrae

staff pick: LOST ON ME by Veronica Raimo

staff pick: THE FORGOTTEN GIRLS: A MEMOIR OF FRIENDSHIP AND LOST PROMISE IN RURAL AMERICA by Monica Potts

staff pick: THE BOOK OF GOOSE by Yiyun Li

Amy's Recent Recommendations

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GGP’s Amy recommends THE VULNERABLES by Sigrid Nunez

Cover of Hangman

staff pick: THE LIGHT ROOM by Kate Zambreno

staff pick: SPEECH TEAM by Tim Murphy

staff pick: TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett

The Guest

You Could Make This Place Beautiful

Cover of Commitment

staff pick: CRYING IN THE BATHROOM by Erika L. Sánchez

Cover of The Mutual Friend

Beth's Recent Recommendations

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staff pick: NATURAL BEAUTY by Ling Ling Huang

staff pick: KÜNSTLERS IN PARADISE by Cathleen Schine

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staff pick: Someone Else's Shoes: A Novel by Jojo Moyes

Staff Pick Weyward: A Novel by Emilia Hart

Staff Pick: The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

Staff Pick: Five Survive by Holly Jackson

Staff pick: Signal Fires: A novel by Dani Shapiro

Staff Pick: The Winners

Staff Pick: The Family Remains

staff pick the marriage portrait

Cover of The Love of My Life

Zinna's Recent Recommendations

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Carol's Recent Recommendations

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Staff pick: STAY TRUE by Hua Hsu

Commitment by Mona Simpson

staff pick: The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Em's Recent Recommendations

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GGP’s Em recommends OUR STRANGERS: STORIES by Lydia Davis

GGP’s Em recommends EASY BEAUTY: A MEMOIR by Chloé Cooper Jones

staff pick: YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL: A Memoir by Maggie Smith

Staff pick: YELLOWFACE by R. F. Kuang

staff pick: GO AS A RIVER by Shelley Read

Staff Pick: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

Joan is Okay

Cult Classic

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

Sarah's Recent Recommendations

staff pick: I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU by Rebecca Makkai

Staff Pick: We All Want Impossible Things

All My Rage

Staff Pick:The Last Mapmaker

Staff Pick:Remarkably Bright Creatures

Staff Pick:Those Kids from Fawn Creek

Staff Pick: Very Good Hats

Mike's Recent Recommendations

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staff pick: LET US DESCEND by Jesmyn Ward

staff pick: THE MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut

staff pick: THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese

staff pick: LESSONS by Ian McEwan

staff pick: BROKEN CODE: INSIDE FACEBOOK AND THE FIGHT TO EXPOSE ITS HARMFUL SECRETS by Jeff Horwitz

staff pick: THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride

staff pick: THE VASTER WILDS by Lauren Groff

staff pick: CHAIN GANG ALL STARS by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Staff Pick: CROOK MANIFESTO by Colson Whitehead

Staff pick: FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros

Gen's Recent Recommendations

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Drawing of Genevieve

staff pick: THE LAST DEVIL TO DIE: A THURSDAY MURDER CLUB MYSTERY by Richard Osman

staff pick: THE DOOR-TO-DOOR BOOKSELLER by Carsten Henn

staff pick: THE LIBRARIANIST by Patrick deWitt

staff pick: TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett

staff pick: ZERO DAYS by Ruth Ware

KALA by Colin Walsh

Staff pick: THE VILLA by Rachel Hawkins

staff pick: Donal Ryan’s THE QUEEN OF DIRT ISLAND

staff pick HOMECOMING by Kate Morton

Staff pick: IN THE LIVES OF PUPPETS by TJ Klune

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Staff Pick: Adelaide

Staff Pick: The Soulmate

Staff pick: A World of Curiosities: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #18)

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