A Great Good Place for Books

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

New! 2021 Holiday Hours Open M 10-2, T 10-3, W-Sat 10-6, Sun 10-4. 12/17-12/24 M-Sat 10-7, Sun 10-5

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Welcome to A Great Good Place for Books

New in Hardcover

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Cover of These Precious Days

Cover of The Deathwatch Beetle

Cover of Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone

New in Paperback

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Cover of The Ladies of the Secret Circus

Cover of A Dog's Chance

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Coming Soon - Available for Preorder

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Olga Dies Dreaming

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Gift Books

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Cover of Hip-Hop (and other things)

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Great New Cookbooks for Fall

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Cover of Food52 Big Little Recipes

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Cover of Black Food

Cover of Chrissy Teigen Cravings All Together

2021-9-22 Kathleen's Current Recommendations

Kathleen's Current Recommendations

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Lost and Found Bookshop

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Cover of Twas The Night Before Christmas

Samantha's Current Recommendations

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Cover of the Matrix

Cover of I Eat Poop

Donna's Current Recommendations

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Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

The Beatryce Prophecy

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Amy's Current Recommendations

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Cover of Seeing Ghosts

Cover of Crossroads

Sarah's Current Recommendations

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Cover of The Beatryce Prophecy

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Gen's Current Recommendations

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Under the Whispering Door

The Writer's Cats

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Mike's Current Recommendations

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Cover of Harlem Shuffle

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Upcoming Events

Great Good Gifts for the Holidays

GGP Gift Recommendations

Monday, November 29 @ 7PM PST

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Book Signing

THE EVERY by Dave Eggers

Saturday, December 4 @ 2 PM PST

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GGP Online Book Club on Zoom

HARLEM SHUFFLE by Colson Whitehead

Tuesday, January 18 @ 7PM PT

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GGP Online Book Club on Zoom

OLGA DIES DREAMING by Xochitl Gonzalez

Tuesday, February 15 @ 7PM PDT

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