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Great Good Staff Picks

LittleUnshelteredFuture Home of the Living GodMeatyBridge of ClayAge of MiraclesGrief CottageVirgil WanderKilling CommendatoreThe Heart's Invisible FuriesTouchWe All Love the Beautiful GirlsHow to Invent EverythingCherryThe Mermaid and Mrs. HancockIn the Heart of the SeaThe Warden's Daughter  

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Horse Meets Dog Tour

Elliott Kalan (@ElliottKalan) and Tim Miller (@TM_Illustration), author and illustrator of #HorseMeetsDog, visited A Great Good Place for Books and three Oakland schools on November 8. What a fun book by fun people!

GGP Bestsellers - October 2018

The Wall in the Middle of the Book Cover Image

The Wall in the Middle of the Book (Hardcover)

By Jon Agee, Jon Agee (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525555452
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Dial Books - October 2nd, 2018
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel Cover Image

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel (Paperback)

By Taylor Jenkins Reid
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501161933
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Washington Square Press - May 29th, 2018
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From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death (Paperback)

By Caitlin Doughty
$15.95
ISBN: 9780393356281
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - October 9th, 2018
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory Cover Image

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory (Paperback)

By Caitlin Doughty
$15.95
ISBN: 9780393351903
Availability: Backordered
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 28th, 2015
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The Geography of Lost Things (Hardcover)

By Jessica Brody
$18.99
ISBN: 9781481499217
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Simon Pulse - October 2nd, 2018
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The Fifth Risk (Hardcover)

By Michael Lewis
$26.95
ISBN: 9781324002642
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - October 2nd, 2018
Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #5) Cover Image

Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #5) (Hardcover)

By Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator), Dav Pilkey
$9.99
ISBN: 9780545935173
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Graphix - August 28th, 2018
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Supernova (Amulet #8) (Paperback)

By Kazu Kibuishi
$12.99
ISBN: 9780545828604
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Graphix - September 25th, 2018
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Life on Mars (Hardcover)

By Jon Agee
$17.99
ISBN: 9780399538520
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Dial Books - February 28th, 2017
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger Cover Image

Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Traister
$27.00
ISBN: 9781501181795
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Simon & Schuster - October 2nd, 2018

The Great Good Friends Membership Program

GGP is continuing its Great Good Friends membership program, and you are invited to join.

We cannot tell you how much GGP appreciates all the ways you've supported A Great Good Place for Books over the years and thank you for letting us be a part of your lives. With your continued Friendship and support, we will survive and thrive well into the next decade!

Please see the individual membership pages for more info and to sign up:

Family Friends

Membership: Family Friends

$125.00
SKU: Member03-Family

Membership: Individual Friend

$75.00
SKU: Member02-Individual
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