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Barack Obama's Summer Reading List 2022

It's that time of year again: as sure as Puxsutawney Phil emerges from his hole to cast about for his shadow each winter, so too does every summer see Barack Obama tweeting a new Summer Reading List. So what have we got this year?

Sea of Tranquility: A novel (Hardcover)

By Emily St. John Mandel

$25.00

ISBN: 9780593321447

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Knopf - April 5th, 2022

Why We're Polarized (Paperback)

By Ezra Klein

$18.99

ISBN: 9781476700366

Availability: Not in Our Store - Available to Order

Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - June 15th, 2021

The Candy House: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jennifer Egan

$28.00

ISBN: 9781476716763

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Scribner - April 5th, 2022

A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance (Paperback)

By Hanif Abdurraqib

$18.00

ISBN: 9781984801203

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - March 8th, 2022

To Paradise: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Hanya Yanagihara

$32.50

ISBN: 9780385547932

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Doubleday - January 11th, 2022

Silverview: A Novel (Paperback)

By John le Carré

$17.00

ISBN: 9780593490631

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Penguin Books - July 5th, 2022

The Family Chao: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Lan Samantha Chang

$28.00

ISBN: 9780393868074

Availability: Backordered

Published: W. W. Norton & Company - February 1st, 2022

Velvet Was the Night (Paperback)

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

$17.00

ISBN: 9780593356845

Availability: Not in Our Store - Available to Order

Published: Del Rey - May 3rd, 2022

Mouth to Mouth: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Antoine Wilson

$26.00

ISBN: 9781982181802

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - January 11th, 2022

The School for Good Mothers: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jessamine Chan

$27.00

ISBN: 9781982156121

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Simon & Schuster - January 4th, 2022

Razorblade Tears: A Novel (Paperback)

By S. A. Cosby

$17.99

ISBN: 9781250252715

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Flatiron Books - April 5th, 2022

Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks (Hardcover)

By Chris Herring

$28.99

ISBN: 9781982132118

Availability: Not in Our Store - Available to Order

Published: Atria Books - January 18th, 2022

NCB Manga Club!

A new book club specifically for manga, meeting to discuss a different title at 5:00pm on the second Saturday of every month! No RSVP required!

First meeting: September 10th - Solanin, by Inio Asano

solanin (Paperback)

By Inio Asano

$17.99

ISBN: 9781421523217

Availability: Backordered

Published: VIZ Media LLC - October 21st, 2008

Nightfall Travelers: Leave Only Footprints Vol. 1 (Paperback)

By Tomohi

$15.99

ISBN: 9781638582786

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Seven Seas - June 7th, 2022

Look Back (Paperback)

By Tatsuki Fujimoto

$12.99

ISBN: 9781974734641

Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now

Published: VIZ Media LLC - September 20th, 2022

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

By Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe (Illustrator)

$9.99

ISBN: 9781974725762

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: VIZ Media LLC - November 9th, 2021

Seven Little Sons of the Dragon: A Collection of Seven Stories (Paperback)

By Ryoko Kui

$15.00

ISBN: 9781975359614

Availability: Not in Our Store - Available to Order

Published: Yen Press - November 26th, 2019

Sazan & Comet Girl (Omnibus) (Paperback)

By Yuriko Akase

$24.99

ISBN: 9781645052999

Availability: Backordered

Published: Seven Seas - September 15th, 2020

Happy Juneteenth From Next Chapter Booksellers!

We've got a selection of staff picks to commemorate the holiday! Whether you're looking for a cookbook for your cookout, to brush up on your African-American history and literature, short story collections, comics, or just a fun novel from a Black author, we've got you covered! Check out some of our favorites below, or call or come in for a personalized recommendation.

Palmares (Hardcover)

By Gayl Jones

$27.95

ISBN: 9780807033494

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Beacon Press - September 14th, 2021

Caul Baby: A Novel (Paperback)

By Morgan Jerkins

$16.99

ISBN: 9780062873187

Availability: Not in Our Store - Available to Order

Published: Harper Perennial - April 5th, 2022

The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories (Hardcover)

By Ladee Hubbard

$24.99

ISBN: 9780062979094

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Amistad - March 8th, 2022

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)

By Zora Neale Hurston

$17.99

ISBN: 9780061120060

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Amistad - May 30th, 2006

Echo Tree: The Collected Short Fiction of Henry Dumas (Paperback)

By Henry Dumas, John Keene (Introduction by), Eugene Redmond (Editor)

$19.95

ISBN: 9781566896078

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Coffee House Press - May 4th, 2021

Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations (Hardcover)

By Nicole A. Taylor

$29.99

ISBN: 9781982176211

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Simon & Schuster - May 31st, 2022

Prince of Cats (Paperback)

By Ron Wimberly, Ron Wimberly (Artist)

$17.99

ISBN: 9781534312074

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Image Comics - June 25th, 2019

On Juneteenth (Hardcover)

By Annette Gordon-Reed

$15.95

ISBN: 9781631498831

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Liveright - May 4th, 2021

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Paperback)

By Deesha Philyaw

$18.99

ISBN: 9781949199734

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: West Virginia University Press - September 1st, 2020

Passing (Paperback)

By Nella Larsen, Emily Bernard (Introduction by), Thadious M. Davis (Notes by)

$14.00

ISBN: 9780142437278

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Penguin Classics - February 4th, 2003

A Raisin in the Sun (Mass Market)

By Lorraine Hansberry

$8.95

ISBN: 9780679755333

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Vintage - November 29th, 2004

BTTM FDRS (Hardcover)

By Ezra Claytan Daniels, Ben Passmore

$24.99

ISBN: 9781683962069

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Fantagraphics - June 25th, 2019

Black Buck (Paperback)

By Mateo Askaripour

$16.99

ISBN: 9780358627982

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Mariner Books - January 18th, 2022

Black Girls Must Be Magic: A Novel (Black Girls Must Die Exhausted #2) (Paperback)

By Jayne Allen

$16.99

ISBN: 9780063137929

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Harper Perennial - February 1st, 2022

Notes from a Black Woman's Diary: Selected Works of Kathleen Collins (Paperback)

By Kathleen Collins, Danielle Evans (Introduction by)

$17.99

ISBN: 9780062800954

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Ecco - February 5th, 2019

Juneteenth (Revised) (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Ralph Ellison, Charles Johnson (Preface by)

$16.95

ISBN: 9780593314616

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Vintage - May 18th, 2021

Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue (Hardcover)

By Adrian Miller

$30.00

ISBN: 9781469662800

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: University of North Carolina Press - April 27th, 2021

Books We're Proud Of

Happy Pride Month!! We have a selection of LGBTQ+ books on the column by the entrance. It's currently stocked with graphic novels and manga, queer comics being something of a specialty for us. But we'll rotate through different books as the month goes on. Hope to see some celebrants in the store!