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Books of the Month

A young Palestinain-American girl embraces Islam to find herself amongst family turmoil and tragedy. I loved this book!

The Beauty of Your Face

A candid account of the fancy and frenzy of Guerneville in the 70's and 80's.

River Days, River Nights

A swirling portrait of a damned Mexican Village. A witch is dead and all of the villagers are investigating the murder.

Hurricane Season

Absolutely brilliant. Fizzes with energy-and with raunchiness, color , beauty and insight.

Irish Examiner

Iron Annie

A YA novel that is perfect for adults as well. Petra Planned to be a storyteller like her grandmother, but earth is in danger of being destroyed as a comet is heading its way.

The Last Cuentista

An utterly absorbing piece of noir fiction.

Secret Identity

Deftly mix[es] research and reimagining.

The New York Times Book Review

The Art of Losing

I couldn’t put this book down. A masterfully written tale of an interpreter at The Hague who is interpreting the case of an African head of state accused of heinous crimes against his people.

Michael (proprietor)

Intimacies

Toni Morrison called novelist and poet Henry Dumas an “absolute genius.” An important collection of the black experience in the United States.

Echo Tree: The Collected Short Fiction

A slow burning mystery with murder, romance, and family dysfunction. What more can you want?

The Kingdom

Pride Month Books

First Time For Everything

First Time For Everything

Henry Fry

The Engagement: America’s Quarter Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage

The Engagement: America’s Quarter Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage

Sasha Issenberg

A History of My Brief Body

A History of My Brief Body

Billy-Ray Belcourt

Fat & Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives

Fat & Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives

Bruce Owens Grimm, Miguel M. Morales, and Tiff Joshua

Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington

Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington

James Kirchick

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller

The Letters of Thom Gunn

The Letters of Thom Gunn

Michael Nott, August Kleinzahler, Clive Wilmer

Yerba-Buena

Yerba-Buena

Nina Lacour

Miss Memory Lane

Miss Memory Lane

Colton Haynes

Queer Love In Color

Queer Love In Color

Jamal Jordan

What’s New on our Shelves

Blithedale Canyon

Blithedale Canyon

Michael Bourne

Sea of Tranquility

Sea of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel

The Trayvon Generation

The Trayvon Generation

Elizabeth Alexander

Time Is A Mother

Time Is A Mother

Ocean Vuong

Constructing a Nervous System

Constructing a Nervous System

Margo Jefferson

The Candy House

The Candy House

Jennifer Eagan

Little Foxes Took Up Matches

Little Foxes Took Up Matches

Katya Kazbek

Love Letter to Who Owns the Heavens

Love Letter to Who Owns the Heavens

Corey Van Landingham

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Meet Buddha

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Meet Buddha

Peter Coyote

Never Simple

Never Simple

Liz Scheier

Lessons from the Edge

Lessons from the Edge

Marie Yovanovitch

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation

Hannah Gadsby

Punch Me Up to the Gods

Punch Me Up to the Gods

Brian Broome

In the Margins. On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing

In the Margins. On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing

Elena Ferrante

The Torqued Man

The Torqued Man

Peter Mann

The Emergency

The Emergency

Thomas Fisher

The Writing Workshop

Books & Letters is launching its first writing workshop this spring. Writers will be expected to submit hard copies of their work a week before their scheduled workshop.

Free English Classes

Books & Letters is teaching FREE English As a Second Language classes to the local community. Classes are for beginners to intermediate.

Let's Save Letter Writing!

We all love getting letters in the mail. Come in and type or write a letter. Stamped envelopes are complimentary. All you need to do is drop it in the mailbox!

Coffee Table Books

Tattoo

Tattoo

Hopper

Hopper

Octopus Seahorse Jellyfish

Octopus Seahorse Jellyfish

Rock The Boat

Rock The Boat

We Are Everywhere

We Are Everywhere

Legacy

Legacy

A Decade Of Men’s Street Style

A Decade Of Men’s Street Style

Homes for Nomads: Interiors of the Well-Travelled

Homes for Nomads: Interiors of the Well-Travelled

Curved: Bending Architecture

Curved: Bending Architecture

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo

The Hinterland: Cabins, Love Shacks and Other Hide-Outs

The Hinterland: Cabins, Love Shacks and Other Hide-Outs

Beatriz Milhazes

Beatriz Milhazes

Cabin Fever

Cabin Fever

What's Cooking?

The-Modern-Tiffin

The-Modern-Tiffin

Priyanka Naik

Cheese, Sex, Death

Cheese, Sex, Death

Erika Kubick

Take One Fish

Take One Fish

Josh Niland

Baking With Dorie

Baking With Dorie

Dorie Greenspan

Portugal: The Cookbook

Portugal: The Cookbook

Leandro Carreira

Pasta

Pasta

Missy Robins and Talia Baiocchi

The Flexible Baker

The Flexible Baker

Jo Pratt

Korean American

Korean American

Eric Kim

The Pendleton Field Guide to Campfire Cooking

The Pendleton Field Guide to Campfire Cooking

Pendleton Woolen Mills

Guerrilla Tacos

Guerrilla Tacos

Wesley Avila, Richard Parks III

The Saffron Tales

The Saffron Tales

Dr Yasmin Khan

Cooking For Your Kids

Cooking For Your Kids

Joshua David Stein

A Good Day to Bake

A Good Day to Bake

Benjamina Ebuehi

One Pot One Planet: A Greener Way To Cook for You and Your Family

One Pot One Planet: A Greener Way To Cook for You and Your Family

Anna Jones

The Arabesque Table

The Arabesque Table

Reem Kassis

101 Asian Dishes You Need to Cook Before You

101 Asian Dishes You Need to Cook Before You

Jet Tila

Take a look at our used books

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Books for Children & Young Adult

If You’re a Drag Queen and You Know It

If You’re a Drag Queen and You Know It

Lil Miss Hot Mess

Olga de Dios

Armadillo Antics

Armadillo Antics

Bill Martin Jr. & Michael Sampson

Gibberish

Gibberish

Young Vo

My Perfect Cabin

My Perfect Cabin

Emmanuelle Mardesson & Sarah Loulendo

The Wisdom of Trees

The Wisdom of Trees

Lita Judge

Lita Judge

Luli and the Language of Tea

Luli and the Language of Tea

Andrea Wang

Hyewon Yum

My First Book of Beards

My First Book of Beards

Robyn Wall

Lydia Nichols

My First Book of Tattoos

My First Book of Tattoos

Robyn Wall

Lydia Nichols

Two Grooms on A Cake

Two Grooms on A Cake

Rob Sanders

Robbie Cathro

Upcoming Events & Readings

Reading with Michael Bourne

Sunday

Jul

10

7:00 pm

Date and Time TBD.

Reading

Reading with Michael Bourne

Come hear Michael Bourne read from his debut novel Blithedale Canyon.

Books & Letters Events

Sunday

Jul

10

7:00 pm

Reading with Michael Bourne

Reading with Michael Bourne

Come hear Michael Bourne read from his debut novel Blithedale Canyon, out July 1st from Regal House Publishing. Already named a “Most Anticipated” book by The Millions, Blithedale Canyon is set in the gentrifying suburbs of Marin County at the turn of the millennium. The novel paints a richly tragicomic portrait of twenty-something life on the brink of rock bottom.

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Come hear Michael Bourne read from his debut novel Blithedale Canyon.

Every town needs and deserves a bookstore.

Russian River Books & Letters was born In December of 2021 to fulfill that need and create a gathering place for bibliophiles, writers, or just anyone who wants to hang out and browse. Stay tuned for special events including music, readings, book clubs, and writing workshops.

Please come in and say hello if you are Russian River local or just staying with us for a few days. We look forward to seeing you soon.