Dear Friends of The Center,
This week’s selection is geared toward holiday gift-giving for the person who likes to look as well as read. Below are ten books full of history, art, music, film, essays, local Brooklyn and New York appeal and even a timeless, heartwarming Christmas story.
You can also give someone the opportunity to enjoy the wealth of programs the Center for Fiction has to offer:
Don’t forget our new collection of The Center for Fiction merchandise: we have notebooks, mugs, pins, keychains, totes, umbrellas and even delicious chocolate bars.
Happy reading,
Melanie Fleishman
Buyer, The Center for Fiction Bookstore
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Holiday Book Guide:
Gift Books
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The New York Times Book Review
TINA JORDAN & NOOR QASIM
A wonderful book to dip into again and again. Revisit beloved books and critics alike in a compilation honoring 125 years of reviews in the NYTBR. Archival photos accompany the superb text commemorating this influential body of criticism. Discover hidden gems, books you missed or want to reread.
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Small Things Like These
CLAIRE KEEGAN
If you read one Christmas story this holiday season, this is it. Keegan (well known in her native Ireland) sets her story in 1985 in a small Irish village among a modest family whose coal merchant patriarch discovers a disturbing secret at the local convent. Hopeful, moving and beautifully written.
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Spike
SPIKE LEE
The acclaimed cultural icon and Brooklynite is celebrated in a monograph that covers his 35 films, commercials, contributions to the fight against racism and his impact on American society.
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The Lyrics
PAUL McCARTNEY
Introduction by Paul Muldoon
From 1956 to the present, through 154 songs, McCartney’s creative life is on splendid display. This is an incredible keepsake with text, hand-written lyrics and archival photos.
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Murakami T
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel
One of our favorite authors, whose grocery list would probably cause a bidding auction, presents his personal collection of fabulous T-shirts. A must for all fans of this inventive writer who reveals more of himself here than his usual reticence allows.
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Renegades
BARACK OBAMA & BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Springsteen and Obama—a match made in heaven. This is like listening in on their personal conversations about fatherhood, race, musical memories and the American Dream. You can’t go wrong.
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BAM... and Then It Hit Me
KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS
Our Brooklyn neighbor is this country’s oldest performance center. The new lavish book, rich with photos and text, honors the history and success of an extraordinary cultural institution that has brought audiences the likes of Enrique Caruso, Isadora Duncan, Philip Glass, Pina Bausch, Sam Mendes and countless others since 1861!
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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
QUENTIN TARANTINO
This edition of the novel behind the iconic film is a perfect gift for the movie buff and anyone who wants a hilarious and moving alternative version of 1969 Hollywood. With never-seen photos and memorabilia.
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As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic
WEDGE COLLECTION
Teju Cole provides an inspiring preface to this collection celebrating the joyous sense of Black cultural identity in powerful photographs from the US, UK , Caribbean, Latin America and across the globe.
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
AI WEIWEI
The memoir of the season. The courageous Chinese artist shares his life and struggles, from exile and detention for his outspoken views through his acclaimed installations, sculptures and architecture—a fascinating life fueled by passion and politics.
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