This page highlights some of the many signed books available, or soon to be available, at The Booksmith.

If you would like to purchase a signed book, please contact us via email at read@booksmith.com or by phone at 800-493-7323 (toll free in US) or 415-863-8688 and ask for Christy. Our Signed book department is staffed Tuesday - Friday.

If you are interested in a book and wish to visit the store to look at it on a day I'm not here, let me know and I will put a copy on hold for you.

We are happy to take orders in advance for signed books by authors who are scheduled to appear at our store or at a Booksmith sponsored event. To reserve a book or to have a title inscribed by an author, contact us before the scheduled event. Please check our Events Calendar to see who will be speaking and/or signing at our store.

If you wish to be on either our Collector Books or Events email list, please email us at read@booksmith.com and specify which list, or both (there is some overlap with the lists content) you want to be added to. Our Collectors's list is via Googlegroups, so be sure to allow Googlegroups to pass your spam wall! You can also sign up directly at http://groups.google.com/group/booksmithcollectors .

Please note: all books listed are hardback, first printing, first editions in new condition - unless otherwise stated.

**Prices are subject to change without notice.
** Stock is limited to quantities on hand!

Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk (signed hardback 1st edition, $24.95) AVAILABLE MAY
--- provocative new novel from the author of Fight Club. If you are interested in attending our Chuck Palahniuk event click here for ticket information.

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (signed hardback 1st edition, $25.00)
--- the new novel from the PULITZER PRIZE winning novelist

Trauma by Patrick McGrath (signed hardback 1st edition, $24.95)
--- new novel from the acclaimed British-born Gothic novelist

All the Sad Young Literary Men by Keith Gessen (signed hardback 1st edition, $24.95)
--- debut novel from the acclaimed Russian-born translator and founding editor of the literary magazine n+1

Mayor's Tongue by Nathaniel Rich (signed hardback 1st edition, $24.95)
--- debut novel - "I read The Mayor's Tongue with ever-increasing delight, rooting with all my heart for the young protagonist on his near-mythic quest. This is an elegantly-structured, brilliantly-told novel, by turns terrifying, touching, and wildly funny, and always generous and magical. The Mayor's Tongue is about how we talk to each other and how make-believe helps us get on with our lives; most of all, it's about love. Kudos to Nathaniel Rich, who has created a brave book, a novel brimming with brio." - Stephen King

Playing by Melanie Abrams (signed softcover 1st edition, $13.00)
--- debut erotic novel (paperback original) praised by the likes of Robert Hass, Howard Norman, Martha Southgate, and others

Boom! Voices of the Sixties by Tom Brokaw (signed hardcover 1st edition, $28.95)
--- a fascinating collection of personal reflections of the 60s by a variety of people who lived through the decade. I always love oral histories, and this is a wonderful collection of histories from across the political and social spectrum. Our copy is signed by the editor, and legendary newsman, Tom Brokaw.

Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk (signed hardback 1st edition, $24.95) AVAILABLE MAY
--- provocative new novel from the author of Fight Club

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (signed hardback 1st edition, $25.00)
--- the new novel from the PULITZER PRIZE winning novelist

Trauma by Patrick McGrath (signed hardback 1st edition, $24.95)
--- new novel from the acclaimed British-born Gothic novelist

All the Sad Young Literary Men by Keith Gessen (signed hardback 1st edition, $24.95)
--- debut novel from the acclaimed Russian-born translator and founding editor of the literary magazine n+1

Mayor's Tongue by Nathaniel Rich (signed hardback 1st edition, $24.95)
--- debut novel - "I read The Mayor's Tongue with ever-increasing delight, rooting with all my heart for the young protagonist on his near-mythic quest. This is an elegantly-structured, brilliantly-told novel, by turns terrifying, touching, and wildly funny, and always generous and magical. The Mayor's Tongue is about how we talk to each other and how make-believe helps us get on with our lives; most of all, it's about love. Kudos to Nathaniel Rich, who has created a brave book, a novel brimming with brio." - Stephen King

Playing by Melanie Abrams (signed softcover 1st edition, $13.00) AVAILABLE APRIL
--- debut erotic novel (paperback original) praised by the likes of Robert Hass, Howard Norman, Martha Southgate, and others

Rant by Chuck Palahniuk (signed hardcover 1st edition, $150.00)
--- The Rant Limited Edition is specially packaged in a one-piece preprinted case, printed black, with the title created in spot gloss; a 4-color slipcase that matches the original jacket of the trade book; a 1/8" ribbon marker; a signed tip-in sheet, speckled edges; and an exclusive 1300-word " Automotive Afterword" entitled " Recipes for Disasters" which is not available in print anywhere but only in this limited edition. **As extras we are throwing in a special Rant bumpersticker, and a baggie with some joke cigarettes that are from Chuck's last Booksmith event. Chuck always puts on a great show and he always brings props and involves the audience. For the Rant event he brought along a box of joke cigarettes. The lucky buyer of this book will get a baggie containing 7 of these very real looking cigarettes. Just don't inhale!

Boom! Voices of the Sixties by Tom Brokaw (signed hardcover 1st edition, $28.95)
--- a fascinating collection of personal reflections of the 60s by a variety of people who lived through the decade. I always love oral histories, and this is a wonderful collection of histories from across the political and social spectrum. Our copy is signed by the editor, and legendary newsman, Tom Brokaw.

Punk Is Dead: Punk Is Everything! by Bryan Turcotte (signed hardcover 1st edition, $39.95)
--- Described as the “last organically incubated oppositional youth movement” of the pre-MTV era, punk slipped quietly under the cultural radar before rising again to inspire new generations of creative and idealistic artists and musicians.