B-Sides: A Booksmith Book Club

B-Sides is Booksmith's real life, in person book club. It's our chance for us to read, share, and talk about the literary world's b-sides: the lesser-knowns, non-hits, and deep cuts. The great, the weird, the unusual. We meet monthly, in the bookstore, after hours, where we have access to custom cocktails and standard menu offerings from Alembic. While we read everything good, our tastes often lean towards works by women, people of color, queer folx and the genre-fluid.

To keep things safe, intimate and manageable, we're currently limiting the group to 15 people at a time. But if you're interested in joining, we want to hear from you! We have a waitlist available: just email bookclub [at] booksmith [dot] com and we'll let you know when we have more room. And meantime, we'll be listing our reads right here on the website, and in the shop.

 


 

October '23: Girls Against God by Jenny Hval

September '23: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

August '23: Chelsea Girls by Eileen Myles

July '23: August Blue by Deborah Levy

June '23: Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger by Brontez Purnell

May '23: Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue

April '23: My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci

March '23: The Land of Green Plums by Herta Muller

February '23: Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

January '23: Autum by Ali Smith

November '22: Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados

October '22: Crudo by Olivia Laing

 

Girls Against God: A Novel By Jenny Hval Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781788738958
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Verso Fiction - October 6th, 2020

Convenience Store Woman By Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator) Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802129628
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grove Press - September 17th, 2019

Chelsea Girls: A Novel By Eileen Myles Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780062394668
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ecco - September 29th, 2015

August Blue: A Novel By Deborah Levy Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374602048
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - June 6th, 2023

Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger By Brontez Purnell Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781936932153
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Feminist Press - June 13th, 2017

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Sudden Death: A Novel By Álvaro Enrigue, Natasha Wimmer (Translated by) Cover Image
By Álvaro Enrigue, Natasha Wimmer (Translated by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780735213449
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Riverhead Books - February 7th, 2017

My Cat Yugoslavia: A Novel By Pajtim Statovci, David Hackston (Translated by) Cover Image
By Pajtim Statovci, David Hackston (Translated by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525432456
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - March 20th, 2018

The Land of Green Plums: A Novel By Herta Müller, Michael Hofmann (Translated by) Cover Image
By Herta Müller, Michael Hofmann (Translated by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780312429942
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Picador - November 23rd, 2010

Fingersmith By Sarah Waters Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781573229722
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Riverhead Books - October 1st, 2002

Autumn: A Novel (Seasonal Quartet) By Ali Smith Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781101969946
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Anchor - October 17th, 2017

Happy Hour: A Novel By Marlowe Granados Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781839764011
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Verso Fiction - September 7th, 2021

Crudo: A Novel By Olivia Laing Cover Image
$14.95
ISBN: 9780393357417
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 3rd, 2019