Lockdown Lit

logo for Lockdown LitBooksmith is proud to support Lockdown Literature, a group of authors with books published during the coronavirus pandemic who have banded together to support one another and spread the word about these books. Visit their Instagram page to see video excerpts and for more information about the authors.

Below is a list of their new books, organized alphabetically by author. Please note that the books may be listed as out of stock -- this is because we're shipping directly from the warehouse to your door! If you're looking for an author who's part of Lockown Lit and don't see them below, try here. Thank you for helping us support these authors! Order via the links below and we'll ship the books directly to your door.

 

Watch previous Lockdown Lit events

Lysley Tenorio & Sameer Pandya

Jennifer Steil & Ava Homa

Jessica Rotondi & Lauren Francis-Sharma

Meredith O'Brien & Leslie Streeter

Bonnie Tsui & Jennifer Steinhauer

Nina Renata Aron & Julian Tepper

Melanie Abrams & Andrew Altschul

Erin Somers & Mary South

Clare Beams & Rachel Vorona Cote

Meadowlark By Melanie Abrams Cover Image
$24.95
ISBN: 9781542007351
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Little a - May 1st, 2020

The Gringa By Andrew Altschul Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781612198224
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Melville House - March 10th, 2020

A Brief History of Fruit: Poems By Kimberly Quiogue Andrews Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781629221618
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: University of Akron Press - February 27th, 2020

The Immortals of Tehran By Ali Araghi Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781612198187
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Melville House - April 7th, 2020

Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls: A Memoir of Women, Addiction, and Love By Nina Renata Aron Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525576679
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Crown - April 21st, 2020

The Illness Lesson: A Novel By Clare Beams Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9780385544665
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Doubleday - February 11th, 2020

Don't You Know I Love You By Laura Bogart Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781950539130
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Dzanc Books - March 17th, 2020

Pass with Care: Memoirs By Cooper Lee Bombardier Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781948340212
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Dottir Press - June 9th, 2020

Shiner: A Novel By Amy Jo Burns Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525533641
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Riverhead Books - May 5th, 2020

A Small Thing to Want By Shuly Xóchitl Cawood Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781950413171
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Press 53 - May 3rd, 2020

Beauty By Christina Chiu Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781733777759
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Santa Fe Writer's Project - May 1st, 2020

The New Wilderness By Diane Cook Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062333131
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Harper - August 11th, 2020

The Likely World By Melanie Conroy-Goldman Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781597098083
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Red Hen Press - August 4th, 2020

Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today By Rachel Vorona Cote Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781538729700
Availability: Backordered
Published: Grand Central Publishing - February 25th, 2020

Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir By Lacy Crawford Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316491556
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Little, Brown and Company - July 7th, 2020

Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy By David Daley Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9781631495755
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Liveright - March 17th, 2020

Things You Would Know if You Grew Up Around Here By Nancy Wayson Dinan Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781635574432
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - May 19th, 2020

Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box By Evette Dionne Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780451481542
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - April 21st, 2020

Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother's) Lifetime By Maggie Downs Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781640092921
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Counterpoint - May 12th, 2020

The Moon Always Rising By Alice C. Early Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781631526831
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: She Writes Press - April 21st, 2020

Taylor Before and After By Jennie Englund, Camille Kellogg (Editor) Cover Image
Email or call for price
ISBN: 9781250171870
Availability: Out of Print
Published: Imprint - February 18th, 2020

The Swan Suit By Katherine Fawcett Cover Image
$22.95
ISBN: 9781771622608
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Douglas & McIntyre - October 6th, 2020

The Companions By Katie M. Flynn Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781982122157
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Gallery/Scout Press - March 3rd, 2020

To Remain Nameless By Brad Fox Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780999418673
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Rescue Press - May 1st, 2020

Book of the Little Axe By Lauren Francis-Sharma Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780802129369
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - May 12th, 2020

Pizza Girl: A Novel By Jean Kyoung Frazier Cover Image
$24.95
ISBN: 9780385545723
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Doubleday - June 9th, 2020

That's Not a Thing By Jacqueline Friedland Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781684630301
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Sparkpress - April 14th, 2020

Everything Is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes By Phyllis Grant Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9780374150143
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - April 21st, 2020

Scrapple By Sian Griffiths Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9780998966748
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Braddock Avenue Books - July 1st, 2020

The Heart Keeps Faulty Time By Sian Griffiths Cover Image
$12.00
ISBN: 9781949344110
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Bull City Press - April 7th, 2020

Happy & You Know It By Laura Hankin Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781984806239
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Berkley - May 19th, 2020

Half By Sharon Harrigan Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9780299328542
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: University of Wisconsin Press - June 9th, 2020

The Return By Rachel Harrison Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780593098660
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Berkley - March 24th, 2020

Tea by the Sea By Donna Hemans Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781597098458
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Red Hen Press - June 9th, 2020

Daughters of Smoke and Fire: A Novel By Ava Homa Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781419743092
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: The Overlook Press - May 12th, 2020

You Again: A Novel By Debra Jo Immergut Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062747587
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Ecco - July 7th, 2020

American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country By Jack Jenkins Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062935984
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: HarperOne - April 21st, 2020

Ashley Sugarnotch & the Wolf By Elizabeth Deanna Morris Lakes Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781951853013
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Mason Jar Press - April 14th, 2020

In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine By Rachel Lance Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781524744151
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Dutton - April 7th, 2020

Under the Rainbow: A Novel By Celia Laskey Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525536161
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Riverhead Books - March 3rd, 2020

Ten Past Noon: Focus and Fate at Forty By Tucker Lieberman Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9781732906044
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Glyph Torrent - February 25th, 2020

Glorious Boy By Aimee Liu Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781597098892
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Red Hen Press - May 10th, 2020

A Good Marriage: A Novel By Kimberly McCreight Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062367686
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Harper - May 5th, 2020

Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels—from the Jungles to the Streets By Toby Muse Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062905291
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: William Morrow - March 24th, 2020

Uncomfortably Numb: a memoir about the life-altering diagnosis of multiple sclerosis By Meredith O'Brien Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781948018708
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing - March 3rd, 2020

The Distance from Four Points By Margo Orlando Littell Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781608011797
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: University of New Orleans Press - May 28th, 2020

Wolf By Douglas A. Martin Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781643620220
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Nightboat Books - June 2nd, 2020

Outline of My Lover By Douglas A. Martin Cover Image
$14.95
ISBN: 9781643620237
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Nightboat Books - June 2nd, 2020

Horse Crazy: The Story of a Woman and a World in Love with an Animal By Sarah Maslin Nir Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781501196232
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Simon & Schuster - August 4th, 2020

Members Only By Sameer Pandya Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9780358098546
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Mariner Books - July 7th, 2020

These Women: A Novel By Ivy Pochoda Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062656384
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Ecco - May 19th, 2020

Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them By Adrienne Raphel Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525522089
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Penguin Press - March 17th, 2020

What We Inherit: A Secret War and a Family's Search for Answers By Jessica Pearce Rotondi Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781951213077
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Unnamed Press - April 21st, 2020

Rules for Moving By Nancy Star Cover Image
$14.95
ISBN: 9781542006378
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Lake Union Publishing - May 19th, 2020

Tricks of Light By Thaddeus Rutkowski Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780998144078
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Great Weather for Media, LLC - April 6th, 2020

The Invention of Love By Sara Schaff Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781952897009
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Split/Lip Press - May 15th, 2020

Dreams of Being By Michael J. Seidlinger Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780999472354
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Maudlin House - April 22nd, 2020

Take Me Apart: A Novel By Sara Sligar Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374272616
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: MCD - April 28th, 2020

Stay Up with Hugo Best: A Novel By Erin Somers Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781982102357
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Scribner - April 2nd, 2019

You Will Never Be Forgotten: Stories By Mary South Cover Image
$15.00
ISBN: 9780374538361
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: FSG Originals - March 10th, 2020

And I Do Not Forgive You: Stories and Other Revenges By Amber Sparks Cover Image
$23.95
ISBN: 9781631496202
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Liveright - February 11th, 2020

Exile Music: A Novel By Jennifer Steil Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525561811
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Viking - May 5th, 2020

The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress By Jennifer Steinhauer Cover Image
$27.95
ISBN: 9781616209995
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Algonquin Books - March 10th, 2020

Lake of Urine: A Love Story By Guillermo Stitch Cover Image
$21.00
ISBN: 9781944697945
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Sagging Meniscus Press - July 1st, 2020

Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like
$27.00
ISBN: 9780316490719
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Little, Brown and Company - March 10th, 2020

Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) By Douglas Stuart Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780802148049
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Grove Press - February 11th, 2020

The Lady Upstairs By Halley Sutton Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780593187739
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - November 17th, 2020

The Lightness: A Novel By Emily Temple Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062905321
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: William Morrow - June 16th, 2020

The Son of Good Fortune: A Novel By Lysley Tenorio Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062059574
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Ecco - July 7th, 2020

Between the Records By Julian Tepper Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781644280744
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Rare Bird Books - March 10th, 2020

Catherine House: A Novel By Elisabeth Thomas Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062905659
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Custom House - May 12th, 2020

The Knockout Queen: A novel By Rufi Thorpe Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9780525656784
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Knopf - April 28th, 2020

Why We Swim By Bonnie Tsui Cover Image
Email or call for price
ISBN: 9781616207861
Availability: Out of Print
Published: Algonquin Books - April 14th, 2020

The Call: Inside the Global Saudi Religious Project By Krithika Varagur Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9781733623766
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Columbia Global Reports - April 21st, 2020

Life Events: A Novel By Karolina Waclawiak Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374186951
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - July 28th, 2020

What You Become in Flight: A Memoir By Ellen O'Connell Whittet Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781612198323
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Melville House - April 14th, 2020

The Distant Dead: A Novel By Heather Young Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062690814
Availability: Hard to Find (or) Out of Stock Indefinitely
Published: William Morrow - June 9th, 2020