City Lights is a landmark general bookstore, internationally known for our expert selection of titles and our commitment to free intellectual inquiry.
Founded in 1953 as the nation’s first all-paperback bookstore, we now offer both hardcovers and paperbacks from all of the major publishing houses, along with an impressive range of titles from smaller, specialty publishers. Our shop features an extensive selection of poetry, fiction, translations, politics, history, philosophy, music, spirituality, and more, with a staff whose special interests in many fields contribute to the hand-picked quality of what you see on the shelves.
Events
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 6:00 pm PST
Charif Shanahan in conversation with A. Van Jordan
Charif Shanahan celebrates the publication of Trace Evidence: poems published by Tin House Books
This event is both live in-store and virtual. It is free to the public. To watch online you will need to register. While attending in-store, seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Masks are optional, but highly recommended.
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Staff Picks
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Those Bones Are Not My Child
Toni Cade Bambara $24.00 Add to cart -
Lone Women
Victor Lavalle $27.00 Add to cart -
Dawn
Sevgi Soysal $20.00 Add to cart -
The Guest Lecture
Martin Riker $17.00 Add to cart -
The Hummingbird
Sandro Veronesi $17.99 Add to cart -
Forbidden Notebook
Alba de Céspedes $26.00 Add to cart -
Something about a Bear
Jackie Morris $29.95 Add to cart -
The World and All That It Holds
Aleksandar Hemon $28.00 Add to cart -
Brotherless Night
V V Ganeshananthan $28.00 Add to cart -
To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness
Robin Coste Lewis $35.00 Add to cart
Books We Love
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Black Women Writers at Work
Claudia Tate $24.95 Add to cart -
Living a Feminist Life
Sara Ahmed $28.95 Add to cart -
Forbidden Notebook
Alba de Céspedes $26.00 Add to cart -
Wanting: Women Writing about Desire
Margot Kahn $17.95 Add to cart -
Maroons: A Grievers Novel
Adrienne Maree Brown $18.00 Add to cart -
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service
Laura Kaplan $18.00 Add to cart -
Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Change, and Courage
Tori Amos $17.00 Add to cart -
The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin: A Library of America Special Publication
Lisa Yaszek $27.95 Add to cart -
Journey to Mount Tamalpais, 2nd Edition
Etel Adnan $24.00 Add to cart -
Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris
Mark Braude $30.00 Add to cart