For Banned Books Week, a few of our Reckless Reader partner bookstores sent us their lists of recommended books to …
Banned Books Week 2020: Reckless Reader Recommendations

A basic membership to LARB gets you discounts and special rewards at our participating partner stores. The following stores participate in LARB’s Reckless Reader program:
A Cappella Books, Atlanta GA
A Novel Idea, Philadelphia PA
Alias Books, Los Angeles CA
Alley Cat Bookshop, San Francisco CA
Arcana Books, Culver City CA
Beyond Baroque, Venice CA
Book Culture, New York NY
Books Are Magic, Brooklyn, NY
Books, Inc., San Francisco CA
Brazos Bookstore, Houston TX
Broadway Books, Portland OR
Chevalier’s Books, Los Angeles CA
City Lights, San Fransisco CA
East City Bookshop, Washington DC
Eclectuals, Lakewood, CA
E.M. Wolfman, Oakland CA
Fireside Books, Palmer AK
Gatsby Books, Long Beach CA
The Golden Notebook, Woodstock NY
Green Apple Books, San Fransisco CA
Grolier Poetry Book Shop, Cambridge MA
Iconoclast Books, Sun Valley ID
The King’s English Bookshop, Salt Lake City UT
McNally Jackson, New York NY
Northshire Bookstore, Manchester VT and Saratoga Springs NY
OOF Books, Los Angeles CA
Open Books, Chicago IL
Pages Bookstore, Manhattan Beach CA
Raven Book Store, Lawrence, KS
Readers Books, Sonoma CA
Stories Books & Cafe, Los Angeles CA
Skylight Books, Los Angeles CA
The Spiral Bookcase, Philadelphia PA
Unnameable Books, Brooklyn NY
Weller Book Works, Salt Lake City UT
Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee WI
Writer’s Block Bookstore, Winter Park FL
By becoming a member, you support both the Los Angeles Review of Books and independent booksellers. Independent bookstores are vital elements of a healthy local community. They are centers for intellectual discourse, cultural exchange, creative thought, and political debate. And we know that — supported by devoted customers and guided by active management and creative staff — bookstores can thrive.
For Banned Books Week, a few of our Reckless Reader partner bookstores sent us their lists of recommended books to …
Jackie Richardson introduces the newest member of LARB's Reckless Reader program, A Novel Idea.
Kyubin Kim introduces the newest member of LARB's Reckless Reader program, Eclectuals.
Athena Villard introduces the newest member of LARB's Reckless Reader program, Books Are Magic in Brooklyn, NY.
Writer’s Block Bookstore in Winter Park, FL is now part of LARB's Reckless Reader program.
LARB members get a discount at OOF Books in Los Angeles.
LARB welcomes the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas to our Reckless Readers program.