Local Authors

Some of the many authors with roots in and around the Philadelphia area. (We have worked hard on this list, but if we have left you out please let us know.)

In the Dream House: A Memoir Cover Image

In the Dream House: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Carmen Maria Machado
$26.00
ISBN: 9781644450031
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Published: Graywolf Press - November 5th, 2019
What We Lose: A Novel Cover Image

What We Lose: A Novel (Paperback)

By Zinzi Clemmons
$16.00
ISBN: 9780735221734
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Published: Penguin Books - June 5th, 2018
Let the House of Body Fall Cover Image

Let the House of Body Fall (Paperback)

By Sara J. Grossman
$16.00
ISBN: 9781936970551
Availability: Special Order
Published: New Issues Poetry and Prose - October 2nd, 2018
Dear Angel of Death Cover Image

Dear Angel of Death (Paperback)

By Simone White
$18.00
ISBN: 9781937027674
Availability: Special Order
Published: Ugly Duckling Presse - September 3rd, 2018
Dinner at the Club: 100 Years of Stories and Recipes from South Philly's Palizzi Social Club Cover Image

Dinner at the Club: 100 Years of Stories and Recipes from South Philly's Palizzi Social Club (Hardcover)

By Joey Baldino, Adam Erace
$35.00
ISBN: 9780762493869
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Published: Running Press Adult - October 29th, 2019
Bottle Fly (Yale Drama Series) Cover Image

Bottle Fly (Yale Drama Series) (Paperback)

By Jacqueline Goldfinger, Nicholas Wright (Foreword by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780300235012
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Published: Yale University Press - September 18th, 2018
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Lizzy Legend (Hardcover)

By Matthew Ross Smith
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534420243
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Published: Aladdin - January 8th, 2019
Lilli de Jong: A Novel Cover Image

Lilli de Jong: A Novel (Paperback)

By Janet Benton
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525563327
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Published: Anchor - July 10th, 2018
Circe Cover Image

Circe (Hardcover)

By Madeline Miller
$27.00
ISBN: 9780316556347
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - April 10th, 2018
Parnassus on Wheels (The Art of the Novella) Cover Image

Parnassus on Wheels (The Art of the Novella) (Paperback)

By Christopher Morley
$12.00
ISBN: 9781935554110
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Published: Melville House - August 31st, 2010
Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together Cover Image

Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together (Hardcover)

By Andrea Tsurumi
$17.99
ISBN: 9780544959002
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Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - February 5th, 2019
Manhattan Beach: A Novel Cover Image

Manhattan Beach: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jennifer Egan
$17.00
ISBN: 9781476716749
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Published: Scribner - June 5th, 2018
Israeli Soul: Easy, Essential, Delicious Cover Image

Israeli Soul: Easy, Essential, Delicious (Hardcover)

By Michael Solomonov, Steven Cook
$35.00
ISBN: 9780544970373
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Published: Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - October 16th, 2018
Everything Is Borrowed Cover Image

Everything Is Borrowed (Hardcover)

By Nathaniel Popkin
$24.95
ISBN: 9780999550113
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Published: New Door Books - June 1st, 2018
Lost Philadelphia Cover Image

Lost Philadelphia (Hardcover)

By Ed Mauger, Bob Skiba
$18.95
ISBN: 9781909108448
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Published: Pavilion - July 1st, 2013
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Monk Eats an Afro (Paperback)

By Yolanda Wisher
$18.00
ISBN: 9781934909423
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Published: Hanging Loose Press - May 1st, 2014
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Fever 1793 (Paperback)

By Laurie Halse Anderson
$8.99
ISBN: 9780689848919
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - March 1st, 2002
The Great American Songbook Cover Image

The Great American Songbook (Paperback)

By Sam Allingham
$14.95
ISBN: 9780989275996
Availability: Special Order
Published: Strange Object - May 8th, 2018
The Eagles Encyclopedia: Champions Edition: Champions Edition Cover Image

The Eagles Encyclopedia: Champions Edition: Champions Edition (Hardcover)

By Ray Didinger
$40.00
ISBN: 9781439918487
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Published: Temple University Press - October 17th, 2018
Federal Donuts: The (Partially) True Spectacular Story Cover Image

Federal Donuts: The (Partially) True Spectacular Story (Hardcover)

By Michael Solomonov, Steven Cook, Tom Henneman, Bob Logue, Felicia D’Ambrosio
$16.99
ISBN: 9780544969049
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Published: Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - September 26th, 2017
Who Will Speak for America? Cover Image

Who Will Speak for America? (Paperback)

By Stephanie Feldman, Nathaniel Popkin
$19.95
ISBN: 9781439916247
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Published: Temple University Press - June 26th, 2018
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A Visit from the Goon Squad (Paperback)

By Jennifer Egan
$16.95
ISBN: 9780307477477
Availability: Backordered
Published: Anchor - March 22nd, 2011
A Disorder Peculiar to the Country: A Novel Cover Image

A Disorder Peculiar to the Country: A Novel (Paperback)

By Ken Kalfus
$16.99
ISBN: 9780060501419
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Published: Ecco - December 12th, 2006
Unique Eats and Eateries of Philadelphia Cover Image

Unique Eats and Eateries of Philadelphia (Paperback)

By Irene Levy Baker
$20.95
ISBN: 9781681061412
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Published: Reedy Press - September 1st, 2018
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A Prayer for the City (Paperback)

By Buzz Bissinger
$17.00
ISBN: 9780679744948
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Published: Vintage - December 29th, 1998
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But Not the Armadillo (Board book)

By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator)
$5.99
ISBN: 9781481481007
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Published: Little Simon - September 4th, 2018
Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City Cover Image

Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City (Hardcover)

By Joseph E. B. Elliott, Nathaniel Popkin, Peter Woodall
$40.00
ISBN: 9781439913000
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Published: Temple University Press - October 13th, 2017
Pizza Camp: Recipes from Pizzeria Beddia Cover Image

Pizza Camp: Recipes from Pizzeria Beddia (Hardcover)

By Joe Beddia
$29.95
ISBN: 9781419724091
Availability: Backordered
Published: Abrams - April 18th, 2017
Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking Cover Image

Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking (Hardcover)

By Michael Solomonov, Steven Cook
$35.00
ISBN: 9780544373280
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Published: Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - October 6th, 2015
Ashes (The Seeds of America Trilogy) Cover Image

Ashes (The Seeds of America Trilogy) (Paperback)

By Laurie Halse Anderson
$8.99
ISBN: 9781416961475
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - August 29th, 2017
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency Cover Image

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (Paperback)

By Daniel Pinkwater, Tony Auth (Illustrator)
$5.99
ISBN: 9781416928102
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Published: Aladdin - September 25th, 2007