St. Louis' Full-Line Independent Bookstore Since 1969

September Events Calendar                                                  Read more...

 

Actor and Bestselling Author

 

Alan Alda

 

Discusses and Signs

 

Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself

 

Monday, September 22, 7pm

Graham Chapel at Washington University

One Brookings Drive

 

Poet and Spiritual Memoirist

 

Kathleen Norris

 

Discusses and Signs

 

Acedia & Me

 

Saturday, September 27, 7PM

Christ Church Cathedral

1210 Locust

 

Books for signing must be purchased from Left Bank Books or at the event.

 

 

 

Beloved Host of "A Prairie Home Companion"

 

Garrison Keillor

Discusses and Signs

Liberty: A Lake Wobegon Novel

 


Saturday, September 20, 7PM

Roberts Orpheum Theater

416 N. 9th St.

Acclaimed Travel Author

 

Paul Theroux

Discusses and Signs

Ghost Train To the Eastern Star

 

Thursday, September 25, 7PM

Ethical Society of St. Louis

9001 Clayton

Books for signing must be purchased from Left Bank Books or at the event.

New and Notable Read more...
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The Oxford Project

photographs by Peter Feldstein, text by Stephen Bloom

American Wife by

Curtis Sittenfeld

The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker

Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison

Enigma: A Magical Story by Graeme Base

 
   
Staff Picks Read more...
The staff pick selection of Left Bank Books is famous all over town, and quite rightly so. We invite you to take a look at what we're reading!

 

The Man Suit by Zachary Schomburg

Recommended by Andrew Pryor

The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi

Recommended by Anna Rimel

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Recommended by

Allison McCue

Reading Groups Read more...
Reading groups and book clubs provide a great way to share your love of reading with others, and a forum to debate the ideas of the day. Our reading groups are free and open to the public.  All selections are 20% off!

My Miserable, Lonely, Lesbian Pregnancy by Andrea Askowitz

Lesbian Reading Group @ Left Bank Books, Thurs.,

September 18, 7:30pm

The Flower Beneath the Foot by Ronald Firbank

Gay Men's Reading Group @ Left Bank Books, Thurs., September 25, 7:30pm

 
Indie Next List
Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.

Reading this front-of-house answer to Kitchen Confidential reminded me of all the summers I spent waiting tables and reminded me to tip more generously.--Cheryl Patton, Eclipse Coffee & Books, Inc (Montevallo, AL)
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Friends of Left Bank Books Literary Society

Left Bank Books is St. Louis' full-service independent bookstore. We offer friendly, experienced service and value our customers as part of our family. In May 1996, we launched the Friends of Left Bank Books Literary Society, a membership organization to which patrons subscribe. The Friends program provides booklovers with another way to support independent bookstores. Won't You Join Us?
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