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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Your first look at this week's 20% off new release book picks, four fiction, four nonfiction. You don't have to support Jeff Bezos to get discounts on hot new books. Come to us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b.... Titles/authors in alt-text. Authors and publishers on Bluesky in comment. #Booksky

This week's 20% off new fiction picks, discounted through October 24th, 2026:
- The Water House: A Novel, by Nneoma Ike-Njoku
- Mystery Play: A Novel, by Elizabeth Kostova
- Look What the Cat Dragged In: A Novel, by Jason Rekulak
- Another Name for Red: A Novel, by Amber Blaeser-Wardzala

This week's 20% off new nonfiction picks, discounted through October 24th, 2026:
- Unreliable Boyfriend: An Insider's View of Dealing with a Chaotic Superpower, Plutocrats, and Other Complicated People, by Chrystia Freeland
- A Dead White: An Argument Against White Paint, by Wendy S. Walters
- The Last Best Place on the Internet: A Human History of Wikipedia, by Richard Cooke
- Bogland: The Secret World That Defies Death and Protects Life, by Merritt R. Turetsky

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

All good things must end someday. Such is the cycle of life. These four new books mark the end of their cycles, three by the choice of their authors, and one by the death of the author. More about Petrified Dreams, Dark Reading Matter, True North, and Backwater in the following thread 🧵1 of 5

Four books that represent the end of a cycle: two mystery series with their final chapters, the last travel book by Paul Theroux, and the final, posthumous novel by James Sallis.
- Petrified Dreams, by Joe R. Lansdale
- Dark Reading Matter, by Jasper Fforde
- True North, by Paul Theroux
- Backwater, by James Sallis

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This week's 20% off new fiction picks, discounted through October 17th, 2026:
- Partita: A Novel, by Barbara Kingsolver
- Bad Words: A Novel, by Rioghnach Robinson
- Life Out of Order: A Novel, by Audrey Niffenegger
- The Occidental Book of the Dead: A Novel, by T. Geronimo Johnson

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Our revamped 20% off RESIST! promotion at The Literate Lizard is live and has dozens of discounted books to inform, inspire and energize us in the fight against Trump and his enablers. Browse the selection here: theliteratelizard.com/resist-2026 VOTE BLUE! Every candidate on the ballot!

The 20% off RESIST! promo at The Literate Lizard Online Bookstore features dozens of books to inform, inspire and energize us in the fight against Trump.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This week's 20% off new fiction picks, discounted through October 10th 2026:
- The Floating World: A Novel, by Ben Eastham
- The King of Aloe Vera: A Novel, by Tomas Moniz
- Sophie, Standing There: A Novel, by Meg Mason
- The Weight of Angels: A Novel, by John Boyne

This week's 20% off new nonfiction picks, discounted through October 10th 2026:
- Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines, by Sherry Turkle
- Darkness Becomes Bright: On the Brief Life and Immortal Art of Edgar Allan Poe, by Emily Ogden
- Dog's Day: The True Story of a Bank Robbery, Gay Liberation, and Toxic Love That Inspired a Hollywood Classic, by Matthew J. Prigge
- In Our Hands: A Maker's Manifesto for Changing the World Through Creative Practices, by Bonnie Smith Whitehouse

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy #Caturday! This week we're featuring the forthcoming Bodega Cats of New York: Portraits and Stories from New York City's Working Cats, by Dan Rimada, published by Epic Ink. Coming out Nov. 24th but you can preorder now for 20% off! A great holiday gift! theliteratelizard.com/book/9798317...

Cover of the forthcoming book Bodega Cats of New York: Portraits and Stories from New York City's Working Cats, by Dan Rimada, coming out November 24th from publisher Epic Ink. Also shown are two of the illustrations from the book.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Two new books featuring snow leopards, one fiction, one nonfiction: What's a Snow Leopard to You?, by Chen-Fu Hsu, and The Ghost of the Mountains, by Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi. Both are 20% off for a limited time, so place your orders now! More info in alt-text, links to buy in reply.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This week's 20% off new fiction picks, discounted through October 3rd 2026:
- The Strangers: A Novel, by Naomi Alderman
- Mazywood: A Novel, by Tananarive Due
- Female Life on Planet Earth: A Novel, by Laleh Khadivi
- Cloud Six: A Novel, by Amy Fusselman

This week's 20% off new nonfiction picks, discounted through October 3rd 2026:
- An Unexpected Life: A Memoir, by Gloria Steinem
- True North: On the Road in Canada, by Paul Theroux
- Racist by Design: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control, by Kelly Lytle Hernández
- History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery, by Richard Kurin

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy #Caturday! Tuesday the 22nd brings the third book in the Japanese We'll Prescribe You a Cat series. Order Welcome to the Kokoro Cat Clinic, by Syou Ishida, translated by E. Madison Shimoda here: theliteratelizard.com/book/9798217... Cats once again prove to be the best medicine!

Cover of the third book in the Japanese We'll Prescribe You a Cat series, Welcome to the Kokoro Cat Clinic, by Syou Ishida, translated by E. Madison Shimoda

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Call it Evil. Call it Fascism. Call it Cowardice. The Trump/GOP corruption, greed, hate, and indifference to the needs of the people and the country have crossed the line. 20% off these books to FIRE YOU UP to FIRE THE GOP in November! More info in alt-text Links to buy in reply

Three new books detailing the dangers tio the country and the world by the current corruption of Trump and the GOP:
- Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era, by Susan Neiman
- End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World, by Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor
- Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era, by Jacob Weisberg

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This week's 20% off new fiction picks, discounted through September 26th 2026:
- Exit Party: A Novel, by Emily St. John Mandel
- Fallow: A Novel, by Sarah Anderson
- The Newer World: A Novel, by Sebastian Barry
- American Nightmare: A Novel, by Kelly McWilliams

This week's 20% off new nonfiction picks, discounted through September 26th 2026:
- Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era, by Susan Neiman
- End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World, by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
- Dreams of a White Snow Lion: The Remarkable Life, Vision, and Deeds of the Dalai Lama, by Mariateresa Bianca and Sherab Dhargye
- Natural Intelligence & the Logic of Consciousness, by Antonio Damasio

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You know why Irish President Catherine Connolly was gutsy enough to give Trump a dressing-down? Because the Irish lift 450 lb. rocks for fun! Don't believe me? Buy The Wind Beneath the Stone, by David Keohane, for 20% off at The Literate Lizard: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781645... More in alt-text

Cover of the new book The Wind Beneath the Stone: My Quest to Unearth a Piece of Ireland’s Folklore, by David Keohan.

"When world kettle-bell lifting champion David Keohan heard the old tales of stone-lifting, he was captivated, setting off on a quest to rediscover these famous stones and attempt the feats of heroes past by lifting them. Guided by a 1930s archive, the dúchas, in which schoolchildren shared their local folklore, Keohan began to travel the country in search of the stones. They were often to be found hidden away in quiet villages or cemeteries, their purpose almost forgotten. But, as he journeyed through Ireland, he met those who recalled the stories of the stones and the legends attached to them. Soon, others joined him as he took on the challenge of lifting these pieces of history, the heaviest of which weighed well over 450 pounds."

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Each year for 9/11, 3000 American flags are placed at Tempe Beach Park, each tagged with the name of one of the victims.

3000 flags placed at Tempe Beach Park for 911, each tagged with the name of one of the victims.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As Bob Dylan sings, everybody must get stoned. Here are two fascinating new books about stones, currently 20% off. The Wind Beneath the Stone: My Quest to Unearth a Piece of Ireland’s Folklore, by David Keohan Monumental: A Stonemason's Tale, by Simon Warrack More info in alt-text, links in reply

Two fascinating new books about stones, currently 20% off at The Literate Lizard for a limited time
- The Wind Beneath the Stone: My Quest to Unearth a Piece of Ireland’s Folklore, by David Keohan

"When world kettle-bell lifting champion David Keohan heard the old tales of stone-lifting, he was captivated, setting off on a quest to rediscover these famous stones and attempt the feats of heroes past by lifting them. Guided by a 1930s archive, the dúchas, in which schoolchildren shared their local folklore, Keohan began to travel the country in search of the stones. They were often to be found hidden away in quiet villages or cemeteries, their purpose almost forgotten. But, as he journeyed through Ireland, he met those who recalled the stories of the stones and the legends attached to them. Soon, others joined him as he took on the challenge of lifting these pieces of history, the heaviest of which weighed well over 450 pounds."

- Monumental: A Stonemason's Tale, by Simon Warrack

"Around the world and across time, the buildings of the gods and royalty have mostly been made of stone. For more than forty years, the eminent stonemason and conservator Simon Warrack has worked on many of the greatest of them. In Monumental, Warrack takes readers on a charming journey to some of the most extraordinary places where he has plied his trade, including the dazzling churches and palaces of Venice and the celebrated fountains of Rome, the vast temple of Angkor Wat in modern-day Cambodia, the glorious arches and cloisters of Canterbury Cathedral in England, and the ancient, elaborately carved Obelisk of Axum in modern-day Ethiopia."

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our weekly Nonfiction Views column on @dailykos.com featured eight recent books on 9/11 and its aftermath. Links to buy the books are in the linked article. Full titles and authors in alt-text, and authors on Bluesky in reply. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Some recently published books on 9/11 and its aftermath, as covered in our Nonfiction Views article published on Daily Kos. They are stacked as to mirror the World Trade twin towers, and are set against a background of New York City at night, with the Statue of Liberty and the tribute in light searchlights piercing the sky over the World trade Center site.
Books discussed in the Daily Kos article are:
- After Ground Zero: Everyday Americans and the Unhealed Scars of 9/11, by Mike Kelly
- I Will Follow You Anywhere : The True Story of the 9/11 Responders Who Took On Congress, by John Feal
- Keeping Our Nation’s Promise: 9/11 and the Stories That Still Shape Us, by Chris Meek and Dave Jarecki
- Ash and Honor: The Untold 368 Minutes of 9/11, by Jeffrey Robinson
- Second Wave: Inside Al Qaeda’s Post-9/11 Attack Plan and America’s Secret Effort to Stop It, by Michael Lebowitz
- Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America, by Rozina Ali
- All the Presidents’ Wars: Twenty-Five Years of America’s War on Terror, by Peter Bergen
- The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape from Afghanistan and Coming of Age in America, by Rebecca Blumenstein and Diana Kapp

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This week's 20% off new fiction picks, discounted through September 19th 2026:
- The Witches of Cambridge: A Novel, by Alice Hoffman
- Switzy: A Novel, by Emma Cline
- Queenie Is Working on It: A Novel, by Candice Carty-Williams
- Driven: A Novel, by Mason Coile

This week's 20% off new nonfiction picks, discounted through September 19th 2026:
- Feathered Forest: Aloft with Birds in Ancient Trees, by Marina Richie
- Idle in Provence: A Brief History of Thyme, by Eric Idle
- Kobuk the Destroyer: And Other Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering, by Alex Davies
- The Last Free Women: A Daring Escape from Afghanistan and Coming of Age in America, by Rebecca Blumenstein and Diana Kapp

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

RIP Gloria Steinem. Thank you for all you've done. Remembering her at the Book Expo in 2015 signing advance copies of her memoir My Life on the Road.

Gloria Steinem's signature on my advance copy of her memoir My Life on the Road.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This week's 20% off new fiction picks, discounted through September 12th 2016:
- The Barman of the Ritz: A Novel, by Philippe Collin
- The Birthing Tree: A Novel, by Amanda Peters
- The Disappearers: A Novel, by Marlon James-
Under Story: A Novel, by Chloe Benjamin

This week's 20% off new nonfiction picks, discounted through September 12th 2016:
- American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump, by Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark
- Anne LaBastille: A Biography of the Woodswoman, by Penny Harr
- The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Planet, by Leah C. Stokes
- The Wind Beneath the Stone: My Quest to Unearth a Piece of Ireland’s Folklore, by David Keohan

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Happy #Caturday! Today we present The Mofusand Cat Café Cookbook: 35 Adorably Delicious Recipes, coming out September 1st. Your Mofusand feline servers will bring you whimsical and tasty treats, and show you how to make them at home: theliteratelizard.com/book/9798217...

Cover of The Mofusand Cat Café Cookbook: 35 Adorably Delicious Recipes, coming out September 1st.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through September 5th, 2026:
- Crocodilopolis: A Novel, by John Manuel Arias
- Dèy: A Novel, by Edwidge Danticat
- Fallen for France: A Novel, by Elizabeth Letts
- Jacaranda: A Novel, by Gaël Faye, Translated by Sarah Ardizzone

This week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through September 5th, 2026:
- The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, by Jill Lepore
- The Ghost of the Mountains: Unraveling the Secrets of the Snow Leopard, by Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi
- Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America, by Rozina Ali
- Tangled: Seven Iconic Moments in White Women's Hair and What They Tell Us About Power, Pleasure, and Complicity, by Sarah Mesle

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through August 29th, 2026:
- The Salt King: A Novel, by Natasha Pulley
- Nearshore: A Novel, by Steve Hawk
- The Loneliest Tree in the World: A Novel, by Mariana Salomao Carrara, translated by Julia Sanches and Alison Entrekin
- The Breakup: A Novel, by Kurt Andersen

This week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through August 29th, 2026:
- No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism, by Jared Huffman
- Mothers of Invention: A History of Creativity from the Greek Muses, by Moiya McTier
- The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist, by Joby Warrick
- Her Own Voice: Eight Women Who Rewrote Life and Art, by Anne E. Fernald

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Our weekly @dailykos.com post about nonfiction looks at two recent books by @nenrich.bsky.social and by @tomlevenson.bsky.social detailing how Trump's undermining of USAID and vaccines will likely cause a multitude of deaths, plus capsule reviews of 7 more new books: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Two recently published books looking at the way policies driven by Trump, Elon Musk and RFK, Jr will likely result in the deaths of multitudes around the world:
- Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID, by Nicholas Enrich
- A Pox on Fools: The True Believers, Grifters, and Cynics Who Convinced Us to Reject Vaccines, by Thomas Levenson

Covers of seven notable books of nonfiction published this week:
- What Happened to Liberal Democracy?: Remaking a Politics of Shared Prosperity, by Daron Acemoglu
- Hannah Arendt: A Life of the Mind, by Thomas Meyer, translated by Shelley Frisch
- Searching for Jane Crow: Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America from the Auction Block to the Cell Block, by Talitha L. LeFlouria
- Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art, by Daisy Dixon
- Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland, by Ashley Kahn
- On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World, by Florence Hazrat
- Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit, by Sam Roberts
- Great and Unfortunate Things, by Jason Arday.
- Three Tenses: A Transmission from the Nineties, by Ed Park

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through August 22nd, 2026:
- The Responsible Party: A Novel, by Claire Carusillo
- Mia: A Novel, by Leslie Bazzett
- The Hill in the Dark Grove: A Novel, by Liam Higginson
- Hocus Pocus: A Novel, by Brinda Charry

This week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through August 22nd, 2026:
- Hannah Arendt: A Life of the Mind, by Thomas Meyer
- Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland, by Ashley Kahn
- On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World, by Florence Hazrat
- Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art, by Daisy Dixon

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Happy National Book Lovers Day! At the Literate Lizard, we love to offer curated selections of books available at 20% off. Our discounts and promotions change regularly, so buy now and keep checking back for new choices. Every book shown in these 8 pics is currently 20% off: theliteratelizard.com

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

In these stressful political times, don't you wish you could just time-travel away from it all? Well, that isn't possible yet, but here are four recent time-travel novels, plus the upcoming new novel by @audreyniffenegger.bsky.social, author of The Time Traveler's Wife, all 20% off! Link in reply🧵⬇️

Four recent and one upcoming novels featuring time travel:
- Time Travel for Beginners, by Jaclyn Moriarty
- The Traveler, by Joseph Eckert
- Retro: A Novel, by Jessica M. Goldstein
- The Midnight Train: A Novel, by Matt Haig
- And the upcoming novel by Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife, coming out Oct. 6th: Life Out of Order

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

For #Caturday, Tashi, Alfie and Grace would like to present Kitten: A Novel, by Stacey Yu, about a young woman whose growing obsession with her boyfriend’s cat opens new possibilities for her life—but not without threatening to unravel it. Buy for 20% off: theliteratelizard.com/book/9798217...

Cover of Kitten: A Novel, by Stacey Yu. Alongside the book, three cats--Tashi, Alfie and Grace- lie on a sofa.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It's the meme we all live by every day, like it or not, and now its creator @kcg.bsky.social has a brand-new book out, so come and get it! We strongly recommend also getting the miniature desktop collectible version, so you can gaze upon it and mutter to yourself all day long. Links in comment 🧵⬇️

Cover of the new book by "This is Fine" meme creator KC Green. Also pictured is the desktop miniature collectible of the scene.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

There's been a lot of spirited discussion about The Odyssey ever since the movie came out, and that's a good thing. A new book, Homer Haunted, by Henry Power, discusses how Homer's writings have affected us over the centuries. And here is @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social's translation. Links in reply 🧵⬇️

Covers of Emily Wilson's translation of Homer's The Odyssey, and of the new book Homer-Haunted: The Many Afterlives of an Ancient Poet, by Henry Power

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through August 15th, 2026:
- Appraisals: A Novel, by Claire Boyles
- Plant Lady: A Novel, by Kang Minyoung
- Time Travel for Beginners: A Novel, by Jaclyn Moriarty
- Etna: A Novel, by Paul Yoon

This week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through August 15th, 2026:
- The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn, by Dave Zirin
- Q: The Hidden Power of Questions in a World That Wants Answers, by Lani Watson
- ReGen: A New Future for Farming, Food, and Health, by David R. Montgomery
- The Vanishing Earth: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Extraction, by James Crawford

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

July was fun with the World Cup and America's 250th birthday, but Summer is still in full swing. We have dozens of great reads for 20% off to help you chill out now, before autumn puts our focus on that final Blue Wave push in November's mid-terms. Come browse: theliteratelizard.com/beach-reads-...

A beach scene with books on the sand and floating in a big blue wave.

We're offering a great selection of books to help you kick back and relax during these hot and sultry days. You deserve a little R&R, because soon things will REALLY be heating up as we get to work with energy, courage and passion toward bringing the Big Blue Wave in the November midterm elections.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Samantha says Happy #Caturday as she poses on a leopard print chair surrounded by books, the Buddha, a basket, and a plush javelina

Samantha the cat poses on a leopard print chair surrounded by books, the Buddha, a basket, and a plush javelina

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Barack Obama has announced his Summer Reading List, and as always, The Literate Lizard discounts his picks 20%: theliteratelizard.com/barack-obama... Obama loves to read, is well-informed, curious, engaged, and eager to learn. Sad to now have the uninformed, incurious, and willfully ignorant Trump.

Barack Obama's Summer Reading List for 2026, currently discounted 20% at The Literate Lizard.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through August 8th, 2026:
- Beginning Middle End: A Novel, by Valeria Luiselli
- City of Widows: A Novel, by Nadia Hashimi
- The Felicity Complex: A Novel, by August Clarke
- Few and Far Between: A Novel, by Jan Carson

This week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through August 8th, 2026:
- Biological War: A Scenario, by Annie Jacobsen
- Liberation Summer: The Moment That Changed the Women's Movement and the Future of American Politics, by Micki McElya
- The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness, by Cal Flyn
- Walking Shadow: Love, Loss and Shakespeare, by Greg Doran

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Another great review for The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory, by Emily Eakin. It's one of our current 20% off New Release picks through August 1st, so read the review at Slate (www.msn.com/en-us/money/...) , then come get your copy at a great price with us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b...

Cover of the new book by Emily Eakin, The Frenchmen, or, my life in theory

“A superbly engrossing adventure of ideas, tracing the lives and rivalries of thinkers who were anti-humanist in their theories, but all-too-human in their personalities. I loved Emily Eakin's wry account of her own youthful intoxication with these writers, and of her disentanglement from them — even while she reassesses what they might still have to offer in these strange times. This will surely be my philosophy book of the year.” —Sarah Bakewell, New York Times bestselling author of Humanly Possible

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Congrats to Spain for their World Cup Victory! After that goal-filled 3rd place match yesterday, today's match saw only that one goal in extra time for Spain. The World Cup may be over for this year, but our 20% off promo will continue for a while: theliteratelizard.com/world-cup-2026 Shop and Save!

The World Cup is over, but the 20% off World Cup book promotion at The Literate Lizard will continue for a while longer

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through August 1st, 2026:
- Cool Machine: A Novel (The Harlem Trilogy #3), by Colson Whitehead
- Henry Tudor Must Die: A Novel, by Jillian Laine
- The New People: A Novel, by Andrea Uptmor
- Yellow Pine: A Novel, by Claire Vaye Watkins

This week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through August 1st, 2026:
- Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight against Equality in America, by Kim Phillips-Fein
- The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory, by Emily Eakin
- Lost in Curiosity: Field Notes from Scientists' Adventures into the Unknown, by Roberta Kwok
- This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy, by Ben Wikler

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Joe Biden's memoir Promise Me, America has been announced by @littlebrown.bsky.social publishers for publication on November 17th. It is available for preorder, and we have added it to our 20% Off Preorders We're Excited About list: theliteratelizard.com/list/preorde... Lock in your savings now!

Cover image as released by Little, Brown Publishing of President Joe Biden's upcoming memoir Promise Me, America, to be published on November 17th. The Literate Lizard is offering preorders at 20% off.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through July 25th, 2026:
- Cloudthief: A Novel, by Nathaniel Rich
- The Forest Becomes Her: A Novel, by Julie Carrick Dalton
- The Intrigue: A Novel, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Lady X: A Novel, by Molly Fader

This week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through July 25th, 2026:
- Aging Out: An Exploration of Caregiving, Community, and How Americans Grow Old, by Lucy Schiller
- Fierce Country: The Untold Story of Three Women Who Ignited America's Love for the Wild, by Heather Hansman
- Our Knives Will Save Us: Dispatches from a White Mountain Apache Chef, by Nephi Craig
- They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy, by Lauren Collins

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

On #Caturday, Alfie and Tashi ponder the new book Our Wild Familiars: How Animals Are Adapting to Cities and Reshaping the Natural World, by Dan Werb. They wonder what the big deal is. They've been living alongside humans in the city their entire lives. Buy now: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780593...

Cover of the new book Our Wild Familiars: How Animals Are Adapting to Cities and Reshaping the Natural World, by Dan Werb. Alongside the book, cats Alfie and Tashi wonder what the big deal is. They've been living alongside humans in the city their entire lives.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Sick of slimy politicians, parasitic corporations and bloodsucking billionaires? Take a break with these fun, fascinating new books about nature's creepy denizens, both 20% off: -Hidden Creatures, by Dino Martins -The Devil's Garden, by Peter Marren. More info in alt-text, links to buy in comment 🧵⬇️

Covers of two new books about the creepier side of nature, both 20% off at The Literate Lizard Online Bookstore for a limited time.

- The Devil’s Garden: The world's most sinister plants and fungi, by Peter Marren.
"A lively exploration of the poisoners, tricksters, stingers, stinkers and invaders of the plant world and how their lives intertwine with ours."

- Hidden Creatures: Luscious Leeches, Bashful Botflies, and the Wondrous, History-Shaping World of Parasites, by Dino Martins
"Welcome to the hidden, squirming world of parasites—some of the most misunderstood creatures with whom we share the Earth (and our bodies)."

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through July 18th, 2026:
- Wisdom Corner: A Novel, by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
- Fabulous Bodies: A Novel, by Chuck Tingle
- Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt: A Novel, by Ben Reeves
- Country People: A Novel, by Daniel Mason

This week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through July 18th, 2026:
- The Cure at Walden Pond: A Guide to Recovering Our Humanity, by Thomas Moore
- Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War, by Jane Rogoyska
- How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words, by Sophia Smith Galer
- A Vast Horizon: Artists and Lovers, Freedom and War, by Anna Thomasson

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Trump's sudden obsessive bleating about communism is a tactic going back to the McCarthy era and Trump's hero Roy Cohn. Preorder American Scoundrel, @kaibirdbiographer.bsky.social's upcoming bio of Roy Cohn for 20% off: theliteratelizard.com/list/preorde... More in in alt-text and comment thread 🧵⬇️

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

It was a somewhat slow week in publishing with the summer doldrums setting in, so my weekly @dailykos.com post on new nonfiction also took a peek at some upcoming fall books, available for preorder. Authors mentioned who are on Bluesky in comment 🧵⬇️(not all active) www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

The illustration for this week's Nonfiction Views column I do for Daily Kos features the covers of seven books published this week, plus covers of some books coming out in the fall, all of which are available for preorder. The books are set against a beach background.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

There have been some exciting games and surprising victories in the World Cup, and we can enjoy watching them despite Trump's obstructive reckless tariffs, racist immigration policy and insane geopolitics. Here's a selection of 20% off books to help you enjoy: theliteratelizard.com/world-cup-2026

The Literate Lizard Bookstore celebrates the World Cup with a selection of books about the sport, discounted 20%.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Your first look at this week's 20% off new release book picks, four fiction, four nonfiction. You don't have to support Jeff Bezos to get discounts on hot new books. Come to us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b... Titles/authors in alt-text. Authors and publishers on Bluesky in comments. #Booksky

This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through July 11th, 2026:
- Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep: A Novel, by Paul Tremblay
- Main Characters: A Novel, by Bobby Palmer
- The Moon Papers: A Novel, by Emmalea Russo
- Wasp's Nest: A Novel, by Kat Stoddard

This week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through July 11th, 2026:
- The Midnight Special: The Secret Prison History of American Music, by Colin Asher
- On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear, by Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer
- On the Origin of Sex: The Weird and Wonderful Science of Reproduction, by Dr. Lixing Sun
- Summer of '71: Five Months That Changed America, by John A. Jenkins

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

On this #Caturday, Charlie is petulantly watching Harry and Tonto on TV, wishing for a road trip, after reading Monster of a Land, the new memoir by queer writer Lauren Hough about her drive across today's America with her dog Woody by her side. Buy for 20% off: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780593...

Cover of the new memoir Monster of a Land, by Lauren Hough, in which she describes her journey across contemporary America with her dog.
The book is pictured against a backdrop of an open highway, and alongside a cat watching the movie Harry and Tonto on TV. That movie features a cat on a road trip.

“Lauren Hough writes about America the way it deserves to be written about—honestly, and with a tinge of heartbreak. Monster of a Land is so much more than a road trip book—it’s about the trips we never take, the people we lose before we get the chance, and what happens when you finally get in the goddamn car.”
—Jennette McCurdy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Half His Age

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Among the amazing facts in @lixingsun.bsky.social's new book On the Origin of Sex: The Weird and Wonderful Science of Reproduction, some algae can mate with almost any other—a veritable free-for-all. Trump has turned the Reflecting Pool into a public display of depravity! More in alt-text & reply 🧵⬇️

Cover of the new book On the Origin of Sex: The Weird and Wonderful Science of Reproduction, by Dr. Lixing Sun. The book is set against a background photo of the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC filled with green algae in front of the Lincon Memorial. Background photo by Jessica Koscielniak for Reuters.

From split-gill mushrooms to duck-billed platypuses, the spectacular science of sexual reproduction and creation of biodiversity on Earth. Assiduously researched and narrated with humor and verve, On the Origin of Sex offers an expert and entertaining investigation into the science of how our planet is populated.

“Sun distills complex genetic concepts for general audiences with irreverence and humor. Sun’s analysis emphasizes the breadth of diversity in nature while reminding readers that sex and gender are neither fixed nor binary.” —Booklist

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

My weekly @dailykos.com post on new nonfiction also discusses the publishers putting out books in support of the Trumpian MAHA anti-science, anti-vax, anti-medicine regime: www.dailykos.com/stories/2026... Authors of this week's new nonfiction on Bluesky listed in comment reply. 🧵⬇️

Covers of fourteen new nonfiction titles published this week, as listed in my weekly Nonfiction Views column of Daily Kos.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Hope Mendocino County in California is ok after the earthquake. Two new books this week about Mendocino: Sourland: A Novel, by Ariel Delgado Dixon, and Mendo: How an Unlikely Group of Rebels Turned Cannabis into California's Cash Crop, by Charlie Harris More info in alt-text, links to buy in reply.

- Sourland: A Novel, by Ariel Delgado Dixon.

"A gripping, propulsive novel about succession, sex, and revenge on a California marijuana farm."
“As the ex-lovers of a missing weed farmer grapple for control of her land and harvest, they contend with the force of her presence and the complexities of their own pasts against the sensuous Northern California wilderness. Deliciously written and compulsively readable, Sourland captures the dying days of a band of outlaws ensnared in a web of pleasure, labor, and loss.”—Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House

- Mendo: How an Unlikely Group of Rebels Turned Cannabis into California's Cash Crop, by Charlie Harris

"California's homegrown weed industry helped launch the solar power industry, and that's not all. Mendocino county—or Mendo—sits within California’s Emerald Triangle, a sprawling, sparsely populated region that has produced billions of dollars’ worth of weed, and since the 1970s, virtually every inhabitant has either been involved in the pot trade or been a beneficiary of it—including the government.

Mendo was formed by the confluence of back-to-the-land hippies fleeing San Francisco and longtime locals who held more traditional, conservative beliefs. These two groups shared little in common beyond a strong antiauthoritarian streak and a need to create new opportunities after the logging industry retreated from the region. A tight-knit, backwoods, outlaw culture arose from this uncommon alliance. Mendo tells the fascinating and often humorous story of how, for over fifty years, this cabal of iconoclastic characters not only sustained the county through the illegal cultivation of marijuana, but also developed a legal framework that has been adopted in decriminalization efforts across the United States."

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through July 4th, 2026:
- Names Have Been Changed: A Novel, by Yu-Mei Balasingamchow
- Retro: A Novel, by Jessica M. Goldstein
- Sourland: A Novel, by Ariel Delgado Dixon
- Tillinghast: A Novel, by Clare Cavenagh

This week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through July 4th, 2026:
- Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage, by Matthew Wolfe
- How We Disappear: A Personal History of Information, by Thomas S. Mullaney
- Noticing: Intimate Encounters With the Natural World, by Richard Louv
- The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art, and the Birth of America's Culture Wars, by Isaac Butler

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