The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara (Doubleday)     

It's not every day that a debut novelist earns comparisons to Barbara Kingsolver and Ann Patchett, but that rare feat is just what Hanya Yanagihara has accomplished with her sweeping page-turner, The People in the Trees. This good old-fashioned novel will lure you not only with its exotic location--a remote Pacific island--but also with its gripping mystery. {eBook

Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids by Daniel Loxton (Columbia U Press)

The Believer Box of Bad Advice by editors of the Believer (Potter Style)         

   

Printed on this little box is a description that is bound to intrigue those among you who are fans of potentially tasteless games: "A Card Game of Horrible Advice from Your Favorite Comedians." Including contributions from Amy Sedaris, Patton Oswalt, Aziz Ansari, Samantha Bee and others, this is Cards Against Humanity for the Believer/McSweeney's set.  

Tamalpais Walking: Poetry, History and Prints by Gary Snyder and Tom Killion (Heyday)

The Infatuations by Javier Marais (Knopf)

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright (Knopf)

Night Film by Marisha Pessl (Random House)  

This is a wild romp of a literary thriller.  A journalist investigates a fishy "suicide" and gets ever-closer to victim's mysterious cult-filmmaker father.  It's beautifully written, evocative, and there's suspense on every page. Green Apple co-owner Kevin Hunsanger personally vouches for this one!

San Francisco Giants in-game reporter Amy G will be at the store on Sunday, September 8 at 6:30pm to read from her delightful new children's book, Smarty Marty's Got Game.  

Amy G's first book tells the inspiring story of Marty, who teaches her younger brother, Mikey, all about baseball. Featuring Adam McCauley's beautiful baseball illustrations, Smarty Marty's Got Game will appeal to both boys and girls while also defying the strong gender stereotypes that Amy herself has battled in her 16-year career as a sports journalist and reporter.   

Can't make it that evening?  Pre-order the book here and we'll get the book inscribed, then hold it for pick-up or ship it to you. 

For a preview of the book, check out this video trailer on Youtube.  

On September 10th at 5:00pm, Green Apple Books is excited to welcome local author and illustrator Gene Luen Yang for the release of his new graphic novels Boxers & Saints.  Gene will be in-store signing and sketching for all his fans.  You can also pre-order (see below!). 

In two volumes, Boxers & Saints (First Second) tells two parallel stories in two books. The first is of Little Bao, a Chinese peasant boy whose village is abused and plundered by Westerners claiming the role of missionaries. In the second volume, Yang lays out the opposite side of the conflict. A girl whose village has no place for her is taken in by Christian missionaries and finds, for the first time, a home with them.

Gene Luen Yang began drawing comic books in the fifth grade. He has written and drawn a number of titles, including Duncan's Kingdom, The Rosary Comic Book, Prime Baby and Animal Crackers. American Born Chinese, his first graphic novel from First Second, was a National Book Award finalist, as well as the winner of the Printz Award and an Eisner Award. He also won an Eisner for The Eternal Smile, a collaboration with Derek Kirk Kim. Recently, he has been working on the New York Times Best-Selling comics series Avatar: The Last Airbender.