2015 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
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FICTION
Our roundup of the latest and greatest in contemporary literature
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NON-FICTION
The must-have non-fiction titles shaping the cultural conversation
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BIOGRAPHIES
True stories from and about notable people
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ART, FASHION, PHOTOGRAPHY
From era-defining photography to histories of cultural icons
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COOKING
This season’s top crop of mouth-watering cookbooks
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COLORING BOOKS
The creativity-inspiring trend that will melt your stress away
Free holiday tote with purchase of $50 or more!
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COMICS
The best graphic novels for lovers of visual storytelling
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YOUNG READERS
Once a book lover, always a book lover
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STAFF PICKS
Our booksellers share their favorite reads of the year
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1. A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ (list price: $30.00) 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS by Marlon James ∂ Strand Price: $15.30 ∂ (list price: $17.00) 3. CITY ON FIRE by Garth Risk Hallberg ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ (list price: $30.00) 4. EILEEN by Ottessa Moshfegh ∂ Strand Price: $23.35 ∂ (list price: $25.95) 5. THE TSAR OF LOVE AND TECHNO: STORIES by Anthony Marra ∂ Strand Price: $22.50 ∂ (list price: $25.00) 6. THE STORY OF MY TEETH by Valeria Luiselli ∂ Strand Price: $15.25 ∂ (list price: $16.95) 7. GOLD FAME CITRUS by Claire Vaye Watkins ∂ Strand Price: $25.15 ∂ (list price: $27.95) 8. THE SLEEP OF THE RIGHTEOUS by Wolfgang Hilbig ∂ Strand Price: $13. 45 ∂ (list price: $14.95)
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NON-FICTION 1. THE ARGONAUTS by Maggie Nelson ∂ Strand Price: $20.70 ∂ (list price: $23.00) 2. HUMANS OF NEW YORK: STORIES by Brandon Stanton ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ (list price: $29.99) 3. DEAD WAKE: THE LAST CROSSING OF THE LUSITANIA by Erik Larson ∂ Strand Price: $25.20 ∂ (list price: $28.00) 4. THE GIVENNESS OF THINGS: ESSAYS by Marilynne Robinson ∂ Strand Price: $23. 40 ∂ (list price: $26.00) 5. TOTE BAG: WELL-READ WOMAN by Studio Strand ∂ Strand Price: $18.95 6. MUG: INDIE SCRIPT DINER by Studio Strand ∂ Strand Price: $11.95 7. BACKPACK: CHESTNUT by Studio StrandxBaggu ∂ Strand Price: $44.95 8. CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY: A PARTY GAME FOR TERRIBLE PEOPLE ∂ Strand Price: $40.00 9. WHY NOT ME by Mindy Kaling ∂ Strand Price: $22.50 ∂ (list price: $25.00) 10. THE INVENTION OF NATURE: ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT’S NEW WORLD by Andrea Wulf ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 (list price: $30.00) 11. SAPIENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND by Yuval Noah Harari ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ (list price: $29.99) 12. OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY: THE REAL BUSINESS OF FINANCE by John Kay ∂ Strand Price: $25.19 ∂ (list price: $27.99)
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BIOGRAPHIES 1. M TRAIN by Patti Smith ∂ Strand Price: $22.50 ∂ (list price: $25.00) 2. GILLIAMESQUE by Terry Gilliam ∂ Strand Price: $35.95 ∂ (list price: $40.00) 3. HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL by Carrie Brownstein ∂ Strand Price: $25.15 ∂ (list price: $27.95) 4. NEGROLAND: A MEMOIR by Margo Jefferson ∂ Strand Price: $22.50 ∂ (list price: $25.00) 5. ON THE MOVE by Oliver Sacks ∂ Strand Price: $25.15 ∂ (list price: $27.95) 6. I’LL NEVER WRITE MY MEMOIRS by Grace Jones, Paul Morley ∂ Strand Price: $24.29 ∂ (list price: $26.99) 7. THE LAST LOVE SONG: A BIOGRAPHY OF JOAN DIDION by Tracy Daugherty ∂ Strand Price: $31.50 ∂ (list price: $35.00) 8. UNFAITHFUL MUSIC AND DISAPPEARING INK by Elvis Costello ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ (list price: $30.00)
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ART, FASHION, PHOTOGRAPHY 1. PICASSO SCULPTURE by Pablo Picasso ∂ Strand Price: $76.50 ∂ (list price: $85.00) 2. CAN ART CHANGE THE WORLD? by JR ∂ Strand Price: $53.95 ∂ (list price: $59.95) 3. ANDY WARHOL: POLAROIDS by Andy Warhol ∂ Strand Price: $89.95 ∂ (list price: $99.99) 4. FRANK STELLA: A RETROSPECTIVE by Frank Stella ∂ Strand Price: $58.50 ∂ (list price: $65.00) 5. GRACE: THIRTY YEARS OF FASHION AT VOGUE by Grace Coddington ∂ Strand Price: $150.00 6. HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE DECISIVE MOMENT by Henri Cartier-Bresson ∂ Strand Price: $125.00 7. AGNES MARTIN by Agnes Martin ∂ Strand Price: $49.50 ∂ (list price: $55.00) 8. EVERY PERSON IN NEW YORK by Jason Polan ∂ Strand Price: $22. 45 ∂ (list price: $24.95) 9. OSCAR DE LA RENTA: HIS LEGENDARY WORLD OF STYLE by Oscar de la Renta ∂ Strand Price: $44.95 ∂ (list price: $50.00) 10. CABIN PORN: INSPIRATION FOR YOUR QUIET PLACE SOMEWHERE by Zach Klein ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ $30.00 11. THE EVOLUTION OF IVANPAH SOLAR by Jamey Stillings ∂ Strand Price: $85.00 ∂ SIGNED 12. DIANA VREELAND: THE MODERN WOMAN: THE BAZAAR YEARS 1936-1962 by Diana Vreeland ∂ Strand Price: $53.95 ∂ (list price: $60.00)
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COOKING 1. THE DEAD RABBIT DRINKS MANUAL by Sean Muldoon, Jack McGarry ∂ Strand Price: $24.30 ∂ (list price: $27.00) 2. THE MISSION CHINESE FOOD COOKBOOK by Danny Bowien, Chris Ying ∂ Strand Price: $31. 49 ∂ (list price: $34.99) 3. NOPI: THE COOKBOOK by Yottam Ottolenghi ∂ Strand Price: $35.95 ∂ (list price: $40.00) 4. TACOS: RECIPES AND PROVOCATIONS by Alex Stupak, Jordana Rothman ∂ Strand Price: $29.25 ∂ (list price: $32.50) 5. THE FOOD LAB: BETTER HOME COOKING THROUGH SCIENCE by J. Kenji López-Alt ∂ Strand Price: $44.95 ∂ (list price: $49.95) 6. THE NOMAD COOKBOOK by Daniel Humm, Will Guidara ∂ Strand Price: $89.95 ∂ (list price: $100.00) 7. TACOPEDIA by Deborah Holtz ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ (list price: $29.95) 8. LUCKY PEACH PRESENTS 101 EASY ASIAN RECIPES by Peter Meehan ∂ Strand Price: $31.50 ∂ (list price: $35.00)
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COLORING BOOKS 1. TROPICAL WORLD: A COLORING BOOK ADVENTURE by Millie Marotta ∂ Strand Price: $13. 45 ∂ (list price: $14.95) 2. BIG APPLE COLORING SHEETS by Pirasta ∂ Strand Price: $19.95 3. WHALES GETTING DRUNK by Shahrzad Ghadjar ∂ Strand Price: $12.00 4. SECRET NEW YORK: COLOR YOUR WAY TO CALM by Zoe de las Cases ∂ Strand Price: $14.39 ∂ (list price: $15.99) 5. THE MINDFULNESS COLORING BOOK, VOL. 2 by Emma Farrarons ∂ Strand Price: $8.95 ∂ (list price: $9.95) 6. TOTE BAG: COLOR THIS TOTE by Studio Strand ∂ Strand Price: $16.95 7. TUTTI FRUTTI by Louise Fili ∂ Strand Price: $14.95 8. PLANNER: LG. GREY (FROST) MON CAHIER by Poketo ∂ Strand Price: $33.95 9. LOST OCEAN: AN INKY ADVENTURE AND COLORING BOOK by Johanna Basford ∂ Strand Price: $15.25 ∂ (list price: $16.95) 10. FANTASTIC CITIES: A COLORING BOOK OF AMAZING PLACES REAL AND IMAGINED by Steve McDonald ∂ Strand Price: $13. 45 ∂ (list price: $14.95)
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1. BITCH PLANET, VOL. 1 by Kelly Deconnick, Valentine De Landro ∂ Strand Price: $8.95 ∂ (list price: $9.99) 2. KILLING AND DYING by Adrian Tomine ∂ Strand Price: $20.65 ∂ (list price: $22.95) 3. DESCENDER VOL. 1: TIN STARS by Jeff Lemire ∂ Strand Price: $8.95 ∂ (list price: $9.99) 4. NIMONA by Noelle Stevenson ∂ Strand Price: $11.69 ∂ (list price: $12.99) 5. STEP ASIDE, POPS by Kate Beaton ∂ Strand Price: $19.95 ∂ SIGNED 6. SAGA: VOL. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples ∂ Strand Price: $13. 49 ∂ (list price: $14.99) 7. THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL, REVISED EDITION by Phoebe Gloeckner ∂ Strand Price: $16.95 ∂ (list price: $18.95) 8. SUPERMUTANT MAGIC ACADEMY by Jillian Tamaki ∂ Strand Price: $20.65 ∂ (list price: $22.95)
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1. MY WILD FAMILY by Laurent Moreau ∂ Strand Price: $16.19 ∂ (list price: $17.99) 2. THE DAY THE CRAYONS CAME HOME by Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers ∂ Strand Price: $16.95 ∂ (list price: $18.99) 3. THE 50 STATES by Gabrielle Balkan ∂ Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ (list price: $30.00) 4. RAD AMERICAN WOMEN A-Z by Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl ∂ Strand Price: $13. 45 ∂ (list price: $14.95) 5. LIBRARY OF SOULS: THE THIRD NOVEL by Ransom Riggs ∂ Strand Price: $16.95 ∂ (list price: $18.99) 6. THE MARVELS by Brian Selznick ∂ Strand Price: $29.69 ∂ (list price: $32.99) 7. HARRY POTTER AND THE SOURCERER’S STONE: THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION by J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay ∂ Strand Price: $35.95 ∂ (list price: $39.99) 8. MAGNUS CHASE AND THE GODS OF ASGARD, BOOK 1: THE SWORD OF SUMMER by Rick Riordan ∂ Strand Price: $17.95 ∂ (list price: $19.99) 9. CARRY ON by Rainbow Rowell ∂ Strand Price: $17.95 ∂ (list price: $19.99) 10. THE REST OF US JUST LIVE HERE by Patrick Ness ∂ Strand Price: $16.19 ∂ (list price: $17.99)
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STAFF THE WONDER GARDEN by Jenny Broom Strand Price: $26.95 ∂ (list price: $30.00) A true work of art! Page after page your eye will wander. Full of fun facts and information on the stunning variety of life, this book will keep the little (and not so little) ones busy exploring. For anyone that wants to get lost in colorful pages!
-MIGUEL BOOKSELLER/ TABLES
SECRET GARDEN: AN INKY TREASURE HUNT AND COLORING BOOK by Johanna Basford Strand Price: $23.39 ∂ (list price: $25.99) This beautiful coloring book is the perfect and totally unique gift for almost any occasion.
-KELLY H. MAIN FLOOR MANAGER
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates Strand Price: $21.60 ∂ (list price: $24.00) The most important book you will read this year! Read it, then share it with somebody!
-AARON J. VISUAL MERCHANDISE MANAGER
HOLD STILL: A MEMOIR WITH PHOTOGRAPHS by Sally Mann Strand Price: $28.20 ∂ (list price: $32.00) A truly beautiful book that does not scoff at beauty and romanticism as taboos, but embraces them as one embraces an old friend. Filled with private and never before seen photos! Read it near a good dog!
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PICKS FATES AND FURIES by Lauren Groff Strand Price: $27.95 ∂ (list price: $23.00) I had to lie down after I finished reading Fates and Furies in order to process all of my feelings and thoughts. Then I ran around in a book hangover for a few days. Groff ’s ability to weave a beautiful, utterly devastating story around Mathilde and Lotto is utterly bewitching as she leads you through their marriage. One of my favorite reads for 2015!
-WHITNEY MARKETING MANAGER
THE ODD WOMAN AND THE CITY by Vivian Gornick Strand Price: $20.70 ∂ (list price: $23.00) Gornick walks the city streets in search of “the fifty different ways people struggle to stay human.” She finds comfort in her own habit of loneliness. It’s funny, smart and leaves you feeling not so odd.
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YOU TOO CAN HAVE A BODY LIKE MINE by Alexandra Kleeman Strand Price: $23.39 ∂ (list price: $25.99) Fans of maybe unreliable narrators, super creepy advertising, probably crazy roommates, and really, really great writing will adore this book. Alexandra Kleeman’s first novel unsettles you from the first page and only gets creepier. There’s so much packed into this fantastic book. I really loved this book. An astonishing debut from a crazy talented author. I can’t wait to reread this one. Easily the best novel I’ve read this year. -CALE H. MAIN FLOOR MANAGER
FURIOUSLY HAPPY by Jenny Lawson Strand Price: $24.29 ∂ (list price: $26.99) They say laughter is the best medicine and Lawson is out to prove it. Furiously Happy reaches out to the broken, the sad, and the lost and says, “you’re not alone- let’s laugh about it.”
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