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Carole Lindstrom - AUTUMN PELITER, WATER WARRIOR

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm

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Octavia Books - 513 Octavia Street
New Orleans, 70115

Join us for a special after school event and booksigning with Caldecott Award-winning, New York Times bestselling picture book author Carole Lindstrom featuring AUTUMN PELTIER, WATER WARRIOR, her inspiring, new picture-book biography about two Indigenous Rights Activists, Josephine Mandamin and Autumn Pelt

A Special Evening with Walter Isaacson | ELON MUSK

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Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Event address: 

New Orleans JCC - Mintz Auditorium, 5342 Saint Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115

Author Walter Isaacson presents his new, astonishingly intimate biography of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era

Join Octavia Books and the New Orleans JCC for a special evening with New York Times bestselling author Walter Isaacson featuring his new biography ELON MUSK.

Tickets are required.

Mackie JV Blanton - THE CASUAL PRESENCE OF BORDERS

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Event address: 

Octavia Books - 513 Octavia Street
New Orleans, LA 70115

Please join us for a special reading with Mackie JV Blanton celebrating THE CASUAL PRESENCE OF BORDERS. We are excited to finally be able to host the "launch" of this collection, published by UNO Press without fanfare at the very onset of the pandemic.

    "A virtuoso of word-music, word-play, and allied neologism." —Niyi Osundare

Octavia Books Bestseller List

Check out our Octavia Books bestsellers for the 4 weeks ended August 28, 2023 (including pre-orders):

Inside Marrakesh: Enchanting Homes and Gardens By Meryanne Loum-Martin, Jean Cazals (Photographs by) Cover Image

Inside Marrakesh: Enchanting Homes and Gardens (Hardcover)

By Meryanne Loum-Martin, Jean Cazals (Photographs by)
$60.00
ISBN: 9780847864270
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Rizzoli - September 22nd, 2020

Contemporary design meets Marrakesh's splendid artistic heritage in a fresh burst of color, form, and texture through a panoply of sensual houses and gardens. Noted designer Meryanne Loum-Martin provides entrée into the extraordinary residences of this fabled city's leading tastemakers.

Tom Lake: A Reese's Book Club Pick By Ann Patchett Cover Image

Tom Lake: A Reese's Book Club Pick (Hardcover)

By Ann Patchett
$30.00
ISBN: 9780063327528
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper - August 1st, 2023

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers.

The Creative Act: A Way of Being By Rick Rubin Cover Image

The Creative Act: A Way of Being (Hardcover)

By Rick Rubin
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593652886
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Press - January 17th, 2023

The #1 New York Times bestseller.

"A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, and get them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunning accomplishment.” —Anne Lamott

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner) By Hernan Diaz Cover Image

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (Paperback)

By Hernan Diaz
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593420324
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Riverhead Books - May 2nd, 2023

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2022
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel By Gabrielle Zevin Cover Image

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel (Hardcover)

By Gabrielle Zevin
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593321201
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf - July 5th, 2022

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Sam and Sadie—two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before.

Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) By Rebecca Yarros Cover Image

Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Yarros
$29.99
ISBN: 9781649374042
Availability: Not in stock. Usually arrives in 2-5 Days
Published: Entangled: Red Tower Books - May 2nd, 2023

An Instant New York Times Bestseller
A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book

"Suspenseful, sexy, and with incredibly entertaining storytelling, the first in Yarros' Empyrean series will delight fans of romantic, adventure-filled fantasy." —Booklist, starred review

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald By William Alsup Cover Image

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (Hardcover)

By William Alsup
$27.95
ISBN: 9781588384690
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: NewSouth Books - September 15th, 2022

The assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby robbed the nation of the closure it so desperately needed following the death of John F. Kennedy. The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald asks what might have happened if the assassin had lived to stand trial for his murder of America's beloved president.

Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner By Barbara Kingsolver Cover Image

Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner (Hardcover)

By Barbara Kingsolver
$32.50
ISBN: 9780063251922
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper - October 18th, 2022

WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE • WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) By Abraham Verghese Cover Image

The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) (Hardcover)

By Abraham Verghese
$32.00
ISBN: 9780802162175
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grove Press - May 2nd, 2023

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans By Lawrence N. Powell Cover Image

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans (Paperback)

By Lawrence N. Powell
$25.00
ISBN: 9780674725904
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harvard University Press - October 14th, 2013

This is the story of a city that shouldn't exist. In the seventeenth century, what is now America's most beguiling metropolis was nothing more than a swamp: prone to flooding, infested with snakes, battered by hurricanes.

Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Read with Jenna Pick By Shelby Van Pelt Cover Image

Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Read with Jenna Pick (Hardcover)

By Shelby Van Pelt
$29.99
ISBN: 9780063204157
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ecco - May 3rd, 2022

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF SUMMER by: Chicago Tribune * The View * Southern Living * USA Today

Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel By Bonnie Garmus Cover Image

Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Bonnie Garmus
$29.00
ISBN: 9780385547345
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Doubleday - April 5th, 2022

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • Meet Elizabeth Zott: “a gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention” (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a beloved TV cooking show.

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel By James McBride Cover Image

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel (Hardcover)

By James McBride
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593422946
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Riverhead Books - August 8th, 2023

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming, smart, heart-blistering, and heart-healing.” —Danez Smith, The New York Times Book Review

American Prometheus: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER By Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin Cover Image

American Prometheus: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER (Paperback)

By Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
$25.00
ISBN: 9780375726262
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - April 11th, 2006

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan

What the Sleepy Animals Do at the Audubon Zoo By Grace Millsaps, Ryan Murphy, John Clark IV (Illustrator), Alyson Kilday (Illustrator) Cover Image

What the Sleepy Animals Do at the Audubon Zoo (Hardcover)

By Grace Millsaps, Ryan Murphy, John Clark IV (Illustrator), Alyson Kilday (Illustrator)
$18.95
ISBN: 9780988760318
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: The Sleepy Animals, LLC - May 1st, 2014

Rhinos rock out. Alligators stroll under limbo polls. Elephants pound the piano. Pelicans cater.

Ever wonder why the animals at the zoo are always so sleepy? When Renee asks her father why the zoo animals are snoozing all day, he dreams up an elaborate answer.

Cat's Cradle: A Novel By Kurt Vonnegut Cover Image

Cat's Cradle: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kurt Vonnegut
$17.00
ISBN: 9780385333481
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback - September 8th, 1998

“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times 

Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City By Richard Campanella Cover Image

Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City (Hardcover)

By Richard Campanella
$39.95
ISBN: 9780807178546
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Louisiana State University Press - May 3rd, 2023

In Draining New Orleans, the first full-length book devoted to "the world's toughest drainage problem," renowned geographer Richard Campanella recounts the epic challenges and ingenious efforts to dewater the Crescent City.

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder By David Grann Cover Image

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Hardcover)

By David Grann
$30.00
ISBN: 9780385534260
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Doubleday - April 18th, 2023

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth.

How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told By Harrison Scott Key Cover Image

How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told (Hardcover)

By Harrison Scott Key
$27.99
ISBN: 9781668015506
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - June 13th, 2023

From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells the hilarious, shocking, and spiritually profound story of one man’s journey through hell and back when infidelity threatens his marriage.

One gorgeous autumn day, Harrison discovers that his wife—the sweet, funny, loving mother of their three daughters, a wom

Crook Manifesto: A Novel By Colson Whitehead Cover Image

Crook Manifesto: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Colson Whitehead
$29.00
ISBN: 9780385545150
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Doubleday - July 18th, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory.

“Dazzling” –Walter Mosley, The New York Times Book Review.

Happy Place By Emily Henry Cover Image

Happy Place (Hardcover)

By Emily Henry
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593441275
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Berkley - April 25th, 2023

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

“The beach-read master hooks us again."—People

Yellowface: A Reese's Book Club Pick By R. F. Kuang Cover Image

Yellowface: A Reese's Book Club Pick (Hardcover)

By R. F. Kuang
$30.00
ISBN: 9780063250833
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: William Morrow - May 16th, 2023

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK

“Hard to put down, harder to forget.” — Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Cure: New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ’Em from the Award-Winning Bar By Neal Bodenheimer, Emily Timberlake, Denny Culbert (By (photographer)) Cover Image

Cure: New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ’Em from the Award-Winning Bar (Hardcover)

By Neal Bodenheimer, Emily Timberlake, Denny Culbert (By (photographer))
$29.99
ISBN: 9781419758522
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Abrams - October 25th, 2022

From the foremost figure on the New Orleans’ drinking scene and the owner of renowned bar Cure—winner of the James Beard Award for Best Bar Program—a cocktail book that celebrates the vibrant city.
 
“A definitive guidebook to the city’s towering landmarks, both vintage and new.

Family Lore: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick By Elizabeth Acevedo Cover Image

Family Lore: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Acevedo
$30.00
ISBN: 9780063207264
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ecco - August 1st, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK!

Longlisted for The Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize

Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel By Ann Napolitano Cover Image

Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel (Hardcover)

By Ann Napolitano
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593243732
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: The Dial Press - March 14th, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From the author of Dear Edward comes a “powerfully affecting” (People) family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?

Flags on the Bayou By James Lee Burke Cover Image

Flags on the Bayou (Hardcover)

By James Lee Burke
$28.00
ISBN: 9780802161697
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - July 11th, 2023

From New York Times-bestselling author James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana as the South transforms and a brilliant cast of characters - enslaved and free women, plantation gentry, and battle-weary Confederate and Union soldiers - are caught in the maelstrom

The Postcard By Anne Berest, Tina Kover (Translator) Cover Image

The Postcard (Hardcover)

By Anne Berest, Tina Kover (Translator)
$28.00
ISBN: 9781609458386
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Europa Editions - May 16th, 2023

Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, Anne Berest's The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, an enthralling investigation into family secrets, and poignant tale of a Jewish family devastated by the Holocaust and partly restored through the power of storytelling.

The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories By Maurice Carlos Ruffin Cover Image

The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories (Paperback)

By Maurice Carlos Ruffin
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593133415
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: One World - June 21st, 2022

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A collection of raucous stories that offer a “vibrant and true mosaic” (The New York Times) of New Orleans, from the critically acclaimed author of We Cast a Shadow
 

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