Not Your Mother's Book Club

Not Your Mother's Book Club™ presents author, director and contributor to Germ Magazine, and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Jennifer Niven in celebration of her YA debut, All the Bright Places.

Not Your Mother's Book Club™ celebrates the launch of Katie Coyle's debut novel, Vivian Apple at the End of the World. With Starred Reviews from Booklist, Publisher's Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews, Katie's debut is a skillyfully crafted tale of the search for truth, perfectly set in the midst of the apocalpyse. 

The NYM-ACTUAL-BOOK CLUB (ages 14+) will discuss Tease by Amanda Maciel.

Not Your Mother’s Book Club™ celebrates the launch of 2014 Lambda Literary Award-winner (If You Could Be Mine) Sara Farizan's latest work, Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel.

Both personal and universal, this is a compelling story about high school, family and owning up to who you really are. Farizan is just the voice YA needs right now. Trust me, you'll be glad you listened. --Sarah Dessen

High-school junior Leila has made it most of the way through Armstead Academy without having a crush on anyone, which is something of a relief. Her Persian heritage already makes her different from her classmates; if word got out that she liked girls, life would be twice as hard. But when a sophisticated, beautiful new girl, Saskia, shows up, Leila starts to take risks she never thought she would, especially when it looks as if the attraction between them is mutual. Struggling to sort out her growing feelings and Saskia s confusing signals, Leila confides in her old friend, Lisa, and grows closer to her fellow drama tech-crew members, especially Tomas, whose comments about his own sexuality are frank, funny, wise, and sometimes painful. Gradually, Leila begins to see that almost all her classmates are more complicated than they first appear to be, and many are keeping fascinating secrets of their own.

Tickets for this event are no longer available online. But fear not! All you need to gain admission to this event is head to Books Inc. Opera Plaza and purchase a copy of Afterworlds.

New York Times Bestselling author, Scott Westerfeld, will be in conversation about craft, NaNoWriMo, and his new young adult novel, AFTERWORLDS.

Your ticket guarantees you a copy of AFTERWORLDS and a place in the signing line. 15% of all ticket sales will go to benefit NaNoWriMo, whose organization you can learn more about here: http://nanowrimo.org/

If you would like to attend the October 22nd event with Mr. Westerfeld, purchase your tickets through the Brown Paper Tickets button (includes a copy of the book).

If you're unable to attend the event, but would like a signed copy, please place your order and enter "signed copy" in the comments field. The signed book will ship on October 23rd.

If you would like an unsigned copy of the book, please place your order and enter "ship immediately" in the comments field. The book will ship for the September 23rd publication date.

Any questions? Please call our Opera Plaza store (415)776-1111 

Named a 2011 Young Adult Library Services Association "Best Fiction for Young Adults pick" for her debut novel, The Sky is Everywhere, Not Your Mother's Book Club™ proudly presents presents highly acclaimed author Jandy Nelson sharing her latest masterpiece, I'll Give You the Sun. With rave reviews by the likes of New York Times-bestselling authors Ransom Riggs and Tahereh Mafi, I'll Give You the Sun is a radiant novel which will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.

Not Your Mother's Book Club Presents

Internationally bestselling author Stephanie Perkins returns with the much-anticipated ISLA AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER ,the last in her loose tryptich of Anna and the French Kiss and Lola and the Boy Next Door. Featuring cameos from fan-favorites Anna, Étienne, Lola, and Cricket, this sweet and sexy story of true love—set against the stunning backdrops of New York City, Paris, and Barcelona—is a swoonworthy conclusion to a beloved series.

Stephanie will be in conversation with award-winning writer Nina LaCour, author of Everything Leads to You.

Not Your Mother’s Book Club™ presents a Night of Mysteries & Missing Memories

Acclaimed author and founding member of the vlog group the YA Rebels, Gretchen McNeil, shares her latest witty and suspenseful novel about four disparate girls who join forces to take revenge on high school bullies, Get Even. Author of the Eve trilogy, Anna Carey, shares her latest pulse-pounding contemporary thriller Blackbird. Hailed as "tense, taut, and deliciously disorienting” by New York Times-bestselling author of The 100, Kass Morgan, Anna’s latest is the breathless story of a girl racing to figure out who she is--and how to stay alive. And Catherine Linka shares her gripping debut novel, A Girl Called Fearless; after a synthetic hormone in beef kils fifty million American women, seventeen-year-old Avie struggles for a normal life in a world where teenage girls are a valuable commodity, but when her father contracts her to marry a rich, older man, Avie decides to run away with her childhood friend and revolutionary, Yates.

Not Your Mother's Book Club™ very excitedly presents Gayle Forman for a special event celebrating the soon-to-be released movie inspired by her critically acclaimed, bestselling novel, If I Stay! Click here to view the official trailer.

As though that weren't enough excitement for one evening, joining Gayle will be award-winner Nina LaCour, author of Everything Leads to You, AND Jandy Nelson, author of the Publisher's Weekly starred novel, The Sky is Everywhere.

Yeah, that's right. Mark those calendars and we'll see you there!