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Bookshop Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

Woman-Owned

Bookshop Santa Cruz is a large, general independent bookstore in downtown Santa Cruz, California. Owned by the Coonerty family since 1973, Bookshop Santa Cruz is a multi-generational family business currently under the care of Casey Coonerty Protti, who grew up in her parents' business. Bookshop Santa Cruz fills over 20,000 square feet with a wide selection of new, used, and sale books, cards, toys, and gift sections.

Spring Reading Guide for 2024

Bookshop Santa Cruz's favorite reads of the year, thus far!

Whiskey Tender by Deborah Taffa

The Great Divide by Cristina Henriquez

Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin

Get the Picture by Bianca Bosker

The Tower by Flora Carr

James by Percival Everett

There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib

The Book of Love by Kelly Link

The Morningside by Téa Obreht

The Hunter by Tana French

Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi

A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje

Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler

When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein

The Other Significant Others by Rhaina Cohen

Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti

Cascade Failure by L. M. Sagas

One Way Back by Christine Blasey Ford

Women of Good Fortune by Sophie Wan

The Ones Who Got Away by Roni Loren

The Tree Doctor by Marie Mutsuki Mockett

Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland

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