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Green Apple Books

San Francisco, CA

Green Apple Books was founded in 1967 at the corner of Clement Street and Sixth Avenue in San Francisco. We were named Bookstore of the Year in 2014 by Publishers Weekly. Stop by one of our two locations (506 Clement St or 1231 9th Avenue) in San Francisco where we stock more than 250,000 new and used books.

Staff Picks

Browse staff picks from the booksellers of Green Apple Books.

Palo Alto by Malcolm Harris

Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club) by Ann Napolitano

Biography of X : A Novel by Catherine Lacey

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

The Shamshine Blind by Paz Pardo

Saving Time by Jenny Odell

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar

The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi

The Sorcerer of Pyongyang by Marcel Theroux

Foster by Claire Keegan

She and Her Cat by Makoto Shinkai & Naruki Nagakawa

No One Left to Come Looking for You by Sam Lipsyte

Stay True by Hua Hsu

Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The Boy and the Dog by Seishu Hase

Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

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