Flyleaf Books

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A pleasantly orange indie bookstore, est. 2009 Mon-Sat 9am-8pm, Sun 10am-7pm Online ordering always open! flyleafbooks.com

Candle Island by Lauren Wolk: "The timelessness of this book was evident from the very first page. Twelve year-old Lucretia gently swept me into her story, caring for me, just as she did with the other lost souls she encountered. A coming-of-age story. A mystery. A Ghibli-esque adventure that should be read again, and again." -Jamie K
Tilt by Emma Pattee: "A propulsive read-in-a-sitting kind of book. When the great earthquake happens, I'm thankful I won't be pregnant and in an Ikea trapped under Billy bookcases. Much better to experience it vicariously through Annie, as she dauntlessly makes her way through the ruins of Portland searching for her husband and reckoning with the inexorable arrival of motherhood." -Elese
I Make Envy on Your Disco by Eric Schnall: New York art consultant Sam Singer takes an impromptu work trip to Berlin in order to escape a troubling but unnamed complication with his partner back home. He may be using the trip to avoid his problems, but he finds something in Berlin that he can’t avoid: himself. Filled with longing, nostalgia, heartache, and humor, this also contains one of the strangest (cutest? sweetest? hottest?!) seduction scenes I’ve ever read. --Tony
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong: This soothing tale walked me forward through an anxious week, making promises of charismatic found-family dynamics, little magics, and lots of fortune cookies. A loving adventure spun from a wheel of simplicity and atmospheric warmth. Sure to steady the mind and make your heart swell, this book reminded me why cozy fantasy is so divinely enchanting. --Emma
Elese and Jamie K outside Flyleaf Books! We’re open until 4:30 pm today.
Almost every day we hear about fear, it's true—but we also hear from folks who are organizing, who are resisting in ways both communal and personal; who are committed to survival, to radical love, to transformative justice, to doing the work. We hear about your protests, book clubs, D&D groups, zines, family trips, queer tarot readings, therapeutic initiatives, and everything else you have going on. Our mandate to be a resource is nonnegotiable and more vital than ever before in the history of our store, but also, it was always vital. Stay safe. Hold each other close. Check in with one another. We're all we have. Love, Flyleaf Books
Hi. Community check-in. Every day at our store we have the privilege of interacting with you, our friends and community members, in hundreds of small vignettes. Lately, when we ask how you are, we hear the same things: you're scared and exhausted. Our staff echoes your fears in our own conversations. You're not exaggerating. This is happening. It's only going to get more difficult. This is a declaration of the store's ownership and management's commitment to supporting our community, especially its most vulnerable members. This means that Flyleaf Books is committed, first and foremost, to unflinching noncompliance with fascism in all forms.