Summer's Favorite Reads of 2020

Summer Pierre's list of her favorite book she read this year!

Summer Pierre is a cartoonist and writer living in the Hudson Valley, New York. She is the author of the graphic memoir, All The Sad Songs (nominated for a 2019 Eisner Award) and the autobiographical comic series, Paper Pencil Life. She's also a Split Rock bookseller-at-large and leads our Graphic Novel Book Club, now on Zoom!

For Rouenna: A Novel By Sigrid Nunez Cover Image
$18.00
Difficult to find
ISBN: 9780312420635
Published: Picador - November 15th, 2002

Aya: Life in Yop City By Clément Oubrerie, Helge Dascher (Translated by), Marguerite Abouet, Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie Cover Image
$29.95
ISBN: 9781770460829
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Drawn and Quarterly - September 4th, 2012

The Crying Book By Heather Christle Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781948226448
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Published: Catapult - November 5th, 2019

Hangsaman By Shirley Jackson, Francine Prose (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Shirley Jackson, Francine Prose (Foreword by)
$16.00
ISBN: 9780143107040
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Classics - June 25th, 2013

The Haunting of Hill House By Shirley Jackson, Laura Miller (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Shirley Jackson, Laura Miller (Introduction by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143039983
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Classics - November 28th, 2006

American Supernatural Tales By S. T. Joshi (Editor), S. T. Joshi (Introduction by) Cover Image
By S. T. Joshi (Editor), S. T. Joshi (Introduction by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143105046
Availability: Available to Order - shipping times vary
Published: Penguin Classics - October 2nd, 2007

Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose (FSG Classics) By Flannery O'Connor, Sally Fitzgerald (Editor), Robert Fitzgerald (Editor) Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780374508043
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux -

Averno: Poems By Louise Glück Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780374530747
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - February 6th, 2007

Indigo By Ellen Bass Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781556595752
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Published: Copper Canyon Press - April 7th, 2020

Paul at Home By Michel Rabagliati, Helge Dascher (Translated by), Rob Aspinall (Translated by) Cover Image
By Michel Rabagliati, Helge Dascher (Translated by), Rob Aspinall (Translated by)
$24.95
ISBN: 9781770464148
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Published: Drawn and Quarterly - November 17th, 2020

The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography By Deborah Levy Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781635573534
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - October 15th, 2019

March: Book One By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator) Cover Image
By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator)
$14.95
ISBN: 9781603093002
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Top Shelf Productions - August 13th, 2013

March: Book Two By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator) Cover Image
By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781603094009
Availability: Available to Order - shipping times vary
Published: Top Shelf Productions - January 20th, 2015

March: Book Three By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator) Cover Image
By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781603094023
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Published: Top Shelf Productions - August 2nd, 2016