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The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler (Vintage Crime Trade). A hardboiled detective drinking gimlets with an old veteran, a nymphomaniac wife, Los Angeles, Demerol, and more? No wonder Raymond Chandler called this his own best work. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1992 Vintage Crime Genre

The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler (Vintage Crime Trade)

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer (Back Bay Trade). Like many great philosophical explorations, this one started with a question from a curious child. Why do we eat some animals and not others? A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 2020 Back Bay Non-Fiction

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer (Back Bay Trade)

The Wisdom of Laotse edited by Lin Yutang (Modern Library Hardcover). A near-mythical figure in parts of Chinese culture, Laotse (or Laozi or Lao Tzu) is typically credited as the philosopher who founded Taoism. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1948 Modern Library Non-Fiction

The Wisdom of Laotse edited by Lin Yutang (Modern Library Hardcover)

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (Signet Paperback). Truly the perfect book to read this autumn. There's a lady vampire and a visit from Satan. Better yet, there's a demonic black cat that likes sarcasm, vodka, and chess. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1967 Signet Literature

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (Signet Paperback)

A Country Doctor's Notebook by Mikhail Bulgakov (Bantam Paperback). Written while Bulgakov was working as a village doctor in Eastern Russia, these stories chronicle many of his on-the-job experiences... including his accidental morphine addiction. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1975 Bantam Literature

A Country Doctor's Notebook by Mikhail Bulgakov (Bantam Paperback)

Toad by Katherine Dunn (Picador Trade). Despite being one of the Pacific Northwest's most fitting literary figures, Dunn never saw this book published. Penned from Portland bars in 1971, it finally reached readers 50 years later. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 2023 Picador Literature

Toad by Katherine Dunn (Picador Trade)

A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet (W.W. Norton Hardcover). A prolific Sagittarius with an ear for the absurd, Millet's many novels have pushed plot to the limit–with this Lord of the Flies meets Revelation crossover being no exception. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 2020 W.W. Norton Literature

A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet (W.W. Norton Hardcover)

The Country Girls Trilogy and Epilogue by Edna O'Brien (1st Printing FSG Hardcover). Edna O'Brien walked (and battled censorship) so that Derry Girls could run. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1986 1st Printing FSG Literature

The Country Girls Trilogy and Epilogue by Edna O'Brien (1st Printing FSG Hardcover)

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio (Franklin Library Hardcover). If you want to remember pandemic days a little differently, try this novel from 1620. Really! Strangely modern, it chronicles the lives of 10 young people waiting out a bubonic plague in a secluded villa. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1972 Franklin Library Classics

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio (Franklin Library Hardcover)

Native Son by Richard Wright (Perennial Classic Hardcover). It's rare for an author to have three equally recognized works across three different genres but Richard Wright did just that: Black Boy, a memoir, Uncle Tom's Children, a story collection and Native Son, his first novel. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1966 Perennial Classic Literature

Native Son by Richard Wright (Perennial Classic Hardcover)

Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine: Selected Poems edited by Joseph M. Bernstein (Citadel Hardcover). Baudelaire was influenced by Rimbaud and Rimbaud was in a sometimes-violent romantic relationship with Verlaine so, really, it makes sense they'd all be in the same poetry collection. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1947 Citadel Literature

Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine: Selected Poems edited by Joseph M. Bernstein (Citadel Hardcover)

Collected Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Perennial Library Trade). Gabriel Garcia Marquez has always had a knack for writing worlds, both rich and fantastic, and dropping readers right in–no matter the length of his telling. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1984 Perennial Library Literature

Collected Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Perennial Library Trade)

Games People Play by Eric Berne (Grove Hardcover). Considered to be one of the first texts of pop psychology, this book has more of a place in cultural history than in relationship science. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1965 Grove Non-Fiction

Games People Play by Eric Berne (Grove Hardcover)

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Alice Doesn't by Teresa de Lauretis (Indiana University Trade). Honestly, anyone with the title of "Distinguished Professor Emerita of the History of Consciousness" seems worth reading, but especially on the topics of feminism, semiotics and cinema. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1984 Indiana University Non-Fiction

Alice Doesn't by Teresa de Lauretis (Indiana University Trade)

North by Northwest by Ernest Lehman (Faber and Faber Trade). Ernest Lehman set out to write the original Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures and some people say that's exactly what he did. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1999 Faber and Faber Literature

North by Northwest by Ernest Lehman (Faber and Faber Trade)

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (HarperPerennial Trade). One of those interesting TV tie-ins, Neverwhere was released after three episodes of the show had aired, and received more praise as a book than did its partner as a serial. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 2003 HarperPerennial Genre

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (HarperPerennial Trade)

The Real Frank Zappa Book by Frank Zappa (Simon & Schuster Trade). As far as musical memoirs go, Frank Zappa's has got to be pretty interesting. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1999 Simon & Schuster Non-Fiction

The Real Frank Zappa Book by Frank Zappa (Simon & Schuster Trade)

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins (1st Bantam Edition Hardcover). Even though all the girlies might only have tattoos from Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, this is still Robbins' best book. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 1984 1st Bantam Edition Literature

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins (1st Bantam Edition Hardcover)

Hunger by Roxane Gay (1st Harper Collins Edition Hardcover). In the age of Ozempic, and every age prior, the words of Roxane Gay have been a balm. To read her words are to remember you have a body at all. A Good Used Book is an independent bookstore selling New, Used and Vintage books. Bookseller based in Los Angeles, California. AAPI-Owned (Korean-American) Small Business. Used Books. New Books. 2017 1st Harper Collins Edition Non-Fiction

Hunger by Roxane Gay (1st Harper Collins Edition Hardcover)

Aura by Carlos Fuentes (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Trade)

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