Cover of the new book The Book of Cannabis: The History and Future of the Plant and the Drug, by Jeremy Narby
It's April 20th, 4/20, and you know what that means! Here is a new book coming out tomorrow to help you celebrate...and we're offering it FOR 20% off for a limited time: The Book of Cannabis: The History and Future of the Plant and the Drug, by Jeremy Narby
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It's #NationalLibraryWeek. We love our library, and I hope you all love yours as well. Give libraries your support, and check out the MANY things they offer beyond book lending.
(And of course, if there is a book you would love to own instead of just borrow, we're here!
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Authors of this week's 20% off picks on Bluesky: @savitchlew.bsky.social (not active yet) @mcnamaraluna.bsky.social @lodrinkswater.bsky.social @carolinebicks.bsky.social @craigfehrman.bsky.social @avidreaderpress.bsky.social
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This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through April 25th, 2026: - Livonia Chow Mein: A Novel, by Abigail Savitch-Lew - Mad Mabel: A Novel, by Sally Hepworth - Short Circuit: A Novel, by Wolf Haas - The Witch and the Huntress: A Novel, by Luna McNamara
This week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through April 25th, 2026: - Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene, by Lorraine Boissoneault - Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King, by Caroline Bicks - The Rolling Stones: The Biography, by Bob Spitz - This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark, by Craig Fehrman
Your first look at this week's 20% off new release book picks, four fiction, four nonfiction. You don't have to support Jeff Bezos to get discounts on hot new books. Come to us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b....
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The cover of actor Tim Curry's memoir Vagabond, published October 13th, 2025, which we offer for 20% off for a limited time. In the background is a montage of many of his roles.
Happy 80th Birthday to the amazing Tim Curry. His memoir Vagabond, published last October, offers his memories of his life and his thoughts on his many iconic roles.
We're offering it for 20% off for a limited time: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780306...
"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..."
"One of her children recently enlisted in the military...
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Former President Barack Obama met with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for the first time Saturday, joining preschoolers at a child care center for a book reading and singalong.
Source: Emma G. Fitzsimmons / NYT
Cover of the book My Grandfather, the Master Detective, by Masateru Konishi, translated by Louise Heal Kawai.
Bonus! Another wonderful Japanese novel translated by
@louisehk.bsky.social, My Grandfather, the Master Detective, by Masateru Konishi, is currently on our featured 20% Off New Fiction list!
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The Cat Who Saved Books: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780063...
The Cat Who Saved the Library: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780063...
Samantha the cat recommends two novels by Japanese author Sosuke Natsukawa, translated by Louise Heal Kawai: The Cat Who Saved Books, and its sequel The Cat Who Saved the Library.
For #Caturday, Samantha recommends The Cat Who Saved Books, and its sequel (just out in paperback) The Cat Who Saved the Library, by Sosuke Natsukawa, translated by
@louisehk.bsky.social. A talking cat enlists the help of young people to rescue endangered bookstores and libraries. Links in comment.
Cover of the book My Grandfather, the Master Detective, by Japanese author Masateru Konishi, translated by Louise Heal Kawai.
Bonus! Another wonderful Japanese novel translated by
@louisehk.bsky.social, My Grandfather, the Master Detective, by Masateru Konishi, is currently on our featured 20% Off New Fiction list!
theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b...
Cover of the book My Grandfather, the Master Detective, by Japanese author Masateru Konishi, translated by Louise Heal Kawai.
Bonus! Another wonderful Japanese novel translated by @louisehk.bsky.social, My Grandfather, the Master Detective, by Masateru Konishi, is currently on our featured 20% Off New Fiction list!
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The Cat Who Saved Books: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780063...
The Cat Who Saved the Library: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780063...
And note that @emmasloley.bsky.social 's book The Island of Last Things is one of the 20% off picks in the Fiction With Environmental Themes section of our Earth Day 20% promotion: theliteratelizard.com/list/fiction...
Ten of the dozens of books featured in our 20% off Earth Day promotion. There are books for all ages, and the discount runs through May 15th.
Come to our 20% off Earth Day promotion, featuring dozens of discounted books on the environment for all ages. Save the Earth, and save some money.
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The tentative cover of journalist Bob Woodward's upcoming memoir Secrets: A Reporter's Memoir, coming out September 29th. We are offering preorders for 20% off. Also pictured is a photograph of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the Washington Post newsroom as they were breaking the story of Watergate. It was taken April 29th 1973 by Ken Feil of the Washington Post. (Feil passed away in 2024.) A portion of the White House facade is in the background.
Bob Woodward has been criticized for holding secrets for his books rather than sharing them when they might have made a difference. Still, his journalism has shaped US history for over 50 years, and so we've added his upcoming memoir to our 20% off preorder list
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Happy Publication Day to our 20% off new release book picks of the week. And remember, this is just one of many 20% off promotions you will find at The Literate Lizard. We appreciate the support, and we appreciate you NOT supporting billionaire bro Bezos!
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I'll be skipping my Nonfiction Views post on @dailykos.com this week, given the uncertain length of the outage for the site to migrate to its new platform.
This week's authors on Bluesky: @devislaskar.bsky.social @azizabusarah.bsky.social @maozinon.bsky.social
Publishers: @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @marinerbooks.bsky.social @summitbooks.bsky.social @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
This week's four new release fiction picks, discounted 20% through April 25th, 2026: - Dear Monica Lewinsky: A Novel, by Julia Langbein - Go Gentle: A Novel, by Maria Semple - Midnight, at the War: A Novel, by Devi S. Laskar - Porcupines: A Novel, by Fran Fabriczki
This week's four new release nonfiction picks, discounted 20% through April 25th, 2026: - Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other—and the World, by Jim Windolf - Self-Help from the Middle Ages: What the Seven Deadly Sins Can Teach Us About Living, by Peter Jones - The Lost Cities of El Norte: Coronado’s Quest, the Unconquered West, and the Birth of American Indian Resistance, by Peter Stark - The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land, by Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon
Your first look at this week's 20% off new release book picks, four fiction, four nonfiction. You don't have to support Jeff Bezos to get discounts on hot new books. Come to us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b....
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Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.
The tentative cover of journalist Bob Woodward's upcoming memoir Secrets: A Reporter's Memoir, coming out September 29th. We are offering preorders for 20% off. Also pictured is a photograph of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the Washington Post newsroom as they were breaking the story of Watergate. It was taken April 29th 1973 by Ken Feil of the Washington Post. (Feil passed away in 2024.) A portion of the White House facade is in the background.
Bob Woodward has been criticized for holding secrets for his books rather than sharing them when they might have made a difference. Still, his journalism has shaped US history for over 50 years, and so we've added his upcoming memoir to our 20% off preorder list
theliteratelizard.com/list/preorde...
You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.
Happy Publication Day to our 20% off new release book picks of the week. And remember, this is just one of many 20% off promotions you will find at The Literate Lizard. We appreciate the support, and we appreciate you NOT supporting billionaire bro Bezos!
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A new book by American Buddhist nun Pema Chodron: Another Kind of Freedom. Also pictured are three of her earlier books: When Things Fall Apart, The Places That Scare You, and Welcoming the Unwelcome.
In these days when things do indeed seem to be falling apart, a new book by American Buddhist nun Pema Chodron is published: Another Kind of Freedom. It is available here for 20% 0ff: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781645...
See her other books here: theliteratelizard.com/search?q=pem...
If you love to buy books and give books and are able to do so, The Literate Lizard is here for you. But on this National Library Day we also celebrate libraries for offering knowledge and freedom to adults and children everywhere at no cost, and thank librarians for defending the right to do so.
Authors of this week's picks on Bluesky: @rabihalameddine.bsky.social (editor) @robertmoor.com @chanda.blacksky.app
Publishers: @atriabooks.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social @penguinpress.bsky.social @pantheonbooks.bsky.social @pegasus-books.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social
