Liza Minnelli finally tells her own story plus 29 more reasons to read this spring
Five shelves and 30 titles supporting authors and independent bookstores. 📚
We spend a lot of time thinking about what deserves your attention. Turns out that applies to books as much as anything happening on a stage.
So we curated a bookshop! Five categories, 30 titles, all linked to independent booksellers through Bookshop.org. Avoid decision fatigue with some of our favorite picks, categorized for easy browsing and refreshed each season. Of course, we couldn’t resist theater-related titles, but that’s just the beginning:
The Green Room — Memoirs, scripts, and performance culture. Liza Minnelli finally tells her own story. Director John Doyle takes you inside the rehearsal room. Plus two scripts currently on Broadway: Every Brilliant Thing and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.
Conversation Starters — Society, identity, and the voices we can’t stop thinking about. Han Kang’s English-language nonfiction debut. Jesmyn Ward on grief. Kimberlé Crenshaw, in her own words, finally.
Liner Notes — Music biography with no skips. Alice Coltrane to Bad Bunny, De La Soul to Fab 5 Freddy. Genre-spanning and generation-crossing, because the story of music is never just about the music.
Fresh Ink — Page-turning fiction worth clearing your schedule for. The latest from Douglas Stuart, Tayari Jones, Lauren Groff, and other captivating authors.
When Art Speaks — The stories behind the images. Two landmark New York exhibition catalogs, plus Matisse, Frida Kahlo, and the image-makers who changed what we see.
Every purchase supports independent bookstores and journalism. Win-win.
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