Bookshop Benicia

06/17/2026

New Release Tuesday Stack!!!

06/16/2026

Our Pride Month window display is filled with books celebrating LGBTQIA+ stories, voices, history, joy, resistance, love, and liberation. From fiction and memoir to poetry, essays, and q***r history, these books remind us how powerful it is to be seen, heard, and celebrated exactly as we are.

Stop by and find your next Pride Month read. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨

06/10/2026

Still mourning a sapphic show that was cancelled too soon? Same.

For Pride Month, we’re pairing some beloved, gone-too-soon shows with sapphic book recs to help fill the void.

06/09/2026

New Release Tuesdays Stacks 😍

06/08/2026

Join us at Bookshop Benicia for an evening with author Jean Wells as we celebrate her memoir, No Longer Silent.

In this courageous and deeply personal book, Wells shares her journey through silence, survival, and the long path toward reclaiming her voice. Written with honesty and compassion, No Longer Silent is a reminder that healing is possible, truth can be liberating, and no one is ever truly alone.

Jean Wells Author Event: No Longer Silent
🗓️ Monday, June 15
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Bookshop Benicia | 636 First Street, Benicia, CA

06/05/2026

Pride flags are restocked, new Zazaboom Pride card designs are in, and our displays are full of books celebrating LGBTQIA+ stories, history, joy, resistance, love, and identity.

Stop by to pick up a flag, find a card, and discover your next Pride Month read

06/04/2026

Author Event: Sara Vladic, The Dangerous Shore
Saturday, June 13 at 6:00 PM
Bookshop Benicia | 636 First Street, Benicia, CA

Bookshop Benicia is honored to welcome New York Times bestselling author Sara Vladic for an evening celebrating her new book, The Dangerous Shore: How a Motley Crew of Scientists, Mobsters, Double Agents, Retirees, Volunteer Pilots (and a Boy Scout) Stopped the Invasion of America.

During World War II, many Americans believed the war was being fought far away, across Europe and the Pacific. But in 1942, the danger came much closer to home. Enemy submarines prowled just off the U.S. coastline, sinking ships within sight of crowded beaches. Oil tankers burned so brightly offshore that their flames lit the night sky.

In The Dangerous Shore, Vladic reveals the largely forgotten story of the war fought along America’s coasts and the civilians, scientists, volunteer pilots, intelligence operatives, engineers, and unlikely allies who helped defend the nation during one of its most vulnerable moments.

A starred review from Booklist calls The Dangerous Shore “a substantial and revealing examination of the myriad dangers and challenges in a less-known theater of WWII.”

Sara Vladic is a New York Times bestselling author and filmmaker known for her deeply researched, cinematic works of history. Her previous book, Indianapolis, examined the sinking of USS Indianapolis and became a critically acclaimed bestseller.

This event follows the community celebration of World War II veteran and USS Indianapolis survivor Harold Bray’s 99th birthday earlier that day.

Join us for an evening of history, storytelling, and conversation at Bookshop Benicia.

06/03/2026

06/02/2026

New Release Stacks this beautiful Tuesday!