Lost City Books

09/08/2026

i get the sense that one or more of these new releases might be just the thing you didn’t know you needed. watch a murderous vengeance echo across the eccentric Victorian California coast. dance the night away beside an aging loner whose partying days are numbered. ponder the ethics of parenthood in these troubling times. find something new and wonderful to experience at LCB every day starting at 10 AM. happy reading 🕯️

08/19/2026

good books come to those who wait… and to those who don’t wait at all. come shop new releases now, or wait till this weekend to shop new, used, and rare books for 20% off 🌀

for those who can’t wait for fall releases, pre-order unreleased titles online and in store now! the summer sale continues online from August 24th-September 3rd ✨

07/22/2026

mercury is no longer in retrograde, the air is safe to breathe, AND we have amazing new releases in-store... what a perfect week it’s shaping out to be! exciting titles like the final installment of Colson Whitehead work’s Harlem Shuffle Trilogy and an eco-socialist, non-Western reading of Marx’s Capital are on sale now, along with a graphic novel chronicling a cuddly, serial killing brown bear 🐻🔪 see you on 18th st 📍

07/10/2026

⚠️ ⚠️ FEATURED USED BOOKS OF THE WEEK ⚠️ ⚠️

we have some rare art books in stock for you this week, including 2 mammoth works by world renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado,

including 2 mammoth works by world renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado,

Ed Ruscha and Sam Shepherd’s collaboration on gas stations across New Mexico,

a reissue of a 1964 collaborative work between Richard Avedon and James Baldwin,

and a large format hardcover of THE sixteenth century source for all information metals.

Additionally, we found some cool hardcover literary fiction, like a 2001 hardcover of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian

and genre fiction like this 1978 edition of The Hobbit.

shop these and more in store and online before they’re gone 🌘

07/07/2026

07/01/2026

is it hot outside or is it just these 🔥🔥🔥 new releases? if you’re slithering beneath the nearest shady patch or dreaming of escaping the heat wave altogether, make sure to fill your cup this week with something new to read and plenty of water!

06/26/2026

friends, we made it to friday! but more importantly, made it to FEATURED USED BOOKS OF THE WEEK 😎

this week, our used book aficionado delved into the LCB catacombs to find some amazing rare, signed, and out of print poetry. come in or visit our website to grab these featured titles including a signed first edition, first printing of the Nation Book Award winner Life Studies from 1959 and a 1960 2nd printing of an early poetry collection from the youngest member of the Beat Generation, the often jailed, saint-obsessed Nunzio “Gregory” Corso.

we’ll see you this weekend!

06/25/2026

the heat wave cometh 😳 and so do the most wanted new releases! scroll to see even more of what’s on hand and what’s yet to come this summer 📖🔮when you find what you’re looking for, click the link in our bio to shop :)

06/09/2026

happy new book Tuesday! this one’s for the birds 🪿🐦‍⬛🦩🦃🐓🦢🦜🦆🦅 and the cats, and the nymphs. plus a book that is quite literally a camera! all this and more on our shelves now — come by for a look❣️

06/03/2026

I was never very good at math — but what I do know is these are but a FRACTION of the new books released yesterday 🫨🫨🫨 it may have been the biggest new book Tuesday of the year so far. hot titles from some big names, small press gems as always, the hotly anticipated THEY ALL FALL IN LOVE AT THE END, just in time for our upcoming event; and much, much, more. come by for a look!