Elizabeth Casillas

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Editorial Assistant at Alta Online

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15 New Books for June

1 week ago | altaonline.com | Elizabeth Casillas |Maisie Hurwitz |John Birdsall

1WHAT IS QUEER FOOD? HOW WE SERVED A REVOLUTION, BY JOHN BIRDSALLW.W. Norton and CompanyCritic Birdsall’s most recent endeavor into food culture enlivens the history of dishes like quiche, potlucks, and rainbow icebox cake with narratives about the people who created them and the culture that they were liberating themselves from in the process.
Alta Journal’s California Bestsellers List (May 29, 2025)

1 week ago | altaonline.com | Elizabeth Casillas

AltaWith reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles at independent bookstores across Northern and Southern California for the week ending May 25, 2025. California Book Club alumni are making waves this week. Rebecca Solnit’s new release, No Straight Road Takes You There, is a powerful new essay collection.
Alta Journal’s California Bestsellers List (May 22, 2025)

2 weeks ago | altaonline.com | Elizabeth Casillas

AltaWith reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles at independent bookstores across Northern and Southern California for the week ending May 18, 2025. Use the long weekend to dive into some bestselling titles. Ocean Vuong’s new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, opens in Connecticut, where Grazina, an elderly widow, talks Hai, a stranger to her, down from a suicide attempt.
Alta Journal’s California Bestsellers List (May 15, 2025)

3 weeks ago | altaonline.com | Elizabeth Casillas

AltaWith reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles at independent bookstores across Northern and Southern California for the week ending May 11, 2025. Check out this week’s new fiction, starting with My Name Is Emilia del Valle by former California Book Club author Isabel Allende. The novel follows Emilia, the daughter of an Irish nun and a Chilean aristocrat, as she grows up challenging societal expectations of women.
Alta Journal’s California Bestsellers List (May 8, 2025)

4 weeks ago | altaonline.com | Elizabeth Casillas

AltaWith reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles at independent bookstores across Northern and Southern California for the week ending May 4, 2025. We would be remiss not to highlight this week’s standout: James by Percival Everett, the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction. This bold novel reimagines Adventures of Huckleberry Finn through the eyes of Jim.
Alta Journal ’s California Bestsellers List (May 1, 2025)

1 month ago | altaonline.com | Elizabeth Casillas

AltaWith reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles at independent bookstores across Northern and Southern California for the week ending April 27, 2025. Check out two standout nonfiction titles this week. First is Notes To John by Joan Didion, a posthumous release of Joan Didion's therapy notes to her husband.
14 Best New Books to Read in May 2025

1 month ago | altaonline.com | Elizabeth Casillas |Maisie Hurwitz

BooksNew Releases for MayNew Releases for MayHere are 14 books by authors on and of the West, including So Many Stars, The Words of Dr. L, and The Last Great Dream. 1AMERICAN GIRL, AMERICAN DREAMS: MY LIFE WITH TOM PETTY, BY JANE PETTY WITH PAMELA DES BARRESDey Street BooksIn the 1960s, two teenagers from tragic, broken homes met in Gainesville, Florida, and fell in love, inspiring some of America’s most iconic songs about young romance and perseverance.
Connecting California’s Literary Dots

1 month ago | altaonline.com | Elizabeth Casillas

What do Mecca, Golden Days, and The Sellout have in common, aside from being essential California reads? (Spoiler: It’s the Chavez Ravine.) Thanks to Bibliotrek, an interactive database that uses artificial intelligence, we can now see how they intersect on a map—including selections from Alta Journal’s Issue 31 cover package, 25 Books That Define California. Steve Coast has brought that list to life with his work on Bibliotrek.
Connecting California’s Literary Dots

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Elizabeth Casillas

3 hours agoUS, Bakersfield: Bakersfield Crash Involving Pickup And SUV Leaves 2 InjuredBakersfield, United States - April 24, 2025 04/24/2025 10:24 pm (GMT-0700) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Emergency responders from the Kern County Fire Department, Kern County Sheriff's Department, Hall Ambulance and California Highway Patrol were dispatched to the scene of a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Rosedale Highway and Enger Street.
Alta Journal’s California Bestsellers List (April 24, 2025)

1 month ago | altaonline.com | Elizabeth Casillas

AltaWith reporting from the California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Alta Journal brings you a list of the bestselling titles at independent bookstores across Northern and Southern California for the week ending April 20, 2025. This Indie Bookstore Day, April 26, pick up one of these standout new releases. If you’re in the mood for a thriller, grab Strangers in Time by David Baldacci.