Great Summer Reads - The Huntington Store

Book cover of 'War Girls' featuring a woman with a prosthetic arm against a blue background.

War girls $12.99

Colorful book with 'Boyle Heights' design on an open book

Colorful book with 'Boyle Heights' design on an open book

Boyle heights: how a los angeles neighborhood became the future of american democracy $29.95

Book cover of 'The Great Gatsby' with floral design on a white background

Book cover of 'The Great Gatsby' with floral design on a white background

The great gatsby $20.00

Silent spring $18.99

Book cover of 'My First Summer in the Sierra' by John Muir with a mountain and sunset illustration.

My first summer in the sierra $16.99

Mary poppins $24.99

Book cover of 'The Wind in the Willows' with green background and black illustrations.

Wind in the willows $18.99

Scurry down the rabbit hole and step through the looking glass with this luxurious compilation of works from Lewis Carroll. Don’t be late--it’s a very important date! Witty, whimsical, and often nonsensical, the fiction of Lewis Carroll has been popular with both children and adults for over 150 years. Canterbury Classics' Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland takes readers on a trip down the rabbit hole in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, where height is dynamic, animals talk, and the best solutions to drying

Scurry down the rabbit hole and step through the looking glass with this luxurious compilation of works from Lewis Carroll. Don’t be late--it’s a very important date! Witty, whimsical, and often nonsensical, the fiction of Lewis Carroll has been popular with both children and adults for over 150 years. Canterbury Classics' Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland takes readers on a trip down the rabbit hole in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, where height is dynamic, animals talk, and the best solutions to drying

Alice's adventures in wonderland & other stories $24.99

Chinese folktales for language learners $18.99

The wildes: a novel in five acts $29.00

The acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s groundbreaking dystopian novel, Parable of the Sower, is a don't-miss classic that resonates today more than ever. As The Washington Post noted: "A 1993 dystopian novel imagined the world in 2024. It’s eerily accurate. "This Hugo Award Winner for Best Graphic Story or Comic is the follow-up to Kindred, a #1 New York Times bestseller.

Parable of the sower: a graphic novel adaptation $16.99

An accessible and educational illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, from NBA star Kyrie Irving of the Standing Rock Lakota to Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.

An accessible and educational illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, from NBA star Kyrie Irving of the Standing Rock Lakota to Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.

Notable native people $18.99

Discover the story of Little Women with this exquisite gilded and embossed special edition cover. This stunning edition features sprayed edges, color end pages, a built-in ribbon bookmark, and foil accents. The beautiful design and attention to detail set this special edition book apart, whether you’re reading for the first time or building a library of your favorite classic literature books.

Discover the story of Little Women with this exquisite gilded and embossed special edition cover. This stunning edition features sprayed edges, color end pages, a built-in ribbon bookmark, and foil accents. The beautiful design and attention to detail set this special edition book apart, whether you’re reading for the first time or building a library of your favorite classic literature books.

Little women $20.00

The garden of invention: luther burbank & the business of breeding plants $24.00

Joan Didion is revealed at last in this “vivid, engrossing” (Vogue), and outrageously provocative dual biography “that reads like a propulsive novel” (Oprah Daily) revealing the mutual attractions—and antagonisms—of Didion and her fellow literary titan, Eve Babitz. 352 pages Hardcover

Didion & babitz $29.99

Serving herself: the life & times of althea gibson $30.99

The love songs of w.e.b. du bois $28.99

A collection of John Muir’s best-selling writings and essays collected in one beautifully boxed set. Part of John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West and wrote about its beauties but also fought for their preservation

John muir: wilderness collection boxed set $60.00

Shakespeare miniature box set $15.95

Heroines of horticulture $39.99

Ever since her triumphant debut in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath, arguably the first ordinary and recognizably real woman in English literature, has obsessed readers—from Shakespeare to James Joyce, Voltaire to Pasolini, Dryden to Zadie Smith. Entertaining and enlightening, funny and provocative, The Wife of Bath is a one-of-a-kind history of a literary and feminist icon who continues to capture the imagination of readers. 308 pages Softcover

The wife of bath $19.95

The Call of the Wild, written by Jack London, is an adventure novel set in the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. The novel follows the story of a domesticated dog named Buck, who is stolen from his home in California and sold as a sled dog in the Yukon Territory. Against all odds, Buck adapts to his hostile environment and thrives as a sled dog, eventually becoming the leader of a wolf pack. 120 pages Embossed hardcover

Call of the wild $25.00

The love story between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy―in their own words. The Animals is the testimony in letters to their partnership, which lasted until Isherwood's death in 1986. The Animals articulates the devotion between two uniquely original spirits. 528 pages Hardcover

The love story between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy―in their own words. The Animals is the testimony in letters to their partnership, which lasted until Isherwood's death in 1986. The Animals articulates the devotion between two uniquely original spirits. 528 pages Hardcover

The animals: love letters between christopher isherwood and don bachardy $30.00

Parable of the sower $19.99

John Muir was an early proponent of a view we still hold today—that much of California was pristine, untouched wilderness before the arrival of Europeans. But as this book demonstrates, what Muir was really seeing when he admired the grand vistas of Yosemite and the gold and purple flowers carpeting the Central Valley were the fertile gardens of the Sierra Miwok and Valley Yokuts Indian.

Tending the wild $34.95

Before there was such a thing as “California,” there were the People and the Land. Manifest Destiny, the Gold Rush, and settler colonial society drew maps, displaced Indigenous People, and reshaped the land, but they did not make California. We Are the Land is the first and most comprehensive text of its kind, centering the long history of California around the lives and legacies of the Indigenous people who shaped it.

We are the land: a history of native california $24.95

The classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll comes in a new edition with a gorgeously decorative embossed cover. This remarkable cover makes this beloved title feel extra special. Lewis Carroll's tale of Alice's surreal adventures in Wonderland has enchanted readers of all ages since it first appeared in 1865. 112 pages. Hardcover

Alice's adventures in wonderland $25.00

Come along to the Regency era to meet the Bennet sisters, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, and other characters from Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice. This kids' version of Pride and Prejudice is a great way to introduce young readers to classic literature. Recommended ages: 3-5 years Hardcover, picture book

Pride and prejudice $16.99

A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island.Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. The Island of Sea Women introduces readers to the fierce and unforgettable female divers of Jeju Island and the dramatic history that shaped their lives. Hardcover 384 pages

The island of sea women $28.00

William Shakespeare's writings capture the range of human emotion and conflict and have been celebrated for more than 400 years. The Sonnets are William Shakespeare's most popular works, and a few of them, such as Sonnet 18, Sonnet 116, and Sonnet 73, have become the most widely-read poems. 168 pages Hardcover

The sonnets $25.00

L.A. Woman is quintessential Babitz, the story of Sophie, a twenty-something blonde Jim Morrison groupie gliding through a golden existence in L.A. and Lola, a German immigrant who settles in Hollywood in the twenties to drive Pierce Arrows recklessly down Sunset Boulevard and who knows that Maybelline mascara cakes and Rudolph Valentino are the essence of life.Softcover 160 pages.

L.a. woman by eve babitz $16.99

Historian, sociologist, novelist, editor, and political activist, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was the most gifted and influential black intellectual of his time. This Library of America volume presents his essential writings, covering the full span of a restless life dedicated to the struggle for racial justice. 1334 pages. Hardcover.

Du bois: writings $45.00

Octavia's brood $22.00

The acclaimed trilogy that comprises Lilith's Brood is Hugo and Nebula award-winner Octavia E. Butler at her best. Presented for the first time in one volume with an introduction by Joan Slonczewski, Ph.D., Lilith's Brood is a profoundly evocative, sensual -- and disturbing -- epic of human transformation. 752 pages Softcover.

The acclaimed trilogy that comprises Lilith's Brood is Hugo and Nebula award-winner Octavia E. Butler at her best. Presented for the first time in one volume with an introduction by Joan Slonczewski, Ph.D., Lilith's Brood is a profoundly evocative, sensual -- and disturbing -- epic of human transformation. 752 pages Softcover.

Lilith's brood $21.99

Octavia E. Butler's final novel is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted—and still wants—to destroy her and those she cares for, and how she can save herself. 320 pages Softcover.

Fledgling $16.99

Bloodchild and other stories $14.00

Kindred $16.00

“I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret.” For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. Peony in Love explores, beautifully, the many manifestations of love. 297 pages. Paperback.

Peony in love $18.00

This classic Jane Austen novel in a new edition with a gorgeously decorative embossed cover which will look striking on any shelf. Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen in which Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters must survive on a meager allowance after the death of Mr. Dashwood. Hardcover.

Sense and sensibility $25.00

The classic novel by Jane Austen in a new edition with a stunning embossed cover. Emma by Jane Austen tells the story Emma Woodhouse, a rich, clever, and beautiful young woman, has just seen her friend, companion, and former governess, Miss Taylor, married to a neighboring widower, Mr. Weston. 512 pages Hardcover.

Emma $25.00

This classic of children's literature is now available in a Spanish-language edition. Winny de Puh is the translation of the complete text of the original Winnie-the-Pooh, with all of Ernest H. Shepard's delightful illustrations. 176 pages Hardcover.

Winny de puh $17.99

This classic bottom-up history examines the legacy of Indigenous peoples’ resistance, resilience, and steadfast fight against imperialism. Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reveals the roles that colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity.

An indigenous peoples' history of the united states for young people $19.95

The adventures of Pooh and Piglet, Kanga and tiny Roo, Owl, Rabbit, and the ever-doleful Eeyore are timeless treasures of childhood. In this beautiful edition of Winnie-the-Pooh, each of Ernest H. Shepard's beloved original illustrations has been meticulously hand painted. 176 pages. Hardcover.

Winnie the pooh $19.99

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man describes Stephen Dedalus’s development from a bright young student to a promising clergy student to an artist. Set in Ireland at the turn of the century, It begins with his earliest childhood memories and progresses to his grand epiphany. 272 pages Hardcover.

A portrait of the artist as a young man $25.00

Northanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s. Austen observes with insight and humor the interaction between Catherine and the various characters whom she meets there. 256 page.s Hardcover.

Northanger abbey $25.00

A renowned classic in a way you have never seen it before; the beautiful cover makes this book feel extra special. The tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, is one of the most famous plays written by William Shakespeare. It is a story about two young people who fall in love, despite the animosity between their families.

Romeo and juliet - william shakespeare $25.00

The definitive edition of the complete works of the "grand dame" of American science fiction begins with this volume gathering two novels and her collected stories. An original and eerily prophetic writer, Octavia E. Butler used the conventions of science fiction to explore the dangerous legacy of racism in America in harrowingly personal terms.

Octavia e. butler: kindred, fledgling, collected stories $35.00

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • “A shattering and darkly comic send-up of racial stereotyping in Hollywood” (Vanity Fair) and a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play. Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu’s most moving and masterful novel yet.

Interior chinatown: a novel $17.00