Politics and Prose Bookstore | Independent bookstore and coffeehouse in Washington, D.C. since 1984

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At Union Market

Wednesday, November 20 at 7 p.m.

In conversation with Jeannie Vanasco

Wednesday, November 20 at 7 p.m.

At Connecticut Ave.

Monday, December 2 at 7 p.m.

At Connecticut Ave.

Tuesday, December 3 at 7 p.m.

Bestsellers

Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America Cover Image

The Capital of Basketball: A History of DC Area High School Hoops Cover Image

The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians Cover Image

Erosion: Essays of Undoing Cover Image

The Seine: The River That Made Paris Cover Image

Holding the Line: Inside Trump's Pentagon with Secretary Mattis Cover Image

Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War Cover Image

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators Cover Image

No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History Cover Image

Astro Poets: Your Guides to the Zodiac Cover Image

The Starless Sea: A Novel Cover Image

Olive, Again (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Cover Image

The Dutch House: A Novel Cover Image

Agent Running in the Field: A Novel Cover Image

The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale Cover Image

The Water Dancer (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Cover Image

Find Me: A Novel Cover Image

The Topeka School: A Novel Cover Image

The Nickel Boys: A Novel Cover Image

Grand Union: Stories Cover Image

Children & Teens Books

Little Bear Dreams Cover Image

Thank You, Omu! Cover Image

We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands Cover Image

What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Cover Image

Now You Know How It Works Cover Image

Kitten and the Night Watchman Cover Image

Audiobooks: Start Listening

Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel Cover Image

Educated: A Memoir Cover Image

The Witch Elm: A Novel Cover Image

Music

Next Events

Sun

17

1:00 pm

Reuben Jackson - Scattered Clouds: New and Selected Poems & Brian G. Gilmore - Come See About Me, Marvin — at Politics and Prose at Union Market

Sun

17

1:00 pm

George Howe Colt - The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

Sun

17

3:00 pm

Kate Bowler - The Preacher's Wife: The Precarious Power of Evangelical Women Celebrities — In Conversation with Elizabeth Dias

Sun

17

5:00 pm

Mark Morris - Out Loud: A Memoir — in conversation with Wesley Stace

Mon

18

6:00 pm

SOLD OUT: Michelle Obama - Becoming *SIGNING ONLY*

Mon

18

7:00 pm

Innosanto Nagara - M is for Movement—in Conversation with Hena Khan—at Takoma Park Library (MD)

Mon

18

7:00 pm

Adam Minter - Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale — at Politics and Prose at The Wharf

Tue

19

10:30 am

P.J. Lynch - The Dog Who Lost His Bark

Tue

19

7:00 pm

Bettina Elias Siegel - Kid Food—a Parenting Series Event in Children and Teens

Tue

19

7:00 pm

CANCELLED Reschedule TBD: Neal Shusterman - The Toll (The Arc of A Scythe series #3)—at Connie Morella Library

Tue

19

7:00 pm

Andre Perry - Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now — at Politics and Prose at Union Market

Tue

19

7:00 pm

Julia Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear - Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration

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From German bombardments to gas attacks, Private Thomas Peaceful endures all manner of horrors in the... read more
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