Microcosm's Bookstore Bestsellers and New Titles For 2020

Bread of the Resistance: How to Make Sourdough Without Measuring

by Tessalyn Morrison

ISBN: 9781621063964

Retail: $9.95

A bestseller of 2020. Not really a surprise. (8/2020)

Detox Your Place: Room by Room Remedies for Nontoxic Living

by Meadow Shadowhawk

ISBN: 9781621061496

Retail: $14.95

Overhaul your home to make it safer and more comfortable for yourself, your family, and your pets. (8/2020)

Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills

by Raleigh Briggs

ISBN: 9781621061250

Retail: $14.95

10th anniversary edition. (2018)

Making Stuff and Doing Things: DIY Guides to Just About Everything

by Kyle Bravo

ISBN: 9781621066477

Retail: $16.95

An indispensable handbook full of basic life skills for anyone who’s trying to get by, get stuff done, and live life to the fullest without a lot of money. (2017)

Feminist Weed Farmer: Growing Mindful Medicine in Your Own Back Yard

by Madrone Stewart

ISBN: 9781621060215

Retail: $9.95

Weed is a powerful medicine, and growing your own is as empowering as it gets. (2018)

Firebrands: Activists You Didn't Learn About in School

by Justseeds, Shaun Slifer, Bec Young and Josh MacPhee

ISBN: 9781621064077

Retail: $14.95

Makes a perfect stocking stuffer for the activist in your life. (10/2020)

From Chaos to Creativity: Building a Productivity System for Artists and Writers

by Jessie L. Kwak

ISBN: 9781621061601

Retail: $14.95

Make great art by channeling your chaotic creative force into productive power and let the world see what you're capable of! (2019)

From Chaos to Creativity Workbook: Building a Productivity System for Artists and Writers

by Jessie L. Kwak

ISBN: 9781621064527

Retail: $4.95

This companion to From Chaos to Creativity can also be used as a stand-alone. (2019)

How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future!

by Danny Caine

ISBN: 9781621067061

Retail: $12.95

This zine is one of our bestsellers. This new edition publishes in March when the zine grows up and becomes a book. 9781621067061 (2019)

The Life & Times of Butch Dykes: Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed The World

Short vignettes combine biographical sketches with evocative illustrations for an impact that is as bold, powerful, and inspirational as the brilliant artists, writers, and musicians they represent. (2019)

Make a Zine!: Start Your Own Underground Publishing Revolution

by Joe Biel and Bill Brent

ISBN: 9781648411564

Retail: $12.95

The third edition of this popular book includes new topics such as Creative Commons licenses, legality, and sustainability. (2017)

Quit Your Day Job: Build the DIY Project, Life, and Business of Your Dreams

by Eleanor C. Whitney

ISBN: 9781621061151

Retail: $13.95

This book is full of real-life inspiration and creative business advice from successful, independent business owners and creative people with projects that began in the do-it-yourself spirit. (9/2020)

Quit Your Day Job Workbook: Building the DIY Project, Life, and Business of Your Dreams

by Eleanor C. Whitney

ISBN: 9781621062578

Retail: $16.95

Stand-alone or use with Quit Your Day Job. (9/2020)

The Beard Coloring Book

by Meggyn Pomerleau

ISBN: 9781621069959

Retail: $12.95

It's going to be a long winter--don't run out of coloring books! (2016)

The Classic Bicycle Coloring Book

by Taliah Lempert

ISBN: 9781621064183

Retail: $14.95

(2018)

Henry & Glenn Adult Activity and Coloring Book

by Tom Neely

ISBN: 9781621069386

Retail: $12.95

And don't miss the Henry & Glenn books below. (2017)

My Vag: A Rhyming Coloring Book

by Margalit Cutler

ISBN: 9781621068907

Retail: $14.95

(1/2020)

The Post-Structuralist Vulva Coloring Book

by Meggyn Pomerleau and Elly Blue

ISBN: 9781621061380

Retail: $14.95

(2018)

The Stoner Babes Coloring Book

by Katie Guinn

ISBN: 9781621064305

Retail: $14.95

(2018)

My Pronouns Are They/Them

by River Katz

ISBN: 709257020488

Retail: ~~$15.00~~ $12.00

My Pronouns Are She/Her

by River Katz

ISBN: 709257020471

Retail: ~~$15.00~~ $12.00

My Pronouns Are He/Him

by River Katz

ISBN: 709257020464

Retail: ~~$15.00~~ $12.00

Revolution Between the Lines Typewriter

by Joe Biel

ISBN: 680226442428

Retail: $15.00

Fix Shit Up

ISBN: 680226442169

Retail: $15.00

Out of Fucks

by Dr. Faith G. Harper and River Katz

ISBN: 680226443517

Retail: $15.00

Dragon Bike: Fantastical Stories of Bicycling, Feminism, & Dragons

by Elly Blue, Monique Cuillerier, Cecilia Granata and Gretchin Lair

ISBN: 9781621060475

Retail: $11.95

Instead of stereotypical tales of heroes saving helpless princesses from cruel monsters, these stories are populated by empowered people facing complicated dilemmas and fantastical quests. (2/2020)

Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers

by Lydia Rogue, Elly Blue, Charlie Jane Anders, M. Darusha Wehm, Tucker Lieberman and Ether Nepenthes

ISBN: 9781621065081

Retail: $12.95

Featuring brand-new stories from Hugo, Nebula, and Lambda Literary Award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders, Ava Kelly, Juliet Kemp, Rafi Kleiman, Tucker Lieberman, Nathan Alling Long, Ether Nepenthes, and Nebula-nominated M. Darusha Wehm. (12/2020)

The Practical Witch's Almanac 2021

by Friday Gladheart

ISBN: 9781621066552

Retail: $13.95

Get ready for 2021 with the new edition of this bestseller. (10/2020)

You Are a Great and Powerful Wizard: Self-Care Magic for Modern Mortals

by Sage Liskey and Barbara Counsil

ISBN: 9781621064831

Retail: $19.95

Secular witchcraft to harness your power and agency. (7/2020)

Sticker #448: Queer Witch

by River Katz

ISBN: 680226441292

Retail: $1.50

Friending: Creating Meaningful, Lasting Adult Friendships

by Gina Handley Schmitt, MA LMHC

ISBN: 9781621067504

Retail: $14.95

Gina Handley Schmitt saw her therapy clients struggling to make and keep close friends, and wrote this book to help solve what is becoming a full-blown friendship crisis in the age of social media. (2019)

Fuck Happiness: How Women Are Ditching the Cult of Positivity and Choosing Radical Joy

by Ariel Gore

ISBN: 9781621069508

Retail: $16.95

Ariel Gore's deep dive into the optimism industrial complex. (5/2020)

How to Be Accountable: Take Responsibility to Change Your Behavior, Boundaries, and Relationships

by Joe Biel and Dr. Faith G. Harper

ISBN: 9781621062363

Retail: $14.95

Shipping in November. (11/2020)

If You're Freaking Out, Read This: A Coping Workbook for Building Good Habits, Behaviors, and Hope for the Future

by Simone DeAngelis and Dr. Faith G. Harper

ISBN: 9781621069010

Retail: $12.95

The perfect gift for everyone on your shopping list. (1/2020)

Unfuck Your Year: A Weekly Unplanner and Self-Care Activity Book to Manage Your Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Triggers, and Freak-Outs

by Dr. Faith G. Harper

ISBN: 9781621061816

Retail: $14.95

Doesn't everyone's year need a little unfucking? And let's get prepared for 2021. (8/2020)

Unfuck Your Anger: Using Science to Understand Frustration, Rage, and Forgiveness

by Dr. Faith G. Harper

ISBN: 9781621063384

Retail: $9.95

A heady dose of neuroscience and cultural explanation of what anger is and what it does to you and a handy four-step checklist to help you deal with maddening situations. (1/2020)