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Easy Street's Book/Music Pairings

Here are Easy Street Records' favorite book and music pairings from staff. For other musically-inspired readings, take a look at our profile

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The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones by Charles Neider

Ubik by Philip K Dick

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday

Tenth of December by George Saunders

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Pegasus Book Exchange: Staff Picks

When people come to our store, we're often asked "What are you reading?" Here's a list of some of our current favorites.

Save this list as a favorite to read along with us! If you'd like to buy one of our recommendations, you can purchase through one of these links and we'll get a portion of the proceeds.

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Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W Loewen

The Illustrated History of Soccer World Cup 1930 - 2026 Englishâ by Aczel

The Names by Don Delillo

Cover of Gravity's Rainbow (Classics Deluxe Edition) by Thomas Pynchon

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

The Weeds by Katy Simpson Smith

Zami by Audre Lorde

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki

The Mending of Broken Bones by Paul Lockhart

The Box Man by Kobo Abe

The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada

Bluets by Maggie Nelson

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2026 Morbidly Curious Book Club, West Seattle Chapter

The 2026 Morbidly Curious Book Club's Book Selection. Monthly in-person discussion at host venues in West Seattle, Washington.

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Blazing Eye Sees All by Leah Sottile

Rabid by Bill Wasik

Whack Job by Rachel McCarthy James

Madame Restell by Jennifer Wright

Expert Witness by Ann Wolbert Burgess

Still Life with Bones by Alexa Hagerty

Madness by Antonia Hylton

American Afterlives by Shannon Lee Dawdy

Empire of the Scalpel by Ira Rutkow

Spiritualism's Place by Averill Earls

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

Society of the Snow by Pablo Vierci

The Forever Witness by Edward Humes

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West Seattle Urbanism Book Club

Our reading group meets once/month at Beveridge Place Pub to discuss books on urbanism, transportation, the built environment, and community development. Below is our reading list so far. For more meeting details, please join us on Discord.

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There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone

Public Citizens by Paul Sabin

Messy Cities by Zahra Ebrahim

Shade by Sam Bloch

The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts by Kim Fu

A Natural History of Empty Lots by Christopher Brown

Decolonizing Wealth, Second Edition by Edgar Villanueva

How to Kill a City by Pe Moskowitz

The Inside Story of Seattle's First Green, Mixed-income Neighborhood by Tom J Phillips

Prosocial by Paul W B Atkins

Streetfight by Janette Sadik-Khan

Crossings by Ben Goldfarb

Deciding to See by Nathan Vass

Abundance by Ezra Klein

Stuck by Yoni Appelbaum

From addabook_admin

Spooky Thrillers

These spooky stories lean into the eerie and the downright chilling. Whether you're drawn to haunted houses, ghostly apparitions, or creeping dread that won’t let go, these suspenseful reads blur the line of reality until they become full-on nightmares. Don't say we didn't warn you.

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This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

Passing Through a Prairie Country by Dennis E Staples

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

Never Whistle at Night by Shane Hawk

Cover of The Auctioneer (Valancourt 20th Century Classics) by Joan Samson

The Auctioneer by Joan Samson

Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

The Between by Tananarive Due

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

Strange Houses by Uketsu

Reality and Other Stories by John Lanchester

Smothermoss by Alisa Alering

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

Voice Like a Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson

The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T Wurth

Our Winter Monster by Dennis Mahoney

The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste

The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

After Midnight by Daphne Du Maurier

Wild Spaces by S L Coney

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

Wolf Worm by T Kingfisher

My Lips, Her Voice by L L Madrid

The Living Dead by George A Romero

White Horse by Erika T Wurth

The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery by Clarence A Haynes

The Return by Rachel Harrison

The Nudge by Joseph Fink

Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling

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Revisiting the Classics

Classic literary works, myths, and fairy tales reimagined for the modern world, told through a new perspective, or ending with a novel twist that will keep readers engaged - even those familiar with the originals.

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