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1818 N. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90027

323-660-1175

http://www.skylightbooks.com

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Best Bookstore — Eastside
Award Winner 2012

1818 N. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles CA 90027

Leila Howland

7:30 p.m. May 24

The author reads Nantucket Blue.
Cecil Castellucci

3:00 p.m. May 25

The author reads and signs Odd Duck.
Sage Vaughn

7:30 p.m. May 28

The painter signs his monograph Ice Age.
David Iserson

5:00 p.m. June 2

The author reads Firecracker.
Lisa Hanawalt

7:30 p.m. June 3

The author signs My Dirty Dumb Eyes..

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Gilbert Hernandez, Famed Cartoonist, Tells Us About His Autobiographical Graphic Novel, Marble Season

By Liz Ohanesian | Mon, April 22, 2013

In Marble Season, Gilbert Hernandez creates a world that is as detailed as it is vague. The setting is suburban America, in a neighborhood similar to the one the famed cartoonist knew as a child in Ox... More »
Stories From His Life

By David Cotner | Thu, April 18, 2013

It's rare that an artist reaches the heights in such disparate worlds as gritty independent comics and British psychedelic music, but Oxnard-born cartoonist Gilbert "Beto" Hernandez has for more than 30 years taken his experiences from life and... More »
The Killer in You

By Sarah Fenske | Thu, March 14, 2013

Evan Wright is a journalist (and former L.A. Weekly contributor) who has covered CIA hitmen, neo-Nazis and Internet con artists. His widely praised Generation Kill details his experience with the "killer elite" during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion... More »
Ode to Joy Division

By Siran Babayan | Thu, January 31, 2013

Last year, Disney started selling T-shirts online inspired by the cover of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures. You know your band has reached pop culture's apex when even Mickey Mouse is jacking your image. Add to that countless books, movies,... More »
$Fuck Rodeo Drive: <i>A People\'s Guide to Los Angeles</i> Is an L.A. Guidebook for the 99 Percent$

Fuck Rodeo Drive: A People's Guide to Los Angeles Is an L.A. Guidebook for the 99 Percent

By Whitney Friedlander | Fri, May 04, 2012

Let the tour buses take the throngs to visit Marilyn Monroe's handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater or to press their noses up to the windows on Rodeo Drive and wander Beverly Hills like they're Jul... More »
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2012 | Best Bookstore -- Eastside

When you compare those big, cavernous chain bookstores to a quaint, personalized spot like Skylight Books, it's no surprise that the former have mostly been shuttered, while the latter continues to flourish. Stroll by and you might catch the strains of a group playing Talking Heads tunes in between Jonathan Lethem's reading of his book on the band. Join one of its book clubs and find yourself with a bunch of smart new friends from the surrounding cool-kid neighborhood, Los Feliz. Browse the... More »
2010 | Indie-est Indie Bookstore

You may be feeling apocalyptic about brick-and-mortar bookstores; perhaps your doomy self keeps telling you soon we shall sit quietly in front of our computers in the dark facing the comforting Amazon glow, wondering why we have forsaken the soft touch of the page for the cold, hard, lifeless buzz of a screen. Until that day, we can still flock to Skylight Books, the best indie bookstore in town. (Book Soup is almost as good, and scores bonus points for longevity and what some might call... More »

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claire85 | Los Angeles, CA | 188 Reviews

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| Wed, June 25, 2008

They're so rare to find these days - but so great to spend an afternoon in when you find them. Fantastic books are crammed in every corner of this crowded shop - but the amazingly knowledgeable staff are there to help you find your way and/or turn you on to something new.
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Steele10 | Los Angeles, CA | 22 Reviews

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| Wed, June 16, 2010

I like to browse this book store before catching a movie at the Los Feliz 3 next door. R.I.P. Lucy the book store cat. :(
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dr.g2555 | Los Angeles, CA | 2 Reviews

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| Fri, September 11, 2009

Maybe the best bookstore just about anywhere anymore...
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Skylight Books

1818 N. Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90027

323-660-1175

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Leila Howland

7:30 p.m. May 24

Cecil Castellucci

3:00 p.m. May 25

Sage Vaughn

7:30 p.m. May 28

David Iserson

5:00 p.m. June 2

Lisa Hanawalt

7:30 p.m. June 3

Gilbert Hernandez, Famed Cartoonist, Tells Us About His Autobiographical Graphic Novel, Marble Season

By Liz Ohanesian | Mon, April 22, 2013

Stories From His Life

By David Cotner | Thu, April 18, 2013

The Killer in You

By Sarah Fenske | Thu, March 14, 2013

Ode to Joy Division

By Siran Babayan | Thu, January 31, 2013

Fuck Rodeo Drive: A People's Guide to Los Angeles Is an L.A. Guidebook for the 99 Percent

By Whitney Friedlander | Fri, May 04, 2012

2012 | Best Bookstore -- Eastside

2010 | Indie-est Indie Bookstore

claire85 | Los Angeles, CA | 188 Reviews

Steele10 | Los Angeles, CA | 22 Reviews

dr.g2555 | Los Angeles, CA | 2 Reviews

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