Leviathan Bookstore
@leviathanbookstore.bsky.social
An independent bookstore for all kinds of independent readers, near Tower Grove Park in St. Louis.
https://leviathanbookstore.com/
https://leviathanbookstore.com/
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Season's greetings from the Leviathan to you and yours!
December 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Season's greetings from the Leviathan to you and yours!
Go directly to hell; do not pass Go, do not collect one damn cent.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Go directly to hell; do not pass Go, do not collect one damn cent.
If he carves a mastodon (or a whale) on a book, we might be in the market for it.
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
If he carves a mastodon (or a whale) on a book, we might be in the market for it.
We shared this on Instagram yesterday, but if On the Calculation of Volume teaches us anything, it's that every day is November 18th.
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Leviathan Bookstore on Instagram: "“It is the eighteenth of November. I have got used to that thought.”
That’s the beginning of Solvej Balle’s ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME, translated by Barbara Have...
In this engaging and thought-provoking novel, Solvej Balle masterfully weaves a story that explores the intricacies of time and memory through the lens of a single day that repeats over and over again...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We shared this on Instagram yesterday, but if On the Calculation of Volume teaches us anything, it's that every day is November 18th.
www.instagram.com/p/DRNZhb2Efnw/
www.instagram.com/p/DRNZhb2Efnw/
"The man from Stratford never wrote those plays."
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"The man from Stratford never wrote those plays."
With the right graphic, I think we could sell shirts that said Your Goat Has Sailed for Byzantium.
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
With the right graphic, I think we could sell shirts that said Your Goat Has Sailed for Byzantium.
It's 78 degrees in the middle of November
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine
Alt: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine
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November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It's 78 degrees in the middle of November
We just use an abacus
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We just use an abacus
"Darnielle often misplaces things and sends himself into a tizzy trying to find them."
Having helped you look for a book in my store that you thought you'd brought in with you but didn't, I can vouch.
Having helped you look for a book in my store that you thought you'd brought in with you but didn't, I can vouch.
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Darnielle often misplaces things and sends himself into a tizzy trying to find them."
Having helped you look for a book in my store that you thought you'd brought in with you but didn't, I can vouch.
Having helped you look for a book in my store that you thought you'd brought in with you but didn't, I can vouch.
This is an especially difficult question for @ursulakleguin.com fans
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is an especially difficult question for @ursulakleguin.com fans
Which of the half-dozen book recommendations in our most recent newsletter is the most interesting to you?
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Letter from Leviathan #71
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November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Which of the half-dozen book recommendations in our most recent newsletter is the most interesting to you?
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That typo was much less obvious on a tiny phone screen
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
That typo was much less obvious on a tiny phone screen
Just for you…
![A bright blue T-shirt with white letters reading BKMN above four white images of the progressively waxing moon, worn on the torso of a faceless male. Captions read Bookstore T-shirt Day and #onwedmeadayswewearbookstoretshirts [sic] and (Book Moon in Easthampton MA isn’t on Instagram because they have more integrity than we do)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kj7pereotufutudxm3cjdbsa/bafkreiflml5qh26cw63cktul5obbdceudckcyz3evqz6pimsctdhfdnsoa@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Just for you…
The newest addition to our bookwear collection is up on Instagram and comes from @bookmoon.bsky.social, which has too much integrity to be on IG itself. @gavingrant.bsky.social @kellylink.bsky.social
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Bookwear = @leviathanbookstore
See Instagram 'Bookwear' highlights from Leviathan Bookstore (@leviathanbookstore)
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November 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The newest addition to our bookwear collection is up on Instagram and comes from @bookmoon.bsky.social, which has too much integrity to be on IG itself. @gavingrant.bsky.social @kellylink.bsky.social
www.instagram.com/stories/high...
www.instagram.com/stories/high...
An evening in honor of the 50th anniversary of the last voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald! Books, stories, song, and custom cocktails! Button up your pea coat, pull on your watch cap, and join us! @johnubacon.bsky.social
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leviathanbookstore.com/events/edmun...
November 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
An evening in honor of the 50th anniversary of the last voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald! Books, stories, song, and custom cocktails! Button up your pea coat, pull on your watch cap, and join us! @johnubacon.bsky.social
leviathanbookstore.com/events/edmun...
leviathanbookstore.com/events/edmun...
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Good news for @jamescrossley.bsky.social & readers of the leviathanbookstore.com/newsletter-archive: Greer Gilman's agent is going out with a new novel right now. Ok, I weep a bit we're not going to publish it but getting more publishers for her work is fabulous. Who's Greer? Read this:
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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No Kings but @justinkingdesigns.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
No Kings but @justinkingdesigns.bsky.social
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For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
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Between Pynchon and Krasznahorkai absolutely HUGE week for brodernism. I see you, and I salute you my dudes.
October 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Between Pynchon and Krasznahorkai absolutely HUGE week for brodernism. I see you, and I salute you my dudes.
That's @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social, for those scoring at home.
October 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
That's @leviathanbookstore.bsky.social, for those scoring at home.
October 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Not even the dignity of Comic Sans
October 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Not even the dignity of Comic Sans
Might put that slogan on a shirt
October 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Might put that slogan on a shirt