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Rakestraw Books Rakestraw Books "The Bookstore in Danville" strives to be a place where books and writers matter and where passionate readers can discover both.
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We had a very special visitor at Rakestraw Books recently.Zendaya stopped by to shop and chat books with us! We were thr...
06/06/2026

We had a very special visitor at Rakestraw Books recently.

Zendaya stopped by to shop and chat books with us! We were thrilled to help her find some good reads and loved getting some recommendations from her!

Thank you Zendaya for being so lovely and for your love of books and support of independent bookstores!

She was kind enough to take a fun photo with a couple of her book-to-movie adaptations for us!

Lucky students got to meet Steve Sheinkin yesterday and hear about his new book “Diamond Fever! A Story of True Crime in...
05/14/2026

Lucky students got to meet Steve Sheinkin yesterday and hear about his new book “Diamond Fever! A Story of True Crime in the Old West”. If you have tweens or teens who love a non-fiction book, check this one out! We have a limited number of signed copies left!

Rakestraw Books is thrilled to invite you to a special evening with bestselling authors Andrew Sean Greer and Ayelet Wal...
05/13/2026

Rakestraw Books is thrilled to invite you to a special evening with bestselling authors Andrew Sean Greer and Ayelet Waldman as we celebrate the publication of their terrific new novels, Villa Coco and A Perfect Hand. This event will take place at the shop on Saturday, June 13th at 6:00 PM. Tickets are $12. Each ticket admits one person and includes a discount on your purchase of one or both books. Purchase your tickets through the Events page at Rakestrawbooks.com.

What is your humble bookseller to do when presented with two lovely author events at a busy time of year? Why — recognizing that the authors are both lively talkers and great friends — put them in conversation of course! We know this is going to be one of the liveliest, warmest, and just plain most enjoyable evenings of the year.

We hope you join us!

We’re so lucky that Portia Elan stopped by to sign copies of her debut novel Homebound! “In this novel of friendship and...
05/12/2026

We’re so lucky that Portia Elan stopped by to sign copies of her debut novel Homebound!

“In this novel of friendship and hard-won hope, four lives are entangled across time by one story, saved to a floppy disk in the 1980s and destined to ripple across the centuries.”

We have fabulous gifts for the moms in your life! Come on down and we’ll help you find the perfect book no matter who yo...
05/09/2026

We have fabulous gifts for the moms in your life! Come on down and we’ll help you find the perfect book no matter who you’re shopping for!

We're with you: we don't like answering unknown callers either! But if you add Rakestraw Books at (925) 837-7337 to you...
05/04/2026

We're with you: we don't like answering unknown callers either!

But if you add Rakestraw Books at (925) 837-7337 to your contacts, you will always know when we call. And, best of all, you will always know when your special order is ready for you in store.

Thank you from your friendly team of booksellers!

May is gonna be a blast in our book groups! Come join us! Message us here or call the shop at (925) 837-7337 if you’re i...
05/01/2026

May is gonna be a blast in our book groups! Come join us!

Message us here or call the shop at (925) 837-7337 if you’re interested in more information!

We’ll be honest, many of us had a hard time narrowing it down to just one book this month. There were so many good ones ...
04/30/2026

We’ll be honest, many of us had a hard time narrowing it down to just one book this month. There were so many good ones that made us think, feel, laugh, cry, rage. But, for the sake of an easy-to-read graphic, we did the heart-wrenching working of picking just one favorite book from our last month of reading.

But come in and chat with us and we’ll hand you a big pile of all of our favorites!

What an evening! We had a blast launching Ana Huang’s newest book “King of Gluttony”! Books were bedazzled, prizes were ...
04/29/2026

What an evening! We had a blast launching Ana Huang’s newest book “King of Gluttony”! Books were bedazzled, prizes were raffled, themed playlists were played and friends were made!

We had readers joining us from LA, Modesto, and from every corner of the Bay! Thank you for a wonderful night!

04/28/2026

We had such a fun day with Dashka Slater and Escargot at local schools! And we’re keeping the party rolling with our annual Stuffy Sleepover this Saturday, May 2nd at 5:00pm. Dashka will read her new book, “Good Night, Escargot” and then kiddos will get to tuck their stuffies in for a sleepover at the bookstore. The stuffies always get up to all kinds of fun and silliness (which we’ll make sure to snap photos of to send to kiddos and parents!). Families can pick up their stuffies the next day and hear all about the sleepover!

Join us by visiting the Events page at Rakestrawbooks.com!

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3 Railroad Avenue
Danville, CA
94526

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Monday 9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm
Saturday 9:30am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 3pm

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