Crime & Bubbles

About the event

Join us for Crime & Bubbles — an hour with the store to ourselves before Book Society opens for the day, with mimosas for sale and two authors who know their way around a twisty plot.

We're welcoming Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Ferry Out and We Were Never Here, and N. Jooyoun Kim, author of What We Kept to Ourselves and The Last Story of Mina Lee, for a casual morning chat about crime fiction, the publishing world, and everything in between. Both have had novels selected as Reese's Book Club picks.

The schedule

• 11:00am — Doors open, mimosas pour
• 11:30am — A short, informal chat with both authors
• 12:00pm — Chat wraps, store officially opens; stay and hang out as we get the day started

More details

• Mimosas — $12 a glass
• RSVP — Not required, but it helps us plan
• Books — Copies of both authors' books available for purchase and signing

Come ready for a casual morning — Book Society style.

Get your ticket here! booksociety.social/event-details/crime-bubbles

About the Authors

Andrea Bartz is a journalist and the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick We Were Never Here, The Spare Room, The Lost Night, The Herd, and The Last Ferry Out, which came out in May 2025. Her thrillers have been optioned by Netflix, Hulu, and other production companies, and more than half a million copies of her books have been sold worldwide. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Vogue, and many other outlets, and she’s held editorial positions at Glamour, Psychology Today, and Self, among other publications. She was also a lead plaintiff in the landmark class-action lawsuit Bartz v. Anthropic, which was the first major win for creatives against an AI company as well as the largest copyright recovery in history. She lives with her girlfriend and pets in Brooklyn and the Hudson Valley. 

N. Jooyoun Kim is the New York Times bestselling author of critically acclaimed novels The Last Story of Mina Lee (a Reese’s Book Club pick) and  What We Kept to Ourselves. Her writing explores family, memory, and the secrets we carry across generations. Born in Los Angeles, she is a graduate of UCLA and The University of Washington, Seattle and now lives in the Bay Area.