Play1min 58secAsk a Bookseller: ‘The Maniac’December 9, 2023 8:00 AMBy Emily BrightChris Miller of Broadway Books in Portland, Ore., recommends the novel “The Maniac” by Benjamín Labatut.
Play1min 53secAsk a Bookseller: 'What the River Knows' December 2, 2023 8:00 AMBy Emily BrightAmy Jiron of Hearthfire Books in Evergreen, Colo., recommends a visit to the Nile this December, in the form of Isabel Ibañez's novel "What the River Knows."
Play2min 00secAsk a Bookseller: 'The Truth about Horses' explores the nature of healingNovember 25, 2023 9:28 AMBy Emily BrightCaitlin Doggart of Where the Sidewalk Ends Bookstore in Chatham, Mass., says one of her top books of the year is Christy Cashman's debut novel.
Play2min 23secAsk a Bookseller: ‘The Women’s House of Detention’ November 18, 2023 8:00 AMBy Emily BrightHalee Kirkwood of Birchbark Books in Minneapolis says one of their favorite books from this year is “The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison” by Hugh Ryan.
Play2min 15secAsk a Bookseller: ‘Babel’ November 11, 2023 8:00 AMBy Emily BrightCarson Crooks of Prince Books in Norfolk, Va., highly recommends R. F. Kuang’s novel “Babel.”
Play2min 07secAsk A Bookseller: 'A Rake of His Own'November 4, 2023 8:00 AMBy Emily BrightIn this week’s Ask a Bookseller, Shayne Molt of Indigo Bridge in Lincoln, Neb., recommends the fantasy romance novel “A Rake of His Own” by A.J Lancaster.
Play2min 12secAsk a Bookseller: 'Ke Kumu Aupuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood'October 28, 2023 8:00 AMBy Emily BrightSierra Keolanui, Lise Michelle Childers and Allison Benz of Native Books in Honolulu, Hawaii, conferred about their favorite books and quickly reached a consensus “Ke Kumu Aupuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood” by Samuel Mānaiakalani Kamakau.
Play1min 57secAsk a Bookseller: 'Night of the Living Rez'October 21, 2023 8:00 AMBy Emily BrightIn this week’s Ask a Bookseller, Beth Leonard of Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick, Maine recommends the short story collection “Night of the Living Rez” by Morgan Talty, an author from Maine and a Penobscot Nation citizen.
Play2min 07secAsk a Bookseller: 'The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store'October 14, 2023 8:00 AMBy Emily BrightShane Grebel of Watermark Books and Cafe in Wichita, Kansas says his favorite book of the year is the novel “The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride.
Play2min 12secAsk a Bookseller: 'The Blue Bear'September 29, 2023 5:37 PMBy Emily BrightTori Weaver of Rainy Retreat Books in Juneau, AK, recommends the memoir "The Blue Bear: A True Story of Friendship and Discovery in the Alaskan Wild," by Lynn Schooler.