Play2min 01secAsk a bookseller recommends very short stories — all about ghosts May 15, 2021 7:00 AMBy Emily BrightLia Lent of WordsWorth Books in Little Rock, Ark., recommended “The Ghost Variations,” a flash fiction collection by Kevin Brockmeier. All the stories involve ghosts in some way, but they range from scary to funny, charming to thought-provoking. And they’re short.
Play2min 01secAsk a Bookseller: Read this 'totally gripping' novel set in Nazi-occupied NorwayMay 8, 2021 8:00 AMBy Emily BrightThis week’s Ask a Bookseller pick, “White Shadow” by Roy Jacobson, comes from Lesley Rains of City of Asylum Bookstore in Pittsburgh.
Play1min 50secAsk a Bookseller: ‘Solutions and Other Problems’May 1, 2021 12:40 PMBy Emily BrightThis week, Ask a Bookseller called closer to home, with a recommendation from Charlie Aldrich of Buffalo Books & Coffee in Buffalo, Minn. He recommended “Solutions and Other Problems,” written and illustrated by Allie Brosh.
Play1min 51secAsk a Bookseller: A mystery without the procedure in 'Picnic in the Ruins'April 27, 2021 12:45 PMBy Emily BrightDana Welshans of Snowbound Books in Marquette, Mich., found herself surprised and delighted by the thriller “Picnic in the Ruins” by Todd Robert Petersen.
Play1min 43secAsk a Bookseller: 'Witches Steeped in Gold' is a Jamaican-inspired YA fantasy April 27, 2021 12:32 PMBy Emily BrightKalima Desuze of Café con Libros in Brooklyn, N.Y., recommends a Jamaican-inspired YA fantasy novel that just hit the shelves on April 20: “Witches Steeped in Gold” by debut author Ciannon Smart.
Play2min 09secAsk a Bookseller: 'The Copenhagen Trilogy' introduces Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen to English readersApril 19, 2021 8:27 AMBy Emily BrightDeborah Reed of Cloud and Leaf Bookstore in Manzanita, Ore., recommends “The Copenhagen Trilogy” by Tove Ditlevsen (1917–1976), which was released as a single volume in English in February.
Ask a Bookseller: 'The Four Winds' imagines one mother’s story during the Dust BowlApril 5, 2021 8:49 AMBy Emily BrightThis week's book pick comes from Mary Miller, co-owner of Turtle Town Books and Gifts in Nisswa, Minn., who recommended the novel “The Four Winds” by Kristen Hannah.
Play1min 58secAsk a Bookseller: Part memoir, part home redecorating sagaMarch 27, 2021 1:36 PMBy Emily BrightThe book Sandy Koropp of Prairie Path Books in Wheaton, Ill., is "crazy about right now" is part memoir, part home redecorating saga.
Play1min 59secAsk a bookseller: A picture book about recognizing value where others don’t March 20, 2021 7:00 AMBy Emily BrightZsamé Morgan travels across Minneapolis and St. Paul with her bookmobile, Babycake’s Book Stack. She is excited to spread the word about the picture book “Daisy” by Jessixa Bagley, which was published at the start of March.
Play1min 49secAsk a Bookseller: 'Milk Fed,' a novel about self-discovery — and frozen yogurt March 13, 2021 7:00 AMBy Emily BrightThis week’s recommendation comes from Montpelier, Vt., where Claire Benedict is co-owner of Bear Pond Books. Benedict says she devoured the novel “Milk Fed” by Melissa Broder — an appropriate description for a novel that is about appetites and what sustains us — also, lots of frozen yogurt.