Ask a bookseller

Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment.

September 3, 2022 8:00 AM

Ask a Bookseller: Middle grades novel examines how history is written, and who gets left out

Sara Groves of Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine, recommends "The Civil War of Amos Abernathy," a middle grades novel by debut author Michael Leali.

by Emily Bright

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August 24, 2022 5:54 PM

Ask a Bookseller: Innovative novel explores one 'nuclear' family

Kautz calls the stylistically innovative novel “part family drama, part ghost story, part coming-of-age and critique of American imperialism in the Pacific.”

by Emily Bright

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August 21, 2022 8:33 AM

Ask a Bookseller: Dorothy Hughes’ classic noir fiction

Her work teems with unreliable narrators, settings that feel like characters, and surprising plot twists--key elements of modern mysteries now.

by Emily Bright

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August 12, 2022 4:00 AM

Ask a Bookseller: 'Nettle and Bone' is a twisted fairy tale with horror and humor

Angie Tally of The Country Bookshop describes T. Kingfisher’s novel “Nettle and Bone” as “a deeply satisfying and darkly funny feminist fairy tale.”

by Emily Bright

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July 31, 2022 4:53 PM

Ask a Bookseller: 'Book Lovers'

It's a plot that sounds like a Hallmark movie, but the narrator handles it with a knowing wink and a nod, both celebrating and challenges the tropes of romance.

by Emily Bright

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July 16, 2022 1:46 PM

Ask a Bookseller: Little Rabbit is a steamy debut

Bookseller Jason Hong says "Little Rabbit" by Alyssa Songsiridej is "ultimately about sex, power, and female desire."

by Emily Bright

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July 12, 2022 12:13 PM

Ask a Bookseller: 'The Lying Life of Adults'

Jean Anne Pugh of Four Seasons Books in Shepardstown, West Virginia, just loves the title of Elena Ferrante’s novel, “The Lying Life of Adults.” Pugh calls the novel an excellent portrait of a teenager “in conflict with her culture and her family.”

by Emily Bright

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July 1, 2022 10:43 AM

Ask a Bookseller: 'The Overnight Guest' is a suspenseful ride

Heather Gudenkauf is both a New York Times Bestselling Novelist and a local favorite at the River Lights Bookstore in Dubuque, Iowa. River Lights bookseller Angela Kircher heartily recommends Gudenkauf’s newest thriller/mystery, “The Overnight Guest.”

by Emily Bright

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June 24, 2022 2:05 PM

Ask a Bookseller: A summer thriller debut by a Twin Cities author

Jennifer Jubenville of the Bookstore at Fitger’s in Duluth says there’s nothing like a good thriller for a summer read, and she recommends checking out Joshua Moehling’s debut, “And There He Kept Her.”

by Emily Bright