Play2min 05secRecipes for a good storyJune 1, 2018 12:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordRick Bragg's new book is filled with family recipes -- but the stories behind those recipes are the main event.
Play1min 36secMurakami mesmerizes with his fiction, but his nonfiction is not to be missedMay 25, 2018 10:29 AMBy Tracy MumfordIn the late 90s, Haruki Murakami published a nonfiction account of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack. Bookseller Lucas Mcguffie calls it a mix of "literature and journalism."
Play1min 58sec'A good, old-fashioned page turner' from Jennifer EganMay 18, 2018 1:02 PMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Linda Kass says you "always learn something in a Jennifer Egan novel." In Egan's latest, the subjects range from searching for bodies underwater to running a nightclub.
Play1min 54secAn 'elegant, accessible, transcendent, earthy' poetry collectionMay 4, 2018 4:32 PMBy Tracy MumfordNational Poetry Month ended in April, but bookstore owner Nathan Montoya has a poetry recommendation that's fresh year-round.
Play1min 48secWhen Teddy Roosevelt went to the AmazonApril 27, 2018 3:58 PMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Jinny Amundson pulls a good read from the backlist with a tale of adventure and Teddy Roosevelt.
Play1min 43secIf the Civil War ended with zombiesApril 20, 2018 4:16 PMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Jessica Cox recommends a novel that imagines an alternate history, where the dead rose up at the Battle of Gettysburg, triggering a zombie apocalypse.
Play1min 30secFor Ferrante fans, another story of 'a very strong woman, very well told'April 14, 2018 4:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordBookstore owner Danny Caine recommends "an intimate coming-of-age immigrant story that ends up telling the whole story of 20th century Iran as well."
Play1min 58sec'You're rooting for the good guys, and you can just smell and breathe the bad guys'April 7, 2018 4:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordAnne Water recommends a "great, atmospheric story that sucks you into the world" of Appalachia.
Play1min 44secWould you want to know the exact date of your death?March 31, 2018 4:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordChloe Benjamin's novel "The Immortalists" follows four young siblings who meet with a traveling psychic. The psychic predicts the date of their deaths -- and that knowledge shapes every decision they make.
Play1min 54secAn author who starts where most others endMarch 24, 2018 4:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Steve Iwanski recommends a novel about "a down-on-his-luck, beat-up old prize fighter, who loses $12,000 that he needed to pay off his ruthless boss." That's only the beginning.