Play2min 08secAn 'inventive and engrossing' memoir, 10 years in the makingOctober 28, 2017 6:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordThe night before her father died, 18-year-old Jeannie Vanasco promised she would write a book for him. "The Glass Eye" is that book.
Play2min 07sec'Beautiful Darkness': A dark story, gorgeously illustratedOctober 21, 2017 6:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordPeople think working as a bookseller means you get to read at work. Not so much. Ronald Davis picked up "Beautiful Darkness" just to page through it, and ended up devouring the whole thing.
Play2min 14secStrange occurrences in a rainy Irish valley are just the beginningOctober 14, 2017 6:00 AMBy Tracy Mumford"The Good People" jumps off from an old account of strange happenings in "this peculiar valley, a very claustrophobic place."
Play2min 02secA 'hypnotic,' 'pointillistic' novelOctober 7, 2017 6:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordDavid Enyeart recommends a new novel by British writer Jon McGregor: "He's not very well known in this country yet, but I think he certainly will be."
Play2min 11secSeven fantasy and sci-fi recommendations from a diehard readerSeptember 30, 2017 12:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Jude Feldman works at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, the city's destination for genre thrills. She has seven recommendations for readers eager to explore new worlds.
Play1min 57secA 'completely hypnotic' book to spend the afternoon withSeptember 23, 2017 12:00 AMBy Tracy Mumford"I emerged from the book and realized three hours had passed, and I was done with it," said bookseller Vanessa Martini. "I had no idea what had happened to my life."
Play1min 59secA look back at the Battle of Hue, in time for the 50th anniversarySeptember 16, 2017 12:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Steve Bercu recommends a book with "astoundingly good writing" about "a story I guess a lot of people have forgotten."
With gentrification on the rise, a look at 'Vanishing New York'September 2, 2017 4:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller James Conrad recommends a book that 'covers the demise of New York City's diverse neighborhoods.'
Play2min 26secFor 'Jaws' fans, a look at what it's really like to hunt a sharkAugust 26, 2017 4:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Molly Coogan works not far from where "Jaws" was filmed. Her reading recommendation is right on theme, "even if you missed Shark Week."
Play2min 12secThe case for short stories: 'How can you not be satisfied with this one perfect, delicious thing?'August 19, 2017 4:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Kathryn Harper tore through 'The Tower of the Antilles' in two days. The short story collection is 'ten different, interesting pieces that you put together,' she said.