Ask a bookseller

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

October 26, 2018 12:52 PM

A shadowy book about the end of the world and the power of letters

In a world scarred by war and sickness, the bartering economy has returned and the unnamed narrator of "Scribe" makes a living writing letters for people. Then a man arrives who asks her to take down his confessions.

by Tracy Mumford

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October 19, 2018 12:57 PM

'Woman World': Where the future is female

Bookseller Emma Nichols recommends a comic collection centered on a post-apocalyptic world where men have gone extinct, and only women remain.

by Tracy Mumford

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October 12, 2018 2:16 PM

A book that proposes 'every living thing has two bodies'

"I just finished it the other night, and I have been thinking about it for three days," says bookseller Daley Farr.

by Tracy Mumford

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September 21, 2018 12:24 PM

A 'fresh, unpredictable' Western with a strong female lead

A powerful female character can be hard to find in Western fiction, but bookseller Aaron Cance recommends a novel which delivers just that.

by Tracy Mumford

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September 14, 2018 2:23 PM

An almost-too-real portrait of modern Russia

"It's very harsh and it's full of violence and incongruities, but it's also truly fully of the Russian spirit," says bookseller Kate Jacobs, about the novel "A Terrible Country."

by Tracy Mumford

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September 7, 2018 4:58 PM

Brash, funny and tender: A new poetry collection for your reading list

Bookseller Danny Caine recommends a poetry collection that offers "a funny and occasionally devastating portrait of life as a first generation Mexican-American."

by Tracy Mumford

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August 31, 2018 3:28 PM

Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie and the history of protest

"More than a history of music, this is actually a history of the United States, and of protest in the early twentieth century," says bookseller Ruth Hulbert.

by Tracy Mumford

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August 24, 2018 2:54 PM

'The Wedding Portrait' explains activism for a young audience

Innosanto Nagara first built a following with "A is for Activist." His newest children's book opens with the story of a couple who decides to get married in the middle of a protest.

by Tracy Mumford