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Ask a bookseller

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

Ask a bookseller: Phinney Books in Seattle

Ask a bookseller: Phinney Books in Seattle

Tom Nissley says the hardest request he gets as a bookseller is when people say: "I want a happy book." But a newly released book fits that bill.
by Tracy Mumford

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Ask a bookseller: Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, N.C.

Ask a bookseller: Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, N.C.

Bookseller Samantha Flynn can't stop raving about "A Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles. The novel follows a Russian aristocrat who is sentenced to house arrest, for life, in an elegant hotel.
by Tracy Mumford

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Ask a bookseller: Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City

Ask a bookseller: Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City

Jean Ann Robison has been selling books for more than 20 years, and this month she's excited about a biography of Winston Churchill's early years, which reads like something out of "Indiana Jones," she said.
by Tracy Mumford

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Ask a bookseller: 57th Street Books in Chicago

Ask a bookseller: 57th Street Books in Chicago

Bookseller Kevin Elliott has a book with an absurd premise for anyone looking for "a little something offbeat." Fans of Neil Gaiman will love it.
by Tracy Mumford

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Ask a bookseller: Prairie Lights in Iowa City

Ask a bookseller: Prairie Lights in Iowa City

Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we have a recommendations for poetry and a haunting novel.
by Tracy Mumford

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Ask a bookseller: The Tattered Cover in Denver

Ask a bookseller: The Tattered Cover in Denver

Every week, we ask booksellers around the country about the books they can't put down. This week, a Denver bookseller takes us back to the U.K. in the 1970s.
by Tracy Mumford

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Ask a bookseller: SubText in St. Paul

Ask a bookseller: SubText in St. Paul

Every week, we ask booksellers around the country about the books they can't put down. This week, Matt Keliher from SubText shares his favorite book of the year so far.
by Tracy Mumford

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