Play1min 58secAsk a Bookseller: Dorothy Hughes’ classic noir fictionAugust 21, 2022 8:33 AMBy Emily BrightHer work teems with unreliable narrators, settings that feel like characters, and surprising plot twists--key elements of modern mysteries now.
Play2min 06secAsk a Bookseller: 'Nettle and Bone' is a twisted fairy tale with horror and humorAugust 12, 2022 4:00 AMBy Emily BrightAngie Tally of The Country Bookshop describes T. Kingfisher’s novel “Nettle and Bone” as “a deeply satisfying and darkly funny feminist fairy tale.”
Play2min 06secAsk a Bookseller: 'Book Lovers'July 31, 2022 4:53 PMBy Emily BrightIt'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.
Play2min 06secAsk a Bookseller: Little Rabbit is a steamy debutJuly 16, 2022 1:46 PMBy Emily BrightBookseller Jason Hong says "Little Rabbit" by Alyssa Songsiridej is "ultimately about sex, power, and female desire."
Play1min 55secAsk a Bookseller: 'The Lying Life of Adults'July 12, 2022 12:13 PMBy Emily BrightJean 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.”
Play1min 58secAsk a Bookseller: 'The Overnight Guest' is a suspenseful rideJuly 1, 2022 10:43 AMBy Emily BrightHeather 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.”
Play2min 02secAsk a Bookseller: A summer thriller debut by a Twin Cities authorJune 24, 2022 2:05 PMBy Emily BrightJennifer 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.”
Play1min 51secAsk a Bookseller: a sci-fi romance that steers clear of gender June 11, 2022 5:00 AMBy Emily BrightBrooklyn Lindsey of Crash Books in Lakeland, Florida calls “This is How You Lose the Time War” a time-traveling love letter.
Play2min 01secAsk a Bookseller: Groundhog’s Day meets freshman year of collegeMay 23, 2022 8:22 AMBy Emily BrightBarrett Bloom is a freshman in college having a terrible day. She shows up at her Physics 101 class only to be put on the spot in front of everyone for no reason by her unbearably annoying classmate, Miles. She’s never even seen him before! Or has she?
Play1min 57secAsk a Bookseller: "Brown Girls" is a poetic chorus of voicesMay 13, 2022 7:34 PMBy Emily BrightMika Tuzon of Scrawl Books in Reston, Virginia recommends the novel “Brown Girls” by Daphne Palasi Andreades.