Book Recs

September 2019 Best Sellers

From Margaret Atwood’s chilling sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale to Writers Council member Richard Powers’s Pulitzer...

The 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize: Short List

We are pleased to announce that debut novels by Chia-Chia Lin, Julia Phillips, Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Ocean Vuong, Joe Wilkins, Lauren Wilkinson...

Writers Council Picks: Six Recommendations from Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen

National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Franzen (The Corrections, Freedom, The End of the End of the Earth) on...

Junior Edition: What’s That Sound?

Celia McGee

Whether it’s an adventure to an imaginary land or a trip to Haiti, these books will have you going places with a click-clack!

Writers Council Picks: Six Recommendations from Jane Smiley

Jane Smiley

We’re asking members of our Writers Council to recommend six of their favorite reads. Whether new or old, best sellers or hidden gems, grand...

Staff Picks: Volume I

Benjamin Rybeck

Three recommendations from our Bookstore Manager, Benjamin Rybeck.

Junior Edition: The Other Side

Celia McGee

Childhood isn’t always easy, but these books use storytelling as a tool for traveling beyond today’s hardships.

Junior Edition #44

Celia McGee

Pay It Forward Book List

Josh Kendall

Joshua Kendall, editorial director of Mulholland Books, recommends five books that were recommended to him that are sure to keep you turning the pages

Dina Nayeri on Behrangi, Golding and Ishiguro

Dina Nayeri

I’ve become a reader three times. The first time, I was barely six and lived in Iran, under the Islamic Republic.