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Curl Up and Read as the Cooler Weather Rolls In
A fantastical world, families navigating the death of a loved one, a plea for respect to all American citizens and young adult fiction that can...
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Something for Everyone
This week offers an array of tantalizing Fall arrivals with characters from a variety of backgrounds and, we hope, for every literary taste—a...
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An Embarrassment of Riches to Start September
As usual September is beginning with an abundance of tasty, irresistible books to read. Despite the absence of all the usual in-person events...
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Late Season Offerings Featuring Exceptional Women
This week marks the publication of the hotly anticipated new novel from Elena Ferrante, which we have the pleasure of launching Tuesday, September...
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Read Yourself into a Vacation Spot
The end of summer is when many of us are accustomed to traveling for our holidays. So here are five new novels that I found especially intriguing...
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Literary Entertainment: New Novels We Dare You to Put Down
Here are five novels that completely held my attention—no easy task when it is hard to concentrate on much of anything these days
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Dog Days of Summer Reading
There is an abundance of incredible new fiction awaiting hungry readers this August, so make time to stock up before the coming election takes...
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Hope in Times of Hardship
When we started these newsletters COVID-19 had just begun to spread and the bookstore closed for quarantine. Now, over four months later, our bookstore...
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Book RecsThe First Novel Prize
2020 First Novel Prize
The Center for FictionThe 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize was awarded to Raven Leilani for her debut novel Luster...
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Topics of the Moment, for All Ages
Here are a few titles for both kids and adults that address subjects on our minds today—politics, racial injustice, gender identity, activism...