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Buying books and actually reading all the books on my shelf are two separate hobbies. Library book sales are where you’ll find the gems — many of these were 50 cents or a dollar, so no regrets. Are any of these worthy of five stars? (I was obsessed with A Good Person by Kirsten King.) #newbooks #usedbookstore #bookhaul #booktok #tbr

📚Friiiiiiiiday!!!! Friday is for the book stacks that be getting us through the weekend. (A huge thank you to the tagged partners for the gifted copies!) If you need me I’ll be here with my new adopted friends. QOTD: What’s for dinner? I had ice cream. I deserved it. #bookstagram #tbr #bookrecommendations #bookstagrammer #bookaholic

Every generation of parents faces unique challenges, and the digital age has made that more true than ever. If you (or the parents in your life) are looking for a more nuanced and realistic approach than just “no screens,” don’t tackle these tricky problems alone. Find mindful and individualized ways to care for kids’ mental health at the link in bio.

Looking for something new to read this weekend? Check out one of these books our booksellers have read and enjoyed recently—or any of the other titles featured on shelf talkers around the shop. We’re here ’til 7 today, and then again from 9 to 6 on Saturday and Sunday!

14 of my all-time favorite books, all written by authors of Asian descent/of the Asian diaspora 🫶🏼 // thank you to @prhaudio and tagged publishers for my gifted copies! I started putting this post together as a nod to AANHPI Heritage Month, and realized that while I read lots of East Asian and South Asian authored-books, I’ve read almost no books by Native Hawaiian authors or Pacific Islanders, so please give me your recs in the comments so that I can broaden my worldview.🧡 All of these books have stayed with me in the months or years since reading them; have shaped me as a reader; have made me think; and live rent-free in my mind and heart. The books: Yolk by Mary HK Choi Babel by RF Kuang How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Win Me Something by Kyle Alicia Wu Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Emergency Contact by Mary HK Choi Read diversely year-round 🫶🏼 #ReadAsianAuthors2026 #ReadAsianAuthors #AAPIHeritageMonth #AANHPIHeritageMonth #TomorrowAndTomorrowAndTomorrow

Craig Fehrman talks about trying to figure out if it was even possible to write about the Lewis and Clark expedition from rotating points of view. Find more of this great conversation at draftingthepast.com, wherever you get podcasts, or at the link in bio. #writinghistory #nonfiction #writingadvice #writingpodcast #historybooks

🧚🏼‍♀️Flat Lay Friday🧚🏼‍♀️ lowkey in my fantasy & magical realism era💫 Some recent purchases and ones I picked up from book-swaps Most still featuring elements of horror or dystopian themes - so don’t be afraid to pick any of these up if you’re a horror reader! QOTD: what’s your most recent read that was out of your typical genre comfort zone?👀 #flatlayfriday #physicaltbr #tbrpile #fantasybooks #horrorbooks

recent reads + bite size reviews — The Fifth Year by Marlen Haushofer / out by New Directions Permanence by Sophie Mackintosh / out by Avid Reader Press Thank you to @netgalley and publishers for the e-arcs, these both were lovely reads and I’m thankful to have had the chance to enjoy them 💌

Not only are these my top Literary Fiction reads of the year, they are all five of my all-time favorites. I highly recommend each and every one. #bookrecommendations #literaryfiction #read

Sophie Mackintosh’s prose has sharpened and deepened with each novel. Thank you @avidreaderpress for this gifted copy This novel tastes like expensive red wine drunk too quickly on an empty stomach, warm olive oil and torn bread at midnight, overripe tomatoes at a market that doesn’t exist, hotel soap, roses just beginning to brown at the edges, and the metallic aftertaste of wanting too much. Seductive, strange, melancholic, and simmering with quiet dread. Permanence feels like the fullest expression of that eerie, hypnotic magic yet. Dreamy, unsettling, intimate, and quietly feral, this is a novel about desire curdling under pressure, about fantasy losing its gloss, about love stories that only survive in the shadows. Also: the atmosphere? Immaculate. The vibes? Gorgeous and vaguely threatening. Exactly how Sophie Mackintosh writes best. Have you read any of Chef Mackintosh’s creations & is Permanence on your readar? P.S. The Water Cure is still my favorite such an incredible debut novel. . . . #permanence #atmospheric #speculativefiction #SophieMackintosh #booksbooksbooks

Joshua Maverick Webster (a real family name in the middle). One of the heroes in my new book and last night he was the hero at the Dodger’s game. Pretty much a dream come true for this California boy. To read more about Josh’s remarkable life as well as the others I profile please pre-order! “The Hero Next Door -Stories of Patriotism and Purpose “. Thank you! And thank you Josh!

Bookmail 📚📫 Thank you so so much to these fabulous publishers and authors for this bookmail over the past few months. We are so grateful to have the opportunity to be trusted with these special stories. We are always honored to receive an author’s work. We can’t imagine how much blood, sweat, and tears goes into each book by the authors, the editors, the publishers, the cover artists, and more!! We are working our way through these stories- what a privilege 💙. ❓What is your most anticipated read right now?? #bookmail #gallerybooks #ballantine #newbooks #bookstagram