Play2min 11secLaughs, loss and a spunky goat come together in a new road-trip novelFebruary 8, 2019 12:47 PMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Dave Richardson recommends a heartfelt family road trip novel with a charming cast -- that includes a goat!
Play1min 56secA story collection with characters so vivid 'you inhabit their bones'February 1, 2019 3:45 PMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Hannah Oliver Depp recommends a short story collection that is "a love letter and also a bit of a harsh mirror to Washington, D.C."
Play1min 54secCapturing the 'Voices of Mississippi'January 25, 2019 12:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Kelle Barfield recommends much more than a book: She raves about a collection of music, oral history and other materials compiled by historian William Ferris.
Play1min 43secThe personal, the political, the poeticJanuary 18, 2019 12:00 AMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Danny Caine recommends a new "dazzling" collection of poetry that mixes the personal and political.
Play2min 16secThe love story of C.S. Lewis and Joy DavidmanNovember 23, 2018 3:30 PMBy Tracy MumfordThere's been plenty written about C.S. Lewis -- but not about the woman he fell in love with, who influenced his work.
Play1min 48sec'Definitely not for the squeamish, but endlessly fascinating'November 16, 2018 3:14 PMBy Tracy MumfordAn ex-detective. A cult. A man who may or may not be dead. Intrigued?
Play2min 02secThis novel delivers a 'mix of horror and elegance'November 2, 2018 2:27 PMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Annie Metcalf recommends a novel "for readers who want to be challenged and scared — but are also interested in new voices in translation."
Play1min 56secA shadowy book about the end of the world and the power of lettersOctober 26, 2018 12:52 PMBy Tracy MumfordIn a world scarred by war and sickness, the bartering economy has returned and the unnamed narrator of "Scribe" makes a living writing letters for people. Then a man arrives who asks her to take down his confessions.
Play1min 39sec'Woman World': Where the future is femaleOctober 19, 2018 12:57 PMBy Tracy MumfordBookseller Emma Nichols recommends a comic collection centered on a post-apocalyptic world where men have gone extinct, and only women remain.
Play1min 51secA book that proposes 'every living thing has two bodies'October 12, 2018 2:16 PMBy Tracy Mumford"I just finished it the other night, and I have been thinking about it for three days," says bookseller Daley Farr.