Ask a bookseller

Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment.

An almost-too-real portrait of modern Russia
"It's very harsh and it's full of violence and incongruities, but it's also truly fully of the Russian spirit," says bookseller Kate Jacobs, about the novel "A Terrible Country."
An immortal goddess gets her due
Remember Circe from "The Odyssey"? The ancient sorceress finally gets to take center stage in Madeline Miller's new novel.