Ask a bookseller

Josh Christie's recommendation of the moment is for "the first book that's a deep dive into the activists of the Black Lives Matter movement and the police on the other side of these conflicts."

James Collins is excited about a new novel that offers a glimpse into modern Beijing.

Bookstore owner Kate Schlademan recommends this young adult novel for the holiday season: "It's one of those books that just really pulls at your heartstrings."

Benn Ray, one of the owners of Atomic Books, recommends a book about the Satanism paranoia that swept the country in the 1980s.

Bruce Delaney gave up his career as a physicist to open the bookstore. He normally reads a lot of history and science fiction, but a new YA book has caught his attention.

Bookseller Cody Morrison is excited that a pioneer woman's first-person account of life in the Mississippi Delta in the late 1800s has been put back into print.

The owner of the Literati Bookstore recommends a book that traces the aftermath of a marketplace bombing in northern India: "It explores the indiscriminate nature of terror, which is extremely timely today."

Bookseller Shane Mullen has two eerie, unsettling reads for your October book list. The first deals with a horror film gone awry in the Amazon and the second revolves around the mysterious disappearance of young twin girls.

Tom Nissley says the hardest request he gets as a bookseller is when people say: "I want a happy book." But a newly released book fits that bill.

Debut novelists don't always get the respect they deserve, but bookseller Carson Evans is a fan of first-timers. Her fall book pick is "The Mothers" by Brit Bennett.