Books & Reading
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How to Read Now: Essays
$28.00 Add to cart“How to Read Now explores the politics and ethics of reading, and insists that we are capable of something better: a more engaged relationship not just with our fiction and our art, but with our burie
- Author: Castillo, Elaine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 26, 2022
- ISBN10: 0593489632
- Language: English
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Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story
$19.00 Add to cartIn the exciting and wholly original Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story, John Yorke not only shows that there is truly a unifying shape to narrative–one that echoes the great fairytale jour… [more below]
- Author: Yorke, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 20 2015
- ISBN10: 1468310941
- Language: English
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The Bookseller at the End of the World
$18.99 Read moreA rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny bookshops in the remote village of Manapouri in Fiordland, in the deep south of New Zealand.
“An extraor- Author: Shaw, Ruth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 198854775X
- Language: English
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The Art of Libromancy: On Selling Books and Reading Books in the Twenty-First Century
$18.95 Add to cartONE OF LIT HUB‘S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2023 – ESQUIRE‘s August 2023 Book Club Pick
“If books are important to you because you’re a reader or a writer, then how books are sold should be important to
- Author: Cook, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 22, 2023
- ISBN10: 177196541X
- Language: English
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Stories We Shared: A Family Book Journal
$35.00 Add to cartStories We Shared is a hardback reading journal designed with parents and children in mind. It’s a thoughtful way to record the shared literary journey that a family embarks on together.
Stories We Sh
- Author: McKelvey, Douglas Kaine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 15, 2016
- ISBN10: 0998311200
- Language: English
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Greatest Works of Jane Austen (Set of 5 Books)
$29.99 Read moreJane Austen, a renowned English novelist of the nineteenth century, crafted timeless tales that continue to captivate readers to this day. Her greatest works are a testament to her wit, social commen
- Series: Greatest Works
- Author: Austen, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1904
- Publish Date: April 01 2019
- ISBN10: 9388810511
- Language: English
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Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited
$18.00 Add to cartFrom one of the 20th century’s great writers comes one of the finest autobiographies of our time. – “Scintillating … One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a world that has vanished foreve… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Nabokov, Vladimir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: August 28 1989
- ISBN10: 0679723390
- Language: English
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The Geography of the Imagination: Forty Essays
$22.95 Read more“One of the most sinuous stylists and searching minds of the twentieth century.”–Washington Post
Forty essays on history, art, and literature to lift your mind and spirit. Guy Davenport provides link- Series: Nonpareil Books #10
- Author: Davenport, Guy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1567927777
- Language: English
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Novelist as a Vocation
$28.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER – An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller–and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, and W… [more below]
- Author: Murakami, Haruki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0451494644
- Language: English
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On Writing (and Writers): A Miscellany of Advice and Opinions
$26.99 Add to cart“While writing about writing is often deadly, Lewis is as delightful as he is wise.” –The New York Times
A definitive collection of wisdom on every style of writing and a celebration of the transforma
- Author: Lewis, C. S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0063276445
- Language: English
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Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative
$16.95 Add to cart“How lovely to discover a book on the craft of writing that is also fun to read . . . Alison asserts that the best stories follow patterns in nature, and by defining these new styles she offers writer… [more below]
- Author: Alison, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 1948226138
- Language: English
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But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films
$20.00 Add to cartFor film buffs and literature lovers alike, Turner Classic Movies presents an essential guide to 52 cinema classics and the literary works that served as their inspiration.
“I love that movie!” “Bu- Series: Turner Classic Movies
- Author: Lopez, Kristen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0762480971
- Language: English
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Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature
$0.00 Read moreA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
“An absolute joy to read!” –Steven Levitt, New York Times bestse
“Wide-ranging and thoroughly winning.” –Jordan Ellenberg, The New York Times Book Review- Author: Hart, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250850886
- Language: English
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On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the Us
$16.95 Add to cart“An insightful and humorous look into the complex issues of censorship, Jamie LaRue’s book is at times intellectually and emotionally challenging–like all of the best books should be.” –R. Alan Broo
- Series: Speaker’s Corner
- Author: Larue, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 19, 2023
- ISBN10: 1682753476
- Language: English
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The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their Stories Are Better Than the Bestsellers
$28.00 Add to cartThis “celebration of the world of books” (Kirkus) is filled with true stories from the booksellers and librarians–the superheroes of reading–as told to the greatest storyteller of our time, James Pa… [more below]
- Author: Patterson, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 08, 2024
- ISBN10: 0316567531
- Language: English
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The Book at War: How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading
$35.00 Add to cartA “magisterial” (Sunday Times) history of how books were used in war across the twentieth century–both as weapons and as agents for peace
We tend not to talk about books and war in the same breath–- Author: Pettegree, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: December 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541604342
- Language: English
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Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
$27.99 Add to cart*NATIONAL BESTSELLER*
*A Good Housekeeping Reads pick*A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a “beloved and wonderful writer” (George Saunders), teacher, bibliophile, and Thur
- Author: Reed, Shannon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 06, 2024
- ISBN10: 1335007962
- Language: English
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101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered
$23.99 Add to cartThe Ultimate List of Must-Read Horror
Curious readers and fans of monsters and the macabre, get ready to bulk up your TBR piles! Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann has curated the best selection of moder- Author: Hartmann, Sadie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 164567780X
- Language: English
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Art of the Grimoire: An Illustrated History of Magic Books and Spells
$35.00 Add to cartA copiously illustrated global history of magic books, from ancient papyri to pulp paperbacks
“A beautiful production: a typographic and calligraphic treat as treasurable as a rare magical text itsel- Author: Davies, Owen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0300272014
- Language: English
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Novelist as a Vocation
$17.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER – An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller–and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84, Norwegian Wood, and W
- Author: Murakami, Haruki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1101974532
- Language: English
