Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 16:13     Subject: Re:books about bookstores?
Anonymous wrote:Cozy sweet BS books, or books whose authors actually know how bookstores work, and that they're not full of teacups and cozy murders?


The time has come for a grim and gritty post-apocalyptic bookstore novel!
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 13:33     Subject: books about bookstores?
Anonymous wrote:You by Caroline Keynes


+1
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 13:23     Subject: Re:books about bookstores?
Cozy sweet BS books, or books whose authors actually know how bookstores work, and that they're not full of teacups and cozy murders?
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 12:43     Subject: Re:books about bookstores?
Anonymous wrote:The Storied Life of AJ Fikry


This was a good book!
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 12:12     Subject: books about bookstores?
Shadow of the wind.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 12:09     Subject: books about bookstores?
84 Charing Cross Road is a grandparent of this genre.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 11:56     Subject: books about bookstores?
What you are looking for is in the library. Very sweet, cozy book set in Japan.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2024 11:00     Subject: books about bookstores?
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 16:11     Subject: books about bookstores?
Susan Coll’s book Bookish People is about her time at Politics and Prose. I’m not sure it’s her best book, but it’s great for the local interest by a local writer.
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 12:14     Subject: books about bookstores?
Booklovers by Emily Henry if you want something fairly light-hearted / romance-y
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 11:58     Subject: books about bookstores?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I got you! All of Madeline Martin’s books are about bookshops (or in a few cases, Liberians). The Last Book Shop in London was both sweet and interesting. Set in WW2.

For a lighter read, there’s the Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Emery Adams. Set in present day. A woman owns a small bookstore in a mountain town with a hot spring/spa, so she has a mix of locals and tourists coming in. Her past is interesting (unfolding over the first two books) and she has a small group of friends who make up the “society.” Really interesting characters!


Such a good book!

If you sign up for Madeline's newsletter, you'll get a short story set at Christmas at the book shop. It was so nice to revisit the characters.

I read the new book, about librarians in Poland. It was incredible!


DP - Are you talking about The Keeper of Hidden Books? I enjoyed it enough to read it, but not enough to keep it on my book shelves. How would you rate it compared to the London one?


The Last Book Shop in London was, IMO, a bit better. Both end on a high note, but the London one is a little sweeter.

Someone else mentioned The Librarian Spy and that's by the same author.
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 11:57     Subject: books about bookstores?
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Library Book by Susan Orlean


Not about libraries or bookstores, but for similar interests:
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 11:48     Subject: books about bookstores?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I got you! All of Madeline Martin’s books are about bookshops (or in a few cases, Liberians). The Last Book Shop in London was both sweet and interesting. Set in WW2.

For a lighter read, there’s the Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Emery Adams. Set in present day. A woman owns a small bookstore in a mountain town with a hot spring/spa, so she has a mix of locals and tourists coming in. Her past is interesting (unfolding over the first two books) and she has a small group of friends who make up the “society.” Really interesting characters!


Such a good book!

If you sign up for Madeline's newsletter, you'll get a short story set at Christmas at the book shop. It was so nice to revisit the characters.

I read the new book, about librarians in Poland. It was incredible!


DP - Are you talking about The Keeper of Hidden Books? I enjoyed it enough to read it, but not enough to keep it on my book shelves. How would you rate it compared to the London one?
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 09:34     Subject: books about bookstores?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I got you! All of Madeline Martin’s books are about bookshops (or in a few cases, Liberians). The Last Book Shop in London was both sweet and interesting. Set in WW2.

For a lighter read, there’s the Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Emery Adams. Set in present day. A woman owns a small bookstore in a mountain town with a hot spring/spa, so she has a mix of locals and tourists coming in. Her past is interesting (unfolding over the first two books) and she has a small group of friends who make up the “society.” Really interesting characters!


Such a good book!

If you sign up for Madeline's newsletter, you'll get a short story set at Christmas at the book shop. It was so nice to revisit the characters.

I read the new book, about librarians in Poland. It was incredible!
Anonymous
Post 04/25/2024 08:03     Subject: books about bookstores?
The Bookstore on the Beach

The Librarian Spy