Ask a Bookseller: ‘Little Shrew’ by Akiko Mikakoski
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: The Mighty Muskrats mystery series by Michael Hutchinson
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: Live at the State Fair
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
September has begun, and with it, the anticipation of autumn weather, school, and great fall reads. ...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Absent in the Spring’ by Agatha Christie re-published
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Hounding’ by Xenobe Purvis
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘You Better Be Lightning’ by Andrea Gibson
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Bat Kid’ by Inoue Kazuo
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘American Mythology’ by Giano Cromley
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Fox: A Novel’ by Joyce Carol Oates
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Sour Cherry’ by Natalia Theodoridou
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Pretender’ by Jo Harkin
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Burton of novel, a bookstore in Memphis, Tenn., recommends his favorite book of the year so fa...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Old School Indian’ by Aaron John Curtis
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding’ by Catherine Mack
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The River Has Roots’ by Amal El-Mohtar
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘My Friends’ by Fredrik Backman
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Buffalo Hunter Hunter’ by Stephen Graham Jones
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask A Bookseller: ‘The Antidote’ by Karen Russell
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘There Are Rivers in the Sky’ by Elif Shafak
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Black Liturgies’ by Cole Arthur Riley
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘We Will Be Jaguars’ by Nemonte Nenquimo
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Under the Whispering Door’ by TJ Klune
22 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ask a Bookseller is focusing this season on books of hope and connection. Asked to recommend a book ...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Dream Count’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Dictionary of the Undoing’ by John Freeman
08 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Notes from the Porch: Tiny True Stories to Make You Feel Better About the World’
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Practice, The Horizon and the Chain’ by Sofia Samatar
22 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Blob: A Love Story’ by Maggie Su
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Black Woods, Blue Sky’ by Eowyn Ivey
08 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘A More Perfect Party‘ by Juanita Tolliver
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: 'The Serviceberry' by Robin Wall Kimmerer
18 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Wealth of Shadows’ by Graham Moore
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Blue Sisters’ by Coco Mellors
04 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees’ by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Let Us Descend’ by Jesmyn Ward
14 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Modern Poetry’ by Diane Seuss
07 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Schultz of This House of Books in Billings, Montana recommends a book of poetry that made the ...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘No Two Persons’ by Erica Bauermeister
30 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David Stippick of Lark & Owl Booksellers in Georgetown, Texas, recommends a novel they call “a...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘North Woods’ by Daniel Mason
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Just Us’ by Minnesota author Molly Beth Griffin
16 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Holly Weinkauf of Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul recommends “Just Us.” It’s written by Twin ...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Smothermoss’ by debut author Alisa Alering
09 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Colored Television’ by Danzy Senna
02 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Scrap’ by Calla Henkel
26 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Click here.Of course, for the week of Halloween, we had to talk about a book that keeps you looking ...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Spellshop’ by Sarah Beth Durst
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: 'Penance' by Eliza Clark
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Everything We Never Had’ by Randy Ribay
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Attack of the Black Rectangles’ by Amy Sarig King
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Tree. Table. Book.‘ by Lois Lowry
07 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Minnesota booksellers talk recommendations, BookTok and how Gen Z is saving bookstores
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summer is winding down, but that doesn’t mean the causal beach read is going anywhere. MPR News ho...
Ask a Bookseller: ’Dahlia’s Make a Difference Day’ by Jackie Brown
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Bitch: On the Female of the Species’ by Lucy Cooke
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Wedding People’ by Alison Espach
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘For the Night’ by Rae Lyse
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Sweet Blue Distance’ and ‘The Frozen River’
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Call the midwife: Jolie Hughes of Morgan Hill Bookstore in New London, N.H., recommends two recent h...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Women of Good Fortune’ by Sophie Wan
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Hula’ by Jasmin ‘Iolani Hakes
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Star Bringer’ by Tracy Wolff and Nina Croft
29 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘All the Colors of the Dark’ by Chris Whitaker
22 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘We Mostly Come Out at Night’ edited by Rob Costello
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Ministry of Time’ by Kaliane Bradley
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for a novel you can pass around to your friends and family at the next gathering?Tiffany Lau...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Pest’ by Michael Cisco
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stefen Holtrey of Brilliant Books in Traverse City, Mich., has a title for readers who love to be su...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Aednan: An Epic’ by Linnea Axelsson
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea’ by Rebecca Thorne
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Devil’s Element’ by Dan Egan
04 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Martyr!’
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Honey’ by Victor Lodato
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country t...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Art and Fear’
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This one’s for the creatives.Used bookstores can be a treasure trove of great reads, old and new, ...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Three Little Tardigrades: A Slightly Scientific Fairy Tale’
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just when you thought you’d seen all the possible variations on the classic story of the Three Lit...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension’
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donna Garban of Little City Books in Hoboken, N.J., recommends a memoir that’s perfect for March M...
Ask A Bookseller: ‘The Bullet Swallower’
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kara Thom of Excelsior Bay Books in Excelsior recommends a multi-generational novel, “The Bullet S...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Is God Is’
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How often do you settle down to read a play? Blake Worthey of Two Friends Bookstore in Bentonville, ...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Violin Conspiracy’
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Rishel of Friendly City Books in Columbus, Miss., is a music lover, so when a fellow bookselle...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Yours Truly’
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but we couldn’t resist getting a romance recommendation ...
Ask A Bookseller: ‘The September House’
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Elizabeth Clark of Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord, N.H., says her fellow booksellers refer to ...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Black Queen’
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Dimaria of Cavalier House Books in Denham Spring, LA., loves a good thriller, and one of her f...
Ask a Bookseller: 'The Eyes and the Impossible'
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Newbery Award for Children’s Literature went to Dave Eggers for his middle grade no...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Boys in the Boat’
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The historical sports drama “The Boys in the Boat,” directed by George Clooney, is now in theate...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Best Barbarian’
13 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ready for some poetry? Blake Worthey of Two Friends Bookstore in Bentonville, Ark., raves about Roge...
Ask a Bookseller: 'The Half-White Album'
06 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s start off the new year with a debut book that defies genre. John Hoffsis of Treasure House B...
Ask a Bookseller: 'All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days'
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Julie Buckles of Honest Dog Books in Bayfield, Wis., encountered Rebecca Donner’s nonfiction ...
Ask a Bookseller: 'The Twelve Hours of Christmas'
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for a new read-aloud Christmas book? Amber Collins of Soul Book Nook in Waterloo, Iowa recom...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Maniac’
09 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Miller of Broadway Books in Portland, Ore., recommends the novel “The Maniac” by Benjamín...
Ask a Bookseller: 'What the River Knows'
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Jiron of Hearthfire Books in Evergreen, Colo., recommends a visit to the Nile this December, in ...
Ask a Bookseller: 'The Truth about Horses' explores the nature of healing
25 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Caitlin Doggart of Where the Sidewalk Ends Bookstore in Chatham, Mass., says one of her top books of...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Women’s House of Detention’
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Halee Kirkwood of Birchbark Books in Minneapolis says one of their favorite books from this year is ...
Ask a Bookseller: ‘Babel’
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carson Crooks of Prince Books in Norfolk, Va., highly recommends R. F. Kuang’s novel “Babel,” ...
Ask A Bookseller: 'A Rake of His Own'
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Ask a Bookseller, Shayne Molt of Indigo Bridge in Lincoln, Neb., recommends the fan...
Ask a Bookseller: 'Ke Kumu Aupuni: The Foundation of Hawaiian Nationhood'
28 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sierra Keolanui, Lise Michelle Childers, and Allison Benz of Native Books in Honolulu, Hawaii, confe...
Ask a Bookseller: 'Night of the Living Rez'
21 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Ask a Bookseller, Beth Leonard of Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick, Maine recommend...
Ask a Bookseller: 'The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store'
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Grebel of Watermark Books & Café in Wichita, Kan., says his favorite book of the year is ...
Ask a Bookseller: 'The Blue Bear'
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Part of the fun of talking with indie booksellers from across the country is hearing about long-stan...
Ask a Bookseller: 'Saints of the Household'
23 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We wrap up our month-long focus on books for kids and teens with a Young Adult (YA) novel set in Min...
Ask a Bookseller: 'Bathe the Cat'
16 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
All this month on Ask a Bookseller, we're featured books for kids and teens — and the grown — up...
Ask a Bookseller: 'Dear Mothman'
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
All this month, we're featuring books for kids and teens here on “Ask a Bookseller.” This week's...
Ask a Bookseller: 'The Wild Guide to Starting School'
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This month on Ask a Bookseller, we'll be celebrating the start of school by featuring books for kids...
Ask a Bookseller: 'Fox and I'
19 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Karhumaa of Farley’s Bookshop in New Hope, Pa., said he’s still thinking about Catherine ...
Ask a Bookseller: 'Horse'
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alden Graves of Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center, Vt., says he generally avoids books about...
Ask a Bookseller: 'Kala' is a rip-roaring thriller
05 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Nixon of A Capella Books in Atlanta, Ga., has been eagerly awaiting publication of Colin Walsh'...
Ask a Bookseller: 'Less'
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Melodie Edwards of Night Heron Books & Coffeehouse of Laramie Wyo., recommends “Less” by And...
Ask a Bookseller: 'Chain-Gang All-Stars'
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I spoke with Kathy Burnette of Brain Lair Books, which just celebrated its fifth annivers...
Ask a Bookseller: 'For Her Consideration'
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Claire Bone is one half of the sister pair who own Wild Sisters Book Company in Sacramento, Calif. S...
Ask a Bookseller: 'On the Savage Side'
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aden Evosirch of the Winchester Book Gallery in Winchester, Va., recommends “On the Savage Side,”...
Ask a Bookseller: 'The Racism of People Who Love You'
17 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea King of Left Bank Books in St. Louis, Mo., recommends the nonfiction read “The Racism of Pe...