This is the book I was waiting for all year in 2016. When it showed up early, a week before Christmas, it felt like a bookselling miracle. If you didn’t hear about it then, read it now to kick off 2017. Roxane Gay is the perfect writer to capture all of the emotions of … Continue reading January Top Shelf – Difficult Women →

Rest easy, book lovers – new fiction and good times are coming soon to your favorite bookstore! Pulitzer-Prize winner Michael Chabon will be here on December 13th. We finally have our hands on Michael Chabon’s eagerly anticipated eighth novel, Moonglow – his first since 2012’s Telegraph Avenue! In the grand tradition of epics like The Amazing … Continue reading MOONGLOW lives up to the hype →

Congratulations to the 2016 National Book Award winners! It has been a wonderful year for publishing and these 4 books couldn't be more deserving of such a prestigious award. We hope you'll take some time to check them out.  Fiction: If you didn't read Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad when Oprah told you to this summer, now … Continue reading National Book Award Winners! →

2016 is not only the year that true crime enters the mainstream with several documentary series and podcasts devoted to the subject, it is also an anniversary year for more than one of Austin’s own community-shattering hometown murders. August 1st represented the 50th anniversary of the Charles Whitman UT sniper spree, and on August 28th … Continue reading A new book about the infamous yogurt shop murders →

When I was young my family and I didn’t really share interests when it came to television shows. The only show I can remember all four of us sitting in front of the television every week to watch was Malcolm in the Middle. It’s a fond memory I have of growing up because for one … Continue reading A Life in Parts, Bryan Cranston →

ICYMI, Bryan Cranston has a new memoir out today! Stephen, one of our managers, is a huge Cranston fan and read & reviewed it. Check out his thoughts, and get a ticket to see Cranston in Austin on October 20th! Bryan Cranston's memoir A Life In Parts explores the path of an artist traveling between … Continue reading Bryan Cranston’s book is here! →

It's Banned Books Week!  Every year, the American Booksellers Association, American Library Association, and others come together to call attention to books that have been banned or challenged in bookstores, libraries, schools, and elsewhere across the country. This year's theme is diversity -- books that are frequently challenged are about people who are LGBTQIA, people of … Continue reading Banned Books Week is here! →

The Perfect Pass : American Genius and the Reinvention of Football   by SC Gwynne review by Meike Alana In Texas, people tend to fall into one of two camps:  On one hand are those who are fanatic about the game of football—they won’t dream of missing the chance to watch their favorite team play, … Continue reading S.C. Gwynne’s latest book and the legend of Hal Mumme →

Have you ever played TETRIS?   Since you are reading this on an electronic device, chances are very good that you have – and you are not alone.  An estimated one billion people have played TETRIS.  It's considered to be one of the best video games created and has sold around 495 million copies since … Continue reading Box Brown’s TETRIS is here! →

BookPeople is proud to partner with the Austin American-Statesman for their monthly Statesman Selects program. Each month, BookPeople will highlight the Statesman’s top recommended read for Austin. September’s pick is Terror Years by Lawrence Wright. Wright will be at BookPeople Monday, September 19 at 7pm to speak & sign copies of his book. Pick up a copy of the Statesman on … Continue reading Statesman Selects in September: TERROR YEARS by Lawrence Wright →