What a wonderful year it's been! ...for escaping the cold, unrelenting realities of life and delving into the edifying pages of a good book! As the curtain closes on 2016, we chatted-it-up with our friendly-neighborhood booksellers about their Top 5 favorite reads. We assembled some great recommendations here, but this isn't your ordinary end-of-the-year list. … Continue reading The Best Books We Read In 2016 →

Roxane Gay - Difficult Women "This is more than a book about difficult women. These are stories about how difficult situations transform ordinary women. These women are our friends, neighbors, sisters, ourselves. These stories are, of course, difficult to read, but necessary to understand how women deal with and internalize pain. How that pain doesn't destroy, … Continue reading New Releases 12/13! →

Every month here at BookPeople we like to spotlight a smaller, independent publishing house that we love. These Indie Presses are helping to push the literary world forward with unique and adventurous work and we’re proud to showcase their titles in our store. This month check out the wonderful Restless Books! Recognizing the limited exposure … Continue reading Indie Press Spotlight: Restless Books →

César Aira - Ema, the Captive Newly translated to English, Ema the Captive is one of the earliest novels of the prolific and award-winning author César Aira. Told in his masterful and immediately recognizable style, Ema is set in 19th-century Argentina admist the violent conflicts of native peoples and European colonizers. Aira twists this broad … Continue reading New Books 12/6! →

Jason Diamond - Searching for John Hughes For Jason Diamond, a Jewish kid from a broken home growing up in suburban Chicago, John Hughes and his films were his whole life -- a love and connection that manifested in a dream to write THE John Hughes biography -- a biography that, with no training, background, or … Continue reading New Books 11/29! →

Michael Chabon - Moonglow A gripping, poignant, tragicomic, scrupulously researched and wholly imaginary transcript of a life that spanned the dark heart of the twentieth century, Moonglow is also a tour de force of speculative history in which Chabon attempts to reconstruct the mysterious origins and fate of Chabon Scientific, Co., an authentic mail-order novelty company … Continue reading New Books 11/22! →

Jessica Romm Perez & Shani Silver - domino: Your Guide to a Stylish Home From the editors of domino magazine comes a new book about discovering personal style and creating a space that you love. This new book dives deep into the specifics of decorating: how to use accessories, lighting, color, pattern, and art to personalize … Continue reading New Books 11/15! →

Trainwreck - Sady Doyle  “Well-behaved women never make history” is an adage for a reason: it has a ring of truth. The relationship between a woman and the public is a multifaceted entity that often becomes more important than the individual. When a woman establishes her own narrative, she steps outside the strict rules of society. A misogynistic society … Continue reading Preview of our Holiday Catalog 2016! →

Marion Deuchars - Art Play Play with art like never before in this exciting new activity book from the best-selling author of the LET'S MAKE SOME GREAT ART series. Marion Deuchars has created a surprising and engaging range of activities and games organized into seven sections of Drawing, Color, Shapes, Paint, Paper, Printing, and Pattern. Each … Continue reading New Books 11/8! →

 Kelly Luce - Pull Me Under "Luce’s prose is sharp and powerful, rising to heights when conjuring a sense of nostalgia and homecoming for places that readers have likely never been. The Japan of Pull Me Under does not read as a caricature of the country, but rather a genuine experience that at times is both … Continue reading New Books 11/1 →