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You've been hearing about the onslaught of books coming this fall, and this week is one of those where there's piles and piles of good reads to get lost in. From an eerily-timed novella from Don DeLillo to paperback standouts, you'll be clamoring to get your hands on more than one these literary treats. Scroll … Continue reading Falling for Books: New Releases this Week
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett (speaking & signing at BookPeople 5/13 at 7PM) "This touching chronicle of love and pain traces half a century in a family of five, from the parents' engagement in 1963 through a father's and son's psychological torments and a final crisis....Each chapter is told by one of the family's … Continue reading New Books! Week of 5/3/16
Did you make a New Year's resolution to up your reading game in 2016? What better way to kickstart your reading life - and meet friendly new faces - than coming to one of our free book club meetings? We have a dozen bookseller-run, totally not at all intimidating, super-friendly groups that meet once a month … Continue reading Book Club Spotlight: AUTHORS & AUTEURS
Our booksellers have been reading and reading and reading many of the new books hitting our shelves at BookPeople next year. We’ve compiled this list of our top picks of what to read in the first half of 2016. But wait - there's more! We couldn't fit every single book we're excited about into one … Continue reading Bookseller Picks: What to Read in 2016
Books! Books! Brand new books! They're here! They weren't here last week! Now they're here! (Blurbs courtesy of publisher jacket copy.) Then Again by Diane Keaton In it you will meet the woman known to tens of millions as Annie Hall, but you will also meet, and fall in love with, her mother, the … Continue reading New Releases
Ansley Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Fight Over Taxing Inherited Wealth by Michael J. Graetz "I have to read this for school. It's about the estate tax. It's not as boring as it sounds, even though it's about taxes. I find it fascinating." For further reading, see: The Pale King by DFW. ____________________________ … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
___________________________________________ Tommy A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin. "I'm just finishing A Dance with Dragons and about to start reading Ready Player One, which I've really been looking forward to getting into. A Dance with Dragons is the exposition we've been waiting years to get. It fills in the holes left by … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
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