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HARDCOVER FICTION The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon The sequel to The Bone Clocks is finally here! Paige Mahoney has escaped the brutal penal colony of Sheol I, but her problems have only just begun: many of the fugitives are still missing and she is the most wanted person in London. As Scion turns its all-seeing eye … Continue reading New Books! 1/27/15
~post by Demi Demi is a recent Austinite and the BookKids Inventory Manager. She enjoys long days on the sofa, puppies, and Star Trek. She probably will not bring up Star Trek at every book club meeting. Awards season is my favorite time of year. I plan out my weekends with a careful eye on … Continue reading This Book Club Is An Entirely Selfish Pursuit
HARDCOVER FICTION The Same Sky by Amanda Eyre Ward Julie's new release pick of the day! "Austin author Amanda Eyre Ward takes on the timely and relevant subjects of immigration and American privilege in her new novel. This is a book that works to understand our community; not just our neighborhoods in Austin, but America … Continue reading New Books! 1/20/15
HARDCOVER FICTION The First Bad Man by Miranda July Our Top Shelf pick for January! Katie P. says: "The First Bad Man, like all of July’s work, is a story of deepest, truest human desire, and how it gets fulfilled. In this case those desires are Cheryl Glickman’s; a middle-aged obsessive-compulsive woman whose life follows a thousand … Continue reading New Books! 1/13/15
HARDCOVER FICTION Descent by Tim Johnston Staff Pick! Staff Pick! Staff Pick! For eighteen-year-old Caitlin, the Rocky Mountains loom as the ultimate test of her runner’s heart, while her parents hope that so much beauty, so much grandeur, will somehow repair a damaged marriage. But when Caitlin and her younger brother, Sean, go out for an early … Continue reading New Books Out Today – 1/6/15
Our booksellers have been reading and reading and reading many of the new books hitting shelves next year. We've compiled this list of our top picks of what to read in the first half of 2015. Happy New Year and Happy Reading, y'all! Descent by Tim Johnston On Sale 1/6/15 Julie: "I started this book … Continue reading Bookseller Picks: What To Read In 2015
HARDCOVER FICTION Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer Here they are, all in one sweet hardcover volume, VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation; Authority; and Acceptance. You loved them in their individual paperback editions, now manage this acclaimed sci fi series (a favorite among our booksellers) in one easy-to-carry book. Joe T. says: "These novels … Continue reading New Releases – 11/18/14
HARDCOVER FICTION Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014 by Alice Munro From the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature—and one of our most beloved writers—a new selection of her peerless short fiction, gathered from the collections of the last two decades, a companion volume to Selected Stories (1968-1994). Family Furnishings brings us twenty-four of Alice … Continue reading New Releases – 11/11/14
HARDCOVER FICTION Raul's New Release Pick of the Day: The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber Signed copies available while supplies last! "Faber's eloquent work illustrates the power of faith in the lives of humans and aliens. The interplay between Peter and his wife is cocooned with the love of God - it … Continue reading New Releases – 10/28/14
HARDCOVER FICTION The Goddess of Small Victories by Yannick Grannec Princeton University, 1980. A young and unambitious librarian named Anna Roth is assigned the task of retrieving the records of Kurt Gödel--the most fascinating and hermetic mathematician of the 20th century. Her mission consists of befriending and ultimately taming the great man's widow, Adele, a … Continue reading New Releases – 10/14/14
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