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Hooray for a new year with new adventures with family & loved ones! Including spending these colder winter days at home with the kids tinkering with a yummy new recipe or two! Hungry for a treat yet? We’ve created a fun & delectable collection of a few of our favorite bookseller approved children’s books, perfect for inventive young chefs of all ages! https://www.booksinc.net/store/catalog/kids-in-the-kitchen- What are you cooking tonight? 👩🏻‍🍳👨🏽‍🍳

Happy 2024, friends! Do tell: what’s the first book that you’re excited about reading this year?

The 10 dragon tribes from wildly bestselling series Wings of Fire have amassed in all of their fiery splendor in this new collectors guide to everything you’ve ever wanted to know about their astounding world of dragons, and beyond! This gorgeous guide by Tui T. Sutherland is quite possibly the perfect gift for your youngest dragonologists, and is on shelves right now. https://www.booksinc.net/book/9781338634822

The new streaming series, Goosebumps debuted last Friday on Disney+ and we are so HERE for all of those thrills & chills! If Goosebumps is your favorite frightful treat, we’ve enthusiastically curated a short list of a few of our most-loved spooky stories for your Middle Grade reader & Young Adult bibliophile, too, during October, and well beyond! You can shop this list of Frightful Reads both in-store & on our website for all things that go bump in the night! https://www.booksinc.net/store/catalog/spooky-reads-for-spooky-season-/middle-grade---ya-

Spooky season is here, which entails long nights happily sequestered under the covers with a haunting book or two. In the spirit of all things supernatural, we’ve created the perfect Witchy Reads playlist on Libro.fm for the month of October & beyond! https://libro.fm/playlists/5396?bookstore=booksinc

One of our favorite local authors Lindsay Lackey’s new Middle Grade novel debuts tomorrow, and we are over-the-moon ecstatic about it! Robin, at our Campbell store has nothing but rave remarks about Farther Than the Moon, and thinks it’s the perfect Fall read! https://www.booksinc.net/book/9781250205209 You can collect Lindsay’s previous bestselling novel All the Impossible Things today in-store, in anticipation of Farther Than the Moon’s release this Tuesday, too! https://www.booksinc.net/book/9781250618900

What a perfect Saturday evening for some me time reading a new book. With an endless parade of new titles releasing this month & next, we’re having a grand time choosing our favorites to chat about with you. One being Bride of the Tornado by James Kennedy, reviewed by Kat from our Laurel Village store! https://www.booksinc.net/book/9781683693277 You can purchase this sensational new read today in-store, or anytime on our website with shipping directly to your front door!

August has swiftly come to a close, ushering in a new season of books to pluck off shelves & into book bags! Here’s a nifty round up of our favorite reads this month from booksellers across Books Inc! Swing on by this weekend to add even more to your TBR stack with these highly recommended titles!

Happy Bookstore Romance Day, friends! We love celebrating all things swoon-worthy, and that adoration is for both print editions of our favorite novels, as well as carefully curated audiobook versions, too! https://libro.fm/playlists/5277?bookstore=booksinc Not only can you find each of these featured novels in-store for purchase but you can listen to your favorites on Libro.fm at any time of day, no matter where you are!

Oh, what a fantastic week of fresh new books! Juvenile Graphic Novels have become one of the most popular genres for both middle grade readers, and adult readers alike, and we absolutely love sharing the best of the best with you! Including Kariba by Daniel & James Clarke, which has become one of our favorite starred titles of the season! You can purchase this stunning new release today on our website, with delivery directly to your front door! https://www.booksinc.net/book/9781946395825

We’d like to wish the Happiest Book Birthday to Under This Forgetful Sky by Lauren Yero! With a swoon-worthy cover drenched in a whimsical palette of blues & purples, combined with rave starred reviews from a plethora of fellow bestselling authors, this debut dystopian romance is the perfect summer read for your voracious teen reader! https://www.booksinc.net/book/9781665913799 Pst! Under This Forgetful Sky could easily be read & added as an appropriate bingo title within our Summer Thrills & Chills Book Bingo program!

Need a few new book recommendations for this long festive weekend? We’ve got you! We’re rounded up a fantastic assortment of new titles of the month that our booksellers have read & loved, with titles for all ages. Who’s ready to head on in to the store to shop our staff favorites?

As your favorite neighborhood bookstore, Books Inc. has been proud to introduce generations of readers to the awe-inspiring diversity represented in literature, challenging our readers to find the stories that best uplift, educate and expand their reading experiences. So while the book industry has lovingly devoted certain months to celebrate the most diverse authors & stories, we are equally as committed to champion the diverse uniqueness within our communities of readers, every day of the year. Hence, after careful consideration, here are just a few of our favorite LGBTQA+ novels, perfect for every age of reader. Head on into the store to browse through our wonderful LGBTQA+ displays for more recommendations!

First there was an incident involving a sandwich. Then a donut or two. Now though, Bear & Squirrel are involved in yet another surprising adventure. Absolutely perfect for sweet summer days. The Ice Cream Vanishes by Julia Sarcone-Roach is available for preorder now! https://www.booksinc.net/book/9780593309858 Pst! This new picture book can be read for our Thrills & Chills Book Bingo summer reading program, too!

As proud allies of our LGBTQA+ community of writers & literary characters, we absolutely love sharing the stories that educate, uplift and encourage readers of all ages to revel in the distinct inclusion that representation brings. Hence we’re thrilled to share a collection of titles written by, for, and about the LGBTQA+ community, ready for all of your listening needs on Libro.fm! Come celebrate PRIDE in style by listening to a new book or two with us! https://libro.fm/playlists/4617?bookstore=booksinc

Author Colleen Hoover has become one of the book industry’s most dazzling of authors, and we are delighted to carry multiple titles of her published novels. But if you’re in that place where you’ve read them all, and are anxiously hunting for something equally as thrilling, we’ve curated this short list of novels that might be exactly what you’re looking for! Need further recommendations? Stop by and ask us anytime!

This week, we were enthralled by National Geographic's new miniseries, A Small Light. It tells the story of Miep Gies, a courageous German woman who helped shelter the Frank family during the horrors of World War II. We were inspired to share a few of our favorite titles for young readers who are interested in learning about this turbulent period of history. If you need any assistance discovering further novels set within WW II, we would be honored to introduce you to a vast selection of appropriate titles for all ages.

There’s been a tsunami of new releases hitting shelves today, for debuts featuring both adult and children’s titles, and our tables are merrily well stacked with each. One of which is the 2nd title within beginning reader graphic novel series Shark Princess by Nidhi Chanani, which has become one of our favorite series to recommend to that voracious shark enthusiast of yours! https://www.booksinc.net/book/9780593464649 Plus, if you haven’t read the 1st volume in this endearing series, you can catch both titles within the series in one fell swoop.

To our many neighbors who came out to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with us, we thank you for your continued patronage & exuberant passion for all things books!

No matter all of that rain that paraded overhead this month, we were cozied up with a fantastic assortment of new reads, for bibliophiles of all ages! Here’s what a few of our bookseller store teams devoured with much glee this month: •To the Other Side by Erika Meza •The Carrefour Curse by Dianne K. Salerni •The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln •Big Tree by Brian Selznick •Stash: My Life in Hiding by Laura Cathcart Robbins •Creature: Paintings, Drawings and Reflections by Shaun Tan What have you read this month that you can’t stop talking about?