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This week on Poured Over:
Wright Thompson on The Barn
Richard Powers on Playground
Tammy Armstrong on Pearly Everlasting

Listen to these great authors and more on Poured Over — new episodes drop Tuesdays and Thursdays (with some Saturdays) wherever you get your podcasts!

In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
– The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien –

Happy Birthday, Bilbo & Frodo Baggins.

Join us on Monday, September 23 at 3PM ET, as we welcome USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Wrobel, in conversation with Vanessa Lillie, for a live, virtual discussion of THE HITCHCOCK HOTEL, as part of our B&N Midday Mystery Virtual Event series.

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Join Barnes & Noble as we welcome Rick Riordan on September 24th @ 7 PM EST.

Rick will be joining us for a live, virtual discussion to celebrate the release of the newest Percy Jackson and the Olympians adventure, WRATH OF THE TRIPLE GODDESS.

BONUS!: Each ticket includes a copy of the B&N Exclusive Edition of WRATH OF THE TRIPLE GODDESS which features beautiful stained edges and extra content about the witches of Greek mythology. ---> PLUS, a "Camp Half-Blood" magnetic bookmark!

Here are two new nonfiction books that we love at Poured Over — both authors joined us for episodes this week.

Available wherever you get your podcasts.

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1943 - 2024

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The Booker Prize shortlist is finally here, and we’re thrilled to see which authors have been recognized for their incredible works of fiction.

Edmund de Waal, Chair of the Booker Prize 2024 judges says, “This is timely and timeless fiction, in which there is much at stake. Here are books that unfold with quietness and stealth, as well as books that are incendiary . . . they are works of fiction that inhabit ideas by making us care deeply about people and their predicaments, their singularity in a world that can be indifferent or hostile.”

Take a look through this year’s shortlist on B&N Reads and stack up your .



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This week on Poured Over:
Timothy Snyder on On Freedom
Rebecca Nagle on By the Fire We Carry
Sarah Smarsh on Bone of the Bone

Listen to these great authors and more on Poured Over — new episodes drop Tuesdays and Thursdays (with some Saturdays) wherever you get your podcasts!

Whether you and your young’uns are excited that school is back in session or not, school is, in fact, back in session.

That means it’s time to start new grades, new classes, perhaps even new schools, and meet some new teachers and friends in the process.

What better way to prepare for the mayhem ahead than with some good stories set in the hallowed halls of one school or another?

Check out our recommendations here:

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I wrote an original essay about the creative process for Barnes & Noble's Exclusive Edition of The Blue Hour, which also features stunning custom endpapers. Check it out: https://bit.ly/45Hflfe

Elizabeth Strout joins us to talk about Tell Me Everything today on Poured Over!

Available wherever you get your podcasts.

So excited!

We are less than two weeks away from the official release of on September 24th, and I can’t wait to see you all on my book tour!

I also always love partnering with booksellers like Barnes & Noble to bring you exclusive signed and special editions of my books. If you haven’t ordered yet, make sure you get your copy while supplies last!

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Special Edition: https://bit.ly/bncmspecial

The Names by Billy Collins

Yesterday, I lay awake in the palm of the night.
A soft rain stole in, unhelped by any breeze,
And when I saw the silver glaze on the windows,
I started with A, with Ackerman, as it happened,
Then Baxter and Calabro,
Davis and Eberling, names falling into place
As droplets fell through the dark.
Names printed on the ceiling of the night.
Names slipping around a watery bend.
Twenty-six willows on the banks of a stream.
In the morning, I walked out barefoot
Among thousands of flowers
Heavy with dew like the eyes of tears,
And each had a name --
Fiori inscribed on a yellow petal
Then Gonzalez and Han, Ishikawa and Jenkins.
Names written in the air
And stitched into the cloth of the day.
A name under a photograph taped to a mailbox.
Monogram on a torn shirt,
I see you spelled out on storefront windows
And on the bright unfurled awnings of this city.
I say the syllables as I turn a corner --
Kelly and Lee,
Medina, Nardella, and O'Connor.
When I peer into the woods,
I see a thick tangle where letters are hidden
As in a puzzle concocted for children.
Parker and Quigley in the twigs of an ash,
Rizzo, Schubert, Torres, and Upton,
Secrets in the boughs of an ancient maple.
Names written in the pale sky.
Names rising in the updraft amid buildings.
Names silent in stone
Or cried out behind a door.
Names blown over the earth and out to sea.
In the evening -- weakening light, the last swallows.
A boy on a lake lifts his oars.
A woman by a window puts a match to a candle,
And the names are outlined on the rose clouds -
Vanacore and Wallace,
(let X stand, if it can, for the ones unfound)
Then Young and Ziminsky, the final jolt of Z.
Names etched on the head of a pin.
One name spanning a bridge, another undergoing a tunnel.
A blue name needled into the skin.
Names of citizens, workers, mothers and fathers,
The bright-eyed daughter, the quick son.
Alphabet of names in a green field.
Names in the small tracks of birds.
Names lifted from a hat
Or balanced on the tip of the tongue.
Names wheeled into the dim warehouse of memory.
So many names, there is barely room on the walls of the heart.

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Disclaimer* by Renée Knight, Our Monthly Thriller pick, will keep you guessing until the last page. Luckily, we have Renée and Hank Phillippi Ryan, author of One Wrong Word, in conversation to unravel some mysteries.

Please join us on Thursday, September 12th at 3 PM EST for our B&N Midday Mystery.

Please check our link in bio to register.

*Soon to be an Apple TV+ series starring Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline.

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This week on Poured Over:
Attica Locke on Guide Me Home
Elizabeth Strout on Tell Me Everything
Chelsea Bieker on Madwoman

Listen to these great authors and more on Poured Over — new episodes drop Tuesdays and Thursdays (with some Saturdays) wherever you get your podcasts!

Call the store to reserve your copy at 248-348-0696. Click on our events page for Book Signing details

🔥 House of Flame and Shadow Release Party 🔥

Come join us 1/29 @ 9pm for the Party ahead of the 12AM release of Sarah J Maas’s highly anticipated House of Flame and Shadow!!

Quantities are limited, so call us at (248)348-0696 to reserve your copy!

Wristbands/tickets will be distributed starting at 730.
Games and activities are on the agenda, so come ready to have a blast!!

The week after a long holiday weekend alway feels so loooong!! Need a pick-me-up? Come in into for a latte, Frappuccino, a shot of espresso, a double shot of espresso or a triple shot of espresso. We won’t judge 🤷🏽‍♂️ Pick up a book or two while you’re in! Maybe something from the motivational section??

☕️ 🍪 Cafe open during store business hours!

Looking for the perfect gift for the bookworm in your life??
📖 🥇 How about our 2023 Book of the Year:
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.
Master author James McBride pens a gorgeous novel about a small town and the bonds forged between marginalized groups in order to survive.
OR
✍️ 🥇 The Wager: A Tale of a Shipwreck, Mutiny, any Murder by David Grann. - our 2023 Author of the Year!
The author of Killer of the Flower Moon has penned with his golden ink an epic historical telling of an 18th century mystery of intrigue on the high seas. A shipwreck, mutiny, and a real life “Lord of the Flies” drama plays out in a courtroom battle where opposing truths hang in the balance! A historical narrative nonfiction that reads like your favorite mystery thriller!

These two award winning books will make you everyone’s favorite gift giver!!

Join us this Saturday 12/2 at 2PM as we welcome Mitch Albom.

Mitch will be signing copies of his latest bestselling book THE LITTLE LIAR.

The author of the bestselling memoir of all time is back with a deeply moving novel about the redemptive power of love and the gray area between truth and lies. Gorgeously written with characters that will stick with you, this is historical fiction at its best.

📚Signing only. Books will be available to purchase at the store.

Katee Robert in Conversation with Beverly Jenkins/ Author Signing

❄️Sunday, January 21, 2024 @ 3PM
❄️Barnes & Noble Northville

❄️Event is free, however, customers will attendees will need a wristband to be in the Author Signing line.
❄️Wristbands will be given out WITH PURCHASE of Midnight Ruin at time of purchase. Midnight Ruin goes on sale January 16th.
❄️There is a 3 book signing limit- one must be Midnight Ruin.
❄️Katee WILL NOT be signing but hand-stamping due to wrist issues.
😷PER KATEE’S REQUEST 😷Masks WILL be required!
❄️Follow our IG/ Facebook for more updates!

We hope all our customers are having a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
Here’s a peek at some of our Black Friday deals!!
We will be open tomorrow @ 8am!

Have a great turkey day and we’ll see you tomorrow!
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🔥Join us Monday, November 6th for our Iron Flame Release Party!
🔥Grab your claim ticket starting at 7:40pm There will be trivia, games and swag all beginning at 10pm. Feel free to dress up!
🔥The main event begins at 12:01AM, November 7th when we officially release Iron Flame!!
🔥 Quantities are extremely limited, so reserve your copy now!!
🔥🔥We also have a limited quantity of the Fourth Wing: Special Edition releasing at 12:01 as well! Limited quantities, so reserve your copy now!!

🔥Store and Cafe will remain open throughout this event!🔥

🎃October is finally here!!🎃
And so are our new October Monthly Pick!!!

📖 Fiction: Ladies’ Lunch by Lore Segal
🕵️‍♂️Mystery/Thriller: Gull Island by Anna Porter
😈Nonfiction: American Demon by Daniel Stashower
👻Speculative Fiction: The Hexoligist by Josiah Bancroft
👱🏻‍♀️YA: Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury
👧🏽Young Reader: Ravenfall by Kalyn Joesphson

Come on in and add to your fall TBR list!! Grab a coffee while you’re here!!

Have you missed Percy, Annabeth, and Grover?? We definitely have!!

⚡️RELEASED TODAY ⚡️
Percy Jackson and the Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan!!

What happens when Percy just wants to go to college??
Get your copy today!!

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Sun 10-8

Happy Fall Y’all!!
So, whatcha reading?? Some of us are getting Fourth Wing read, or reread in anticipation of Iron Flame!! And some of us are diving into Spooky Season reads!!
Have you completed your Fall TBR pile yet?? If not, we’re here to help!!

🔥 Join us Monday, November 6th @ 10 PM for the midnight release of Rebecca Yarros’ eagerly anticipated IRON FLAME.

🔥 We will be having some fun events and the Cafe will be open until the book goes on sale @ 12:01 AM!!

🔥 All are welcome, however, we HIGHLY encourage everyone to reserve their copy. Quantities will be limited!! 2 copies per household please! Please visit or call the store for your reserve your copy. Limit 2 per household.

More details to come.

📖🖊️Join us August 24th for a book signing!!
Greg Harden, a life coach, motivational speaker and executive consultant who is best known for his work with 7-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady, Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl MVP Desmond Howard, and 23-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, will be at signing his new book, “Stay Sane in an Insane World.”

It time for our Criterion Collection 50% Off Sale!!
Now through July 28!!