NW Book Lovers

New on our blog: PNBA’s Tiffany LaSalle of Eugene, OR is touring Washington, visiting bookstores and talking to booksellers. Her first stop:

, Poulsbo, WA.

Liberty Bay Books is “North Kitsap’s Oldest Book Store.” In February 2020, author purchased the store. Tiffany got to spend time with Suzanne and her son (and bookstore co-owner and co-author), Walker Ranson, in the shop during the heat wave.

Read more at NWBL.org
https://nwbooklovers.org/2024/07/16/travels-of-tiff-liberty-bay-books-poulsbo-wa/

Here are some of the amazing books on this year’s Great Summer Reading Guide!

Head to https://nwbooklovers.shelf-awareness.com/summer-reading-2024 to read more!
You can click on the link on NWBL.org

📚The Default World
Naomi Kanakia
Amethyst Editions

A trans woman sets out to exploit a group of wealthy roommates, only to fall under the spell of their glamorous, hedonistic lifestyle in tech-bubble San Francisco.This darkly funny novel skewers privileged leftist millennial tech culture, and asks whether “found family” is just another of the twenty-first century’s broken promises.

📚Table Titans Club
Scott Kurtz
Holiday House

Growing pains, adventure, and 20-sided dice abound in this new graphic novel series about a middle school Dungeon & Dragons club from Eisner and Harvey award-winning cartoonist Scott Kurtz.

📚 Bitterroot
Suzy Vitello
Sibylline Press
A forensic artist confronts a crime against her own family, while MAGA politics, racism and violence rage in a small town in the Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho

📚World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Fumi Nakamura (Illus.)
Milkweed Editions

Beloved author Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s celebrated work of nonfiction, now including additional essays and illustrations

📚The Comfort of Ghosts (A Maisie Dobbs Novel)
Jacqueline Winspear
Soho Crime
Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs unravels a profound mystery from her past in a war-torn nation grappling with its future

Up on the blog today: Fireside Books and their community in Palmer, AK are hosting a Storybook Scavenger Hunt July 1- July 31, 2024, with a party August 3rd for participants and prizes!! 📚🎊

Head to NWBL.org to read more!

Next up on The Great Summer Reading Guide:

📚Create a Life You Love: How to Quiet Outside Voices So You Can Finally Hear Your Own
Stephanie May Wilson


“Create a Life You Love is a warm, passionate guide on how you can rediscover your own authority and build a life you’re finally excited to live.”

📚Foraging as a Way of Life: A Year-Round Field Guide to Wild Plants
Mikaela Cannon
New Society Publishers

“Foraging as a Way of Life documents twelve months of wildcrafting, featuring five different plants each month for a full year of abundant, local, and seasonal eating“

📚Brainy about Bears
Owen Davey
Flying Eye Books

“Owen Davey’s popular non-fiction series continues with a captivating and stunningly illustrated guide to bears.”

📚Red Side Story (A Shades of Grey Novel)
Jasper Fforde
Soho Press

New York Times bestselling author Jasper Fforde returns to his fan-favorite Shades of Grey series with this wildly anticipated, laugh-out-loud funny and darkly satirical adventure about two star-crossed lovers on a quest to survive—even if it means upending their entire society in the process.

📚Fi: A Memoir of My Son
Alexandra Fuller
Grove Press

From the award-winning New York Times-bestselling author of Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller, comes a career defining memoir about grieving the sudden loss of her twenty-one-year-old child

Happy Fourth of July!! 🎊

Here’s another incredible book from the

The Worst Perfect Moment
Shivaun Plozza


Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this inventive q***r romance asks what it means to be truly happy.

Find this book and more great summer reading ideas at your local independent bookstore. If you’re looking for an indie bookstore in the , please head to website for the full list.



Link in bio for more details and ways to purchase!

https://nwbooklovers.shelf-awareness.com/summer-reading-2024

Another wonderful title on this year’s (check out our link in bio on Instagram for more details and ways to purchase) :

The River View (A Jules Clement Novel)
Jamie Harrison


Former sheriff Jules Clement returns in this new installment of the celebrated mystery series, set once again in the wild, strange, windy town of Blue Deer, Montana, where your neighbors or the tourists can be just as deadly as the weather.

Find this book and more great summer reading ideas at your local independent bookstore. If you’re looking for an indie bookstore in the , please head to website for the full list.



https://nwbooklovers.shelf-awareness.com/summer-reading-2024

Next up on The Great Summer Reading Guide:

The Stolen Child
Ann Hood
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“With characteristic warmth and verve, Ann Hood captures a world of possibility and romance through the eyes of a young woman learning to claim her place in it. The Stolen Child is an engaging, timeless novel of secrets, love lost and found, and the nature of forgiveness.”

Check out the full list through the link in our bio or https://nwbooklovers.shelf-awareness.com/summer-reading-2024

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Another awesome title on this year’s (check out our link in bio on Instagram for more details and ways to purchase) :

🌞 The Ghosts of Nameless Island
Carly Anne West
Teo Skaffa (Illus.)


Find this book and more great summer reading ideas at your local independent bookstore. If you’re looking for an indie bookstore in the , please head to website for the full list.



https://nwbooklovers.shelf-awareness.com/summer-reading-2024

Another wonderful title on this year’s (check out our link in bio on Instagram for more details and ways to purchase) :

A Little Book of Hummingbirds
Tara Austen Weaver
Emily Poole (Illus.)




Find this book and more great summer reading ideas at your local independent bookstore. If you’re looking for an indie bookstore in the , please head to website for the full list.



https://nwbooklovers.shelf-awareness.com/summer-reading-2024

Another wonderful title on this year’s (on Instagram, check out our link in bio for more details and ways to purchase) :

Elk Love: A Montana Memoir
Lynne Spriggs O’Connor


Find this book and more great summer reading ideas at your local independent bookstore. If you’re looking for an indie bookstore in the , please head to website for the full list.



https://nwbooklovers.shelf-awareness.com/summer-reading-2024

Here’s a recent Face Out review from our blog, by bookseller Linda Bond,

On Locations: Lessons Learned from My Life On Set with The Sopranos and in the Film Industry by Mark Kamine


“Here’s a fun memoir about a guy—Mark Kamine—who worked his way up in the film industry, the hard way—beginning with free gigs and finally gaining a position with “The Sopranos.” He was with that series for all six seasons and has lots of great stories to tell. But he also gives us a lot of insight into the film industry and what it is like to work the background—at times as the location manager and a few times dipping his toe in the acting pool. Fans and film buffs alike will enjoy Mr. Kamine’s memoir.”

—Linda Bond, Auntie’s Bookstore, Spokane, WA


https://nwbooklovers.org/2024/06/21/on-locations-lessons-learned-from-my-life-on-set-with-the-sopranos-and-in-the-film-industry-by-mark-kamine/

Up now on our blog nwbooklovers.org : Congratulations to Charlie’s Q***r Books in Seattle: Featured in USA Today!

Check out the full USA Today article and be sure to follow ***rbooks in Washington!!

An amazing book on this year’s (check out https://nwbooklovers.shelf-awareness.com/summer-reading-2024 for more details, more books, and ways to purchase) :

Swift River
Essie Chambers


A story of first friendships, family secrets, and finding the courage to let go, Swift River is a sensational debut about how history shapes us and heralds the arrival of a major new literary talent.

Find this book and more great summer reading ideas at your local independent bookstore. If you’re looking for an indie bookstore in the , please head to website for the full list.

On this year’s (check out https://nwbooklovers.shelf-awareness.com/summer-reading-2024 for more details and ways to purchase) :

Winner of a 2024 PNBA Book Award, with WEIRD RULES TO FOLLOW ! 🌞

In this novel for middle readers told in vignettes, Mia and her best friend, Lara, have very different experiences growing up in a northern fishing community in the 1980s


Find this book and more great summer reading ideas at your local independent bookstore. If you’re looking for an indie bookstore in the , please head to PNBA.org for the full list!

On this year’s (check out https://nwbooklovers.shelf-awareness.com/summer-reading-2024 for more details and ways to purchase) :

Slice of Mallow is a funny and delightful graphic novel with three bite-sized stories! Dive into Mallow’s world, where Mallow and his friends meet a ghost, visit space, and use a time machine, all complete with an adorable art style and cheeky humor.


Find this book and more great summer reading ideas at your local independent bookstore. If you’re looking for an indie bookstore in the , please head to PNBA.org for the full list!

Happy Juneteenth from and NW Booklovers! 🎊 Check out our stories on Instagram for events and reading lists from@ !

The latest FACE OUT on our blog:

“This novel came into my life when I needed it most. Kimberly King Parsons was able to write something that balances the darkly hilarious and the deeply heart-wrenching aspects of life so incredibly adeptly. She subtly slips undeniable universal truths onto each page as her characters grapple along to the soundtrack of grief and complicated love.”

–Torrin, Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA

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Something for the weekend!!

REPOST• Do you like books? Do you like big bargains? How about ice cream? Does stellar Mexican fusion cuisine grab you? If no, check your pulse. If yes, come to the Powell’s Warehouse Sale tomorrow. $3 hardbacks! $2 paperbacks! $1 books, too! Beer from . Snacks from and ! All at Powell’s Warehouse at 2720 NW 29th Ave, Portland Or., from 10 to 4. It’s gonna be lit!

https://nwbooklovers.org/2024/05/21/a-childrens-place-bookstore-raising-readers-for-50-years/

A Children’s Place Bookstore: Raising Readers for 50 Years In June, 1974, Jan Bruton and Lynn Kelly, filled with a passion for children’s books and music, opened A Children’s Place Bookstore in a tiny storefront just off NE Broadway [Portland, OR]. Over the years, the bookstore would move locations, change owners, and expand in size ...

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books.

This week’s list shows some signs of summer, including the annual graduation bestseller. The sales coincided with some decidedly summery weather in parts of the region.

Have you started lining up some of your summer reading?

Read about this fun list on nwbooklovers.org!

https://nwbooklovers.org/2024/05/02/bestseller-spotlight-sheer-poetry/

Bestseller Spotlight: Sheer Poetry Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. For the last week of National Poetry....

Happy !! Be sure to read our new blog post all about this special day and then visit your neighborhood for all the festivities!

Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day tomorrow!

Independent Bookstore Day Saturday, April 27, 2024 Celebrate Independent Bookstores! Ten years ago, California Bookstore Day (which was inspired by Record Store Day and Free Comic Book Day) became a national Independent Bookstore Day. On the last Saturday of April, readers flock to bookstores to show their support for these cornerstones of community...

Be sure to check out last week's Pacific Northwest bestsellers:

Bestseller Spotlight: First Name Basis Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. If you're looking for a great ...

Get ready for on Saturday, April 27!!

Check out your neighborhood independent bookstores to see what they have planned to celebrate this wonderful day!

American Booksellers Association

FACE OUT by bookseller Mary of Secret Garden Books , Seattle, WA

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai Bodie Kane has returned to her New Hampshire boarding school campus to teach a podcast class 20+ years after her graduation. In a compulsively readable story, she poses questions pertaining to the murder of her classmate and former roommate. Her flashbacks, speculations, and current timeline are all...

New Northwest Voices on the blog!

The Crash of Worlds My parents divorced when I was three, and my mother and I moved into a tiny rental house two doors down from a windowless tavern. Though I had my own room, it was at the back of the house, and just beyond the small backyard was a gravel ...

This week's PNBA Bestsellers Theme: ReadING (Titles with “ing” in them)

Bestseller Spotlight: ReadING (Titles with “ing” in them) On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller list is published. Every week, we love to see what books have been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. Do you...

Face Out on our blog from Liz, Phinney Books, Seattle, WA

Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan It opens with the typical hook: a missing child. Tom Hargreaves, newbie tabloid hack, takes the bait and is formulating lurid headlines before he even gets to the scene. He plies the suspect’s family with money, alcohol, and fake sympathy, but fails to elicit a tale black ...