Meet Me at the Bookstore: Books about Bookstores

The Bookshop

By: Penelope Fitzgerald
Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
Length: 3 hours 53 minutes

In 1959 Florence Green, a kindhearted widow with a small inheritance, risks everything to open a bookshop—the only bookshop—in the seaside town of Hardborough. By making a success of a business so impractical, she invites the hostility of the town's less prosperous shopkeepers. By daring to enlarge her neighbors' lives, she crosses Mrs. Gamart,... Read more

The Bookshop by the Bay

A Novel

By: Pamela M. Kelley
Narrated by: Stephanie Németh-Parker
Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

"Anyone who’s ever wanted to turn the page on their old life or felt the whispered promise of a new dream, and a fresh start will fall in love with Pamela Kelley’s charming new novel." —New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews

TWO LIFELONG FRIENDS.

Jess loves her work as a high-profile lawyer in Charleston. But when her marriage... Read more

The Bookshop of Second Chances

A Novel

By: Jackie Fraser
Narrated by: Ell Potter
Length: 12 hours 11 minutes

“In less than a month, Thea is down-sized AND finds out her husband of 20 years is having an affair … with one of her close friends. Dubiously saved by the death of her great-uncle in Scotland, Thea has to process all of the losses, find a new job, and thin out her great-uncle’s lifelong accumulations. She wanders into the local bookshop and... Read more

The Bookshop at Water's End

By: Patti Callahan Henry
Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Lauren Fortgang, Shannon McManus & Dorothy Dillingham Blue
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

The women who spent their childhood summers in a small southern town discover it harbors secrets as lush as the marshes that surround it...
 
Bonny Blankenship’s most treasured memories are of idyllic summers spent in Watersend, South Carolina, with her best friend, Lainey McKay. Amid the sand dunes and oak trees draped with Spanish moss, they... Read more

The Little Paris Bookshop

A Novel

By: Nina George
Narrated by: Steve West, Emma Bering & Cassandra Campbell
Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

“There are books that are suitable for a million people, others for only a hundred. There are even remedies—I mean books—that were written for one person only…A book is both medic and medicine at once. It makes a diagnosis as well as offering therapy. Putting the right novels to the appropriate ailments: that’s how I sell books.”
 
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

A Novel

By: Robin Sloan
Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
Length: 7 hours 41 minutes

“A web designer and computer whiz is forced to find work at a small San Francisco bookstore, instead of silicon valley. The owner is strange and doesn't seem to be bothered by the fact that customers don't buy any books: they just borrow large, dusty tomes and return them a few days later. What follows is a whirlwind of high-tech sleuthing... Read more

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry

By: Gabrielle Zevin
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 7 hours 2 minutes

“A book about a bookseller and a bookstore and romance and children and life. How could it not be a bookseller pick? The most realistic bookstore book I have ever read, with the most heart warming characters. I will miss Island Books and bookseller AJ. Read more

How to Find Love in a Bookshop

By: Veronica Henry
Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

“Absolutely delightful.” —People

The enchanting story of a bookshop, its grieving owner, a supportive literary community, and the extraordinary power of books to heal the heart 

Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book lovers—a cozy haven and welcoming getaway for the... Read more

84, Charing Cross Road

By: Helene Hanff
Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat, John Franklyn-Robbins, Jill Tanner, Christina Moore, Simon Prebble, Barbara Caruso & Davina Porter
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

A heartwarming love story about people who love books for readers who love books

This funny, poignant, classic love story unfolds through a series of letters between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in New York City, and a used-book dealer in London at 84, Charing Cross Road. Through the years, though never meeting and separated both... Read more

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore

A Novel

By: Matthew Sullivan
Narrated by: Madeleine Maby
Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

“Still reeling from witnessing a tragic event many years ago, Lydia is thrown headfirst into yet another tragedy after one of her favorite bookshop patrons commits suicide in the store and mysteriously leaves all his possessions to her. As Lydia follows the thread that he leaves her, she finds out more about him, her town, and even her own past.... Read more

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

A Novel

By: Satoshi Yagisawa
Narrated by: Catherine Ho
Length: 5 hours

“I feel like this book is perfect for the (somewhat nice) group of people who walk around bookshops hoping it'll solve their problems. In all seriousness, if you have an affinity for the bookshops setting and - like me - believe books fix a lot of issues, you'll love this story. Read more

The Door-to-Door Bookstore

A Novel

By: Carsten Henn
Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

The charming international bestseller about an unlikely friendship between an elderly door-to-door bookseller and a nine-year-old girl that changes his life.

Small-town German bookseller Carl Kollhoff delivers his books to special customers in the evening hours after closing time, walking through the picturesque alleys of the city. These people... Read more

The Printed Letter Bookshop

By: Katherine Reay
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

“Madeline inherits a bookshop in a small Illinois town just as her professional life implodes. But the bookshop is in dire straights and it will take all her effort to get it ready to sell. Clare and Janet, the bookshop employees, love the store as it gave them second chances when they really needed them. Over the course of the winter the three... Read more

The Cat Who Saved Books

A Novel

By: Sosuke Natsukawa
Narrated by: Kevin Shen
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

AN INDIE NEXT PICK!From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles.Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he inherited from his beloved bookworm... Read more

Once Upon a Tome

The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

By: Oliver Darkshire
Narrated by: Oliver Darkshire
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

“This anecdotal bookselling memoir from Sotheran's Oliver Darkshire is exactly what I needed this week. I actually finished the print copy, and immediately checked out the audiobook and began listening the same day (narrated by the author!) just to hear Oliver tell me his stories himself. Super relaxing, amusing, and just the right amount of... Read more