Independent Bookstore Day

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

By: Abbi Waxman
Narrated by: Emily Rankin
Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

“What a joyous, charming, funny and beautiful celebration of books and the people who love them. There is so much detail in both the wonderful, wide-ranging cast of characters and in the setting. Quirky in the very best sense of the word. I will certainly return to the world of Nina Hill again and again. 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

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 Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

By: Katarina Bivald
Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham & Lorelei King
Length: 12 hours 9 minutes

A debut novel to charm all readers, that shows beyond all doubt that it's books, along with love, that make the world go round.
     It all began with a correspondence between two quite different women: 28-year-old Sara from Haninge, Sweden, and 65-year-old Amy from the small town of Broken Wheel, Iowa. After years of exchanging books, letters... Read more

Words in Deep Blue

By: Cath Crowley
Narrated by: Hamish R. Johnson & Chelsea Bruland
Length: 6 hours 46 minutes

“One of the loveliest, most exquisitely beautiful books I’ve read in a very long time. . . . I didn’t just read the pages, I lived in them.” —Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places
 
A beautiful love story for fans of Jandy Nelson and Nicola Yoon: two teens find their way back to each other in a bookstore full... Read more

The Diary of a Bookseller

By: Shaun Bythell
Narrated by: Robin Laing
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

“When you enter The Book Shop in Wigtown, Scotland, you enter Shaun Bythell’s world. You’ll recognize his colorful staff and quirky customers immediately and fall in love with them instantly. The Diary of a Bookseller was written for book buyers, booksellers, and book lovers everywhere (you must be one of them!). While books and The Book Shop... 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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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

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