“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”

Madeleine L’Engle

I hope you are fortunate enough to have an independent bookstore in your area.  (Check out Indiebound to find the nearest store.) I love walking through book displays, discovering new books and saying hello to beloved books I’ve already read. Independent bookstores also offer staff who know and love books, whose greatest joy is connecting a reader to the right book at the right time.Independent bookstores also support and strengthen a vibrant literary community.

If you need to shop online, you can still shop in ways that help local bookstores thrive. Check out Bookshop or Powells.com.

Click on the cover images above to learn more about each book.