Whether you’re an avid reader or just dabble in the occasional good read, we’ve got you covered! We’ve been reviewing books, interviewing interesting authors, and writing book-related articles since 2008. Take a peek below — we cover 30 different genres — so you’re bound to find a book that ticks your box. See what our reviewer thought of it. While we often provide an Amazon link to buy any book that strikes your fancy here, we strongly encourage you to support your local bookstore and pick up a copy there.
-
An Ocean of Minutes: A Novel
$26.00 -
The King of Con: How a Smooth-Talking Jersey Boy Made and Lost Billions, Baffled the FBI, Eluded the Mob, and Lived to Tell the Crooked Tale
$16.95 -
The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden
$16.99 -
Don’t Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg
$26.00 -
Two Coins
$4.99 -
Anna, Like Thunder
$9.99 -
Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back
$24.95 -
Cravings: Hungry for More
$29.99 -
The Railroad Children Chronicles
$8.99 -
The Way of the Dog
$4.99 -
The Prophetic Mayan Queen: K’inuuw Mat of Palenque
$17.99 -
Abraham’s Other Children
$15.99
Writing as Husband and Wife
When a husband and wife write as a team, how do they create fiction that comes out seamlessly, sounding like one author? Big question. Larry and Rosemary Mild came from different worlds in 1986. They met on a blind date. Larry had lost his wife to cancer. Rosemary had...
read more
Why I Write about LGBTQ Kids
When my first novel came out, I would invariably be asked about the subplot of teen lesbianism I chose to include. This would be followed by a brief, awkward silence. But I was always happy to set minds at ease, to ensure the questioner and the audience that the...
read more
Buddying Up for Publication: Two Authors are Stronger than One
BY BELLE BRETT AND CHERYL SUCHORS Once you sign that publishing contract, you enter a whole new world. The transition from writing in private, where you control everything, to pushing yourself out there to market your book can trigger an emotional roller coaster. If...
read more
Generous Chance Encounters in Publishing
In early 1921, dejected over the fears of publishers that was likely to leave his novel Ulysses unpublished, James Joyce needed a shoulder to cry on. Living in Paris at the time, he paid a visit to Shakespeare and Company, the Left Bank bookstore run by his American...
read more
Plant-Based Eating for the Whole Family
By Holly Scudero Some people might think that a plant-based diet—what you might call “vegan”—is too extreme for children. But the truth is that pretty much every parent ever wants their kids to eat more vegetables. Conversations between new parents often veer into...
read more
Writing From Other Cultural Perspectives Encourages Empathy and Understanding
By Dori Jones Yang Confession: I am not a Chinese boy living in 1870s Connecticut. I was not alive in the 1870s. I have never lived in Connecticut. I am not a boy. And I am not Chinese. Whew! Got that off my chest. We writers of historical fiction are called to help...
read more
-
The King of Con: How a Smooth-Talking Jersey Boy Made and Lost Billions, Baffled the FBI, Eluded the Mob, and Lived to Tell the Crooked Tale
$16.95 -
Don’t Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg
$26.00 -
Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back
$24.95 -
We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time
$27.99 -
Twentieth-Century Boy: Notebooks of the Seventies
$28.95
-
Cravings: Hungry for More
$29.99 -
BAKING SUBSTITUTIONS: The A-Z of Common, Unique, and Hard- to- Find Ingredients
$14.95 -
50 Ways to Love Wine More
$26.95 -
The China Study Cookbook: Revised and Expanded Edition with Over 175 Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipes
$24.95 -
The Angry Chef’s Guide to Spotting Bullsh*t in the World of Food: Bad Science and the Truth About Healthy Eating
$15.95
-
In the Shadows of a Presidency
$24.95 -
Haunted Restaurants, Taverns, and Inns of Texas
$17.95 -
Ruthless Tide: The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America’s Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster
$28.99 -
Bureau of Spies: The Secret Connections between Espionage and Journalism in Washington
$26.00 -
The Brink: President Reagan and the Nuclear War Scare of 1983
$27.00
- Jay Rubin, Author of The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories Book will be appearing at Elliott Bay Book Company on 12/11/18 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Christopher Sandford, Author of The Man Who Would Be Sherlock Book will be appearing at Elliott Bay Book Company on 12/12/18 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Ben Goldfarb, Author of Eager Book will be appearing at Elliott Bay Book Company on 12/13/18 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Gabrielle Zevin, Author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry Book will be appearing at Secret Garden Books on 12/20/18 at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm