Ask a Bookseller
Episodes
Where 'life is locked in an interlude of longing'
03 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Emmet Penney, ...
A perfect example of 'if these walls could talk'
27 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Lori Fazio at ...
What does it really take to be a writer?
20 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Lacy Simons o...
In a time of wishes, two books for young readers
13 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Carla Ketner f...
That time you fell in love with a mutant potato
30 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Moira Koskey a...
A brutal crime and the beginning of the FBI
23 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Karen Barros,...
The best fantasy book ever published?
16 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. For this week, we spoke with Corey Mesl...
'Stephen Florida' is a study in obsession -- and college wrestling
09 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Danilo Thomas ...
A book about the "small acts that can turn friends into family"
25 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Vivien Jenning...
Finding humanity in a computer lab
18 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Sarah Hutton o...
A road trip novel that dredges up the past
11 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Melanie McNair...
A cookbook made for tiny, unconventional kitchens
04 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Katharine Nevi...
An 'inventive and engrossing' memoir, 10 years in the making
28 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Jamie Thomas, ...
'Beautiful Darkness': A dark story, gorgeously illustrated
21 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Ronald Davis, ...
Strange occurrences in a rainy Irish valley are just the beginning
14 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Vivienne Evan...
A 'hypnotic,' 'pointillistic' novel
07 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with David Enyeart ...
Seven fantasy and sci-fi recommendations from a diehard reader
30 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Jude Feldman,...
A 'completely hypnotic' book to spend the afternoon with
23 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Vanessa Marti...
A look back at the Battle of Hue, in time for the 50th anniversary
16 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Steve Bercu, ...
For 'Jaws' fans, a look at what it's really like to hunt a shark
26 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Molly Coogan o...
The case for short stories: 'How can you not be satisfied with this one perfect, delicious thing?'
19 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Kathryn Harpe...
Historical fiction and shades of 'Goosebumps': An escapist middle grade read
12 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Meredith Hylt...
How to become a 'superforecaster'
05 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Jonah Zimiles ...
Love and arson in rural Virginia
29 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Hans Weyandt o...
A new spy thriller that's 'very well-researched -- and very scary'
22 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Vivien Jenning...
Dive into the twisted world of 18th century New York City
15 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Betsy Burton, ...
An island inhabited by nine -- and only nine -- orphans
08 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. For this week, we spoke with Kate Weis...
Raising a chimp as part of the family
17 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. For this week, we spoke with Amanda Sut...
The stories behind twelve different bullet wounds
10 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Jennifer Norto...
This big book could carry you through the summer
03 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Susan Kehoe, t...
A brilliant novel told through ten conversations
27 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Richard DeWyng...
Wonder women: A history of female characters in comic books
13 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Aja Martin, a ...
A novel that asks: How do we forgive the ones we love?
06 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Josie Danz, a ...
'If you ever want to understand the immigrant experience,' read this book
22 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Angela Maria S...
An underground library and the perfect mystery
15 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Cynthia Justus...
A book that offers 'healing to us as a human family'
08 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Akbar Watson, ...
A thriller for those who loved 'Clueless' and 'Mean Girls'
01 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. For this week, we spoke with Jonathan S...
'A little bit dark, a little bit odd, always absolutely beautiful': The short stories of Carys Davies
25 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Lisa Sharp, th...
The story of 'The Other Einstein': His wife
18 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Jodi Smits, a ...
On Douglas Adams's 65th birthday, pick up 'The Hitchhiker's Guide'
11 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with David Shuman, ...
An unnerving thriller that will stick with you for weeks
04 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Michael Herrma...
The story of the 'last true hermit,' who lived alone in the woods for 27 years
25 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Tom Lowenburg,...
'The New Jim Crow' and 'The Communist Manifesto': Best-sellers in the age of Trump
18 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Anne Marie Keo...
What it's like to have -- and lose -- a sister
11 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Sarah Bagby, ...
A family locks itself away after a series of murders
04 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Kendra Adkins ...
With wisdom, humor and regret, an 85-year-old takes a walk
28 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Jenny Lyons at...
'Homesick': An edgy and gritty collection of short stories
21 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Tom Lagasse at...
A hard-boiled crime novel with a heavy dose of history
14 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Frank Reiss, t...
Yes, he's cranky. Yes, he's a little bitter. But 'Ove' is a hit
07 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Peggy Stout, a...
Weekend reading: A teenage girl stumbles into an arson club
31 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country to find out about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Ja...
Ask a bookseller: Print in Portland, Maine
10 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Josh Christie ...
Ask a bookseller: The Writer's Block in Las Vegas
03 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with James Collins ...
Ask a bookseller: The Learned Owl in Hudson, Ohio
26 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Kate Schladema...
Ask a bookseller: Atomic Books in Baltimore
19 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Benn Ray, one ...
Ask a bookseller: Rediscovered Books in Boise
12 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Bruce DeLaney ...
Ask a bookseller: Square Books in Oxford, Miss.
05 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Cody Morrison ...
Ask a bookseller: Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Mich.
29 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Hilary Gustafs...
Ask a bookseller: Left Bank Books in St. Louis
22 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Shane Mullen o...
Ask a bookseller: Phinney Books in Seattle
15 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Tom Nissley of...
Ask a bookseller: Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, Mont.
08 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Carson Evans o...
Ask a bookseller: Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, N.C.
01 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Samantha Flynn...
Ask a bookseller: Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City
24 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Jean Ann Robis...
Ask a Bookseller: Star Line Books in Chattanooga, Tenn.
17 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Star Lowe of S...
Ask a bookseller: 57th Street Books in Chicago
10 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Kevin Elliott...
Ask a bookseller: Prairie Lights in Iowa City
03 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Jan Weissmille...
Ask a bookseller: The Tattered Cover in Denver
27 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Cathy Langer o...
Ask a bookseller: Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee
20 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Chris Lee of t...
Ask a bookseller: SubText in St. Paul
12 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Matt Keliher o...