Happy Summer!
Summer is a great time to work through some of our reading stacks or to pick up a new book or two. Come check out all the great books in the store including wonderful June releases coming in every day.
See you soon,
Mary
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Mark your calendars for when the store is closed:
Closed June 13 - June 20 for vacation
Closed July 3rd and 4th for the Fourth of July Holiday
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Summer 2026 Book Clubs
New book clubs for the summer!! Moderated by longtime customer Meghan Miller, we have Romance and Thriller book clubs to choose from. We still have a few spots open so come and join us, we are going to have fun!
All participants must purchase the book from TLB in order to confirm your sign-up. You can pay for the book in-store or by phone. 804-464-1244. Most of the books are coming back in stock this week so you can come pay and pick up at the same time if you want to.
All book clubs meet at The Little Bookshop.
Questions? Call or send an email to:
| | Plot Twists & Sips -- A Thriller Book Club | | |
Tuesday, June 30th at 7:30pm
Hardback $27.99
1 starred review
A new scandalous thriller from the author of The Hunting Wives set in 1980s Texas about mean girls, meaner moms, and a murder that shakes the Texas ruling class from their perms to their toes, with a shocking twist ending in the final pages. This is a fast-paced, pure-fun read with plenty of morally gray characters. (publisher mkting)
Meghan says: This boozy, sun-soaked, rich-people-behaving-badly plot is a fun escape read!
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Tuesday, July 28th at 7:30pm
Paperback $19.00
2 starred reviews
Nothing is as it seems—and no one is telling the truth—in this page-turning thriller about a young lawyer forced to defend a man on trial for murder against the mentor who taught her everything: her husband. (publisher mkting)
Meghan says: This is a legal thriller that you won't want to put down!
| | Banter & Beach Towels -- A Romance Book Club | | |
Tuesday, June 9th at 7:30pm
Hardback $30
3 starred reviews
Best friends have one week in paradise to fix their friendship or fall apart in this heart-stopping, utterly romantic new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After and One Golden Summer. (publisher mkting)
Meghan says: This heart-stopping, romantic novel has a cover that screams summer escape!
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Tuesday, July 14th at 7:30pm
Paperback $20
2 starred reviews
A hardworking single mom returns to her seaside hometown and stumbles into a fake dating situationship with a wealthy, workaholic scion, from the New York Times bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script. "This book is like a spicy margarita… sweet and a little salty, tart and hot… I have fallen in love with Dolly and with funny, fizzing Annabel Monaghan!"-Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich.
Meghan says: This is a quick, fun read with a gentle emotional tug. I love the oceanside setting and the family backstory and I'm 100% a sucker for fake dating stories!
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Fiction
7 starred reviews
The newest from Ann Patchett!!
A beautiful story about a woman and her former stepfather that meet by chance in a museum and reconnect after decades of separation.
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Historical Fiction
7 starred reviews
The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait, returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. (publisher mkting)
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Gothic Fantasy / Mystery
5 starred reviews
The estranged adult children of a legendary author, written into their dead mother’s beloved fantasy series, must contend with the vine-like creep of legacy, memory, and magic. (publisher mkting)
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Historical Fantasy
4 starred reviews
With her country's future and her own life at stake, an orphaned duchess must journey into a world of myth and there discover a power that may be her salvation-or her demise-in this enchanting historical fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale. (publisher mkting)
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Historical Fiction
4 starred reviews
Beloved New York Times bestselling author Lisa See draws on the vibrancy and turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles to tell the story of three Chinese women who managed to survive and, eventually, thrive, despite all odds. (publisher mkting)
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Historical Fiction / Adventure / WWII
1 starred review
Virginia author!
I love Pam Webber's books. She's a very good writer, the history components of her books are well researched and interesting, and she really knows how to tell a story! In her newest book, the first of a new series, we find Kit, a young agent with the newly created OSS, on an undercover assignment investigating a conspiracy by Nazi sympathizers in Northern Africa in 1942.
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Mystery / LGBTQ
2 starred reviews
From the award-winning, critically-acclaimed crime writer Lev Rosen comes a punchy, hilarious mystery-thriller. Meet the disaster gays: Brandon, Ollie, Nicole, and Ian. They're messy. They're queer. And they're about to solve a murder… Or die trying. (publisher mkting)
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Fiction / Coming of Age
3 starred reviews
Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer (“A great chronicler of our times.” –San Francisco Chronicle) showcases his wit and sophistication in this magical and madcap tale of a young man who takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills. (publisher mkting)
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Historical Fiction / WWI
1 starred review
From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Yellow Birds comes a gorgeous, haunting love story set in the Virginia mountains and on the battlefields of World War I France. (publisher mkting)
"Powers never falters in the belief in his creations’ flawed humanity, the power of raw goodness, and the fact that redemption is open to any who genuinely seek it. It is a wonderful, poignant novel that deserves to be on as many shelves and reside in as many hearts as possible." — David Baldacci
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Nonfiction / Nature
2 starred reviews
From the best-selling authors of The Lost Words, a dazzling celebration of endangered birds. (publisher mkting)
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Memoir
A Committee of One: How Faith + Action = A PurposeFULL Life is an inspirational memoir/self-help book from the Grandmother of Juneteenth that will be a testament to the transformative power of resilience, faith, and love. (publisher mkting)
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Biography / Nature
3 starred reviews
Step into the life and times of George Forster, the young naturalist and revolutionary who journeyed to the far reaches of the known world and whose radical ideas about humanity and freedom made waves in eighteenth-century Europe-from the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature and Magnificent Rebels. (publisher mkting)
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Mystery / Ages 14+
3 starred reviews
From the award-winning, New York Times and Indie bestselling author of Ace of Spades comes a YA mystery about five teen prodigies, their billionaire father, and the aftermath of his murder --perfect for fans of The Inheritance Games, Holly Jackson, and How to Get Away with Murder! (publisher mkting)
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Romance / Ages 12+
Sixteen-year-old Scottish-Italian Livia feels like an outsider, working in her ailing grandmother’s bar in Rome. Smug local boy, Guilio, works there too, and quickly becomes Livia’s nemesis. She is not going to be the cliché foreign girl who has a summer romance. But as Livia navigates family drama, newfound friendships and… Giulio, she starts to see the city (and herself) in a new light.
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Fantasy / Mystery / Monsters / 12+
Rose Moriarty has made a name for herself fighting monsters and solving crimes, until her beloved headmistress disappears in a mind-boggling accident. Her devastation is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious count and his ward, who set Rose on a global journey with fantastical heists, supernatural mysteries, and old friends. (publisher mkting)
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Fiction / Graphic Novel
Ages 8+
2 starred reviews
Book 5 in this fun series!
Get ready for more friendship and fun, more drama and disguises (and cats, definitely more cats!) in Katie the Catsitter: Villain Con! (publisher mkting)
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Fiction / Mystery / Graphic Novel
Ages 7+
Book 9 in another fun series!
The InvestiGators’ latest case is a dairy disaster! The city's water supply has been replaced with milk -- what will they do?? (publisher mkting)
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Fiction / Ages 3+
3 starred reviews
Great illustrations!
“An essential tool for parents and teachers alike" –School Library Journal, starred review
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