A huge thank you to everyone who supported indie bookstores on Independent Bookstore Day. It was a fabulous day for The Little Bookshop and indie bookstores all around the Richmond area. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! | | | |
DON'T FORGET!!
The store will be closed May 13-26 for vacation! Yay!!
Saturday, May 10th is the last day to finish the Greater RVA Indie Bookstore Tour book crawl and get your passport entered for the grand prize!
Mother's Day is next Sunday, May 11th. Books make great gifts! Let me help you pick out just the right book for the loved ones in your life.
Happy May, see you soon,
Mary
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TLB Summer 2025 Book Club
It's the best book club in town -- come join us!!
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. You will receive an email from the store when the books are available for pick-up.
Questions? Call or send an email to:
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JUNE
The Silver Bone Andrey Kurkov
Paperback $18.99
Day Group meets:
Mon., June 16th 1pm
Evening Group meets:
Tues., June 24th 6:30pm
Historical Mystery set in 1919 Kyiv.
Longlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2024
From Ukraine’s most celebrated novelist, a perplexing mystery that introduces rookie detective Samson Kolechko in Kyiv as he is tackling his first case, set against real life details of the tumultuous early twentieth century. (pub. mkting)
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JULY
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Paperback $18.99
Day Group meets:
Mon., July 14th 1pm
Evening Group meets:
Tues., July 22nd 6:30pm
Literary Fiction / Crime / Satire
Six Starred Reviews!
What’s the harm in a pseudonym? Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American—in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from R.F Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel. (pub. mkting)
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Fiction
4 starred reviews!
"The story of one family told three different ways, leading to three different fates - a dazzling debut that asks: Can a name shape the course of a life? (pub. mkting)
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Mystery
From the author of Nosy Neighbors!
A dysfunctional book club must pull together when one of their members goes missing (pub. mkting)
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Fiction
Fredrik Backman's new novel is about a group of four teenagers whose friendship is forged over one remarkable summer, creating a bond so powerful that it changes a stranger's life twenty-five years later. (pub. mkting)
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Romance
Katherine Center's newest is a laugh out loud rom-com.
-- publisher marketing
"Winsome and charming, Center's latest is that perfect blend of romance and overcoming life challenges that her readers treasure." --Booklist (starred review)
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Mystery
Two starred reviews!
Book 3 in the Susan Ryeland series, following Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders.
Freelancing for a London publisher, she's given the last job she wants: working on an Atticus Pünd continuation novel called Pünd’s Last Case. Worse still, she knows the new writer. Eliot Crace is the troubled grandson of legendary children’s author Miriam Crace who died twenty years ago. Eliot is convinced she was murdered—by poison. As Susan reads the manuscript, the clearer it becomes that Eliot has deliberately concealed clues about his grandmother’s death inside the book. But then there's a murder and Susan finds herself in danger once again. (pub. mkting)
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Historical Fiction
Author of The Jane Austen Society and Bloomsbury Girls
Two pairs of siblings, devotees of Jane Austen, find their lives transformed by a visit to England and Sir Francis Austen, her brother and keeper of a long-supressed, secret legacy. (pub. mkting)
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Historical Fantasy
Publishers Weekly starred review.
A sweeping new novel of love and war that brilliantly evokes the drama and turbulence of medieval France. (pub. mkting)
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Fiction
Three starred reviews!
A year in the life of a wayward young man in New England who, by chance, becomes the caretaker for an eighty-two-year-old widow living with dementia, powering a story of friendship, loss, and how much we're willing to risk to claim one of life's most treasured mercies: a second chance. (pub. mkting)
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Horror
Two starred reviews!
The next gripping, atmospheric horror novel from NYT bestselling author Christopher Golden, is set in a deteriorated, half-sunken freighter ship off the coast of Galveston, TX. (pub. mkting)
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Biography
Three starred reviews!
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain. (pub. mkting)
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Nonfiction / Nature
Three starred reviews!
Hailed in the New York Times as “a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler,” Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law. (pub. mkting)
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Travel Memoir
Two starred reviews!
A transformative 300-mile walk along Japan's ancient pilgrimage routes and through depopulating villages inspires a heart-rending remembrance of a long-lost friend, documented alongside remarkable photographs. (pub. mkting)
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Fiction / graphic novel
ages 8-12
A heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel about being the new kid, making new friends, and learning to trust yourself through the power of horseback riding.
(pub. mkting)
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Fiction / Magic and Adventure
ages 8-12
Publisher Weekly starred review
Magic, mystery, and a marvelous mailbox take two kids on a surprising adventure and even to a new dimension in this illustrated middle grade adventure novel from bestselling comics creator Vera Brosgol. (pub. mkting)
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Fiction / Mystery
ages 8-12
Two starred reviews!
The story of a young orphan at the edge of society who finds herself at the center of a city's secrets. (pub. mkting)
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Fiction / Fantasy & Magic
Ages 8-12
Publishers Weekly starred review
From award-winning and bestselling author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon comes a gorgeously full-color illustrated story about a lion cub and a girl who must open a portal for the spirits, based on Chinese folklore. (pub. mkting)
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Fiction ages 8-12
Three starred reviews!
J and K are the most creative fifth graders at Dean Ashley Public School (DAPS). J loves to draw and his wordless stories are J-ENIUS! K loves to write and his stories are K-LASSIC!! Both J and K are determined to win the DAPS annual creative storytelling contest or at least get in the top five. And when they find out that they are both entering The Contest, it's the beginning of one of the most intense rivalries the world has ever seen. (pub. mkting)
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Fiction / Adventure / Mystery
Ages 8-12
The newest book in the Funjungle series!
In the ninth novel in New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs's FunJungle series, resident sleuth Teddy Fitzroy is on the case to find a missing elephant and clear his friend of vandalism. (pub. mkting)
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Fiction Ages 5-8
A wonderful series of beautiful hardback story treasuries. This newest entry is an illustrated collection of folk stories from every corner of the globe, all inspired by water ways big and small. (pub. mkting)
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Fiction / Nature
Ages 5-8
Beautiful illustrations!
Holly loves to wander the city streets, collecting fallen leaves and stray flowers, tiny treasures that bring a spot of brightness to her day. But one day she stumbles upon the biggest treasure of all, an amazing forgotten place bursting with life and color that might change her gray world forever. . . .
(pub. mkting)
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Fiction / Humor
Ages 6-9
Kirkus starred review
This early chapter book series about a cranky wolf is hilarious!
Wolf races to return his overdue library book before the chaos of story time begins. (pub. mkting)
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Fiction ages 3-6
Adorable illustrations!
Playing catch with Mom is the best way to explore the world-and finish the day! A joyful, sensory picture book that captures the tender moments between parent and child. Perfect for curious preschoolers and kindergarteners who love to play! (pub mkting)
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Fiction Ages 4-8
The newest entry in the Bear Books series!
Bear feels sad. All his friends are off being busy and he’s by himself. He can’t think of anything to do to cheer himself up. Even building a fort is no fun! But when he finds a beautiful field of flowers, Bear gets the perfect idea to turn his day around: gathering gifts to share with his friends when they get back! (pub. mkting)
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Fiction / Seasons
Ages 2-5
Sweet illustrations!
Experience the wonders of summertime through the eyes of a child discovering the flowers, trees, insects, animals, and weather that make summer a very special time of year. (pub. mkting)
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