Book-ish Bookstore Books

Books, books, books! These books are all set in bookstores.
Updated September 19, 2022
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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin
Paper Book
A.J. Fikry owns a failing bookshop. His wife has just died, in tragic circumstances. His rare and valuable first edition has been stolen. His life is a wreck. Amelia is a book rep, with a big heart, and a lonely life. Maya is the baby left on A.J.'s bookshop floor with a note. ...
The Bookshop on the Corner: A Novel
Jenny Colgan
Paper Book
Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Robin Sloan
Paper Book
Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a San Francisco Web-design drone and has landed him a new job working the night shift at Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore. There are only a few customers, but they come in repeatedly and never seem to actually buy anything; instead they simply...
How to Find Love in a Bookshop
Veronica Henry
Paper Book
Nightingale Books, nestled on the high street in the idyllic Cotswold town of Peasebrook, is a dream come true for booklovers. But owner Emilia Nightingale is struggling to keep the shop open. The temptation to sell up is proving enormous - but what about the promise she made to her...
The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George
Paper Book
The international bestseller, translated from the German by Simon Pare. On a beautifully restored barge on the Seine, Jean Perdu runs a bookshop; or rather a 'literary apothecary', for this bookseller possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled souls of...
Words in Deep Blue
Cath Crowley
Paper Book
A love story for everyone who loves books. 'One of the loveliest, most exquisitely beautiful books I've read in a very long time ... I didn't just read the pages, I lived in them' Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright Places ...
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
Matthew Sullivan
Paper Book
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Katarina Bivald
Paper Book
A Richard & Judy Book Club Pick New York TimesBestseller Sara has never left Sweden but at the age of 28 she decides it's time. She cashes in her savings, packs a suitcase full of books and sets off for Broken Wheel, Iowa, a town where she knows nobody....
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
Abbi Waxman
Paper Book
*The hilarious new novel from Abbi Waxman - I WAS TOLD IT WOULD GET EASIER - is available now* Abbi Waxman's charming novel follows introvert and bookworm Nina Hill as she discovers if real life can ever live up to fiction... Shortlisted for...
The Diary of a Bookseller
Shaun Bythell
Paper Book
Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea. A book-lover's paradise? Well, almost ... In these...
The Sentence
Louise Erdrich
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE NIGHT WATCHMAN ----------------------------------------------------- In this stunning and timely novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book...
The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted
Robert Hillman
Paper Book
The perfect book for anyone who's ever had their heart broken, anyone who's ever had their broken heart mended, and anyone who's ever visited a bookshop... Tom Hope doesn't chase rainbows. He does his best on the farm - he milks the cows, harvests the apples, looks after the...
Lost for Words
Stephanie Butland
Paper Book
This bookshop keeps many secrets... Smart, compelling and irresistible, Lost for Words is perfect for fans of The Little Paris Bookshop.
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Paper Book

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