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Celebrate Black History Month with these Great Reads
BUY THE BOOK HERE A major literary event: a newly published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a foreword from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last-known survivors of the Atlantic slave...
American Library Association Awards 2020
The American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Here are a list of the finalists: John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature: New Kid written by...
11 of the Most Anticipated Books by Indigenous Authors For the First Half of 2020
It’s the time of year when we’re all looking forward to what great books are coming down the pipe in the time laid out before us. What kind of literary gems will the next twelve months offer? Contemporary Indigenous writers are some of the most exciting literary artists at work today, and there are quite...
A LOOK AHEAD AT SOME NEW CRIME AND MYSTERY SERIES LAUNCHING IN 2020
Prepare yourself for a multi-year, multi-book adventure, because you’re going to love these characters and their worlds. Stumbling across B Is for Burglar, the second book in Sue Grafton’s beloved Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries, brought me back into the crime fiction fold in my 20s. Once I read all of Grafton’s books, I devoured Janet...
On The Literary Life: Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2020!
Did you catch the last episode of The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan? This week, we kick off the new year with a list of books we’re excited about coming out in 2020. LISTEN HERE “2020 will see many wonderful books being published. Today I‘m joined by three of the greatest readers around, who have...
Custom Book Baskets
Our dedicated booksellers can curate a special book basket for anyone! Baskets are tailored by theme or genre. Order our kids basket and receive the latest titles in children’s literature and unique toys and trinkets. Looking to impress your foodie friend? Our foodie baskets includes our favorite cookbooks and delicious treats from The Café at...
Signed First Editions
Still looking for the right gift? Consider us your book experts. Browse through the link below for a selection of signed first edition titles we think you’ll LOVE. *HINT*HINT*: Signed books make great gifts! BROWSE HERE
2019 National Book Award Winners
FICTION In an American suburb in the early 1980s, students at a highly competitive performing arts high school struggle and thrive in a rarefied bubble, ambitiously pursuing music, movement, Shakespeare, and, particularly, their acting classes. When within this striving “Brotherhood of the Arts,” two freshmen, David and Sarah, fall headlong into love, their passion does...
The New York Times Book Review: The 10 Best Books of 2019
The editors of The Times Book Review choose the best fiction and nonfiction titles this year. Disappearing Earth By Julia Phillips In the first chapter of this assured debut novel, two young girls vanish, sending shock waves through a town perched on the edge of the remote, brooding Kamchatka Peninsula. What follows is a novel...
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Gish Jen
“The Resisters is palpably loving, smart, funny, and desperately unsettling. The novel should be required reading for the country both as a cautionary tale and because it is a stone-cold masterpiece. This is Gish Jen’s moment. She has pitched a perfect game.” –Ann Patchett The time: not so long from now. The place: AutoAmerica. The land:...
Patrick Radden Keefe
From award-winning New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders, her children clinging to her legs. They never saw her again. Her abduction was...
Erik Larson
On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and...
Daymond John
Join us for a talk and book-signing with best-selling author and star of ABC’s Shark Tank Daymond John at Books & Books! TICKET INFO: The purchase of this ticket grants access for two (2) guests into the talk and signing line with Daymond John. Each paid ticket will include one (1) copy of Powershift that will be...
Victoria James: America’s Youngest Sommelier
An affecting memoir from the country’s youngest sommelier, tracing her path through the glamorous but famously toxic restaurant world At just twenty-one, the age when most people are starting to drink (well, legally at least), Victoria James became the country’s youngest sommelier at a Michelin-starred restaurant. Even as Victoria was selling bottles worth hundreds and...
Governor Jeb Bush
Governor Jeb Bush remembers his mother First Lady Barbara Bush… About this Event TICKET INFO: Tickets include entry for (2) guests and (1) one copy of the book, which will be handed out at check in. This event is at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus. Please arrive early, seats are limited. GET TICKETS HERE Join...
Madeleine Albright
Join us for a conversation with Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Congresswoman Donna Shalala at the Coral Gables Congregational Church! TICKET INFO: Tickets include entry for (2) guests to the talk/signing and (1) one copy of the book, which will be handed out at check in. Please arrive early, seats are limited. For questions,...
Ottessa Moshfegh
From one of our most ceaselessly provocative literary talents, a novel of haunting metaphysical suspense about an elderly widow whose life is upturned when she finds a cryptic note on a walk in the woods that ultimately makes her question everything about her new home While on her normal daily walk with her dog in...
Senator Chris Murphy
Join us for a conversation with Senator Chris Murphy at The Coral Gables Congregational Church (across the street from The Biltmore Hotel). TICKET INFO: Ticket admits (2) two guests and include (1) one copy of the book, which will be handed out at check in. Please arrive early, seats are limited. Please Note: Guest does NOT...
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The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan: A Podcast
Mitchell Kaplan has been a bookseller and has owned the independent bookstores Books & Books for over 35 years. If you love books, writers or are a passionate reader, this podcast is for you. Enter The Literary Life where every Friday you’ll hear candid conversations with Mitchell and his guests. Visit Lit Hub Radio...
Visit us in Grand Cayman!
“Grand Cayman is a small island but it has an intensely passionate cadre of writers and readers. Books & Books in Camana Bay has successfully tapped into that enthusiasm to become the literary centre of the Island.” – Mitchell Kaplan In December 2007, Books & Books went international with the opening of its fourth location...
Visit us in Key West!
Owners, customers thankful for Books & Books | May 09, 2019 BY MAXINE LOPEZ-KEOUGH Florida Weekly Correspondent COURTESY PHOTO I t’s just after 6:15 p.m. in Key West when a family of three pulls to a shuddering stop atop their rented bicycles. After fiddling with cumbersome locks and a fussy child strapped into a bucket seat...