For book lovers, there is something incredibly heartwarming about reading novels that involve bookstores and people who care deeply about the written word. These five tales won’t disappoint.
The women who spent their childhood summers in a small southern town discover it harbors secrets as lush as the marshes that surround it.
Listen to an excerpt THE BOOKSHOP AT WATER’S END
Enter the world of Nightingale Books, for romance, long-held secrets, and unexpected hopes for the future. This is the delightful story of Emilia, the loyal customers whose lives she has touched, and the books they all cherish.
Listen to an excerpt HOW TO FIND LOVE IN A BOOKSHOP
From Monsieur Perdu’s floating bookstore on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life to his customers. The only person he cannot heal is himself: he is haunted by heartbreak and an unopened letter. When he finally opens it, he departs to the south of France, hoping to make peace with his loss and discover the end of the story.
Listen to an excerpt THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP
Sara’s job at a beloved bookstore in Sweden has ended, and she decides to accept the offer of her much-older pen pal, Amy, to visit Broken Wheel, Iowa. When Sara arrives, though, she finds Amy’s house full of funeral guests. With nowhere to go and the desire to honor her friend, Sara stocks a new shop with all the books she and Amy shared, and Broken Wheel is transformed in unexpected ways.
Listen to an excerpt THE READERS OF THE BROKEN WHEEL RECOMMEND
Rachel and Henry, former best friends, find their way back to each other in a secondhand bookstore full of secrets, crushes, and second chances, with the help of letters hidden in the pages of books.
Listen to an excerpt WORDS IN DEEP BLUE