Holiday Gift Giving: Poetry, Classics, Essays, Graphic Novels & Cookbooks!

It's time for our annual holiday gift giving recommendations! Check out all of the picks on display in the front corner of the store across from the wine bar! Holiday Staff Picks TBC LINKS Poetry Goldenrod by Maggie Smith I've never been a big poetry person, but after hearing many wonderful things about Maggie Smith,…

Holiday Gift Giving: Historical & General Fiction

It's time for our annual holiday gift giving recommendations! Check out all of the picks on display in the front corner of the store across from the wine bar! Holiday Staff Picks TBC LINKS Historical Fiction All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr This WWII historical fiction is my favorite of all-time. From…

Do My Coworkers Know My Reading Tastes? Part 2

Welcome back to another episode of Rating What My Coworkers Like to Read, or something like that. My last blog post was the first part of this, and this is the follow up with the second half of my coworkers up to bat. So grab a drink or a snack, settle in, and read as…

Top 10 Holiday Recommendations

With only 10 days of holiday shopping left, we want to share the top 10 holiday staff recommendations that you, our customers, are picking up off our shelves! The button below will take you to the full list of more than 100 holiday picks (organized by genre) and the covers below will take you to…

Jólabókaflóð: Biographies & Memoirs

The last few holiday seasons at the store, we’ve really embraced the idea of celebrating Jólabókaflóð, an Icelandic tradition of giving your loved ones a book and hot chocolate on Christmas Eve. It just feels like a tradition that fits an indie bookstore so perfectly. This morning we’re sharing the biographies & memoirs we have…

Top Selling Staff Picks of 2020

In continuing our 2020 Best of lists here at Towne Book Center, we're excited to share the top selling staff recommendations of 2020! Each cover links to the book's page on our website! TBC Staff Picks TBC LINKS 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand I eagerly waited for this book and it did not disappoint.  This…

Jólabókaflóð: Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction

The last few holiday seasons at the store, we’ve really embraced the idea of celebrating Jólabókaflóð, an Icelandic tradition of giving your loved ones a book and hot chocolate on Christmas Eve. It just feels like a tradition that fits an indie bookstore so perfectly. This morning we’re sharing the horror, fantasy and science fiction…

Jólabókaflóð: Historical Fiction

The last few holiday seasons at the store, we’ve really embraced the idea of celebrating Jólabókaflóð, an Icelandic tradition of giving your loved ones a book and hot chocolate on Christmas Eve. It just feels like a tradition that fits an indie bookstore so perfectly. This morning we’re sharing the historical fiction novels we have…

Jólabókaflóð: Romance

The last few holiday seasons at the store, we’ve really embraced the idea of celebrating Jólabókaflóð, an Icelandic tradition of giving your loved ones a book and hot chocolate on Christmas Eve. It just feels like a tradition that fits an indie bookstore so perfectly. This afternoon we’re sharing the romance novels we have on…

Jólabókaflóð: Contemporary Fiction

The last few holiday seasons at the store, we’ve really embraced the idea of celebrating Jólabókaflóð, an Icelandic tradition of giving your loved ones a book and hot chocolate on Christmas Eve. It just feels like a tradition that fits an indie bookstore so perfectly. This morning we’re sharing the contemporary fiction novels we have…