The 2023 Booker Prize Shortlist Is Here!

It's Award Season, gracious readers! The 2023 Booker Prize Shortlist was announced a few days back, and folks: this year, it's half Pauls.

Of the six books chosen, we have three in stock at time of writing, including If I Survive You by U of M grad Jonathan Escoffery. Of the other three, Western Lane and Study for Obedience are available for order (and we plan to have in stock soon), while Paul Lynch's Prophet Song comes out in December and can be preordered now.

If I Survive You By Jonathan Escoffery Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250872210
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Picador - September 5th, 2023

This Other Eden: A Novel By Paul Harding Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781324036296
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - January 24th, 2023

The Bee Sting: A Novel By Paul Murray Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780374600303
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 15th, 2023

Study for Obedience: A novel By Sarah Bernstein Cover Image
$22.95
ISBN: 9781039009066
Availability: Backordered
Published: Knopf Canada - August 22nd, 2023

Western Lane: A Novel By Chetna Maroo Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9780374607494
Availability: Backordered
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - February 7th, 2023

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Prophet Song By Paul Lynch Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780802163011
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - December 12th, 2023

Adriana's Picks

Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner By Patti Smith Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780060936228
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Ecco - November 2nd, 2010

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Woman at Point Zero By Nawal El Saadawi Cover Image
$14.95
ISBN: 9781783605941
Availability: Not in our store, available to order
Published: Zed Books - November 15th, 2015

Long Live the Post Horn! By Vigdis Hjorth, Charlotte Barslund (Translated by) Cover Image
By Vigdis Hjorth, Charlotte Barslund (Translated by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781788733137
Availability: Backordered
Published: Verso Fiction - September 15th, 2020

Before the Coffee Gets Cold By Toshikazu Kawaguchi Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781335430991
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Hanover Square Press - November 17th, 2020

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Tin Man: A Novel By Sarah Winman Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780735218765
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - April 9th, 2019

Violets By Kyung-Sook Shin, Anton Hur (Translator) Cover Image
By Kyung-Sook Shin, Anton Hur (Translator)
$15.95
ISBN: 9781558612907
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Feminist Press - April 12th, 2022

Emily K's Picks

Hello there! My name is Emily (aka New Emily, Emily K., Em, Emmy...), and I am excited to join the NCB team!  If I seem familiar, you might very well recognize me from one of my previous bookselling gigs (Airport Bookstores, B&N, Moon Palace...) I also briefly worked as a publicist for some international publishers, but I can't seem to stay out of bookstores for too long!

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I Love You, I Hate You: All's fair in love and law in this irresistible enemies-to-lovers rom-com! By Elizabeth Davis Cover Image
$15.99
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ISBN: 9781472283306
Published: Headline Eternal - April 19th, 2022

A fun romance novel with loads of chemistry and perfectly set here in the twin cities!


Wicked and the Wallflower: A Dark and Spicy Historical Romance (The Bareknuckle Bastards #1) By Sarah MacLean Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9780062692061
Availability: Not in our store, available to order
Published: Avon - June 19th, 2018

A Lady for a Duke By Alexis Hall Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9781538753750
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Forever - May 24th, 2022

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The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina: A Novel By Zoraida Córdova Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781982102555
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Atria Books - July 5th, 2022

Have you ever had a book that as soon as you held it in your hands, you just knew that it was meant to be in your life and that it's going to be one of the best things you have ever read? That is what happened for me when I discovered Zoraida Córdova's The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina. This book is simply *magic*


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The God of Endings: A Novel By Jacqueline Holland Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9781250856760
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Flatiron Books - March 7th, 2023

No sparkly vampires here- this story is not one of sensationalized vampiric lore. In this novel, the vampire's way of live proves to be an extension of the Old Slavic tales made real - such as Czernobog and the Saker, amongst other who lurk in the runes and shadows.

Flowing like the river of time and memory itself, The God of Endings is a novel that ambles along while still retaining tension at its foundation. With stunning prose, from the first paragraph to the last, I just wanted our world to slow down, so that I could take everything in. 


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Leave No Trace: A Novel By Mindy Mejia Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781501177378
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Atria/Emily Bestler Books - July 9th, 2019

A great stand-alone mystery set up North in The Boundary Waters. Perfect for vacation - just make sure you finish packing before you start reading it, otherwise you'll finish the book before your trip, and you will still need to pack! 


Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel By Gabrielle Zevin Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593321201
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Knopf - July 5th, 2022

Firekeeper's Daughter By Angeline Boulley Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9781250866035
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Square Fish - April 25th, 2023

Empire of Wild: A Novel By Cherie Dimaline Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062975959
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - July 27th, 2021

The Echo Wife By Sarah Gailey Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250174673
Availability: Not in our store, available to order
Published: Tor Books - May 24th, 2022

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Black Chuck By Regan McDonell Cover Image
$14.95
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ISBN: 9781459816305
Published: Orca Book Publishers - April 3rd, 2018

An excellent selection for the spooky season!


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The Salt Grows Heavy By Cassandra Khaw Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9781250830913
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Tor Nightfire - May 2nd, 2023

There's body horror and cultish behavior.

There's wasted landscape and maimed figures.

And despite all the guts and gore and teeth, there is also a tenderness to this story.

There is love amongst the devastation. 


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And Yet: Poems By Kate Baer Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780063115552
Availability: Not in our store, available to order
Published: Harper Perennial - November 8th, 2022

The day my fiancé proposed was the same day I first read the poem, "Sunday Drive" from this collection. It felt reflective of our engagement and the hope and magic of our future together. 


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Rose Quartz: Poems By Sasha Taqwsəblu Lapointe Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781571315434
Availability: Not in our store, available to order
Published: Milkweed Editions - March 14th, 2023

My favorite poem at the moment from this collection is: "Rose Quartz II"

I also really enjoyed reading, "Black Salt" and "The Canoe My Grandmother Gave Me"


2023 Minnesota Book Award Winners!

The 35th Minnesota Book Awards winners were announced on Tuesday and you can find almost all of them right here at Next Chapter! We have a couple copies of each of this year's winners, and more on the way, so come by and pick up some home-grown reading material!

And the winners are...

So Much Snow By Kristen Schroeder, Sarah Jacoby (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Kristen Schroeder, Sarah Jacoby (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593308202
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Random House Studio - October 25th, 2022

Wilhelm's Way: The Inspiring Story of the Iowa Chemist Who Saved the Manhattan Project By Teresa Wilhelm Waldof Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9798985439601
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Third Generation Publishing - January 25th, 2022

The Quarry Girls: A Thriller By Jess Lourey Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781542034296
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Thomas & Mercer - November 1st, 2022

Seven Aunts By Staci Lola Drouillard Cover Image
$21.95
ISBN: 9781517912857
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Univ Of Minnesota Press - June 14th, 2022

The Counterclockwise Heart By Brian Farrey Cover Image
$7.99
ISBN: 9781643753522
Availability: Not in our store, available to order
Published: Algonquin Young Readers - March 28th, 2023

When Minnehaha Flowed with Whiskey: A Spirited History of the Falls By Karen E. Cooper Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781681342269
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Minnesota Historical Society Press - August 16th, 2022

The Barrens: A Novel of Love and Death in the Canadian Arctic By Kurt Johnson, Ellie Johnson Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781950994489
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Arcade - May 3rd, 2022

How to Communicate: Poems By John Lee Clark Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9781324035343
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - December 6th, 2022

The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen By Gary Eldon Peter Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781646032532
Availability: On Our Shelves
Published: Fitzroy Books - July 5th, 2022

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