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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 (Paperback)

By Jonathan Escoffery

$18.00

ISBN: 9781250872210

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Picador - September 5th, 2023

This Other Eden: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Paul Harding

$28.00

ISBN: 9781324036296

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: W. W. Norton & Company - January 24th, 2023

The Bee Sting: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Paul Murray

$30.00

ISBN: 9780374600303

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 15th, 2023

Study for Obedience: A novel (Hardcover)

By Sarah Bernstein

$22.95

ISBN: 9781039009066

Availability: Backordered

Published: Knopf Canada - August 22nd, 2023

Western Lane: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Chetna Maroo

$25.00

ISBN: 9780374607494

Availability: Backordered

Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - February 7th, 2023

Prophet Song (Hardcover)

By Paul Lynch

$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 (Paperback)

By Patti Smith

$18.99

ISBN: 9780060936228

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Ecco - November 2nd, 2010

Woman at Point Zero (Paperback)

By Nawal El Saadawi

$14.95

ISBN: 9781783605941

Availability: Not in our store, available to order

Published: Zed Books - November 15th, 2015

Long Live the Post Horn! (Paperback)

By Vigdis Hjorth, Charlotte Barslund (Translated by)

$19.95

ISBN: 9781788733137

Availability: Backordered

Published: Verso Fiction - September 15th, 2020

Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Hardcover)

By Toshikazu Kawaguchi

$19.99

ISBN: 9781335430991

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Hanover Square Press - November 17th, 2020

Tin Man: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sarah Winman

$16.00

ISBN: 9780735218765

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - April 9th, 2019

Violets (Paperback)

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!

I Love You, I Hate You: All's fair in love and law in this irresistible enemies-to-lovers rom-com! (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Davis

$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) (Mass Market)

By Sarah MacLean

$8.99

ISBN: 9780062692061

Availability: Not in our store, available to order

Published: Avon - June 19th, 2018

A Lady for a Duke (Paperback)

By Alexis Hall

$15.99

ISBN: 9781538753750

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Forever - May 24th, 2022

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina: A Novel (Paperback)

By Zoraida Córdova

$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*

The God of Endings: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jacqueline Holland

$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.

Leave No Trace: A Novel (Paperback)

By Mindy Mejia

$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 (Hardcover)

By Gabrielle Zevin

$28.00

ISBN: 9780593321201

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Knopf - July 5th, 2022

Firekeeper's Daughter (Paperback)

By Angeline Boulley

$14.99

ISBN: 9781250866035

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: Square Fish - April 25th, 2023

Empire of Wild: A Novel (Paperback)

By Cherie Dimaline

$17.99

ISBN: 9780062975959

Availability: On Our Shelves

Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - July 27th, 2021

The Echo Wife (Paperback)

By Sarah Gailey

$16.99

ISBN: 9781250174673

Availability: Not in our store, available to order

Published: Tor Books - May 24th, 2022

Black Chuck (Paperback)

By Regan McDonell

$14.95
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ISBN: 9781459816305

Published: Orca Book Publishers - April 3rd, 2018

An excellent selection for the spooky season!

The Salt Grows Heavy (Hardcover)

By Cassandra Khaw

$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.

And Yet: Poems (Paperback)

By Kate Baer

$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.

Rose Quartz: Poems (Paperback)

By Sasha Taqwsəblu Lapointe

$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!