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2015 Man Booker Shortlist
The judges have announced the 2015 shortlist for the Man Booker Prize and the list is full of interesting choices. The judges commented on the different writing styles, the literary backgrounds of the...
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Bookslut blog announces 2015 Daphne Awards shortlist
The Daphne Awards are back. Organised by the Bookslut book blog, these awards celebrate literature from 50 years ago – in this case 1965. This year’s shortlist has just been announced by Jessa Crispin...
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AbeBooks’ Literary Link Lineup
Mars and Martin and Margaret and more… 1. JK Rowling traces Harry Potter’s family tree back to the middle ages 2. Coffee heir Henry Folger’s love of collecting Shakespeare. 3. Want a Dahl with that?...
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What We Read in 2015
At AbeBooks we have software engineers, accountants, marketers, customer support reps, account managers and we all share one thing in common: a passion for books. We asked people around the office to...
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February’s bestselling signed books
1. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout 2. Morning Star: Book III of the Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown 3. The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco 4. The Drowned Detective by Neil...
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Beth’s Best Reads of 2016
I love this book. “It’s the most wonderful tiiiiiiiiime of the yeeeeear….” That’s right, fellow book nerds. It’s the end of the year, which always finds me looking back fondly at all the new...
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AbeBooks’ Literary Review of 2016
We know, we know – the less said about the year 2016 the better. While we too held our collective breath and cringed painfully through much of the year, it is worth noting that whether for better or...
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Amazon’s Best Books of the Month: March 2017
If you’re looking for your next favorite page-turner, look no further than this fantastic list of books, recommended by the Amazon Book editors as the best book bets for the month. Warning: your TBR...
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20 Pioneering Novels that Paved the Way for Today’s LGBT Literature
Today’s LGBT genre is vibrant, accessible, accepted and intertwined with the likes of memoirs, young adult fiction and graphic novels. It was a long journey to reach this point. At first, homosexuality...
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25 Out-of-Print Books That Were Used Bestsellers in 2019
Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick Marcus Sedgwick’s debut novel from 2000 is bizarrely out-of-print. This fantasy story, aimed at young adults, imagines a future where England is covered by water and the...
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