D U T T O N

“[A] witty, deep memoir [that] digs into the power and the glory of female friendships.” — @elleusa 👩🏾‍🏫👩‍✈️👩🏽‍⚖️👩🏻‍🍳🤝💞

Tag somebody who would understand 😌: “Someone once described friendship to me as a soft place to land, and it was.” - 🌤🥂 @iknowkayleen in TEXT ME WHEN YOU GET HOME

Trekked in the freezing (!!) cold today to dip into a toasty latte ☕️☺️ and these two beloved #domesticthrillers. •• Reader - we were not disappointed. •• Brad Parks delivers like no other. Alafair Burke said of CLOSER THAN YOU KNOW: “Don’t expect to come up for air until the final, satisfying pages.” @alafairb @tess.gerritsen on @lisagardnerbks’ LOOK FOR ME: “A complex crime scene, a missing girl, a ticking clock: no one writes a more page-turning, gut-wrenching thriller.”

Heading out for the weekend like✌️because women friends are LIFE. Double tap if you agree! #textmewhenyougethome ••• In TEXT ME WHEN YOU GET HOME, journalist Kayleen Schaefer relays her journey of modern female friendship: from being a competitive teenager to trying to be one of the guys in the workplace to ultimately awakening to the power of female friendship and the soulmates, girl squads, and chosen families that come with it.

Snowed in today? ❄️ We’ve got the perfect thriller to keep you warm! ⚡️PERFECT DAUGHTER? Or PERFECT KILLER?⚡️ @lisagardnerbks’ LOOK FOR ME will get your heart racing. (📸 by @deebibliophilia)

😌 Reminiscing about the past year and the some of the fabulous books 📚 and authors that have passed through our doors🚪 . Thank you all so much for your beautiful photos, your thoughtful reviews, and the HUGE part you play in spreading the word about important ideas and creative works. We couldn’t do it without you! 🎉🎊🧡💛💚❤️

New Year’s resolutions... or nah? 🤷🏻‍♂️

What do you gift the #DowntonAbbey aficionado? Look no further than @jenniferchiaveriniauthor, @fionajdavis, and Alexandra Curry, whose books will transport the reader across seas, centuries, and customs… 🌊🎁

You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy books, and that’s kind of the same thing. 😌📖🎁

Gorgeous libraries. Making #Mondays better since the inception of Instagram. 😉🤓😍📚 Happy Monday, friends!!

We hope you have a blast at all the holiday parties this weekend 🎉⚡️ but don’t forget to text us when you get home! 🤳 “Reading Text Me When You Get Home feels like experiencing its subject — the intimate, slow-burning, miraculously comfortable thrill of making and keeping a lifelong friend. Kayleen Schaefer’s affectionate and clear-sighted exploration of female friendship is as romantic as a movie and as honest as the conversation on the third day of a road trip; reading it is as delightful as walking into a bar on a weeknight to see your friend already seated and ordering your drink.” –Jia Tolentino, staff writer at @newyorkermag

THE DISAPPEARING by @lori_roy_author will send chills down your spine! 😰😰😰 An irresistible dark tale about a small present-day Southern town where girls disappear and boys run away.

Run to your @goodreads page and add this debut thriller to your TBR! @lisagardnerbks called it “mesmerizing...clever...brilliant.” ✨🌟🔥 (📸: @outofthebex )

“A fitting ode to one of the greatest women in the history of science” @harpersbazaarus. #womancrushwednesday #AdaLovelace 💪 💻👩🏾‍💻 Get to know the Countess of Lovelace better in @jenniferchiaveriniauthor’s ENCHANTRESS OF NUMBERS (out 12/5)! (📸: @thefearlessreader)

“He is one calculating, remorseless predator.” ♦️♦️♦️ Obsessed with @netflix’s #Mindhunter, or classic procedurals like Forensic Files and CSI? You’ll want to dive into @meggardiner1’s INTO THE BLACK NOWHERE. ♦️♦️♦️ (Thanks to @thebookbuzz for this extra creepy shot!)

We found our happy place ☺️📚. What’s your favorite bookstore to browse? • • (📸: @thepetitereader)

*Living* for this bookshelf right now 📚📚😍. Tag us in your best #shelfies! 👀