Maria's Bookshop

We have some more exciting events to share with you all!

On Wednesday, June 17th at 6pm in Maria's Bookshop, Miriam Horn will be dsicussing her book "Homesick for a World Unknown." This book is a portrait of George B. Schaller, who was one of the world's leading field biologists. Schaller lived an adventurous and extraordinary life, and Miriam captures it in this riveting book.

On Thursday, June 18th at 6pm at the Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum, Pearl Maria's will be sharing her book "Red Woman." In this book, Pearl shares her journey from "poverty to Wall Street." She served as the Southern Ute Indian Tribe's chief judge for twelve years, served on the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council, and was elected to be the first female Chairperson of the Southern Ute Tribal Council!! She has an amazing story and we are very excited to be hosting her for this event!

Meet our General Manager and book buyer Jeanne!! Jeanne has been with Maria's Bookshop for over twenty years, and is a huge part of what makes our bookstore so special. ♥️

Besides managing staff and floor operations, Jeanne is the person who curates all of our adult book selections. This takes a lot of work! She keeps track of all the new releases we bring in every Tuesday (usually over 50 books a week 😱), researches what books are popular, and makes sure that we offer a variety of more "underground" but excellent books.

Thank you Jeanne for everything you do!!

Happy Pride Month!! At Maria's Bookshop we have tons of books with LGBTQ+ characters. Here are some of our staff favorites!!

In case you missed the rapid fire titles, our favorites are:
🪲 Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes
☀️ What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed
🐦 This is How You Loose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
🦋 When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-Yi Lee
🏒 Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
🐺 Wolf Song by TJ Klune
🕵‍♂️ Prophet by Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché
💀 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
🍊 Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
🐉 Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan
⚔️ Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers
🪶 The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

Our staff is more than happy to recommend more as well, just ask us!!

Our summer hours have started as of Monday, June 1st! We will be open Sunday-Thursday from 9am to 9:30pm and Friday-Saturday from 9am to 10pm.

What's a better way to spend a summer night than in Maria's Bookshop? 😎📚

Upcoming events announcement!!

On Wednesday, June 10th at 6pm we will be hosting Ruby Jo Walker at Maria's Bookshop! She will be speaking about her book "Applied Polyvagal Theory" about resilience and post-traumatic growth. Ruby Jo is well-loved in the community and this is sure to be an interesting event!

On Saturday, June 13th, the Durango Public Library will be celebrating their Four Corners Poetry Festival honoring the voices and stories of the Southwest, and celebrating this place we call home through poetry!! Maria's Bookshop will be hosting a post-festival gathering for this event starting at 7pm. This gathering will feature Rey M. Rodriguez, Elliott Chemberlin, Tanya Tyler, and Kirbie Bennett and is sure to be a lot of fun!!

May is Jewish American Heritage Month, and in honor of that we wanted to share a few of our favorite books written by Jewish American authors!!

All of these books are available online through our website or in-store at Maria's Bookshop.

We are also able to offer these audiobooks through , who partners with independent bookstores and gives them a portion of audiobook sales! They are a great alternative to audible and offer DRM-free audio books!

If you have any questions about this feel free to email [email protected] or ask any of our booksellers.

Say hello to Kurt!

Kurt has been a bookseller at Maria's Bookshop for two years, and before that he was a teacher at Durango High School, so many of you might recognize him!

Kurt enjoys reading primarily non-fiction and historical fiction, so if you need recommendations from those categories, he's your guy!!

We will be hosting an event with Pete McBride on Tuesday, June 9th at 6pm at the Durango Public Library about his new book "Witness to Water!" Pete is a National Geographic filmmaker and photographer who has traveled to over 75 countries on assignment. His most recent National Geographic film was nominated for an Emmy for best nature documentary!!

In "Witness to Water" he documents his exploration of the Colorado River throughout his lifetime. It is a story of both the river's grandeur as well as its exploitation, and is "the story of a river that no longer reaches the sea, and a powerful reminder of the fragile natural systems we too often take for granted."

We are very excited for this event, and you definitely don't want to miss it!

Meet Tara, another one of our new booksellers! She has years of experience as both a teacher and a librarian, so when she says she reads everything, she really means it!!

If you want to chat about all things books, Tara is the perfect person to talk to!