Books for Good

We have reopened!

Edit: we have reopened!

Due to the weather, the store will be closed until further notice.

On August 23rd we will have been open for ten years. To celebrate this achievement we will be giving away ten $50 store gift cards. Please visit our store before August 23rd to get a ticket for the gift card drawing.

Ever wonder what the various book awards are about? Here's an article that breaks them down:

An Honour to Be Nominated: A Guide to Major Book Awards In this guide to major book awards, historical background is given, as well as categories, processes, and timelines.

Our phone travails seem to be fixed. Thank you to everyone for your patience while Verizon figured out the problem.

Today is National Pie Day (not to be confused with National Pi Day, March 14...). We have many cookbooks with exotic recipes to help you celebrate, including church and community cookbooks with recipes you won't find anywhere else. (photo credit: Nathan Dumlao/Unsplash)

Please note: We are experiencing difficulties with our phone system today. Incoming calls are going directly to voice mail. If you call us, please leave a message; we are checking the voice mailbox frequently and will get back to you as soon as possible.

You can also send us an email at [email protected] and we will respond to that as quickly as we can as well.

We're sorry for any inconvenience and are working to resolve the issue.

Presenting the 2023 Books for Good Reader's Challenge, a list of reading suggestions to shake up your regular reading habits in the coming year. There are 12 in all, one for each month:

1. A book by a local author.
2. A book of short stories.
3. A book that has been translated from another language.
4. A "Young Adult" (YA) book ,if you're an adult. If you're not an adult, a non-fiction book.
5. A book of poetry.
6. A book with a blue cover.
7. A book with no more than 352 pages.
8. A book set in a region of the world you'd like to visit, but haven't yet.
9. A graphic novel.
10. A banned book.
11. A book with its title in script on its spine.
12. A book you've been wanting to read but just haven't gotten around to.

All of our volunteers at Books for Good love books and are happy to suggest titles for the above if you need any. Let's make 2023 The Year of the Book!