Bookseller Ivana holding up a hardback copy of The Brides, in front of the bookshelves in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Ivana loved The Brides, by @charlottecross.bsky.social , a fantastic prequel to Dracula, with a feminist twist & plenty of Gothic atmosphere. Out now from @torbooksuk.bsky.social
#books #livres
Bookseller Joe holding a bright yellow paperback with a 17th century sailing ship on the cover
#WhatWereReading : Joe found Professor Anna Whitelock's The Sun Rising (pub Bloomsbury) to be a fascinating insight into the change from the Elizabethan to Stewart period, laying foundations for a more global Britain afterwards (for good & ill!).
Now in PB
#books #livres #History #Histoire
Bookseller Joe holding up a paperback copy of Is a River Alive? in front of him in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Joe's favourite read of last year has just come out in paperback - @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social 's wonderful Is a River Alive? from @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social .
Highly recommend reading.
#books #livres #nature
Right now, children carry big questions about the world. “Will It Be Okay?” by Crescent Dragonwagon, illustrated by Jessica Love, offers a gentle way for families to navigate those conversations together.
📖❤️ Read more at www.waytogrow.org/blog
#WhatWereReading #FamilyResources
Ancient Egyptian style artwork surrounds the silhouette of a woman in Victorian dress
#WhatWereReading : Joe loved @rachloudriscoll.bsky.social 's debut, Nephthys, following a woman travelling through Egypt, rho may, or may not have a real curse to lift. Now out in paperback from @vintagebooks.bsky.social
#books #livres
Paperback edition of When the Moon Hits Your Eye, on a table in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Joe found @scalzi.com 's When the Moon Hits Your Eyes, where, in an almost Wallace & Gromit move, the Moon literally becomes cheese, to be a total delight!
Out now in paperback from @torbooksuk.bsky.social
#books #livres
Bookseller Joe holding up The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson, in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Joe decided to revisit The Odyssey, ahead of this year's Christopher Nolan film adaptation, thoroughly enjoying @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social 's excellent translation & interpretation from @nortonliterature.bsky.social
Come sail the wine dark seas...
#books #livres
Bookseller Joe holding up his three favourite books from 2025 he'd recommend
#WhatWereReading : it's Joe's turn to choose (just!) three #books from 2025 that he loved!
Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social , The Sun Rising by Anna White lock, & The Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor, by Bryan Talbot
#livres #BestOfTheYear
Bookseller Fiona holding up her three 2025 children's books releases she especially loved this year
#WhatWereReading : it's Fiona's turn to choose (just!) three #books from 2025 that she loved & would recommend!
Big, Bad, Wolf Murder by P. G. Bell, We Are Definitely Human, by X Fang, & The Green Kingdom, by Cornelia Funke.
#livres #BestOfTheYear
Bookseller Joe holding up a copy of the novel My Clavicle and Other Massive Misalignments in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Joe enjoyed the latest fiction in translation from Akoya, Spanish writer Marta Sanz's wonderfully titled My Clavicle & Other Massive Misalignments
The author deals with middle age & bodily changes in a realistic, but often humorous manner many will recognise
#books #livres
Bookseller Fiona holding up the picture book Penguin and Pinecone, in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Fiona loved Salina Yoon's Penguin and Pinecone from @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social .
It's an older book, but just such a warm, charming story of love & friendship we wanted to share it.
#books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse
#WhatWereReading : Joe was happily lost in Amanda Block's new novel from @hodderbooks.bsky.social , The Haunting of Hero's Bay. Drama, love, regret, shipwrecks, Cornish smugglers & a possible ghost reaching out across the centuries.
#books #livres
Bookseller Joe holding up a copy of The Man Who Died Seven Times in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Joe enjoyed Yasuhiko Nishizawa's The Man Who Died Seven Times (pub @pushkinpress.com ), translated by Jesse Kirkwood.
A family murder mystery with a dash of time-loop; think Knives Out meets Groundhog Day!
#books #livres
Bookseller Joe holding up the graphic novel The Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor, in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Joe adored the Grandville series by the great @bryan-talbot.bsky.social , eagerly awaiting this standalone prequel, which combines superb artwork & storytelling with layered references.
Out now from @jonathancape.bsky.social
#books #livres #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee
Bookseller Joe holding up a copy of Jesus Christ Kinski in the Edinburgh Bookshop
A side on view of the Indie edition of Jesus Christ Kinski, showing the coloured spredges with the title printed on them
#WhatWereReading : Joe found @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social 's Jesus Christ Kinski to be one of his most unusual but totally compelling novel reads of the year.
Fancy, signed edition with spredges available now from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
#books #livres
Bookseller Joe holding up a hardback of The Haunting of Hero's Bay in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Joe happily got lost in local scribe @amandablockauthor.bsky.social 's excellent The Haunting of Hero's Bay, just out from @hodderbooks.bsky.social
#books #livres
Bookseller Joe holding up a copy of The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre in the Edinburgh Bookshop.
#WhatWereReading : Joe loved @pfracassi.bsky.social 's Boys in the Valley, so was eager for his new #horror , which is a total change of pace. Imagine the Slasher genre meets Thursday Murder Club, as a serial killer stalks a retirement community.
#books #livres #Halloween @orbitbooksuk.bsky.social
Bookseller Fiona smiling and holding copies of Squirrel and Bird, and A Rainy Dragon Day, in the Edinburgh Bookshop
Bookseller Fiona laughing ,and holding copies of Squirrel and Bird, and A Rainy Dragon Day, in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : where do dragons go, when they need to, well, *go* ?
Fiona adored Julie Volk's A Rainy Dragon Day ( @geckopress.bsky.social ) , & Laura Baker & Stacey Thomas's Squirrel & Bird ( @littletigeruk.bsky.social )
#books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse
Bookseller Joe holding up a copy of Dinner at the Night Library, in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Joe enjoyed the Japanese bestseller, Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada, translated by Philip Gabriel.
Ideal for those who enjoyed Before the Coffee Gets Cold or Days at the Morasaki Bookshop.
Out now from @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
#books #livres
A copy of Elon Musk American Oligarch, a graphic biography by Darryl Cunningham, in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Joe found @acmedarryl.bsky.social 's well-researched graphic biography, Elon Musk, American Oligarch, a fascinating & accessible read. Out now from @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social
#books #livres #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee
Bookseller Joe holding up a hardback of Earth Shapers and a paperback of Invisible Lines by Maxim Samson, in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Joe found Maxim Samson's Earth Shapers absolutely fascinating, out in hardback from @profilebooks.bsky.social , & his Invisible Lines hits paperback.
If you loved The Power of Geography, these are for you.
#books #livres
Bookseller Joe holding a copy of Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli by Mark Seal, a deep dive into the creation of the bestselling Godfather novel, then the film, featuring a fascinating cast of now-famous names.
A delight for #film fans ( @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social , we're looking at you!)
#books #livres
Book of the moment: Lord of the Flies, by William Golding. I'm reading it with my tutoring students for summer reading. Also listening to the audiobook (I do not recommend the audiobook, as it is the author reading it himself🙄).
#whatwerereading
Bookseller Joe holding up a copy of Night of the Baba Yaga in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Joe loved Akira Otani's The Night of the Baba Yaga, translated by Sam Bett. #Japanese fiction with Yakuza, action, queer romance & a Tarantino vibe to it.
Out now from @faberbooks.bsky.social
#books #livres #BooksInTranslation
Throughout this season of Chillworthy Podcast, we’ve covered some wild reads
Some were 🔥, some were ❄️, all were up for discussion.
Let us know which ones you loved—or loathed.
#ChillworthyPodcast #TrueCrimeReads #BookRec #WhatWereReading #DarkFiction #BookDiscussion #ReadAlong #BookTok
Bookseller Marie with hardbacks of the latest Stuart MacBride and Michael Connelly novels, in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Marie loves a good thriller, and really enjoyed the latest Stuart MacBride, House of Burning Bones & Michael Connelly's Nightshade. Cracking thrillers from both sides of the Atlantic!
#books #livres
@panmacmillan.bsky.social
@orionbooks.bsky.social
Bookseller Fiona holding up a copy of Choose Your Own Evolution in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Fiona loves Choose Your Own Evolution by @juleshoward.bsky.social & @gordywright.bsky.social , out now from @nosycrow.bsky.social
#books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse
The Lamb by Lucy Rose
“She kept her grief subdued and quiet—so much so, it had begun to rot.”
From "The Lamb" by @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social. A line that lingers like blood in the soil.
Thank you for writing something so brutal and beautiful—it stays with you.
#GutenbergsEcho #TheLamb #WhatWereReading #ReadThisNow
Bookseller Joe holding up a hardback copy of The Sun Rising, by Professor Anna Whitelock, a bright yellow cover with a period sailing vessel on it in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Joe is finding Prof Anna Whitelock's The Sun Rising absolutely fascinating. James VI & I & the foundations of a later, global Britain; #History with lessons pertinent to today's world.
#histoire #books #livres
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Bookseller Joe holding up a copy of When the Moon Hits Your Eye, in the Edinburgh Bookshop
#WhatWereReading : Joe found @scalzi.com 's When The Moon Hits Your Eye, which, in an almost Wallace and Gromit move, sees the Moon turned to cheese, was just a total delight; smile inducing reading.
Out now from @torbooks.bsky.social / @panmacmillan.bsky.social
#books #livres #ScienceFiction
