The week of October 19, 2025
A brand new look. The same great recommendations.
The Southern Bookseller Review has a new look! We’ve streamlined things under the hood to make it easier to read on any device and consistent with current accessibility standards. Readers will still find great book recommendations from Southern booksellers, including fiction, nonfiction, and books for young readers. Links for ebook editions have also been included where possible. Subscribers can easily manage their subscription using the links at the bottom of the email.
Featuring reviews of:
- The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers, reviewed by Kristen Iskandrian, Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama
- The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong, reviewed by Lucile Perkins-Wagel, Blinking Owl Books in Fort Myers, Florida
- Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion by Chris DeVille, reviewed by Sarah Rhu, Scuppernong Books in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Dead and Alive: Essays by Zadie Smith, reviewed by Michael Yetter, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Lexington, Kentucky
- The Leaving Room by Amber McBride, reviewed by Victoria Thatcher-Milton, The Bottom in Knoxville, Tennessee
- Broken by X. Fang, reviewed by Julie Jarema, Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg, South Carolina
- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, reviewed by Luis Correa, Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia
- Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo by Bess Kalb, reviewed by Samantha Steele, Plenty Downtown Bookshop in Cookeville, Tennessee
- Bookseller Buzz: War Games by Alan Gratz, reviewed by David Lucey, Page 158 Books in Wake Forest, North Carolina, Doron Klemer, Octavia Books in New Orleans, Louisiana, Wilson Robbins, Novel. in Memphis, Tennessee