The Bookshop
Evan Friss
History / Non-Fiction
The Bookshop
by Evan Friss
—· 417 p
NYT BestsellerGoodreads Choice Awardreflective
Overview
About
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Goodreads Choice Award Winner in History & Biography One of Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 "A spirited defense of this important, odd and odds-defying American retail category." —The New York Times "It is a delight to wander through the bookstores of American history in this warm, generous book." —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author and owner of Books Are Magic An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in Ameri…
Pages
417
Penguin Group
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
3/5
Layered
Rating
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Reader feel
Bookselling Culture10
Historical Breadth9
Prose8
Narration8
Emotional depth7
Pacing7
Worldbuilding6
Plot twists2
My journey
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