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Welcome to Books & Books

Key West’s local, nonprofit, independent bookstore — a community center for readers and writers.

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June 2025 Staff Pick: SHRED SISTERS

Our featured staff pick for June 2025 is SHRED SISTERS by Betsy Lerner.

As seen in the New York Times!

A local and store favorite Home at the End of the World by Rita Troxel was recently featured in the New York Times. “There’s no better way to capture the weird, wild, magical Key West… Read More

Read ebooks, support bookstores

Read Ebooks, Support Our Store

When you purchase ebooks, you can support our store. Bookshop.org is partnering with indie bookstores to offer an ebook option.

May 2025 Staff Pick: RAISING HARE

Our May 2025 featured staff pick, RAISING HARE, is an exceptional book that takes you along on Chloe Dalton’s unexpected journey with her little leveret, or baby hare.

Selected New Books

Toni at Random by Dana A. Williams

NPR SPRING PICK An insightful exploration that unveils the lesser-known dimensions of this legendary writer and her legacy, revealing the cultural icon’s profound impact as a visionary editor who helped define an important period in… Read More

Hazel Says No by Jessica Berger Gross

*A Today Best Upcoming Book* When a tight-knit family moves from Brooklyn to Maine, their lives are upended by an event that will alter their new community forever in this bighearted, sparkling debut for fans of Now Is… Read More

American Scare by Robert Fieseler

A vital exposé for both our history and our present day, American Scare tells the riveting story of how the Florida government destroyed the lives of Black and queer citizens in the twentieth century. In January 1959,… Read More

Unworld by Jayson Green

From the author of Once More We Saw Stars comes a gripping novel about four intertwined lives that collide in the wake of a mysterious tragedy. Set in a near-future world where the boundaries between human and… Read More

King of Ashes by S.A. Crosby

“Pick up the novel everyone will be talking about.” —The Atlantic“Dark, riveting, and accomplished.” —Washington PostAward-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby returns with King of Ashes, a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama. Indie Next pick… Read More

One of our most formidable literary critics explores how nine women artists flourished creatively in their final acts. In 2008, academic and scholar Susan Gubar was told by a trusted oncologist that she had only… Read More

ALL first edition copies will be signed by the author! Signed copies available while supplies last. “Unmissable… Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab” —Jodi Picoult #1 IndieNext List, June 2025 A MOST ANTICIPATED Pick… Read More

Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed Television-and America-Forever by Alan Siegel

This comprehensive account of the meteoric rise of The Simpsons combines incisive pop culture criticism and interviews with the show’s creative team that take readers inside the making of an American phenomenon during its most influential decade,… Read More

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Now through June 22, get two audiobooks for one credit during @librofm’s members-only, buy-one-get-one sale! Your Libro.fm audiobook purchases support your chosen indie bookstore. (Pick us! 🙋‍♀️)Not a member? Start a new monthly membership using code SWITCH and you'll get three audiobook credits to redeem from the start, plus the ability to shop the sale. One credit new memberships only, check the website for details. #audiobooks ... See MoreSee Less

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Do you gravitate to different genres or formats du Do you gravitate to different genres or formats during the summer? Whatever you like to read, get summer tote bag ready with a new book!

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Now through June 22, get two audiobooks for one cr Now through June 22, get two audiobooks for one credit during @librofm’s members-only, buy-one-get-one sale! 

Your Libro.fm audiobook purchases support your chosen indie bookstore. (Pick us! 🙋‍♀️)

Not a member? Start a new monthly membership using code SWITCH and you'll get three audiobook credits to redeem from the start, plus the ability to shop the sale. One credit new memberships only, check the website for details. 

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Mara Brock Akil with Judy Blume. Mara is the creat Mara Brock Akil with Judy Blume. Mara is the creator/show runner of the new Netflix series inspired by Judy's Forever. She visited the store this week for their first in person meeting to celebrate the smashing success of the series,  which has already been renewed for a second season.

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Store manager Emily recently took a road trip and Store manager Emily recently took a road trip and had a chance to stop at The Lynx Books in Gainesville, where she spotted this month's featured staff pick "in the wild."

After all, did you really even take a trip if you didn't visit an indie bookstore along the way?

This month's featured staff pick SHRED SISTERS by Betsy Lerner is full of characters who will make you think. 

Read Emily's review in our online newsletter. 

#indiebookstores #featuredstaffpicks #whatwearereading
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