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BookPeople

Austin, TX

BookPeople has been the leading independent bookstore in Texas since 1970. Located in the heart of downtown, BookPeople has been voted best bookstore in Austin for over 20 years. BookPeople was voted Bookstore of the Year by Publisher’s Weekly in 2005. With visits from some of the most interesting and important authors of the past 52 years, as well as by Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, BookPeople is the destination bookstore in Texas.

Staff Picks

BookPeople booksellers feed our community of books through their amazing range of reading recommendations.

Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus

The Adult by Bronwyn Fischer

Homebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

I Will Greet the Sun Again by Khashayar J. Khabushani

And Then He Sang a Lullaby by Ani Kayode

The Great Unknown by Marcus du Sautoy

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Stories from The Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

"You Just Need to Lose Weight" by Aubrey Gordon

The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon

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