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    Hot Trends and Reading Recs from Indie Bookstores

    AdminBy AdminApril 26, 2026
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    Hot Trends and Reading Recs from Indie Bookstores

    Dear Readers,

    BookTrib is a huge fan of indie bookstores — always has been. In Connecticut, our team loves to visit Barrett Books and RJ Julia. My favorites are The Corner Bookstore in NYC and, of course, the legendary Strand.

    Whenever I’m in a new city or country, I make it a point to visit one.

    An indie bookstore is the heartbeat of culture wherever it is — the stories, the people, the soul.

    Today is Indie Bookstore Day, and we’re celebrating the magic, the community and the passion that lives on every shelf.

    Discover something unexpected. Support your local Indie Bookstore!


    Trending at Possible Futures, New Haven, CT

Hottest Books of the Season:
Kin by Tayari Jones
Everything for Everyone by An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072 by Eman Abdelhadi and M. E. O'Brien
NO! The Art and Activism of Complaining by Sara Ahmed

Two trends, intertwined, when i tcomes to what people are seeking:
Books about hope, mutual aid and collective care, people showing up for one another in their relationships & the resilience of the human spirit
Dystopian reads about imagined dystopias and also about the very real one we're living through.”
    Trending at Barrett Bookstore, Darien, CT

London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe (staff fave)
Strangers by Belle Burden (so much demand it's hard to keep in stock!)
The Original (hosting an event with the author on Indie Bookstore Day!)
    Trending at Montgomery & Taggert, Chester, CT

Hottest Books of the Season:
Fury Bound by Sable Sorensen
The Davenports by Krystal Marquis
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig

What the Readers Want:
“Lots of beautiful new deluxe editions... Tons of exciting new releases in romance, especially stories with these themes: LGBTQ+, sports, fantasy, dark, small town, cozy.“
    Trending at Black Rock Books, Bridgeport, CT

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

What Does Indie Bookstore Day and the Bookish Community Mean to You?
“Short answer: everything! We're here because of the enthusiasm and dedication of the bookish community that supports its independent bookstores.”
    Trending at Mermaid Books, Milford, CT

Starside by Alex Aster
Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry

What Trend They're Loving:
    Trending at Diane's Books, Greenwich, CT
    Trending at Obodo Serendipity Books , Stratford, CT

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

What Does the Bookish Community Mean to You?
    Trending at Books on the Common, Ridgefield, CT

Top Staff Picks:
The Reservation by Rebecca Kauffman
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
The Names by Florence Knapp

    Happy reading!

    Meryl Moss, Publisher, BookTrib


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