Out West Books' titles put the right books into the right hands

Each week as part of SunLit — The Sun’s literature section — we feature staff recommendations from book stores across Colorado. This week, the staff from Out West Books in Grand Junction recommends three titles that, through fiction and nonfiction, revolve around finding just the right read.

The Bookshop; a History of the American Bookstore

By Evan Friss

Viking

$30

August 2024

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From the publisher : Evan Friss’ history of the bookshop draws on oral histories, archival collections, municipal records, diaries, letters, and interviews with leading booksellers to offer a fascinating look at this institution beloved by so many. The story begins with Benjamin Franklin’s first bookstore in Philadelphia and takes us to a range of booksellers including the Strand, Chicago’s Marshall