Western Oregon is beautiful. The Cascade mountains harbor glorious natural settings, a few people who are off or nearly off the grid, and they provide a lovely backdrop to this story of a divorced father, his 12-year-old daughter and the weekends they spent in one long, yet short, year together. The rest of the time, …
As of Sunday August 2, 2026, we found the following information about the Spokane fires: Several evacuation shelters are open in and around Spokane for people displaced by this weekend’s fires. For those affected by the Old Trails fire, a shelter opened at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 West Spokane Falls Blvd. For those displaced …
The Hairdresser’s Son is an exquisite literary achievement about mystery, discovery, the search for understanding, and the potential for change. Cornelis left the day he learned his wife was pregnant, leaving home only to meet death a day later. Now, his son, Simon, is running the inherited barber shop left to him by the man …
Believe it or not, The Ex-Boyfriend’s Favorite Recipe Funeral Committee is a delightfully sweet story centered on the lives of three (and sometimes more) people who hang out at a cafe in Japan. Our story starts when narrator Momoko has just been dumped by her boyfriend after several years of her fastidious attempts to tend …
Good Eggs meets Crazy Rich Asians as a wealthy Chinese family with multiple dysfunctional issues bank on the leading queer son to produce a male heir to continue the traditional namesake and lineage. —Gerard Villegas, Auntie’s Bookstore, Spokane, WA Treat yourself to queer books from Auntie’s Bookstore and other independent bookstores. Happy Pride Month!
A coming-of-age story meets the cabin-in-the-woods cannibalism trope. The senses are engaged for a moody, atmospheric ride spattered in blood and rot as Margot makes sense in a world of neglectful trauma and relative isolation. —Danielle Smith, Auntie’s Bookstore, Spokane, WA Talk about a shocking Mother’s Day read! When you want to read daringly, ask …
The sadness of the underlying story in this novel is only matched by the beauty of the art that connects a girl and her grandfather to their life together. As they race against time to fill her memory with the best of over 500 years worth of Western art, Mona learns what it means to …
Before I was an author I was, briefly, a bookseller. The summer between finishing graduate school and getting my first teaching job, I worked a Spokane’s gorgeous downtown bookstore, Auntie’s. The story I want to tell is about something that happened on my first day. I had just been trained on how to answer the …
Hot Desk has everything–fun, competitive interests, stalled romance, great characters, a bit of historical revisiting, and it’s behind the scenes in the publishing industry–oh, and did I mention romance? You’ll love it! –Linda, Auntie’s Books, Spokane, WA Grab something fun at Auntie’s and other independent bookstores.
I love the story of a girl, her bunny, and her family as they adjust to their new life in the Netherlands and remember their immigration journey from Afghanistan. Funny and heartwarming. –Mimi, Wishing Tree Books, Spokane, WA Discover treasures from around the world at Wishing Tree Books and other independent bookstores.
