Content Bookstore

06/02/2026

It’s a HUGE 📚

New fiction from (LAND), (THE TYPING LADY), and (WHISTLER)!

Plus, bestsellers and Content staff favorites KATABASIS by and I SEE YOU CALLED IN DEAD by are out in paperback today!

06/02/2026

Mark your calendars for our June events! This month, we have two small-group meetups as well as three author events.

Poet Joanne Esser, Carleton President Emeritus Steve Poskanzer, and Minneapolis memoirist Krys Malcolm Belc will visit Content to share their latest books.

Audiobook lovers, join us for a meetup at Goodbye Blue Monday (free libro.fm credit for the first 10 attendees!). Curious about tarot and oracle decks? Sign up for our class and pull some cards with us for the summer solstice.

Get more details and RSVP at https://contentbookstore.com/events.

05/30/2026

It's ! Today, Laura recommends THE PILLAGER'S GUIDE TO ARCTIC PIANOS by Kendra Langford Shaw.

"This is an engrossing work of dystopian fiction cleverly disguised as a cozy novel about houses on stilts and pet sea lions named after U.S. presidents. The story follows several generations of families compelled by climate change to move to the Arctic and explores the risks involved when humans are dependent on a lucrative but finite resource for their survival. The quirky, idiosyncratic cast of characters is very finely drawn, and I was left with a longing to get to know each of them better and sadness at some of their fates." -- Laura

05/29/2026

Katherine Packert Burke's ALL US SAINTS was released on May 19! Join us for a discussion with the author about the novel!

05/27/2026

Minneapolis author Katherine Packert Burke’s second novel, ALL US SAINTS, just came out last week, and we are thrilled to welcome her to Content this Thursday at 7 pm to celebrate its release! She’ll be in conversation with our own Fiona Mundy, exploring the book’s unique structure — a literary family drama packaged as a two-act play.

RSVP and get more details at contentbookstore.com/events.

05/26/2026

Happy New Release Tuesday, readers! 💖📚Among today’s newbies: the latest from our beloved , signed first editions from Eddie Glaude Jr., and page-turning historical fiction from .sepetys !

05/23/2026

It's ! Today, we'd like to welcome one of our newest Content booksellers, Aubrey! She is an artist and lover of cozy romance novels, and her pick for this week is GET OVER IT, APRIL EVANS by 💕

"Teaching art at a summer camp to escape her trainwreck of a life, April finds herself in competition with her roommate for a spot in a prestigious art gallery. To make matters worse, she and her roommate share an ex-fiance, and she is really cute. 3/5 spicies 🌶🌶🌶 would read again. If you are an artist still trying to find your voice in art, this book may have particular significance as the two artists find their way forward in love, home, and career." -- Aubrey

05/22/2026

05/19/2026

We have a special treat coming up this Thursday at 7 pm -- a discussion of food as storytelling with best-selling cookbook writer Stephanie Hansen and novelist Kurt Johnson! Kurt and Stephanie co-wrote their new novel, THE MOON TAVERN, set partly in Minnesota and partly in Croatia.

We think it's the perfect book to take with you on your travels this summer, and now is your chance to get a signed copy! We'll also have Stephanie's TRUE NORTH CABIN COOKBOOK Vol. 1 & 2 and Kurt's award-winning novel THE BARRENS available for purchase and signing.

RSVP and get more details at contentbookstore.com/events.

05/16/2026

Intrigued by the buzz about the latest installment in Matt Dinniman's DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL series? For , a die-hard fan (David) and a total newb (Jerry) share their thoughts on the first and eighth books! The first book is now available in paperback, and the 8th tome was released on Tuesday.

"If you like D&D and video games, you'll love reading about Carl trying to save himself and Princess Donut (his ex-girlfriend's cat) while also trying to save the world." -- Jerry

"Fresh off of Faction Wars and the fallout from that, the surviving crawlers are back at it, despite the AI going insane, the gods gaining self-awareness AND access to the Plenty's interplanetary tunnel system, the Nothing being broken, and Scolopendra being all up in ALL the things. Their numbers are dwindling, and between people taking deals, getting killed left and right on the 10th floor, and whatever the heck is happening over in the Pineapple Cabaret, is ANYONE gonna be left standing with Carl and Donut as they try to make it to the Ascendancy Games?!? ... To those readers who may not yet be familiar with DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL -- yes, yes those are all real things. And the series' readers are THERE for them. This story has no business being as strange, funny, inventive, and heartwarming as it is (given that it involved the death of, ya know, billions to get where we're at). Yeah, it's not high art. And at the end of the day, it IS Lit RPG. And and we're currently up to book 8 and they keep gettin' thicker. But it is SO worth it. Really enjoying this series-- and those who start are usually back for some (or all) of the rest of the books within a couple days, week and a half tops. It's fun, addictive, and an incredible escape. Now if only the crawlers can escape..." -- David