The Next Chapter

The Next Chapter The Next Chapter is a woman-owned independent bookstore located in mid-town Omaha, selling new books and gifts

The Next Chapter is excited to announce the Story Continues Book Box Subscription! 📚We are excited to offer our customer...
05/31/2026

The Next Chapter is excited to announce the Story Continues Book Box Subscription! 📚We are excited to offer our customers, near and far, a book box for readers’ like you. There are two options: the Storyteller’s Box and the Swoonworthy Stories Box (details below and on the images). Each box will come with a new book and some form of bookish merch, such as a bookmark and sticker. These boxes are a great way to support your local, indie bookstore while also giving the gift of books to yourself or to someone for a birthday, anniversary, or holiday. You can sign up for one of our boxes by emailing us at [email protected], calling or texting at (531) 218-7996, or signing up in person! Your book can be delivered to your door or picked up at The Next Chapter!

📖 The Storyteller’s Box is all about discovering the newest books. All books in this box will be hardcovers, and the genre will vary monthly. Our goal will be to provide you popular titles while also introducing you to books you may not have picked out yourself.

💕 The Swoonworthy Stories box is all about romance. At the Next Chapter, we love love and all things romance. This box will feature paperback romance books with a variety of tropes, themes, spice levels, time periods, genders, identities, and more.

05/26/2026

There were a lot of great new beach reads in this batch of new releases including Never Flinch (new in paperback), Murder on Vacation, Dolly All the Time, The Divorce, The Rainshadow Orphans, Marilyn and Her Books, The Midnight Train, The Land and Its People, and Ghalen: A Romance in Black. Which of these new releases would you take to the beach or on vacation?✈️📚🏖️

After taking a moment to honor those who served, we hope your day is filled with reading time. Last up in our weekend of...
05/25/2026

After taking a moment to honor those who served, we hope your day is filled with reading time. Last up in our weekend of beach read recs series are Katherine’s recommendations! 📚

FAVORITE: If you’ve ever come into the Next Chapter looking for a mystery, Katherine has certainly tried to sell you Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz. Katherine loves it because of its unique structure and storytelling reminiscent of Agatha Christie. 🕵️‍♀️
LOOKING FORWARD TO: Katherine can’t wait to read Dearly Parted, releasing 6/16. This is a MM grumpy-sunshine story where the grumpy is a former Hades who was forced into retirement and now runs a funeral home, and the sunshine is the flower shop owner next door. 💐

What book(s) are you looking forward to reading this summer? Let us know in the comments!

The weekend of beach read recommendations continues with Kellie’s picks! 📚FAVORITE: Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Al...
05/24/2026

The weekend of beach read recommendations continues with Kellie’s picks! 📚

FAVORITE: Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall is a top pick for Kellie when she thinks of beach reads. This one is perfect for anyone who loves baking shows and memorable characters. 🎂
LOOKING FORWARD TO: Chloe Liese is a store-favorite author, and Kellie can’t wait to read Chloe Liese’s most recent book, Happy Ending. Happy Ending follows the story of two divorcees who become friends when their exes start dating. ❤

Have you read either of these? What is your go-to beach read? Let us know in the comments!

Happy Memorial Day weekend! We hope you get to take a moment to honor those who served, soak in some sun, spend time wit...
05/23/2026

Happy Memorial Day weekend! We hope you get to take a moment to honor those who served, soak in some sun, spend time with friends and family, and read a good book! ☀️📚 This weekend always feels like the unofficial start of summer, so the Next Chapter team wanted to share our favorite beach reads and a few books that we are looking forward to; first up – Shelly’s recommendations.

FAVORITE: Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson is one of Shelly’s all-time-favorite books. It is beautifully written and a wonderful adventure story! 🏝️
LOOKING FORWARD TO: The Midnight Train by Matt Haig releases this coming Tuesday, May 26th, and Shelly can’t wait to read it! Fans will remember the Midnight Library, and The Midnight Train is set in the same conceptual world but isn’t a sequel. 🚈

Let us know in the comments your go-to beach read and if you’re looking forward to any!

05/19/2026

This week's new books released just in time for your Memorial Day weekend! A few new books include The Knight and the Moth (new in paperback), On Witness and Respair, A Star Cursed Heart, The Burning Side, The Ballad of Falling Dragons, Palaces of the Crow, The One Day You Were My Husband, The Shippers, Scandinavian Everyday, and Take Me With You. Which of these books are you most likely to read over the holiday weekend? 📚

Happy graduation to all the new graduates! 🎓 We know there are many graduations happening in the next couple of weeks, a...
05/15/2026

Happy graduation to all the new graduates! 🎓 We know there are many graduations happening in the next couple of weeks, and the Next Chapter is here to help. We have a variety of great gifts for graduates including tired-and-true books like All The Places You'll Go, The Purpose Driven Life For Graduates, and more. If you're not sure what to get your graduate, a gift card is a great option! You choose the amount of your gift card, and they can be used in store!

05/12/2026

Happy pub day to the following NEW BOOKS: Dad (Perfect for Father's Day!), The Edge of Forever, Take Me to Your Leader, Hart's Landing, First and Forever, The Anniversary, Vengeance, Seek the Traitor's Son, Tapestry of Fate, and The Last Mandarin. Which of these are you most excited to read? 📚

Remember that you can always preorder books so you get them right when they come out! Just give us a call at (531) 218-7996!

05/05/2026

We had A LOT of new releases for today, so it was really tough to choose which ones to highlight. Here are 10 books that we can't wait to read: Flashlight (new to paperback), Greatest Works of H.P. Lovecraft, Rules for the Summer, Student Union, The Girl with a Thousand Faces, Good Joy Bad Joy, Homebound, Enormous Wings, and The Calamity Club. Which of these are you excited to read? 📚

Happy May Day! We excited for a month of fun events and books clubs. TOMORROW, May 2nd from 1-4pm we will have Humbly Ha...
05/01/2026

Happy May Day! We excited for a month of fun events and books clubs. TOMORROW, May 2nd from 1-4pm we will have Humbly Handmade by Alli at the store. She will be bringing earrings for all occasions, bookmarks, bookish keychains, and her earring bar for customers to create their own custom pair of earrings. Next week on Thursday, May 7th, we will be having our First Thursday Sip & Shop for May from 5:30-8pm, and Shelly will be here to answer all your book- related questions!

We can’t wait to see you soon!

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