Court Street Books

09/17/2026

Some of our team took a lil trip down to Orange Beach, AL for a bookstore beach retreat! 🏖️📚

We had SO much fun visiting local bookstores, coffee shops, and doing some fun bookish (well, mostly bookish 🤓) team building activities. Lots of inspiration and ideas were had! 📚 We are so thankful to have such an incredible team to do this with, and for our amazing team that held down the store while we were gone. 🩷

Places shown:
BuzzCatz Coffee & Sweets
Page & Palette
The Book Inn
Black Cat Vegan Bakery
The Haunted Book Shop
Dorothy June Booksellers

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09/16/2026

Join us on the evening of Tuesday, September 22nd for a Children's Spooky Storytime! 📚👻

We are celebrating the first day of fall all day long with our Bookstore Fall Fest, then we'll end the night with a fun, on-theme storytime for your little readers! This event is free and no registration is necessary. 🧡

09/15/2026

Here is the book club lineup for the rest of October! We've got lots of great staff picks this time around. Let us know which one interests you the most! 📚

Register here! ✍ www.courtstreetbooks.com/bookclubs

As always, attending our book clubs is completely free. Just reserve your seat, read the book, and join us for an engaging discussion! ✨

09/13/2026

Come craft with us during our Bookstore Fall Fest! Paint your own jack-o-lantern wood ornaments, then make them into a garland! You can use the garland we created as inspiration to give it a vintage halloween look, or get creative and do your own thing! 🍂🎃 Tickets are $15 and include all the materials you will need. 🎨

Very limited spots available. Get your tickets here! 🧡 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vintage-pumpkin-garland-painting-tickets-2000487175995?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/10/2026

Our hours will look a little different for the next five days. Most of our full time staff will be out of town - so we are working with limited staff and coffee bar hours at the store. Thank you so much for your patience! We'll go back to our regular hours on September 16th! 💛 📚

09/09/2026

Another book box just dropped. The Pirate Queen is out NOW! 🏴 ☠️

"A thrilling historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O'Malley, an infamous Irish sea captain and folk heroine who risked everything to protect her people against the powerful Elizabethan regime."

This book box was thoughtfully curated by Karmen (our owner!) - now available in limited supply!

For $40 you will get:
📚 A hardcover copy of The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon
🗡️ A wooden bookmark
🗝 Decorative keys
🍫 Chocolate coins
✍ A letter from Karmen about why she loved the book!

Stop by and grab one soon! We have lots of great book boxes of all genres available right now!

09/08/2026

It's New Release Tuesday! ✨

Here is a highlight of a few books that are out NOW, with lots of highly anticipated titles such as Taipei Story by R.F. Kuang, Switzy by Emma Cline, Love Felt Like This by Julie Olivia, and a new Laurie Gilmore book just in time for fall! 📚🍂 Which one are you most excited to pick up??

09/05/2026

We'll be closed on Monday (the 7th) for Labor Day. We hope you enjoy your day off and get to relax and get some reading done! 📚