The Homer Bookstore

09/09/2026

The smell of petrichor, the smell of new books… What’s better than that?

09/06/2026

Happy Labor Day / End of Summer weekend from all of us at the Homer Bookstore. We are open one last Sunday for the season (September 6th) from 12-5, and then we will be closed on Monday (September 7th). Back open on Tuesday and then we will be just 6 days a week. Stay safe and thanks for all your support- we appreciate you!

09/01/2026

As promised, here are our new children’s titles! The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman and Scrap by Guy Bass are going straight onto the TBR pile.

09/01/2026

It’s shaping up to be an excellent New Title Tuesday! For fans of The Berry Pickers (I know you’re out there), we have Amanda Peters’ new book, The Birthing Tree!

We also have a few more staff favorites out in paperback today. Check out The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson if you love complex, immersive world building and The Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood if you like… well… Margaret Atwood. (The booksellers certainly do!)

Stay tuned for a whole slew of new children’s books.

08/31/2026

We know, it isn’t even September yet, but so many people have asked “when are your new calendars going out?” Well, ask and ye’ shall receive!!!! We still are waiting for a few more to show up, but meantime- calendars are on the shelves for Monday morning shopping!!! It is also our yearly “NO WHINING if you wait because we can’t always get more back in stock.
We will hold calendars if you call and request us to hold one back for you.

08/26/2026

Interested in weird weather phenomena and investigative reporting? Come hear Kim Cross at the Homer Public Library on Thursday, August 27 at 6pm! As always, we’ll be there selling books.

08/25/2026

New books making their way in the world!

08/25/2026

America has lost a true gem. RIP Dolly, and thank you for all the books you put in the hands of children, and all the other good you did for humanity. You will never be forgotten. 💔

ALA is heartbroken at the passing of country music legend, cultural icon, and champion of literacy Dolly Parton.

Dolly’s award-winning Imagination Library initiative, inspired by her father’s inability to read or write, has put hundreds of millions of free books into the hands of children across America and was considered by her to be one of her greatest achievements.

“We’re giving books to kids who wouldn’t have a chance to get them otherwise,” she told American Libraries in a 2018 interview. “A lot of people think this is just for poor children—it’s for all children. It’s important to get books into the hands of any child that we can.”

ALA was proud to confer Dolly with an honorary lifetime membership, the Association’s highest honor, in 2023 for her lasting impact on librarianship, libraries, and the communities they serve.

Dolly was also part of ALA’s Celebrity READ campaign, in which she holds a copy of 'The Little Engine That Could.'

“I’ve always related to that book because I’m the little engine that did!” she said.

Thank you, Dolly. ❤️

08/20/2026

As the last whispers of summer drizzle through town, Jessica has concluded her Skinny Book Summer. She finished a respectable 13 books under ~150 pages. If you are looking for a perfectly satisfying little bite of a book, Jessica’s top picks are, in no particular order:

- The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
- When the Museum Is Closed by Emi Yagi
- Make Believe by Mac Barnett

Stay tuned for Fat Book Fall. (Jessica may require some persuasion.)

* Not pictured but worth a look: The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw and Bones and Berserkers by Nathan Hale