Brilliant Books

11/06/2025

https://www.brilliant-books.net/spirit-lives

The Spirit Lives On

Our beautiful storefront may be closed, but Brilliant Books is still here to inspire you and the readers in your life.

We’re still here, still doing what we’ve always done, just without a permanent home.

Every part of what we’re building now carries the same curated care, the same humor, the same curiosity, and the same spirit that guided us for the last eighteen years. We hope you’ll stay with us as we enter our next chapter.

Brilliant Books: to be continued!

10/23/2025

Many shelving units of all different sizes. Prices are from $75-$200 depending on the size of the shelf everything from 12 inch right way to 46 inch wide.

Also, rolling display units on wheels. Come by and see what we have. Everything must leave before the end of the month.

Brilliant Books
118 E Front Street
Traverse City

We are open 10-6 Monday - Saturday

10/20/2025

Last Two Weeks!

50% off everything!

Everything must go!

10/18/2025

Caitlin's Next Venture!

Meet Fable and Fen tonight during Witches Night Out!

Caitlin Marsh has been the voice of Brilliant Books for nine years.
It is an honor to present to you her next venture, Fable and Fen - stationery and gifts inspired by the science and spiritualism of the 19th Century.

From lush florals to spooky specimens, her designs bring a touch of the gothic to the everyday. Meet her here tonight for Witches Night Out, or check out the whole curious collection at fableandfen.com

Explore items inspired by the mysterious curiosity collections of Emmanuel Fable and Honoria Fen.

10/05/2025

Banned Books Week starts today.

What is banned and why is often a puzzle, particularly so when a previously lauded book finds itself on the list.

Here's a list of books from The Library of Congress "Books That Shaped America" exhibition that have since found themselves banned.

From essential American reading to apparenty inappropriate. How many have you read? Which surprises you the most?

https://www.brilliant-books.net/banned-books-week-1

10/04/2025

We are at a grown up bookfair In Partnership with Benzie Pride: A Grown Up Book Fair at Five Shores

Five Shores Brewing

Come and join us! We are here until Sixish

10/01/2025

We are selling all of our fixtures.
An entire 3,500 sq ft. bookstore full. We have 90 units, waterfalls, bookcases, displays and counter tops. Here's a walk through video to familiarize yourself with what we've got.

Share this with your favorite bookstores. All of these are ex-Borders oak shelves.

Act fast, folks are already snapping up souvenirs.

Take one last stroll through the shelves with us. We’ve filmed a five-minute walk through of Brilliant Books, capturing the store just as it is now—familiar ...

09/23/2025

Following our announcement of our closure we’ve had a lot of folks asking how they can thank and support our staff, all of whom will be laid off.

As we move online, there may be occasional work available, like picking for Brilliant Books Monthly subscriptions or providing web content and recommendations, but this would be very part time and not an option for all our staff.

The best way you can thank, acknowledge, and reward our staff as they go through this transition is to leave a tip. That money goes directly to our booksellers, and if anyone could use a little extra support right now, it’s them. Most of our staff have been with us for years—and some nearly a decade!—so this isn’t just the loss of a job that can be easily replaced. It will mean completely reshaping their lives—from career shifts to taking remote jobs to the insecurity of temping and other hurdles. If you would like to honor their work, a tip would go a long way and be truly appreciated.

https://www.brilliant-books.net/tip-your-bookseller

09/19/2025

It is with a heavy heart that we announce that our physical retail location will be closing in the near future. While this was an incredibly difficult decision, and we are heartbroken it has come to this, this is not the final chapter for Brilliant Books!

Here’s what’s next:

It is with a heavy heart that we are writing to inform you that our retail location will be closing in the near future. While this was an incredibly difficult decision, and we are heartbroken it has come to this, this is not the final chapter for Brilliant Books. For nearly two decades, it has been....

09/16/2025

Exciting things are happening at Brilliant Books! We can't wait to tell you more, but until then use these clues to figure out what we're cooking up! Leave your guesses below...⁠
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