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  • CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE – The Best American Short Stories (2025)

    Story Line Books 214 Fourth Street E Suite 160, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    March is both Short Stories Month and Women's History Month, so for the month's contemporary lit choice, we went with a short stories collection edited and curated by one of […]

  • Cover image of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

    NONFICTION – Caste

    Story Line Books 214 Fourth Street E Suite 160, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    Caste by Isabel Wilkerson is one of the most impactful books that a reader can pick up in their lifetime. It moves beyond the concept of race to reveal an underlying "invisible" architecture of human ranking that has shaped America's history and current events, expertly drawing parallels between the caste systems of Nazi Germany, India, […]

  • THE ESSENTIALS – Appointment in Samarra

    Story Line Books 214 Fourth Street E Suite 160, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    Another one none of us had heard of! Appointment in Samarra is John O'Hara's acclaimed 1934 novel about the rapid, self-destructive downfall of Julian English, a wealthy young man in the fictional Pennsylvania town of Gibbsville over three days during Christmas 1930. Driven by alcohol, social pressure, and impulsive acts, Julian alienates his wife and […]

  • STAFF CHOICE – I, Medusa

    Story Line Books 214 Fourth Street E Suite 160, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    2026 is the year of rewriting our stories and refusing to let the world define us. Next up - Medusa, whose bad rap is legendary. Medusa is a favored acolyte of Athena before she is violated by Poseidon and transformed into the monster we are all familiar with.  The story follows her journey from a […]

  • CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE – Good People

    Story Line Books 214 Fourth Street E Suite 160, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    In honor of Arab-American Heritage Month, we have chosen to read the extraordinary debut novel from Patmeena Sabit who was born in Kabul and grew up in Virginia. The book is extraordinary - it tells the story of a family of Afghan refugees living in Virginia as they experience a time of great fortune and […]

  • NONFICTION – The Serviceberry

    Story Line Books 214 Fourth Street E Suite 160, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE - This is “May’s” Nonfiction pick The unfortunate reality of nonfiction is that it is frequently sad. The Serviceberry is not, and we thought we […]

  • THE ESSENTIALS – At Swim-Two-Birds

    Story Line Books 214 Fourth Street E Suite 160, Saint Paul, MN, United States

    THIS BOOK CLUB HAS BEEN MOVED UP ONE WEEK FROM MAY 13. Stop us if you've heard this before: At Swim-Two-Birds is a 1939 postmodern, metafictional novel by Irish author […]