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Great Reads


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers in Sarasota
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore. March 26 - April 2, 2022.

Bookstore1Sarasota
Apr 4, 20221 min read


For New Grandmas
Last week Melanie’s daughter gave birth to a little girl. Being booksellers, our first thought was what book to give her as a gift....

Bookstore1Sarasota
Mar 29, 20221 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers in Sarasota
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore. March 19 - March 27, 2022.

Bookstore1Sarasota
Mar 28, 20221 min read


School's in Session! Reading the Classics
Since school just started, we thought it was a good time to see what classics have been popular lately. Many are from our Banned Book...

Bookstore1Sarasota
Mar 16, 20221 min read


Our New Store Looks Grand!
Our new store is so photogenic! We are so happy with our new digs, we had to share more pics. Enjoy our slideshow. You can find us at The...

Bookstore1Sarasota
Mar 14, 20221 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers in Sarasota
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore. March 5 - March 12, 2022.

Bookstore1Sarasota
Mar 14, 20221 min read


A Saint Patrick's Day Reading List
There are so many wonderful books by Irish authors. Here are a few of our favorites. Sláinte!

Bookstore1Sarasota
Mar 12, 20221 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers in Sarasota
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore. February 28 - March 5, 2022.

Bookstore1Sarasota
Mar 7, 20221 min read


Roxanne Reviews "My Mess is a Bit of a Life"
Roxanne reviews My Mess is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety by Georgia Pritchett Even with our common language and ancestral...

Bookstore1Sarasota
Mar 1, 20221 min read


Globetrotting
While travel is starting to feel a little safer, most of us have not been on a journey to far off places in quite a while. To help ease...

Bookstore1Sarasota
Mar 1, 20222 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers in Sarasota
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore. February 19 - February 28, 2022.

Bookstore1Sarasota
Feb 28, 20221 min read


Our new store!
Bookstore1Sarasota has moved! We are at The Mark, 117 S. Pineapple Ave. Sarasota, FL 34236 Bookstore1Sarasota expects to open at their...

Bookstore1Sarasota
Feb 16, 20221 min read


Best Sellers -- 5 Years on Palm Avenue
With the store being closed for the move this week, we took a look at our top selling books on Palm Avenue. Thank you for your support...

Bookstore1Sarasota
Feb 14, 20221 min read


What the Kids Are Reading
Here are our hottest selling kids book for the past six months. We cant' wait to see what the kids will find at our new store. Who knows...

Bookstore1Sarasota
Feb 11, 20221 min read


Roxanne Reviews "Cloud Cuckoo Land"
Roxanne reviews Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Some books are an amusing distraction, some lyrical dreamworks and some downright...

Bookstore1Sarasota
Feb 11, 20221 min read


Our Most Anticipated Books: March - May 2022
There are some great books coming out in the next few months...Atwood, Ferrante, Emily St. John Mandel and more! Order now, and we’ll...

Bookstore1Sarasota
Feb 10, 20222 min read


Love is in the Air
Who doesn't love a good love story? With Valentine's Day right around the corner, these great novels will have you thinking about dating,...

Bookstore1Sarasota
Feb 7, 20221 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers in Sarasota
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore. January 29 - February 5, 2022.

Bookstore1Sarasota
Feb 7, 20221 min read


Roxanne Reviews "Free Love"
Roxanne reviews Free Love by Tess Hadley. Having never read Tess Hadley’s previous best selling novels, Late in the Day or The Past, I...

Bookstore1Sarasota
Jan 31, 20221 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers in Sarasota
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore. January 22 - January 29, 2022.

Bookstore1Sarasota
Jan 31, 20221 min read
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