Melville House Books

Father’s Day is coming up fast and we’ve got you covered. Check out our recent fiction and nonfiction to find something for any reader.           ✅  Gruesome… Read more »

How early do you normally arrive for a flight? I give it a couple of hours myself—or at least enough time to buy some outlandishly-sized triangular Swiss chocolate and a… Read more »

    The Bloodless Boy by Robert J. Lloyd   Technically this one doesn’t come out until Tuesday, but we’re already spotting it on shelves in a lot of stores.… Read more »

Queen Elizabeth II will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee in 2022. Ascending to the throne on 6 February 1952, her 70 years of service is nearing the… Read more »

Before we log off for the holidays, we had to do one more round of staff picks. After asking the scrappy Melville House team what books they’d recommend to readers that we… Read more »

It’s time for the annual ritual where we begin reflecting on the year as it comes to an end. Except 2020 is arguably different than the previous years. People can’t… Read more »

This year has been a garbage fire for everyone, but in the publishing industry, indie booksellers have had a particularly rough go of it. For many indies their business model… Read more »

Christmas is now less than a week away, and the BBC is kicking off its festive programming this Sunday with a new rendition of A Christmas Carol. Dickens’ perennial favourite is… Read more »

We often valorize the hard work being done, all across the country, by independent booksellers. There’s no better time than December—a month characterized by mis-shipments, demanding patrons, and the stifling… Read more »

Every year I’m surprised by the dread and despair that Thanksgiving induces in so many of my friends. They’re not without good reason! Thanksgiving is, of course, fraught with colonialist… Read more »