Summer Sale 2026
These select books are on sale now through August 31st. A 25% discount will be applied automatically at checkout, so go ahead and treat yourself to a new book today! Featured books include Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Children’s Literature, so there is something for everyone! Shop books below.
Melissa Perley
Illustrations by Tim Knickerbocker
September 9, 2025
“I recommend it to anyone with children who love music.” —Amy Raines for Readers' Favorite
David Budbill
April 15, 2025
“A delight and a comfort.”
—Wendell Berry, award-winning novelist, poet, essayist, and environmental activist
Tamara Mathieu
May 21, 2024
“A beautiful and captivating story.”
–Michelle Spaulding, MA, psychologist and author
2026 da Vinci Eye Finalist, Eric Hoffer Award for Cover Design
Roberta Harold
May 20, 2025
“A vivid sense of the exuberant, artistic world of late nineteenth century Paris.”
—Harriet S. Chessman, author of Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper
Bronze Medal, Historical Literary Fiction, Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Award
Edited by Sharon Darrow
April 21, 2026
“An affirmation of faith and decency and a powerful pushback against the darkness and violence…”
—John Steffler, Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate (2006-08)
Ronald-Stéphane Gilbert
November 10, 2024
“Thoughtful, touching, and entirely authentic.”
—BookLife Reviews
2026 Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize Short List
Silver, Literary, 2025 North American Book Award
Distinguished Favorite, New Fiction, 2025 Independent Press Award
Honorable Mention, 2021 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
Hawthorne Prize Finalist (Fiction), 2025 American Writing Award
Finalist, General Fiction, 2025 International Book Award
Finalist, Northeast Regional Fiction, 2025 National Indie Excellence Award
Honorable Mention, General Fiction, 2025 London Book Festival
Honorable Mention, General Fiction, 2025 New York Book Festival
Atlas of Stories Award, Literary Fiction
Doug Wilhelm
March 29, 2022
“Catalyst for Change is for everyone who cares about making a difference.”
—Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder of Seventh Generation
Eric Pope
November 29, 2022
“A popping good read for any fan of historical fiction.”
—Evan Thomas, author of Ike’s Bluff and First: Sandra Day O’Connor
2023 IPNE Award Finalist, Genre Fiction
Meg Richman
March 3, 2026
“An unlikely stunner!”
—Stacey Levine, author of Mice 1961, American Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist
Finalist, New Age Fiction, 2026 National Indie Excellence® Awards
Betsy Vereckey
January 30, 2026
“A funny, raw, and quietly luminous memoir…” —Kelly McMasters, author of The Leaving Season,a Good Morning America May Books Pick
Quarter Finalist, Memoir/Autobiography, 2025 BookLife Prize by Publishers Weekly
Gary Wright
October 11, 2022
“Detailed and entertaining. A true hockey book by a true hockey guy.”
—Joe Bertagna, former ECAC Hockey and Hockey East Commissioner, author of Late in the Third
#1 Amazon New Release!
Chris Lincoln
July 11, 2023
“A whimsical, romantic romp!”
—Meg Lukens Noonan, author of The Coat Route
5-Star Readers’ Favorite
2024 Winner, Humor, International Book Awards
2024 Silver Winner, Humor, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Award
2023 Finalist, Humor (Adult Fiction), Foreword INDIES
Rick Winston
August 29, 2023
“This is an irresistible feast.”
–Molly Haskell, film critic and author of Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films
Don Lesser
May 5, 2026
“Peril simmers beneath the surface in Crystal Springs.”
—Jacqueline Sheehan, author of The Tiger in the House
Jane Dwinell & Sky Yardley
November 1, 2022
“An emotional road map for anyone facing an unexpected challenge.”
—David Goodman, New York Times bestselling author and host of The Vermont Conversation
2023 IPNE Award Winner, Narrative Nonfiction
2022 Foreword INDIES Finalist, Health (Adult Nonfiction)
2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award Category Finalist
5-Star Readers’ Favorite
Jim Barry
January 31, 2023
“A no-nonsense story of surviving a life-altering experience.”
—Michael L. Corradini, Wisconsin Distinguished Professor
Mike Magluilo
October 10, 2023
“A must-read for anyone who loves a good underdog story!”
–Erik Lindsay, screenwriter of American Pie: Beta House
Silver, Young Adult Fiction, 2024 IPNE Award
Ken Libertoff
January 16, 2024
“This memoir will captivate and delight readers.”
—Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont (1991-2003)
Celia Ryker
January 3, 2023
“A must-read tale of true grit.”
—Jennifer Falvey, Vermont Standard
2023 Literary Titan Gold Book Award
Nancy Y. Levine with Rachel Levine-Spates
August 26, 2025
“A story of abiding love…sacrifice and survival.”
—Lee Martin, author of Pulitzer Prize in Fiction finalist The Bright Forever
The Poetry Society of Vermont
June 12, 2025
“The poems herein represent generations of poets and different perspectives in conversation with each other.”
—Erika Nichols-Frazer, editor and author of Staring Too Closely: Poems
Bill Mares & Jane Smith
November 14, 2025
“As this marvelous book makes clear…that sense of underlying community…will bring us through…”
—Bill McKibben, climate activist and author of eighteen books
Bernie Lambek
November 16, 2021
“Looking for a civil rights whodunit? This book has it all.” —James Morse, retired Vermont Supreme Court Justice
Howard Norman & Annie Bakst
November 19, 2024
“A light, breezy mystery that will leave readers looking forward to the next episode.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Katy Farber
April 10, 2026
“A blazing act of courage.” —Diana Whitney, author of Girl Trouble
5-Star Readers’ Favorite
Bill Shomo
Illustrations by Tim Knickerbocker
March 20, 2026
“An entertaining read for every generation!”
—Deb Gore Ohrn, former editor of Crayola Kids Magazine
Mary Elder Jacobsen
April 9, 2024
“A remarkable book, fluent, fluid, formal, and fresh.”
–Elizabeth Spires, author of A Memory of the Future
Silver, Poetry, 2024 IPNE Award
Don Hooper & Bill Mares
December 7, 2021
“The real deal of Vermont's rich history of humor.”
—Anne Galloway, founder of VTDigger
2022 Gold Winner, Human Relations Indie Book Awards, Humor Category