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An independent bookstore in downtown Ashland, Oregon


Bloomsbury Books is an independent bookstore on Main Street in downtown Ashland, Oregon, home of the world-famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Founded in 1980, we specialize in contemporary fiction and children’s books, but also carry a wide variety of nonfiction and local authors, and, of course, have a large Shakespeare and theater section.

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Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy

By Mary Roach

September 16th, 2025

Pre-order now to get a signed copy!

From the New York Times best-selling author of Stiff and Fuzz, a rollicking exploration of the quest to re-create the impossible complexities of human anatomy.

The Academy

By Elin Hilderbrand

September 16th, 2025

#1 bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand teams up with her daughter, Shelby Cunningham, to deliver a dishy, page-turning novel following an intertwined cast of characters over the course of one drama-filled year at a New England boarding school.

The Bewitching

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

July 15th , 2025

Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.

Circle of Days

By Ken Follett

September 23rd, 2025

From a bestselling author of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge.

Amity

By Nathan Harris

September 2nd, 2025

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sweetness of Water comes a gripping story about a brother and sister, emancipated from slavery but still searching for true freedom, and their odyssey across the deserts of Mexico to escape a former master still intent on their bondage.

The Impossible Fortune: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery

By Richard Osman

September 30th , 2025

The unmissable new mystery in the Thursday Murder Club series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Osman. Who’s got time to think about murder when there’s a wedding to plan?

Gone Before Goodbye

By Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon

October 14th, 2025

Combining the storytelling talents of Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben into one masterpiece of suspense fiction, Gone Before Goodbye is the unforgettable story of an indomitable woman, trapped in a conspiracy she helped create but can’t understand. 

Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy

By Joyce Vance

October 21st, 2025

The first book from Joyce White Vance: equal parts civics class, history lesson, and call to save the Republic, Giving Up Is Unforgivable is a political manifesto for our present moment.

Bloomsbury Recommends

We hope you enjoy our favorite Bloomsbury Picks as much as we have!

Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

In this sapphic dark fantasy about vampires, V.E. Schwab explores what makes us human, and what remains when our mortality is stripped from us. With incredible tenderness and vitality, we see the innermost lives of characters, as they experience the evolution of what life looks like when its transience disappears. Ultimately a meditation on love, relationships (romantic or otherwise), power, and humanity, Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil is a departure from the standard vampire romance. What…

Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane

“Hailed in the New York Times as “a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler,” Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law. Macfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable journeys teeming with extraordinary peop…

The Doorman by Chris Pavone

“A pulse-pounding novel of class, privilege, sex, and murder, from the New York Times bestselling author of Two Nights in Lisbon and The Expats. Chicky Diaz is everyone’s favorite doorman at the Bohemia, the most famous apartment house in the world, home of celebrities, financiers, and New York’s cultural elite. Up in the penthouse, Emily Longworth has the perfect-looking everything, all except her husband, whom she’d quietly loathed even before the recent revelations about where all the mon…

The Emperor Of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

“One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond, one built on empathy, spiritual re…

Speak To Me Of Home by Jeanine Cummins

“On her wedding day in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1968, Rafaela Acuña y Daubón has mild misgivings, but she marries Peter Brennan Jr. anyway in a blaze of romantic optimism. She has no way of knowing how dramatically her life will change when she uproots her young family to start over in the American Midwest, unleashing a fleet of disappointments. In the 1980s, against the backdrop of her mother’s isolation in St. Louis, Missouri, Rafaela’s daughter, Ruth, wants only to belong. Eager to fit in…

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them. From trips on private jets and encounters with world leaders to shocking accounts of misogyny and double standards behind the scenes, this searing memoir exposes both the personal and the political fallout when unfettered power an…

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until–betrayed and brokenhearted–she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeep…

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

“A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon. Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore. Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nur…

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

Victorian Psycho is the perfect wintery, gothic horror, full of suspense and blood. We follow the Pounds family’s new governess, Miss Winifred Notty, as she progressively loses her grip on reality. Behaving in strange ways, unsettling all those around her, Winifred’s story becomes progressively more morbid and grotesque as the novel unfolds. Victorian Psycho is the perfect book for fans of the creepy and macabre. -Riley

The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Quâebec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sãuretâe, as he sits with his wife in their back garden. Reine-Marie watches with increasing unease as her husband refuses to pick up, though he clearly knows who is on the other end. When he finall…

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    Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

    THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES By Kate Messner

    The Greenhollow Duology by Emily Tesh

    Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane

    The Doorman by Chris Pavone

    The Emperor Of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

    Speak To Me Of Home by Jeanine Cummins

    Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

    Notes to John by Joan Didion

    Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

    Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

    Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

    Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

    Reformatory by Tananarive Due

    Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

    Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

    Citizen: My Life After The White House by Bill Clinton

    Cher: The Memoir, Part One by Cher

    Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

    The City And Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami

    The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

    Last Days by Brian Evenson

    The Damned (La-Bas) by J.k. Huysmans

    Patriot by Alexei Navalny

    What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci

    Framed by John Grisham

    War by Bob Woodward

    Into the Uncut Grass by Trevor Noah

    The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

    Featured Titles

    Below are some of our currently featured titles available at Bloomsbury Books.

    The Emperor Of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

    “One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Bereft and out of options, he quickly becomes her caretaker. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life-altering bond, one built on empathy, spiritual re…

    Speak To Me Of Home by Jeanine Cummins

    “On her wedding day in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1968, Rafaela Acuña y Daubón has mild misgivings, but she marries Peter Brennan Jr. anyway in a blaze of romantic optimism. She has no way of knowing how dramatically her life will change when she uproots her young family to start over in the American Midwest, unleashing a fleet of disappointments. In the 1980s, against the backdrop of her mother’s isolation in St. Louis, Missouri, Rafaela’s daughter, Ruth, wants only to belong. Eager to fit in…

    The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny

    The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series. Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Quâebec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sãuretâe, as he sits with his wife in their back garden. Reine-Marie watches with increasing unease as her husband refuses to pick up, though he clearly knows who is on the other end. When he finall…

    The God of The Woods by Liz Moore

    When Barbara Van Laar is discovered missing from her summer camp bunk one morning in August 1975, it triggers a panicked, terrified search. Losing a camper is a horrific tragedy under any circumstances, but Barbara isn’t just any camper, she’s the daughter of the wealthy family who owns the camp–as well as the opulent nearby estate, and most of the land in sight. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared in this region: Barbara’s older brother also went missing 16 years ea…

    Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench

    For the very first time, Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra. In a series of intimate conversations with actor & director Brendan O’Hea, she guides us through Shakespeare’s plays with incisive clarity, revealing the secrets of her rehearsal process and inviting us to share in her triumphs, disasters, and backstage shenanigans.

    The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

    The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War–a simmering crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two. On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery…

    The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

    Cassie Andrews, a mild-mannered bookseller in New York City, inherits the mysterious eponymous volume from a deceased customer. Discovering its magical ability to transport her to any place she envisions, Cassie, accompanied by her spirited roommate, Izzy, embarks on an adventure. However, as they realize the perilous potential of the book, they find themselves entangled with an enigmatic man known as the Librarian, who protects a collection of similarly magical books, and pursued by malevolent…

    The Women

    by Kristin Hannah
    When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, Frankie joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path. As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is over-whelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets―and becomes one of―the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost. But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. T…

    Fup

    by Jim Dodge
    I read this little gem at least once every year to laugh at Jake’s moonshine antics and to revisit the strange and tear-inducing adventure of Tiny and his mysterious duck, Fup. Take your whiskey or tea out to the back porch on a quiet evening and sit for an hour or two to relish the wonder wrought by Jim Dodge in this short tale. – Meg

    The Whalebone Theatre

    by Joanna Quinn
    When we first meet Christabel Seagrave, we know three things: it is the end of WWI, she is 3 years old, and she is a force to be reckoned with. Orphaned yet living on her family’s estate, she is mostly left to her own devices as she grows up exploring the seaside around her home, along with the books in the estate’s extensive library. An eccentric cast of characters come and go: Rosalind, her champagne-loving stepmother; Myrtle, the wealthy American “Poetess;” Taras, the Russian-expat artist; t…