Department 22

Or, "If You Like This, Try This!"

Every few months we update our "if you like this, try this!" section of the store, but we figure why not put it online as well! Please click the links below for books that you might be interested in!

2021 EDITION

IF YOU LIKE...

• WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (or southern family or coming of age fiction)
• THE BOOKSHOP ON THE CORNER (or lighthearted fiction that happens to be set in the Scottish highlands)
• CHILDREN OF ASH AND ELM (or the tv shows The Last Kingdom or Vikings, or just vikings in general)
• SIX OF CROWS (or epic fantasy written by badass women)
• SUMMER AT LITTLE BEACH STREET BAKERY (or fiction books that feature cooking and baking or The Great British Baking Show)
• BARBARIAN DAYS (or if you really love a fascinating story about a person who did the unexpected)
• GHOSTS OF HARVARD (or fiction featuring some dark academia)
• THE SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS (or are an ardent follower of Greta Thunberg or Sir David Attenborough)
• NORMAL PEOPLE (or are a millenial who feels like the world is falling apart right in front of them and want some books to relate to)
• THE ROYAL WE (or if you're an obsessive Anglophile like TBC manager Sarah who created this whole list)
• KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL (or if you just miss Tony Bourdain or want a woman's perspective on life in a restaurant kitchen - we figure since Tony was a prominent #MeToo supporter he would really like this list)
• THE POWER (or super awesome feminist fiction set in the near future or an alternate reality)
• LOVELY WAR (or if you're burnt out on WWII literature and want to read about WWI)
• THE JETTSETTERS (or quirky and funny family fiction)
• THE NIGHT CIRCUS (or historical fantasy with a hint of romance)
• BLACK FLAGS, BLUE WATERS (or pirates, just pirates, who doesn't love pirates?)
• THE ROSE CODE (fiction about female codebreakers and spies during WWII)
• THE WOMAN WHO SMASHED CODES (nonfiction about female codebreakers and spies during WWII)

2020 EDITION: If You Like

• Horrorstor (or you want a story to scare you and make you laugh)
• Crazy Rich Asians (or if you want a delectable romance during these complicated times)
• The Invention of Wings (or if you want a fictionalized biographical account of a real person)
• The Bluest Eye (or if you want a great story from an African-American author)
• 1984 (or if you're jonesing for a great dystopian novel)
• The Fellowship of the Ring (or if you're looking for a great work of high fantasy)
• Bring Up the Bodies (or if it's historical fiction you're in the mood for)
• Dead Wake (or if you're looking for a great WWI story)
• The Great Gatsby (or if you're looking experience the 1920s)
• A Man Called Ove (or if you want to read heartwarming stories about grumpy older people)
• The Perfect Couple (or if you're looking for a great spring/summer read)
• Tom Clancy: Code of Honor (or if you want a great spy thriller)
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (or if you really want to read about millennials)
• The Opposite of Loneliness (or if you're looking for a book, fiction or non, about a young woman defying expectations)
• Coach Wooden and Me (or you are desparately missing basketball)
• The Boys of Winter (or you really want the Stanley Cup Playoffs to happen)