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Staff Favorites

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Three Hours in Paris (A Kate Rees WWII Novel #1) By Cara Black Cover Image

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The Guncle Abroad By Steven Rowley Cover Image

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New & Notable

James: A Novel By Percival Everett Cover Image
The Cemetery of Untold Stories: A Novel By Julia Alvarez Cover Image
Table for Two: Fictions By Amor Towles Cover Image
The Hunter: A Novel By Tana French Cover Image

Author Events with River Bend

Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America By Leila Philip Cover Image
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Your Blood, My Bones By Kelly Andrew Cover Image
Partly Cloudy By Deborah Freedman, Deborah Freedman (Illustrator) Cover Image
Head Over Heels: Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman: A Love Affair in Words and Pictures By Melissa Newman, Andrew Kelly (Editor) Cover Image

Book Club Favorites

The Husbands: A Novel By Holly Gramazio Cover Image
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel By James McBride Cover Image
The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) By Abraham Verghese Cover Image
Let Us Descend: A Novel By Jesmyn Ward Cover Image

Top Selling Books

What You Are Looking for Is in the Library By Michiko Aoyama Cover Image
House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City #3) By Sarah J. Maas Cover Image
The Women: A Novel By Kristin Hannah Cover Image
North Woods: A Novel By Daniel Mason Cover Image

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Independent Bookstore Day - Saturday, April 27. RBB will open at 9am!

Upcoming Events

  • REAL ART WAYS: Silent Book Club
    04/18/2024 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm
  • W. HARTFORD: Storytime
    04/20/2024 - 10:30am
  • Story Time in Rhyme with Author Janet Lawler
    04/20/2024 - 10:30am to 11:15am
  • POETRY ON PARK - West Hartford Poetry Walk
    04/20/2024 - 11:00am to 2:00pm
  • GLASTONBURY Storytime
    04/21/2024 - 10:30am
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Our Free Shipping Minimum is $120, and this includes one free shipment for your order.  Please note that if your order includes books with future release dates, all titles will be held at the shop until the final book arrives.  If you want to receive your books sooner, please place separate orders, or select the option to pay for shipping of individual titles.  

Free Shipping may not be combined with RBB Member Pre-Order Discounts.

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