An independent bookstore for independent people in Nashville, TN (shop + airport + blog + bunch of shop dogs) Owned by author Ann Patchett📚
Parnassus Books
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Whistler debuted at #1 on the NYT bestseller list!! We’re so proud of Ann and endlessly thankful to all of you who pre-ordered from indie bookstores across the country. Your excitement about books is what makes our jobs so fun. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Welcome back, writer & editor Jon Appleton, who reflects on his admiration for #AnnPatchett and enjoys her latest novel, Whistler. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2026/06/gues... @parnassusbooks.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #greatreads #AmericanFiction
We’re up for Best Independent Bookstore in USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards! If you feel so inclined, we’d love for you to vote for us at the link below. (Psst, you can vote once per day!) Voting ends on June 1. 10best.usatoday.com/awards/best-...
June events are already in full swing! Don’t miss your chance to hear from these fantastic authors — register for your favorites at parnassusbooks.net/events!
Our summer reading section has returned! Whether you’re a student grabbing required reading or an adult looking for a classic you may have missed in school, we have everything you need.
Local teachers and librarians — send us your summer reading lists and we’ll add them to our handy binder!
Happy Whistler pub day to all who celebrate! Celebrate by grabbing a copy at your local indie bookstore and watching her recent TED Talk!
And now for the young and young at heart! See our recs for May picture books, middle grade, and young adult titles⬇️
Today on Musing, Rachel chats with author Melissa Albert about her adult debut, The Children! Rachel describes the book as “a genius blend of fantasy, horror, lit fic, and suspense, plus a complicated love letter to children’s literature.” Read the interview⬇️
Whistler is almost here, which means Ann’s tour will start before you know it! She’s heading to the UK in August and September, and there are still some North American dates with tickets left (including some virtual options)! Head to annpatchett.com/tour for tickets.
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If you want to live in a world where people read, novelist Ann Patchett has news for you: it's your job to help create that reality. Tracing her path from a chance airport encounter through a career w...
Sometimes, you come across a book that creates a ripple effect in your life. Your first book by a soon-to-be all-time favorite author, a book about a new and interesting subject that leads you down…
B is for Bibliophile is a staff pick at @parnassusbooks.bsky.social, and they have 4 copies on their shelves... parnassusbooks.net/book/9781592...
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The Children tore me apart! I loved this book so much. Reading it put me in a trance, and genuinely I could not look away until I made it to the end, and even then I couldn’t pull my head fro…
This stylish ABC book about books and book-making is a wry, witty compendium, pervaded by a love of books. “A book about books for book lovers of all ages. B Is For Bibliophile is the meta-abecedarium...
