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November 2026

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A Booklover’s Guide to Texas

The state's indie bookstores, storytelling champions, and literary destinations turning the page

October 20, 2026

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Mobile Libraries Bring Essential Books to Small Town Texas

By Christopher Collins
November 9, 2026

Feature

Four Texas Authors Changing the Literary Landscape

By Dina Gachman
October 26, 2026
An illustration of a bug reading a blue book while standing on a yellow tile floor

Feature

Silent Book Club in San Antonio Is for the Introverts

By Clayton Maxwell
October 20, 2026
An illustration of a blonde woman amid a stack of colorful books as she reads a blue book that obscures her face

Feature

Get Lost in the Stacks of Texas’ Largest Used Bookstore Chain

By Hannah Smothers
October 20, 2026
Two people sitting at different tables in a bookstore that also sells vinyl records

Feature

10 Independent Texas Bookstores to Visit Now

By Gianna Lamorte
October 20, 2026

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Four Must-Visit Literary Landmarks in Texas

By Ian Dille
October 20, 2026
An illustration of a prison, with three arms coming out of three cells, each with an orange jumpsuit on and each writing something on a white sheet of paper

Feature

Writing Programs Provide a Creative Outlet for Texans Who Are Incarcerated

By S. Kirk Walsh
October 20, 2026
A person in a blue hat and black dress selecting a magazine from a large blue wall of magazines

Feature

Print Isn’t Dead at These Texas Magazine Shops

By Rachel Rascoe
October 20, 2026
Many people in a rectangular swimming pool and lounging poolside behind a wooden building.

Feature

Texas Literary Retreats Offer a Creative Escape

By Lisa Bubert
October 20, 2026
People holding multiple books in their hands, including a person with a colorful scarf and long hair and another in a tie-dyed shirt and multiple rings on their fingers

Feature

Comfort Quarterly Reading Brings ‘Freethinkers’ Together

By James Wade
October 20, 2026
A brown bowl, a cowboy hat and yellow rose bookmarks, a framed print featuring a typewriter with animals and the words Journalism is Alive, a candle in a glass jar, and a beige shirt that reads Pick Books not Bluebonnets

Feature

Five Texas Bookshop Souvenirs for Word Nerds

By Sara D'Eugenio
October 20, 2026

Feature

The Fascinating Literary Artifacts Kept in Texas’ Archives

By Robyn Ross
October 20, 2026
An ornate music hall building framed by a tree

Feature

Six Texas Literary Festivals for Bookworms

By ire'ne lara silva
October 20, 2026
A yellow plate with a chicken salad sandwich and ridged potato chips in front of a cup of iced tea and a glass of beer

Fuel

Houston’s Hobbit Cafe Gives Diners a Taste of the Shire

By Matthew Odam
November 4, 2026
people sitting outside at tables at a bookshop, with a building that has a yellow door behind them

Dispatch

First Light Books Champions Austin’s Literary Scene

By Alejandro Puyana
November 3, 2026
An illustration of a dark-haired woman wearing a blazer with a rose-colored background

Speaking of Texas

Texas State Librarian Gloria Meraz on the Power of Libraries

By Tula Karras
November 2, 2026
A statue of a large book, open in the middle, with three children emerging from it in a canoe

Getaway

A Storybook Weekend Getaway in Abilene

By Shilo Urban
October 30, 2026
A brown-haired woman with tattoos on both arms next to a man in a T-shirt and blue jeans in front of a bar

Fuel

A Love of Literature Fuels Native Son in Canton

By Amanda Albee
October 28, 2026
An illustration of a person standing on a cliff, with constellations shaped like books hovering in the sky above

Open Road

On the Hunt for Rare Books with Larry McMurtry

By George Getschow
October 28, 2026
Two people, one in a gray dress, and one in western wear including a cowboy hat, walk under a large archway made of books

Hidden Gem

Intermission Bookshop Is the Hidden Gem of Brownwood

By Julia Jones
October 21, 2026
A building with colorful writing on its windows and a sign that reads Lark & Owl Booksellers

Editor's Note

Editor’s Note: Book It

By Emily Roberts Stone
October 20, 2026

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