This year's list of nominees for the prestigious Booker Prize is a varied lot in terms of style, scope, length and subject matter. But they "are all alive with great characters and narrative surprises," Roddy Doyle, the 2025 Booker Prize chair of judges, said in a statement.

Friday, August 8, 2025 / 6 PM
Manchester Center, VT

Amity Gaige will discuss her runaway bestseller Heartwood - which is a Northshire staff pick several times over - with Northshire co-owner Nicole Ihasz.

“The best thriller of 2025.”
—The Boston Globe

The Vermont Bookstore Tour was hatched by The Vermont Bookshop in Middlebury as a way to spread indie bookstore love. Pick up a passport at any location or download and print your own. When you get all 20 stamps by December 2025, send in your passport, and receive a Vermont-themed prize!