Transom’s Spooky Season Staff Picks
We read horror, thriller, and gothic all year—but we delight in the opportunity to celebrate the darker genres with our customers each fall. Read on for a wide range of genre picks, sure to twist the knife in the side of any reader.
Snowy Winter Reads
Hunker down and read some hand-picked ficrtion and memoir, plus a call to all local poets and writers—tarry magazine is back for issue #2!
Transom’s Most Anticipated Fiction of 2026
Transom Bookshop’s most anticipated fiction of 2026, with new literary fiction (Hernan Diaz, Barbara Kingsolver, Elizabeth Strout) as well as sci-fi and fantasy heavy hitters.
Staff Picks: Best of 2024
The beginning of the end….of the year! Celebrate our 2024 faves.
Staff Picks for Halloween 2024 (w/Special Guests!)
Three esteemed writers of horror join the ranks to recommend their favorite spooky books for the season.
Staff Picks August 2024
Whimsy, wit, scandal, panic, and fateful first contact—the team leaves no stone unturned with this month's recs.
Gothic Hustle: the Samara Breger Interview
Samara shares her thoughts on book bans, literary inspiration, defying and defining genres, and why romance runs deep in America’s legal ranks.

