Four Weeks!!!

Four weeks in a row!!!! Thanks to all of you! 

https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2025/07/13/trade-fiction-paperback/

ALA 2025

Had such a fantastic time at ALA!!! It was so great meeting so many amazing librarians and seeing so many wonderful publishing and author friends! Here are some of my photos from the weekend...

 

ALA Annual Conference 2025

Very excited to be attending the American Library Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia this weekend! I'll be signing ARCs of THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE!!! Will you be there? Here's where to find me!

The Enchanted Greenhouse Book Launch

I have always wanted to do an event at the gorgeous, four-story, Barnes & Noble flagship store in Union Square, NYC. And thanks to the incredible love that you all have shown for THE SPELLSHOP, I get to launch THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE there!!! This is such a dream come true! If you can make it into NYC on the evening of July 15, I'd be so thrilled if you could join me for this book launch celebration, a bucket-list-level event for me! I'll be in conversation with Jennifer K. Lambert, whose wonderful book NEVER THE ROSES comes out one week prior, and we'll be chatting about all things bookish and signing copies of our books. I can't wait! Only 20 more days to go! Tickets: https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062184830-0

The Bronx Book Festival 2025

TODAY!!! Hello, NYC! It's a beautiful day, perfect for a book festival! Come see me and lots of other amazing authors at The Bronx Book Festival in Fordham Plaza!

Prix Babelio 2025

Magnifique nouvelle!!! The French edition of The Spellshop, La Petite Boutique de Sortilèges, won the Prix Babelio 2025 (like a French Goodreads Choice Award) in the Imaginaire (SFF) category! Merci beaucoup to Babelio, my French publisher Bragelonne, the translator Clémentine Curie, and the wonderful French readers who voted for it! And félicitations to all the other incredible nominees! 

https://www.babelio.com/prix-babelio?categorie=7

 

Second Week!!!

Eeeeeep!!! Second week on the NYT paperback list!!! 

https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2025/06/29/trade-fiction-paperback/

Finished Copy of THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE

Look what arrived!!! A finished copy of THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE!!! *faints*

THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE Book Tour

BOOK TOUR!!! I'm super excited to announce that the lovely folks at Bramble are sending me on book tour for THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE, starting with my launch event at B&N Union Square in NYC on July 15 and then heading to West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Utah, and California! All events are ticketed, so reserve your tickets now! 

http://sarahbethdurst.com/appearances.htm

THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE Sneak Peek!

Sneak Peek at THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE!!! Reactor magazine has posted the first two chapters and will continue posting two more chapters every week for four weeks, leading up to pub day on July 15! Eight chapters in all! Happy reading! 

https://reactormag.com/excerpts-the-enchanted-greenhouse-by-sarah-beth-durst-chapters-1-and-2/

#1 LibraryReads Pick for July!

I'm thrilled and honored to share that THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE was selected as the #1 LibraryReads Pick for July!!! I've said it before and I'll say it again, librarians are the absolute BEST!!! Thank you so much for all the love you've shown the Spellshop books! 

https://libraryreads.org

THE SPELLSHOP paperback is a New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller!!!

I just got a call from my editor… The paperback edition of THE SPELLSHOP is a New York Times bestseller (#10), a USA Today bestseller (#10), and an Indie bestseller (#16)!!! Thank you all so incredibly much!!! I never dreamed the paperback would list, and I am so very grateful to all the amazing readers who embraced this cozy book and made the impossible possible! 

https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2025/06/22/trade-fiction-paperback/

THE SPELLSHOP Hungarian Book Birthday!

Happy book birthday to Bűbájok Boltja, the Hungarian edition of The Spellshop! Thanks so much to the Hungarian publisher Agave Könyvek and the translator Németh Luca Anna for creating this gorgeous edition!  Look at those spredges!!! 

https://agavekonyvek.hu/konyv/fantasy/bubajok-boltja

THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE is an Indie Next Pick!!!

Thank you, independent booksellers!!! I'm so thrilled, honored, and grateful that THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE has been selected as an Indie Next Pick for July by the American Booksellers Association! Yayyyyy!!! 

https://www.bookweb.org/sites/default/files/diy/INL-letter-July.pdf

Happy UK Paperback Book Birthday to The Spellshop!!!

Today is the book birthday for the UK paperback edition of The Spellshop! My copy is busy celebrating with Caz as I look on with joy and gratitude for all the wonderful UK readers who have let this cosy book into their hearts.

The Spellshop paperback is a USA Today bestseller!!!

I'm just speechless... Thank you so much to all of the amazing readers who embraced this cozy book when the hardcover came out last summer and continue to embrace it now in paperback! I treasure every single one of you and can't wait to share The Enchanted Greenhouse with you in July!

The Queen of Sorrow out now with brand new cover!

Happy book re-birthday to THE QUEEN OF SORROW! As of today, all three books of my Queens of Renthia trilogy have been re-released in trade paperback with stunning new covers by Alexander Jansson! Spellshop fans beware, these books are epic fantasy, not cozy, about bloodthirsty nature spirits and the queens who can control them!

http://sarahbethdurst.com/QueenofSorrow.htm

Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books 2025

Had such a wonderful time at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books!!! Thank you to all the readers, librarians, organizers, and volunteers for a fantastic weekend!