Booksmith Timeless Classics | The Alabama Booksmith

Perfume River	Robert Olen Butler	*PERFUME RIVER* examines family ties with flashbacks from the Viet Nam War. The author's experience as an Army intelligence agent during that period gives him a great advantage in creating what many critics say is best novel yet by the Pulitzer Prize winner. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless...
The Star of Istanbul	Robert Olen Butler	*STAR OF ISTANBUL* is another in the Christopher Marlow Cobb exciting adventures of a newspaperman turned spy who in this story is aboard the ill fated Lusitania following a German agent during World War I. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best...
Moonglow	Michael Chabon	*MOONGLOW* is Chabon at his best, telling multiple stories that are taken from real life, although most are created from his mind. Readers will be treated to an intense World War II hero who spends time in jail for attacking his civilian boss, a holocaust survivor, and even a few appearances from Wernher von Braun, the...
At the Edge of the Orchard	Tracy Chevalier	*AT THE EDGE OF THE ORCHARD* is a riveting family drama with settings ranging from Connecticut through Ohio to California, in the middle of the nineteenth century. A harsh theme is discovered understanding different types of apple trees and the fruit they produce. This title has been selected as a Booksmith...
All the Governor's Men	Katherine Clark	*ALL THE GOVERNOR'S MEN: A MOUNTAIN BROOK NOVEL* with a foreword by Pat Conroy, is a fictional account of George Wallace's run for Governor in 1982 when he faces a young progressive. This darkly comic novel with an unspoken sexual overtone depicts the social and political landscape of Alabama that is like no other, and...
Everyone Brave is Forgiven	Chris Cleave	*EVERYONE BRAVE IS FORGIVEN* is set in London at the beginning of World War II, and tells the little known story of teachers sending their pupils to rural areas to protect them from Nazi air raids in London - the light skin children, that is. There is also a wartime story of romance and loss. The book is inspired by the...
Tell Me a Story: My Life with Pat Conroy	Cassandra King Conroy	*TELL ME A STORY* indeed tells the story of Cassandra King and Pat Conroy's budding relationship and...
Revelation	Dennis Covington	*REVELATION: A SEARCH FOR FAITH IN A VIOLENT WORLD* is part memoir, part reporting from the most dangerous area on earth, and part the author's questioning of his own faith. This powerful story came close to costing the writer his life. This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is...
What Stands in a Storm	Kim Cross	*WHAT STANDS IN A STORM: THREE DAYS IN THE WORST SUPERSTORM TO HIT THE SOUTH'S TORNADO ALLEY* shows a reporter's eye for the facts, and a brilliant feel for personal and family drama. It is truly a fascinating read that reveals what holds us together in tragic times. This title has been selected as a Booksmith...
Boy Swallows Universe	Trent Dalton	*BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE* is about a young boy in 1980s Brisbane, Australia trying to make it through...