The bestselling author of Water for Elephants returns to Malaprop's! This is a ticketed event, and for more details click on the banner above or call a bookseller at 1-800-441-9829.

This Week at Malaprops:

The long wait is over! Jonathan Franzen returns to the literary scene with Freedom, a novel that has been called his most engrossing and stylistic project to date. It's our #1 bestseller this week and has been flying off the shelves! That loud rumbling you heard Tuesday morning was the stampede of customers flocking to pick up Sara Gruen's eagerly anticipated new novel, Ape House. Several members of our staff have called it "better than Water for Elephants," which means you should definitely rumble down here to buy your very own copy soon. Rumor also has it that she will be making an appearance downtown this weekend, so keep your eyes peeled.

Malaprop's is proud to announce that we are now the official bookseller for the North Carolina Stage Company! We are so excited to partner with this amazing organization and readers will now be able to buy the scripts for upcoming NCSC productions here in the store before heading out to see the plays. We are currently featuring Shakespeare's Double Falsehood (kicks off the annual Bard-A-Thon Friday, September 10) and  Angels in America: Millenium Approaches (begins October 12).

Did you miss out on the Mayhem? Local author Brian Lee Knopp's reading from his Mayhem in Mayberry anniversary party is now online in our event video archive. Check it out!

Malaprop's Bestsellers:

1. Freedom (Franzen)

2. Little Bee (Cleave)

3. Mayhem in Mayberry (Knopp)

4. The Lacuna (Kingsolver)

5. Tinkers (Harding)