saddle story

Journalist Isaac Eger on Cowboys, Conservation and the Great Florida Cattle Drive

Eger went from city dweller to cowboy-in-training on an 80-mile cattle drive across Florida’s interior. His new book explores the state’s overlooked ranching heritage and what it means for the future.

03/04/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Love in the Time of Airplanes

Lee Kreindler Changed the Field of Aviation Law. In a New Book, His Wife Ruth Honors His Legacy.

Ruth Kreindler, 92, looks back on her husband’s legacy—and the groundbreaking impacts he had on the legal field.

11/20/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Time and Time Again

Reese Witherspoon Backed This Former Lakewood Ranch Resident's Debut Novel

Chatham Greenfield's new YA book, "Time and Time Again," is being published next month by Bloomsbury Children's.

06/05/2024 By Kay Kipling

Book Bans

The 'Right to Read' Festival Will Shine a Spotlight on Book Bans

The Social Justice Alliance of the Florida Suncoast is planning a Feb. 24 event with music, speakers and more in Venice.

01/25/2024 By Sarah Owens/Community News Collaborative

Small But Mighty

Local Writer Larry Hoffman's Little Sarasota Dining Book Is in Bookstores Now

Hoffman is an area expert on all things local dining, and he wants you to be, too.

01/19/2024 By Lauren Jackson

One Book

Author David Grann Discusses Killers of the Flower Moon

The best-selling nonfiction murder mystery about mass killings in the Osage Nation in the 1920s recently became a smash-hit movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese. It was Sarasota County’s 2019 One Book selection.

01/02/2024 By Ilene Denton

Q & A

Author Alvin Hall on the Green Book and the History of Black Resistance

Hall shares a deeply researched journey inspired by the historical Green Book traveler’s guide for Black Americans during the Jim Crow era.

05/31/2023 By Heather Dunhill

Add to Cart

The Best New Books of Fall 2022

Your TBR pile just got a lot bigger.

10/06/2022 By Laura Paquette

Reading List

Required Reading: Books Set in Sarasota

Looking for your next great read? Settle down with one or more of these works with Sarasota settings.

09/06/2022 By Kay Kipling

Shop & Style

In Her New Book, Journalist Virginia Chamlee Shines a Light on the Art of Thrifting

Big Thrift Energy is a comprehensive guide for shopping, styling and selling vintage pieces.

07/20/2022 By Chloe Nelson

Thrill Ride

A New Novel From a Local TV Anchor Depicts the Hunt for a Serial Killer in Tampa

Linda Hurtado is a Fox 13 journalist by day and a crime writer by night. She is back again with another novel set in the Tampa Bay area.

06/30/2022 By Chloe Nelson

Books

In a New Memoir, a Sarasota Author Shares Her Story of Surviving Domestic Violence

In The Third Return, Monica Medina details growing up in an abusive household. Now, she is devoted to helping women in similar circumstances.

06/28/2022 By Allison Forsyth

New Book Alert

A Former Intelligence Officer and Sarasota Resident Recounts His Experience With the 1983 Nuclear Crisis

Brian J. Morra's new historical thriller, The Able Archers, is a fictionalized account of a very real event.

06/08/2022 By Chloe Nelson

New Book

Sarasota Native Jarred McGinnis Will Discuss His New Book, 'The Coward,' at Bookstore1

Jarred McGinnis attended Riverview High School and now lives in Marseille, France.

03/25/2022 By Allison Forsyth

The Eagle Has Landed

The Dump Is Probably the Best Place to Spot the Once-Endangered Bald Eagle (Yes, Really)

In his new book, Jack Davis details how there have been two kinds of bald eagles throughout American history: the symbol and the living bird.

03/01/2022 By Isaac Eger

Q&A

Poet Katerina Canyon Opens Up About Writing Her Latest Book, 'Surviving Home'

Learn more about the author’s most personal book yet before her poetry reading with Bookstore1Sarasota on Feb. 27.

02/24/2022 By Chloé Cuyler

Coming To A Bookstore Near You

Add to Cart: You Can Pre-Order 'Fairy Tale,' Stephen King's New Book

The horror author—and Sarasota County resident—will publish his latest novel on Sept. 9, 2022.

01/31/2022 By Chloé Cuyler

Politics

Author and Columnist David Brooks Will Speak at May Luncheon

The Sarasota Tiger Bay Club will hold the event at Michael's on East on Thursday, May 5.

01/06/2022 By Staff

Q&A

With His New Book, Donald Antrim Wants to Change How We Think About Suicide

Antrim, who was born in Sarasota in 1958, has published three novels, a short story collection and a memoir. His new book, One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival, comes out later this month.

10/01/2021 By Cooper Levey-Baker