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  • Anarchism Ancient Egypt Audiobooks: Fiction, Poetry, & Drama Audiobooks: Nonfiction Baby Shower Sampler The Beat Generation Bibles, Study Guides, and Accessories Books - New Fiction Books - New Fiction in Paperback Books - New & Notable Nonfiction Books - New & Selected Poetry & Drama Books - Children's New & Notable Books in Original Languages or Translated from English Buddhism Carlisle Indian School Cats Civil War & Reconstruction Clearance, Sale Items, Bargains Cookbooks & Beverages Cricket Crosswords and Other Puzzles Dance Everyman's Library Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series Fishing French & Indian War Ghost Stories & Supernatural Tales Graduation Graphic Lit: Vintage, Independent, Marvel, and DC The Habsburg Empire Harry Potter Holidays! International Mystery Islam and its World Korean War The Library of America Local Authors Past & Present Outdoors/Nature Pandemic Literature Pennsylvania Outdoors Pennsylvania Plain People Politics & Current Events US Presidents Revived Writers Russia and its World Science Fiction and Fantasy Classics Scotland & the Scottish Diaspora Signed Copies Sports Staff Picks Tarot & Oracle Ukraine Vietnam War Vikings & Anglo-Saxons Westerns Western Mysteries World War I World War II Young Adult Young Adult Graphic Lit
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    • Our History & Philosophy
    • FAQ
  • Authors/
    • Agatha Christie
    • Albert Camus & His World
    • Alistair MacLean
    • Amy June Bates, Artist and Book Illustrator
    • Anthony Burgess
    • Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
    • Arthur Conan Doyle
    • Ayn Rand
    • The Bronte Sisters
    • Carl Hiaasen
    • Charles Bukowski
    • E.B. White, James Thurber, and Their World
    • Eric Sloane
    • Georges Simenon
    • Hunter S. Thompson & New Journalism
    • James Baldwin
    • Joan Didion
    • John D. MacDonald
    • John Le Carré
    • J.R.R. Tolkien
    • Jules Verne and H.G. Wells
    • Kurt Vonnegut
    • Lee Child
    • Loren Eiseley
    • Louise Erdrich
    • Louise Penny
    • Lovecraft and Howard
    • Malcolm X
    • Margaret Atwood
    • Marianne Moore and Her World
    • Mo Willems
    • Neal Stephenson
    • Neil Gaiman
    • Norman Mailer
    • Octavia Butler
    • Pat LaMarche and the Charles Bruce Foundation
    • P.G. Wodehouse
    • Philip Roth
    • Rachel Carson
    • Ralph Ellison
    • Randy Watts
    • Ray Bradbury
    • Robert A. Heinlein
    • Robert B. Parker
    • Ross Macdonald & Margaret Millar
    • Shel Silverstein
    • Stanislaw Lem
    • Stephen King
    • Toni Morrison
    • Ursula K. Le Guin & Her Cohort
    • Wendell Berry
    • Willa Cather
    • Zadie Smith
  • Books & Subjects/
    • Anarchism
    • Ancient Egypt
    • Audiobooks: Fiction, Poetry, & Drama
    • Audiobooks: Nonfiction
    • Baby Shower Sampler
    • The Beat Generation
    • Bibles, Study Guides, and Accessories
    • Books - New Fiction
    • Books - New Fiction in Paperback
    • Books - New & Notable Nonfiction
    • Books - New & Selected Poetry & Drama
    • Books - Children's New & Notable
    • Books in Original Languages or Translated from English
    • Buddhism
    • Carlisle Indian School
    • Cats
    • Civil War & Reconstruction
    • Clearance, Sale Items, Bargains
    • Cookbooks & Beverages
    • Cricket
    • Crosswords and Other Puzzles
    • Dance
    • Everyman's Library
    • Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series
    • Fishing
    • French & Indian War
    • Ghost Stories & Supernatural Tales
    • Graduation
    • Graphic Lit: Vintage, Independent, Marvel, and DC
    • The Habsburg Empire
    • Harry Potter
    • Holidays!
    • International Mystery
    • Islam and its World
    • Korean War
    • The Library of America
    • Local Authors Past & Present
    • Outdoors/Nature
    • Pandemic Literature
    • Pennsylvania Outdoors
    • Pennsylvania Plain People
    • Politics & Current Events
    • US Presidents
    • Revived Writers
    • Russia and its World
    • Science Fiction and Fantasy Classics
    • Scotland & the Scottish Diaspora
    • Signed Copies
    • Sports
    • Staff Picks
    • Tarot & Oracle
    • Ukraine
    • Vietnam War
    • Vikings & Anglo-Saxons
    • Westerns
    • Western Mysteries
    • World War I
    • World War II
    • Young Adult
    • Young Adult Graphic Lit
  • Nonbooks/
    • Boxed Notecards & Stationery
    • Decomposition Notebooks
    • DVDs
    • Folkmanis Puppets and Other Toys
    • Games
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    • Honey
    • Independent Bookstore Days 2017-2025
    • Notebooks
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WHISTLESTOP BOOKSHOP

Independent Bookseller since 1985.

Books - New Fiction

WHISTLESTOP BOOKSHOP

  • Welcome/
  • About Us/
    • Our History & Philosophy
    • FAQ
  • Authors/
    • Agatha Christie
    • Albert Camus & His World
    • Alistair MacLean
    • Amy June Bates, Artist and Book Illustrator
    • Anthony Burgess
    • Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
    • Arthur Conan Doyle
    • Ayn Rand
    • The Bronte Sisters
    • Carl Hiaasen
    • Charles Bukowski
    • E.B. White, James Thurber, and Their World
    • Eric Sloane
    • Georges Simenon
    • Hunter S. Thompson & New Journalism
    • James Baldwin
    • Joan Didion
    • John D. MacDonald
    • John Le Carré
    • J.R.R. Tolkien
    • Jules Verne and H.G. Wells
    • Kurt Vonnegut
    • Lee Child
    • Loren Eiseley
    • Louise Erdrich
    • Louise Penny
    • Lovecraft and Howard
    • Malcolm X
    • Margaret Atwood
    • Marianne Moore and Her World
    • Mo Willems
    • Neal Stephenson
    • Neil Gaiman
    • Norman Mailer
    • Octavia Butler
    • Pat LaMarche and the Charles Bruce Foundation
    • P.G. Wodehouse
    • Philip Roth
    • Rachel Carson
    • Ralph Ellison
    • Randy Watts
    • Ray Bradbury
    • Robert A. Heinlein
    • Robert B. Parker
    • Ross Macdonald & Margaret Millar
    • Shel Silverstein
    • Stanislaw Lem
    • Stephen King
    • Toni Morrison
    • Ursula K. Le Guin & Her Cohort
    • Wendell Berry
    • Willa Cather
    • Zadie Smith
  • Books & Subjects/
    • Anarchism
    • Ancient Egypt
    • Audiobooks: Fiction, Poetry, & Drama
    • Audiobooks: Nonfiction
    • Baby Shower Sampler
    • The Beat Generation
    • Bibles, Study Guides, and Accessories
    • Books - New Fiction
    • Books - New Fiction in Paperback
    • Books - New & Notable Nonfiction
    • Books - New & Selected Poetry & Drama
    • Books - Children's New & Notable
    • Books in Original Languages or Translated from English
    • Buddhism
    • Carlisle Indian School
    • Cats
    • Civil War & Reconstruction
    • Clearance, Sale Items, Bargains
    • Cookbooks & Beverages
    • Cricket
    • Crosswords and Other Puzzles
    • Dance
    • Everyman's Library
    • Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series
    • Fishing
    • French & Indian War
    • Ghost Stories & Supernatural Tales
    • Graduation
    • Graphic Lit: Vintage, Independent, Marvel, and DC
    • The Habsburg Empire
    • Harry Potter
    • Holidays!
    • International Mystery
    • Islam and its World
    • Korean War
    • The Library of America
    • Local Authors Past & Present
    • Outdoors/Nature
    • Pandemic Literature
    • Pennsylvania Outdoors
    • Pennsylvania Plain People
    • Politics & Current Events
    • US Presidents
    • Revived Writers
    • Russia and its World
    • Science Fiction and Fantasy Classics
    • Scotland & the Scottish Diaspora
    • Signed Copies
    • Sports
    • Staff Picks
    • Tarot & Oracle
    • Ukraine
    • Vietnam War
    • Vikings & Anglo-Saxons
    • Westerns
    • Western Mysteries
    • World War I
    • World War II
    • Young Adult
    • Young Adult Graphic Lit
  • Nonbooks/
    • Boxed Notecards & Stationery
    • Decomposition Notebooks
    • DVDs
    • Folkmanis Puppets and Other Toys
    • Games
    • Gift Cards, store totes, extra postage
    • Honey
    • Independent Bookstore Days 2017-2025
    • Notebooks
    • Out of Print and Others: Totes, Clothing, and Accessories
    • Puzzles with 1000 pieces or more
    • Puzzles with less than 1000 pieces
    • Puzzles for Children
    • Vintage Radio
  • Events/
    • What Goes On Here . . . .
    • New Events
  • Location & Directions/
  • Blog/
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NEW & NOTABLE FICTION

So many books, so little time. Here is a selection of our new and notable hardcover fiction selections, novels and short stories. Paperback fiction now has its own page here.

  • Filter: Short Stories
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  • Fantasy/
  • Fiction/
  • Historical Fiction/
  • Horror/
  • Mystery/
  • Novel/
  • Romance / Romantic Comedy/
  • Science Fiction/
  • Short Stories/
  • Signed Copies/
  • Suspense / Thriller/
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The Great Pyramids: Collected Stories
Sale Price:$25.19 Original Price:$27.99
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Aesop's Fables: A New Translation
Sale Price:$27.00 Original Price:$30.00
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The Wood at Midwinter
$16.99
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Dogs and Monsters: Stories
Sale Price:$25.20 Original Price:$28.00
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Table for Two: Fictions
Sale Price:$28.80 Original Price:$32.00
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Flannery O'Connor's Why Do The Heathen Rage? A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Work in Progress
Sale Price:$22.49 Original Price:$24.99
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Our Strangers: Stories
Sale Price:$23.40 Original Price:$26.00
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Onlookers: Stories
Sale Price:$25.20 Original Price:$28.00
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Zero-Sum: Stories
Sale Price:$26.10 Original Price:$29.00
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Under the Hollywood Sign: The Collected Stories of Tom Reamy [limited numbered edition]
$50.00
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The Essential Peter S. Beagle volume 1: Lila the Werewolf and Other Stories
$28.95
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The Essential Peter S. Beagle volume 2: Oakland Dragon Blues and Other Stories
$28.95
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The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories
$19.95
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You Have a Friend in 10A: Stories
Sale Price:$24.30 Original Price:$27.00
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The Best of Michael Marshall Smith
Sale Price:$40.50 Original Price:$45.00
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The Moment of Tenderness
Sale Price:$24.30 Original Price:$27.00
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Fishing for Dinosaurs and Other Stories [Signed and Numbered edition]
$40.00
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The Night and the Music: The Matthew Scudder Stories [deluxe hardcover edition]
Sale Price:$27.00 Original Price:$30.00
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  • Welcome/
  • About Us/
    • Our History & Philosophy
    • FAQ
  • Authors/
    • Agatha Christie
    • Albert Camus & His World
    • Alistair MacLean
    • Amy June Bates, Artist and Book Illustrator
    • Anthony Burgess
    • Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
    • Arthur Conan Doyle
    • Ayn Rand
    • The Bronte Sisters
    • Carl Hiaasen
    • Charles Bukowski
    • E.B. White, James Thurber, and Their World
    • Eric Sloane
    • Georges Simenon
    • Hunter S. Thompson & New Journalism
    • James Baldwin
    • Joan Didion
    • John D. MacDonald
    • John Le Carré
    • J.R.R. Tolkien
    • Jules Verne and H.G. Wells
    • Kurt Vonnegut
    • Lee Child
    • Loren Eiseley
    • Louise Erdrich
    • Louise Penny
    • Lovecraft and Howard
    • Malcolm X
    • Margaret Atwood
    • Marianne Moore and Her World
    • Mo Willems
    • Neal Stephenson
    • Neil Gaiman
    • Norman Mailer
    • Octavia Butler
    • Pat LaMarche and the Charles Bruce Foundation
    • P.G. Wodehouse
    • Philip Roth
    • Rachel Carson
    • Ralph Ellison
    • Randy Watts
    • Ray Bradbury
    • Robert A. Heinlein
    • Robert B. Parker
    • Ross Macdonald & Margaret Millar
    • Shel Silverstein
    • Stanislaw Lem
    • Stephen King
    • Toni Morrison
    • Ursula K. Le Guin & Her Cohort
    • Wendell Berry
    • Willa Cather
    • Zadie Smith
  • Books & Subjects/
    • Anarchism
    • Ancient Egypt
    • Audiobooks: Fiction, Poetry, & Drama
    • Audiobooks: Nonfiction
    • Baby Shower Sampler
    • The Beat Generation
    • Bibles, Study Guides, and Accessories
    • Books - New Fiction
    • Books - New Fiction in Paperback
    • Books - New & Notable Nonfiction
    • Books - New & Selected Poetry & Drama
    • Books - Children's New & Notable
    • Books in Original Languages or Translated from English
    • Buddhism
    • Carlisle Indian School
    • Cats
    • Civil War & Reconstruction
    • Clearance, Sale Items, Bargains
    • Cookbooks & Beverages
    • Cricket
    • Crosswords and Other Puzzles
    • Dance
    • Everyman's Library
    • Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series
    • Fishing
    • French & Indian War
    • Ghost Stories & Supernatural Tales
    • Graduation
    • Graphic Lit: Vintage, Independent, Marvel, and DC
    • The Habsburg Empire
    • Harry Potter
    • Holidays!
    • International Mystery
    • Islam and its World
    • Korean War
    • The Library of America
    • Local Authors Past & Present
    • Outdoors/Nature
    • Pandemic Literature
    • Pennsylvania Outdoors
    • Pennsylvania Plain People
    • Politics & Current Events
    • US Presidents
    • Revived Writers
    • Russia and its World
    • Science Fiction and Fantasy Classics
    • Scotland & the Scottish Diaspora
    • Signed Copies
    • Sports
    • Staff Picks
    • Tarot & Oracle
    • Ukraine
    • Vietnam War
    • Vikings & Anglo-Saxons
    • Westerns
    • Western Mysteries
    • World War I
    • World War II
    • Young Adult
    • Young Adult Graphic Lit
  • Nonbooks/
    • Boxed Notecards & Stationery
    • Decomposition Notebooks
    • DVDs
    • Folkmanis Puppets and Other Toys
    • Games
    • Gift Cards, store totes, extra postage
    • Honey
    • Independent Bookstore Days 2017-2025
    • Notebooks
    • Out of Print and Others: Totes, Clothing, and Accessories
    • Puzzles with 1000 pieces or more
    • Puzzles with less than 1000 pieces
    • Puzzles for Children
    • Vintage Radio
  • Events/
    • What Goes On Here . . . .
    • New Events
  • Location & Directions/
  • Blog/
  • Contact Us/

WHISTLESTOP BOOKSHOP

Whistlestop Bookshop is an independent bookseller in Carlisle PA.  Founded in 1985, Whistlestop sells new and secondhand books  in all categories and a wide variety of sidelines, from magazines to puzzles, literary t-shirts to cds and dvds, from totes to local honey.  Our mission is to get the right books in the right hands at the right time.

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