Chapter One Book Store

Chapter One--The Bitterroot's Book Source

Welcome to Chapter One Book Store--The Bitterroot Valley's only full-service, independent bookstore, named Business of the Year by the Bitterroot Valley Chamber of Commerce!

We feature new books in over 60 categories, specializing in books of regional interest, quality fiction and non-fiction, and children's books.

What else do we offer? We're glad you asked!

*Our "Rabid Readers" buy-10-get-1-FREE program
*Thousands of used paperbacks in our paperback exchange
*An eclectic selection of magazines
*Speedy special order service
*Free Out-of-print searches
*A knowledgeable staff ready to help you find just the right books
*An audio book exchange
*Our own "staff picks," as well as the "Indie Next List," books chosen by booksellers at independent bookstores throughout the country
*Gift cards, redeemable here and at hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide
*A lively calendar of readings, signings, book discussions, and other events

That's what makes Chapter One Book Store the The Cultural Epicenter of the Bitterroot Valley.

A Plethora of Autographed Books!

For fans of first edition signed copies, we're shelving all our autographed books in one spot this month! Check out these titles, there's sure to be something for you or yours...don't forget Father's Day!

Dead Silver
by McMahon, Neil
Their first appearance in "Lone Creek" helped garner McMahon the most extraordinary reviews of his career. None other than mystery guru Otto Penzler said: "It is the poignant and knowing prose that elevates this novel to literature. What separates this book from other outstanding crime novels is the moral might of the hero--and he is a hero, just as Philip Marlowe, Lew Archer, Spenser, Harry Bosch, and C. W. Sugrue are. Davoren believes in friendship, his word, honor, and the earth--the bleak but beautiful mountainous west."

"Dead Silver" begins with a distraught call to Hugh Davoren from the daughter of a famous professor when she finds a wooden box containing disturbing photos and an earring that belonged to her stepmother, murdered after protesting the opening of a silver mine.

With his trademark descriptions of the well-to-do and the down-and-out, McMahon brings in a cast of colorful characters who support and oppose Hugh and his friend Madbird--plenty of people who may have had a hand in the murder cases that these photos have reopened. And Hugh's judgment could be clouded by his feelings for the professor's vulnerable but feisty daughter, who is trying to draw the killer out on her own.

Bitterroot Book Happenings at Chapter One

Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Barrows, Annie Fiery, Shaffer, Mary Ann Fiery
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society is a gem. Just after WWII a writer is contacted by a fan on the island of Guernsey. As events unfold and she goes to Guernsey, she learns of the misery, bravery and ingenuity of the locals when Guernsey was abandoned by the British to be captured by the Germans. Because it's told in letters, it's bound to be compared it to 84 Charing Cross Road. But Guernsey Literary is like no other book I've ever read and it's outstanding.--Elaine Petrocelli, Book Passage (Corte Madera, CA)

Quote of the Day

"One is brought into a milieu that does not exist, but which, over the course of reading, one gets accustomed to and which, in one way or the other, one recognizes. It becomes real, intrusive and capturing and finally, uncompromising and intimate: like a mirror."

- Harry Martinson

From The Quotable Book Lover (Lyons Press)

Strengthening a Vibrant Local Economy

Informative titles on the importance of building and strengthening a vibrant local economy.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
by Kingsolver, Barbara, Kingsolver, Camille
“Tracing the food year, Kingsolver—with her characteristic candor, poetry, and grace—brings us meditations on asparagus, turkeys, tomatoes, and mulch as she and her family try to eat locally as much as they can. This is a distinct hybrid of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Under the Tuscan Sun, and Walden.” —Matt Plies, Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland, OR

Our Staff Picks 'em For You!

The voracious and discriminating readers of the Chapter One staff have selected these titles for your reading pleasure. They include some old favorites, as well as recent "finds." If you want to know more about any of these titles, call us, email us, or best of all, stop in and ask us!

City of Thieves
by Benioff, David
As wise and funny as it is thrilling and originalathe story of two young men on an impossible adventure
A writer visits his retired grandparents in Florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of Leningrad. His grandmother wonat talk about it, but his grandfather reluctantly consents. The result is the captivating odyssey of two young men trying to survive against desperate odds.
Lev Beniov considers himself abuilt for deprivation.a Heas small, smart, and insecure, a Jewish virgin too young for the army, who spends his nights working as a volunteer firefighter with friends from his building. When a dead German paratrooper lands in his street, Lev is caught looting the body and dragged to jail, fearing for his life. He shares his cell with the charismatic and grandiose Kolya, a handsome young soldier arrested on desertion charges. Instead of the standard bullet in the back of the head, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful colonel to use in his daughteras wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt to find the impossible. A search that takes them through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and the devastated surrounding countryside creates an unlikely bond between this earnest, lust-filled teenager and an endearing lothario with the gifts of a conman. Set within the monumental events of history, "City of Thieves" is an intimate coming-of-age tale with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men.