Home

55 Haywood Street • Asheville, North Carolina 28801 1-800-441-9829 or 828-254-6734


Prsnt an Ev

  • ABOUT
    • Mission Statement
    • A History of Malaprop's
    • Awards & Honors
    • What's the meaning behind our unusual name?
    • The Asheville Community
    • Contact Us
  • EVENTS
    • Malaprop's Events
    • Book Talks
    • Book Clubs
    • Women on Words
    • Present an Event
    • Event Photos
  • RECOMMENDED READING
    • Malaprop's Book Talks
    • Regional Authors
    • Staff Picks
    • Malaprop's Top Fifteen Titles
    • Autographed Books
    • Banned Books
    • Downtown Books & News: Used And Rare Books, Periodicals
    • NC Stage Company Recommends
    • How can I get my book in your store?
    • How Can I Get My Book Listed On Malaprops.com?
  • EXCLUSIVES
    • Bulk Coffee
    • T-Shirts
    • Coffee Mugs
    • Posters
    • Stickers & Magnets
    • Tote Bags
  • CAFE
    • About Us
    • Merchandise
    • Cafe Menu
    • Local Suppliers
  • YOUNGER READERS
    • List of Essential Reads
    • Stephanie Perkins Autographed Copies
    • Alan Gratz Autographed Copies
    • Randy Russell Autographed Copies
    • Will the Hunger Games be filmed in Asheville?
  • MY ACCOUNT
Home

Store Hours

Monday-Saturday 9am - 9pm

Sunday 9am - 7pm

Shopping cart

View your shopping cart.

Search Our Inventory


Advanced Search

Receive a $5 gift card with all online orders over $50 (excluding ticketed events)

Check out the Great Smokies Writing Program here!

 Indies Battle Amazon - by becoming publishers

Under attack from e-books and e-commerce, bookstores fight back by creating their own unique titles. more

 

 

World Book Night is a campaign to find light or non-readers in the community and hand them each a book. Sign up by February 1 to be a book giver on World Book Night! All you need to become a giver is a little time, a love of books, and the desire to give something to your community.

Naked Came the Leaf Peeper: A Serial Collaborative Novel by Brian Lee Knopp et al

Twelve authors based in or near Western North Carolina celebrate Malaprop's 30th Anniversary with their contributions to the serial collaborative novel, Naked Came the Leaf Peeper.  John P. McAfee, Susan Reinhardt, Vicki Lane, Tommy Hays, Wayne Caldwell, Fred Chappell, Alan Gratz, Annette Clapsaddle, Gene Cheek, and Linda Marie Barrett outdid themselves as they built upon a story arc brilliantly imagined in the first chapter by Brian Lee Knopp and brought to a laugh-out-loud finish by Tony Earley.

Order your copy today!

 

Hungarian
Italian
German
French
Spanish
Russian spoken here!


Malaprop's Gift Cards 


 

Shop Indie Bookstores

Affiliate Program

Become an Affiliate

Laura's Picks

A former bookstore owner, Laura is thrilled to have recently arrived in Western North Carolina and joined the booksellers at Malaprop's.  She is one of the assistant managers and, as the receiving supervisor, gets to see all of the wonderful new arrivals as soon as they come out of the boxes! Her tastes are rather eclectic, but use of language and character development drive most of her reading choices.  When she is not feeding her literary habit she can be found out on the trail or relaxing with a glass of wine and good conversation with family and
friends.

 

Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I (Hardcover)

By Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780062024688
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Balzer + Bray, 8/2011
Other Editions of this Title
This is a great book for young adult readers but fun for grown-ups too! I enjoyed every page and missed all of the characters when I finished!!

A Discovery of Witches (Paperback)

By Deborah Harkness
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780143119685
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 12/2011
Other Editions of this Title
Magic, witches, vampires, history, suspense, romance, magic and more!!! The sequel is due out in July - don't miss these!!

The Marriage Plot (Hardcover)

By Jeffrey Eugenides
$28.00
ISBN-13: 9780374203054
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 10/2011
Other Editions of this Title
Another wonderfully literary tale from the author of Middlesex...

Bright's Passage (Hardcover)

By Josh Ritter
$22.00
ISBN-13: 9781400069507
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: The Dial Press, 6/2011
Other Editions of this Title
If you are already a fan you will love this - if you are not you will be by the time you finish. Mythical, magical and a thought provoking discussion of the ravages of war told as only Josh can do it!

Lions of the West: Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion (Hardcover)

By Robert Morgan
$29.95
ISBN-13: 9781565126268
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Shannon Ravenel Books, 10/2011
Other Editions of this Title
Perfect for anyone on your list interested in the Western Expansion or the men who helped accomplish America's Manifest Destiny. A very unique approach that explores the romance and the magnitude as well as the tragedy and human cost of this period in American History.

Bitter in the Mouth (Paperback)

By Monique Truong
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780812981322
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 8/2011
Other Editions of this Title
Simply beautiful. I was in tears by the end of the first page. Truong's use of language is absolutely gorgeous!

Under the Mercy Trees (Paperback)

By Heather Newton
$13.99
ISBN-13: 9780062001344
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Paperbacks, 1/2011
Other Editions of this Title
A fabulous first novel by a new local author. A moving story about decisions made and the regret that comes later.

Burning Bright: Stories (Paperback)

By Ron Rash
$12.99
ISBN-13: 9780061804120
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ecco, 2/2011
Other Editions of this Title
Ron Rash...need I say more? This collection is pitch perfect and so amazingly evocative of Western North Carolina. If you have not tried any of Ron's stories, novels or poetry yet you need to do it right away!!

Asheville Trail Running: Taking Bent Creek and the Mountains to Sea In Stride (Paperback)

By Trish Brown
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9780983005308
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: self published, 10/2010
The only one of it's kind for local trail running. Whether you want to train for the Shut-in Trail Run or you simply want to get out for a great day in the woods, you need this book!!!

Asheville Trail Running: Carry Cards (Mass Market Paperback)

By Trish Brown
$9.95
ISBN-13: 9780983005315
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: self published, 12/2010

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (Paperback)

By Tom Franklin
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780060594671
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks, 6/2011
Other Editions of this Title
A very thought provoking story of the incorrect assumptions we make about people and the impact those assumptions can have.

If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This: Fiction (Paperback)

By Robin Black
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780812980684
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 4/2011
Other Editions of this Title
One of the best story collections I've come across lately. A great discovery.

The Great Leader (Hardcover)

By Jim Harrison
$24.00
ISBN-13: 9780802119704
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grove Press, 10/2011
Other Editions of this Title
Finally - a new one from Jim Harrison. I've loved him for over 20 years and he never disappoints. Even the darkest of struggles are beautiful in Jim's hands.

Nine Horses: Poems (Paperback)

By Billy Collins
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780375755200
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 10/2003
Other Editions of this Title
This man completely changed my opinion about poetry with one reading. Really good stuff!

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback)

By Michael Chabon
$17.00
ISBN-13: 9780312282998
Availability: Temporarily out. Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Picador, 8/2001
Other Editions of this Title
I would love to get inside the mind of Michael Chabon just for a day. Some of the most creative writing I can think of. This is epic!

The Lacuna (Paperback)

By Barbara Kingsolver
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780060852580
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Perennial, 8/2010
Other Editions of this Title
Barbara Kingsolver is another of my long time favorites and she just keeps getting better. The narrator here is an amazing voice. This one takes place partly in Asheville, too!

Life of Pi (Paperback)

By Yann Martel
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780156027328
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mariner Books, 5/2003
Other Editions of this Title
It took me way too long to get around to this one and I am so happy that I finally did. Yann Martel is simply amazing..

Young Men and Fire (Paperback)

By Norman Maclean
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780226500621
Availability: Temporarily out. Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: University Of Chicago Press, 6/2003
Other Editions of this Title
A heartbreaking story of a wildfire in Montana and the 13 smoke jumpers who lost their lives trying to fight it.

Let the Great World Spin (Paperback)

By Colum Mccann
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780812973990
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 6/2010
Other Editions of this Title
This one takes you right into the heart of New York City in the 70's. Very tough but beautifully told. Revolves around the day that Phillipe Petite walked the high wire between the Twin Towers and weaves together the seemingly unrelated lives of various characters that all come together in a very moving conclusion.

Hex Hall Book One (Paperback)

By Rachel Hawkins
$8.99
ISBN-13: 9781423121398
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Hyperion, 1/2011
Other Editions of this Title
Pure fun!!! Harry Potter for girls - I loved it!!

Demonglass (A Hex Hall Novel) (Hardcover)

By Rachel Hawkins
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9781423121312
Availability: Temporarily out. Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Hyperion, 3/2011
The sequel is even better than the original - and that's an accomplishment!

The Graveyard Book (Paperback)

By Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780060530945
Availability: Temporarily out. Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: HarperCollins, 10/2010
Other Editions of this Title
A fabulously inventive twist on the Jungle Book by a writer who continues to please and surprise time after time. It's not just for kids - Mom and Dad will love it too!

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Paperback)

By Jeanne Birdsall
$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780440420477
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Yearling, 3/2007
Other Editions of this Title
This may be my favorite book for young readers ever - and there are several sequels just as sweet as the original.

The Man in the Moon (Hardcover)

By William Joyce, William Joyce
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9781442430419
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 9/2011
Other Editions of this Title
William Joyce's artwork is so inventive and captivating. Dinosaur Bob and Santa Calls have been on my favorites list for years and years and this new one is every bit as beautiful. If you don't know his work you should definitely check this out.

I Want My Hat Back (Hardcover)

By Jon Klassen, Jon Klassen
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780763655983
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Candlewick, 9/2011
Other Editions of this Title
I can't even begin to explain - I laughed until I cried.

Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes (Hardcover)

By Eric Litwin, James Dean
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780061910241
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: HarperCollins, 8/2011
Other Editions of this Title
Pete the Cat rocks and so do his shoes!! This is just too cute!!! The whole family will be singing along with Pete - it's all good!

Cowboy Bunnies (Board Books)

By Christine Loomis, Ora Eitan
$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780399241826
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Putnam Juvenile, 1/2004
This is a must have for any family with a new baby. The art is fabulous and the story is sweet, sweet, sweet. Just trust me on this...

Murder in the Marais: An Aimée Leduc Investigation, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

By Cara Black
$9.99
ISBN-13: 9781569479995
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Soho Crime, 1/2011
Other Editions of this Title
A great mystery with a hip, techie protagonist. Set in Paris, the story meshes present day events and Parisian history perfectly. There is an entire series if you like this one!

The Evolution of Jane (Paperback)

By Cathleen Schine
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780547520315
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mariner Books, 3/2011
Other Editions of this Title
Sometimes it's difficult to explain why a book captivates you, but I found this utterly charming and loved every page. Maybe it was the Darwin connection...

  • del.icio.us
  • Digg
  • Facebook
  • Furl
  • Google
  • Icerocket
  • Magnoliacom
  • Newsvine
  • Propeller
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo
  • Login or register to post comments

Copyright © Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
RoopleTheme