Centuries & Sleuths Top Ten Bestselling Authors of 2019

Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore's Bestselling Authors of 2019. These Bestsellers are determined by a variety of factors (e.g. Author Signings, Mystery & History Discussion Groups' choices, Special Programs, Newspaper & Magazine listings, etc,) in addition to customer & staff recommendations.

Death in a Budapest Butterfly (A HUNGARIAN TEA HOUSE MYSTERY #1) Cover Image

Death in a Budapest Butterfly (A HUNGARIAN TEA HOUSE MYSTERY #1) (Mass Market)

By Julia Buckley

$7.99

ISBN: 9781984804822

Availability: Special Order

Published: Berkley - July 30th, 2019

Death of an Art Collector: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (Nero Wolfe Mysteries #14) Cover Image

Death of an Art Collector: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (Nero Wolfe Mysteries #14) (Paperback)

By Robert Goldsborough

$16.99

ISBN: 9781504057547

Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days

Published: Mysteriouspress.Com/Open Road - May 14th, 2019

Blues in the Dark: A Thriller Cover Image

Blues in the Dark: A Thriller (Hardcover)

By Raymond Benson

$25.99

ISBN: 9781948924917

Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days

Published: Arcade Crimewise - October 8th, 2019

Becoming (Hardcover)

By Michelle Obama

$32.50

ISBN: 9781524763138

Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days

Published: Crown - November 13th, 2018

The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago Cover Image

The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago (Paperback)

By Douglas Perry

$18.00

ISBN: 9780143119227

Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days

Published: Penguin Books - July 26th, 2011

The Sixty-Eight Rooms (The Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures #1) Cover Image

The Sixty-Eight Rooms (The Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures #1) (Paperback)

By Marianne Malone, Greg Call (Illustrator)

$7.99

ISBN: 9780375857119

Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days

Published: Yearling - April 5th, 2011

The Ghost of Cleopatra: Edmonia Lewis and Her Lost Masterpiece Cover Image

The Ghost of Cleopatra: Edmonia Lewis and Her Lost Masterpiece (Paperback)

By John J. Rice, Gail Tanzer

$15.00

ISBN: 9781098743468

Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days

Published: John Rice - February 21st, 2020

The Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades Cover Image

The Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades (Paperback)

By Piers Paul Read

$18.99

ISBN: 9780312555382

Availability: Backordered

Published: St. Martin's Griffin - January 6th, 2009

Blood Trails (Paperback)

By Michael A. Black

$14.95

ISBN: 9781940758565

Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days

Published: Intrigue Publishing LLC - July 28th, 2017

This Tender Land: A Novel (Hardcover)

By William Kent Krueger

$27.00

ISBN: 9781476749297

Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days

Published: Atria Books - September 3rd, 2019

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G.K.CHESTERTON GROUP:

Title: The Man Who Knew Too Much by G. K. Chesterton

August 8 at 2:00 p.m.

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MYSTERY DISCUSSION GROUP

August 15 2:00 p.m.

A Hangman's Daughter

by Oliver Potzsch & L. Chadeayne

CLIO'S CHRONICLERS : MEETING

Sun.,August 30 2:00 P.M.

Title: Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

Author: James D. Hornfischer

Neptune's Inferno by James D. Hornfischer

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Staff Picks: Books We've Recently Enjoyed

Non- Fiction

Chicago Socialism by Joseph Rulli

Boneheads & Braniacs by Moira Dolan

Crusaders Dan Jones

The Templars Dan Jones

Custer's Trials T.J.Stiles

The Ghosts of Eden Park Karen Abbott

A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome Alberto Angela

Amusement Park Stephen Silverman

How to Hide an Empire Daniel Immerwahr

Leadership in Turbulent Times Doris Kearns Goodwin

Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann

The Only Woman in the Room Marie Benedict

Phillipp of Hesse: Unlikely Hero of the Reformation John Helmke

Fiction: International

The Hidden Key Dave Grogan

Pyongyang Option by A.C.Friedan

The Bookseller Mark Pryor

Diver's Paradise by Davin Goodwin

Play of Death Oliver Potzch

GI Bones Martin Limon

Mr. Kill Martin Limon

Shoot the Bastards. Michael Stanley

A Fine Line. Gianrico Carofiglio

Police by Jo Nesbo

The Land of Dreams Vidar Sundstol

The Wolf & The Watchman Niklas Natt och Dag

Unto Us A Son is Given Donna Leon

Insidious Intent by Val McDermid

Fiction: Anglo-American

The Black Cage Jack Fredrickson

Broken Places by Tracy Clark

The Lucky One Lori Rader-Day

Blues in the Dark Raymond Benson

The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols Nicholas Meyer

Searcher of the Dead Nancy Herriman

The ConjurerS Boy by Michael Raleigh

Prince Edward's Warrant. Mel Starr

Death of an Art Collector Robert Goldsborough

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

Murder Knocks Twice Susanna Calkins

A Fall of Shadows Nancy Herriman

Legends of the West by Michael A. Black

Shell Game Sara Paretsky

Murder at Astor Place Victoria Thompson

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BINC Foundation

Inside an Unprecedented Eight Weeks at Binc

In early March, as businesses around the country were closed in increasing numbers to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, the team at the Book Industry Charitable Foundation began to see a rush of booksellers applying for assistance.

Many of the requests were related to housing, specifically being able to afford rent for April, recalled Binc executive director Pam French. By about March 13, it became very clear to her that providing assistance to all of these booksellers in need would require "a response like nothing we've ever done before at the foundation."

After looking at all of the foundation's operations, French and her team were able to scale up their operations very quickly. Based on the early requests they received, they decided to focus primarily on housing costs when it came to Covid-19 relief, followed by food and medication. They also decided to structure their grants into bands. In the past, every Binc grant was customized to fit a bookseller's needs. Due to the sheer volume of requests coming in, they created tiers of $500, $750, $1,000 and $1,500 to streamline the application process.Going into 2020, French noted, Binc had planned to create a fully online application by the end of the year. In mid-March, with the help of three volunteers who came on board, Binc was able to create that online application in about three days. Other volunteers joined as well, with Binc essentially bringing on anyone who had a skillset French and her team knew they needed. They also relied on a public health emergency policy that Binc had formulated in the past and was "dusted off" by the foundation's program manager in February, as worry about the coronavirus was escalating. Thanks to all that, Binc was able to send the first checks out to individual applicants on March 17. Said French: "I'm incredibly proud of the team for that."

By about March 18 the foundation was receiving a new request for assistance every 15 minutes, all day every day. Before the pandemic, Binc had earmarked around $15,000 for disaster relief, which of course ran out very quickly. As the foundation worked to raise more funds, a huge number of individuals and organizations reached out to donate.

"People were giving what they could," said Kathy Bartson, Binc's director of development. Going into 2020, Binc's fundraising goal for the year was $610,000, which was its most ambitious goal to-date. By the end of March, through the incredible outpouring of support from both within and without the industry, Binc reached $750,000 raised. "Collectively, we were able to move mountains."

In the roughly eight weeks between March 13 and the middle of May, Bartson continued, Binc provided assistance to more individuals than it had in the previous eight years of the foundation's existence combined. And when it comes to bookstores and comic book stores, Binc has helped just over 1,600 during this crisis. Altogether Binc raised and donated $2,576,000 to booksellers and stores.

"It's humbling to know that what we have been working for for the past eight years, all of the advocacy we did and conversations we had, it paid off," said French. "Folks found us when the need was highest."

As more and more places around the country have started to reopen, the volume of requests has tapered off. There is a new normal of about four requests every 24 hours, and while that level would have seemed huge as recently as February, it seems "very, very manageable" now.

Looking ahead, French said, she and the Binc team feel fairly confident that as long as the volume of requests stays below about 10 per day, they can handle it. If the numbers exceed that mark, it will be an early indicator that things are getting worse again and Binc will likely have to scale back up. To that end, many of those volunteers have told Binc to let them know if they're needed again.

For the first time in about two months, the Binc team has had a chance to reflect. Bartson said it feels like they've survived, and French said: "It didn't break us, and I think it made us stronger." Sometimes she goes over her daily notes from late March and early April, she continued, and thinks, "I can't believe we did that." --Alex Mutter

How You Can Help Support the Binc Foundation

There are numerous ways to donate or get involved and support the Binc Foundation in our mission to strengthen the bookselling community. If you would like additional information, contact us at info@bincfoundation.org or 1-866-733-9064.

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Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore

Centuries & Sleuths Top Ten Bestselling Authors of 2019

Death in a Budapest Butterfly (A HUNGARIAN TEA HOUSE MYSTERY #1) (Mass Market)

Death of an Art Collector: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (Nero Wolfe Mysteries #14) (Paperback)

Blues in the Dark: A Thriller (Hardcover)

Becoming (Hardcover)

The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago (Paperback)

The Sixty-Eight Rooms (The Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures #1) (Paperback)

The Ghost of Cleopatra: Edmonia Lewis and Her Lost Masterpiece (Paperback)

The Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, the Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades (Paperback)

Blood Trails (Paperback)

This Tender Land: A Novel (Hardcover)

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August

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