Peabody Book Emporium
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Peabody Book Emporium is your go-to online bookstore, proudly championing indie and BIPOC authors. We're passionate about bringing fresh voices, diverse perspectives, and unique stories right to your doorstep.
“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”
— Tom Clancy
— Tom Clancy
May 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”
— Tom Clancy
— Tom Clancy
“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
— Jack London
— Jack London
May 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
— Jack London
— Jack London
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Jorge Luis Borges
May 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Jorge Luis Borges
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” - Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
May 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” - Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
“Books are a uniquely portable magic — but try putting three in your carry-on and TSA will assume you're trying to start a cult.” - Stephen King
May 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“Books are a uniquely portable magic — but try putting three in your carry-on and TSA will assume you're trying to start a cult.” - Stephen King
Mark your calendars
Indie Bookstore Day is coming: April 26, 2025!
Let’s make it magical. #IndieBookstoreDay
Indie Bookstore Day is coming: April 26, 2025!
Let’s make it magical. #IndieBookstoreDay
April 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Mark your calendars
Indie Bookstore Day is coming: April 26, 2025!
Let’s make it magical. #IndieBookstoreDay
Indie Bookstore Day is coming: April 26, 2025!
Let’s make it magical. #IndieBookstoreDay
"She was bursting with a life she couldn’t live."
— Clarice Lispector, The Complete Stories
— Clarice Lispector, The Complete Stories
April 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"She was bursting with a life she couldn’t live."
— Clarice Lispector, The Complete Stories
— Clarice Lispector, The Complete Stories
"Freedom is not about what we can do. It’s about what we can be."
— Clarice Lispector, The Complete Stories
— Clarice Lispector, The Complete Stories
April 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Freedom is not about what we can do. It’s about what we can be."
— Clarice Lispector, The Complete Stories
— Clarice Lispector, The Complete Stories
"Hair is everything. We wish it wasn’t, so we could actually think about something else occasionally, but it is." -"Hair is everything. We wish it wasn’t, so we could actually think about something else occasionally, but it is."
March 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Hair is everything. We wish it wasn’t, so we could actually think about something else occasionally, but it is." -"Hair is everything. We wish it wasn’t, so we could actually think about something else occasionally, but it is."
"I'm not good at the advice. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?" - Samantha Irby, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life
March 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"I'm not good at the advice. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?" - Samantha Irby, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life
“A girl is not a weapon. But she can be.”
— Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree
— Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree
March 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“A girl is not a weapon. But she can be.”
— Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree
— Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree
“There are worlds within words.”
— Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
— Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
March 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“There are worlds within words.”
— Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
— Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
“You get to decide what’s important, what’s meaningful, what’s real.” - Mitski – Your Best American Girl
March 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“You get to decide what’s important, what’s meaningful, what’s real.” - Mitski – Your Best American Girl
“Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.” - Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid’s Tale
March 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.” - Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid’s Tale
“I have a book addiction. It's like a regular addiction, but I look smart while going broke.”
— Unknown
— Unknown
March 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“I have a book addiction. It's like a regular addiction, but I look smart while going broke.”
— Unknown
— Unknown
“I was delighted to know that my writing was affecting people... especially people who could buy hardcover books.”
— Nora Ephron
— Nora Ephron
March 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“I was delighted to know that my writing was affecting people... especially people who could buy hardcover books.”
— Nora Ephron
— Nora Ephron
"I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am."
-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar:
-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar:
March 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am."
-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar:
-Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar:
"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
-Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
-Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
March 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
-Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
-Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
“Power isn’t meant to be hoarded. It’s meant to be given.”
-Hannah Whitten (For the Wolf)
-Hannah Whitten (For the Wolf)
March 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“Power isn’t meant to be hoarded. It’s meant to be given.”
-Hannah Whitten (For the Wolf)
-Hannah Whitten (For the Wolf)
“Love is the unmastered magic.”
-Patricia A. McKillip (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld)
-Patricia A. McKillip (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld)
March 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“Love is the unmastered magic.”
-Patricia A. McKillip (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld)
-Patricia A. McKillip (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld)
“Why do we desire, above all other things, that which has the greatest power to destroy us?”
-Margaret Rogerson (An Enchantment of Ravens)
-Margaret Rogerson (An Enchantment of Ravens)
March 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Why do we desire, above all other things, that which has the greatest power to destroy us?”
-Margaret Rogerson (An Enchantment of Ravens)
-Margaret Rogerson (An Enchantment of Ravens)
“She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes.”
-Angela Carter (The Bloody Chamber)
-Angela Carter (The Bloody Chamber)
March 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes.”
-Angela Carter (The Bloody Chamber)
-Angela Carter (The Bloody Chamber)
“The will to be kind is a choice.”
— Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days
— Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days
March 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“The will to be kind is a choice.”
— Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days
— Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days
“The world will be saved and remade by the dreamers.”
— Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
— Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
March 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“The world will be saved and remade by the dreamers.”
— Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
— Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer
"What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?"
-V.E. Schwab (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)
-V.E. Schwab (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)
March 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?"
-V.E. Schwab (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)
-V.E. Schwab (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue)