Independent bookshop & café · Hudson, NY
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off the shelf.
Four booksellers, twelve thousand books and one long shelf of the ones we keep pressing into people’s hands. Pick a spine to read why.
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18 Mill Street, Hudson, NY 12534
books on the shelves
readings, talks and story times a year
years on Mill Street
book club members
Staff picks
This month’s
favorites.
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— Ruth
The Salt Orchard
Mira Castellane
— Theo
Nine Bridges North
Tomas Earle
— Ruth
A Field Guide to Small Hours
June Okonkwo
— Maya
The Lantern Keepers
Hal Brightwater
— Daniel
Winter Kitchen
Ada Lindqvist
— Ruth
Low Light
Sam Adebayo
— Theo
Moth Season
Ines Varga
Book of the month
Quiet Machines
Priya Venkataraman
— Theo
An engineer’s tour of the hidden mechanisms in everyday life, from fridge thermostats to traffic lights.
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Find your
next shelf.
Eight shelves, chosen and kept by the same four people.
Fiction
Novels new and old, from here and in translation.
Mystery & Thriller
Locked rooms, long trains and late nights.
Children’s
Picture books to first chapters.
Poetry
Small books that take a long time to read.
Essays & Memoir
True stories, well told.
Nature & Science
Rivers, weather, bodies and machines.
Cookery
Books with flour on them.
Fantasy & Sci-Fi
Other worlds, carefully mapped.
What’s on
Readings, talks
and story time.
Most events are free. Ticketed talks include $10 off the author’s book.
Saturday Story Time
Picture books, songs and a craft for ages 2–6. No need to book.
Starts in
Mira Castellane: The Salt Orchard
Mira reads from her new novel and talks orchards, families and endings with Ruth.
Starts in
Workshop: Write Your First Page
Crime writer Tomas Earle on how to open a novel. Twelve places.
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Holiday Open Evening
Mulled cider, free gift wrap and 10% off everything for one evening.
Starts in
Low Light: Sam Adebayo and friends
A poetry evening with Sam and three Hudson Valley poets.
Starts in
Clare Holloway signing
Clare signs Everything the River Took. Drop in any time between 2 and 4.
Starts in
Book club
One book a month,
one long table.
The last Wednesday of every month at 7pm, in the café after closing. Bring an opinion; we bring the cake.
Our latest book
June 2026
The Cartographer’s Daughter
Elena Marsh
Book club
One book a month,
one long table.
The last Wednesday of every month at 7pm, in the café after closing. Bring an opinion; we bring the cake.
Our latest book
July 2026
The Long Way to Tuesday
Ben Ashdown
Book club
One book a month,
one long table.
The last Wednesday of every month at 7pm, in the café after closing. Bring an opinion; we bring the cake.
Our latest book
August 2026
A Short History of Rain
Owen Price
Book club
One book a month,
one long table.
The last Wednesday of every month at 7pm, in the café after closing. Bring an opinion; we bring the cake.
Our latest book
September 2026
Nine Bridges North
Tomas Earle
Book club
One book a month,
one long table.
The last Wednesday of every month at 7pm, in the café after closing. Bring an opinion; we bring the cake.
Our latest book
October 2026
The Salt Orchard
Mira Castellane
Book club
One book a month,
one long table.
The last Wednesday of every month at 7pm, in the café after closing. Bring an opinion; we bring the cake.
Our latest book
November 2026
Under the Linden
Hanna Weiss
Book club
One book a month,
one long table.
The last Wednesday of every month at 7pm, in the café after closing. Bring an opinion; we bring the cake.
Our latest book
December 2026
Everything the River Took
Clare Holloway
Book club
One book a month,
one long table.
The last Wednesday of every month at 7pm, in the café after closing. Bring an opinion; we bring the cake.
Our latest book
January 2027
The Glass Ferry
R. J. Collins
Book club
One book a month,
one long table.
The last Wednesday of every month at 7pm, in the café after closing. Bring an opinion; we bring the cake.
Our latest book
February 2027
Moth Season
Ines Varga
Book club
One book a month,
one long table.
The last Wednesday of every month at 7pm, in the café after closing. Bring an opinion; we bring the cake.
Our latest book
March 2027
A Field Guide to Small Hours
June Okonkwo
Readers’ favorites
What Hudson
is reading.
The ten books we sold most this season.
1
The Salt Orchard
Mira Castellane
$28
2
The Lantern Keepers
Hal Brightwater
$16
3
Nine Bridges North
Tomas Earle
$18
4
Winter Kitchen
Ada Lindqvist
$35
5
A Field Guide to Small Hours
June Okonkwo
$24
6
The Cartographer’s Daughter
Elena Marsh
$27
7
Quiet Machines
Priya Venkataraman
$30
8
Everything the River Took
Clare Holloway
$26
9
Low Light
Sam Adebayo
$17
10
Moth Season
Ines Varga
$19
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18 Mill Street,
Hudson.
A former seed store with a café at the back and a children’s corner under the stairs. Step-free from the street.
18 Mill Street, Hudson, NY 12534
Tue–Sat 9am–7pm
Sun 10am–5pm
Mon closed · Café closes at 5pm
Kind words
What people
say about us.
The best-chosen shelves in the Hudson Valley. Every card is a tiny review you can trust.
Hudson Valley Weekly
A bookshop that feels like a friend’s living room, if your friend had read everything.
The Columbia Ledger
Come for the staff picks, stay for the cardamom buns.
Upstate Review
Newsletter
A letter on
New arrivals, the week’s events and one book we think you should read. No more than once a week.
Visit the shop
Come and
browse.
18 Mill Street, Hudson. Open Tuesday to Sunday.
18 Mill Street, Hudson, NY 12534
Tue–Sat 9am–7pm
Sun 10am–5pm
Mon closed · Café closes at 5pm