Staff picks
Four booksellers,
four shelves.
Each of us keeps a shelf of the books we love most. Hover a spine to read the note.
The Salt Orchard
A family, a failing orchard by the sea, and the best last chapter I read this year. I cried in the stockroom.
— Ruth
Nine Bridges North
A body on a river barge and a detective who hates boats. Perfectly paced; I read it in one night.
— Theo
A Field Guide to Small Hours
Essays about being awake at 3am. Funny, kind and exactly the right length for being awake at 3am.
— Ruth
The Lantern Keepers
For ages 8–12. Two kids, one lighthouse and a ghost who just wants his hat back. Our story-time favorite.
— Maya
Winter Kitchen
Soups, slow bakes and Swedish cardamom buns. I’ve made the buns for the café every Friday since September.
— Daniel
Low Light
Short poems about evenings, kitchens and fathers. I keep it by the till and read one to anyone who asks.
— Ruth
Moth Season
A city where moths carry messages between the living and the dead. Strange and beautiful fantasy.
— Theo
The booksellers
Who picks
the books.
Ruth Okafor
Co-owner · fiction buyer
Opened the shop in 1998. Reads two novels a week and will tell you the ending if you ask nicely.
Daniel Okafor
Co-owner · café and cookery
Bakes every cake in the café and keeps the cookery shelf. Believes a good book should have flour on it.
Maya Lindgren
Children’s buyer · story time
Runs Saturday story time and the children’s corner. Can do eleven different dragon voices.
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