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Both pictures feature a "March is Indie Press Month" display table showing several books on a mirror tablecloth.

It's #indiepressmonth! We'll be celebrating small and independent presses for all of March. Supporting indie presses (like those on our table!) counters censorship and supports indie authors! 📢✨🖤

A photograph displaying the Banned Books display featuring several books, including "The Jungle," "Beloved," "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty," "Their Eyes Were Watching God," "Frankenstein," "Children of Blood and Bone," and "A Court of Thorns and Roses."

A photograph showing the Women's History Month display featuring several books, including "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls," The Left Hand of Darkness," and "We Could Be Rats."

A photograph showing the Young Adult Mythology Retelling display in an alcove, featuring several titles including "Persephone's Curse," "(S)Kin," "Blood Scion," and "Star-Touched Queen."

A photograph showing the "HopePunk: Hopeful Speculative Fiction" display table featuring several titles including "The Lathe of Heaven," "Station Eleven," and "Monk and Robot."

In addition to our Indie Press Month display (stay tuned) we're bringing you some more freshly stocked shelves & tables this March! Check 'em out today!

Page 1 Books will be closed for inventory on Sunday 3/15 and Monday 3/16. Regular business hours will resume on Tuesday 3/17. You can still shop online at page1book.com. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

A book titled "The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change," by Rebecca Solnit

A book titled "Sakura: A Novel" written by Kanako Nishi and translated by Allison Markin Powell. The cover features two hands petting a dog.

A book titled "Now I Surrender," by Álvaro Enrigue and translated by Natasha Nimmer

A book titled "Black Evidence: A History and a Warning," by Candis Watts Smith

What's coming out this Tuesday, March 3rd? Here are a few books we're pretty excited about...

Pictures depict the exterior and interior of a vintage copy of "The Hobbit," by J.R.R. Tolkien

See the world of Middle Earth and the story of Bilbo Baggins in this 1977 illustrated edition based on the animated movie by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass. This edition features over 230 illustrations. Find it today in our Special Collections room.

Both photographs show Page 1’s extensive language section!

Have you seen Page 1's language sections? We've got several, across adult fiction, non-fiction, education, Young Adult and Middle Grade, and children's'! We're also highlighting our works in translation. If you're looking for a specific book in a specific language, don't hesitate to ask!

A cover showing a swimmer with their face partially underwater, book titled "Brawler: Stories," by Lauren Groff

A book with a man and a woman facing each other inside a television set, titled "And Now, Back to You," by B.K. Borison

A book with an artful cover titled "Cuisines of Odesa: Recipes & Stories from Ukraine's Historic City, a Ukrainian Cookbook," by Maria Kalenska, foreword by Felicity Spectory

A cover showing a person's silhouette made of flowers, book titled "All About Allergies: Everything You Need to Know about Asthma, Food Allergies, Hay Fever, and More," by Zachary Rubin, M.D.

It's going to be an exciting week for new releases! This Tuesday, February 24th, sees several books out from our booksellers' favorite sections and authors! #newreleasetuesday #newreleasebooks #laurengroff #ukrainianrecipes #allergies #romcom

All pictures show the exterior and interior of Pamela Anderson’s cookbook, “I Love You: Recipes from the Heart.”

Hello from our Special Collections Room.

This signed copy of actress Pamela Anderson’s “I Love You” started as a gift to her sons, then quickly became a gift for the rest of us. Anderson’s soulful and comforting vegan recipes just go to show that cooking is truly is an act of love.

A photograph of a bookstore shelf with the section divider "Young Adult Historical Fiction"

A photograph of a bookstore shelf with a section divider "Young Adult Romance"

A photograph of a bookstore shelf with the section divider "Young Adult Romantasy"

A photograph of a bookstore shelf with the section divider reading "Young Adult Mystery & Horror" and another section nearby, "Young Adult Poetry"

💖 New Section alert! Young Adult subsections now include Romance, Romantasy, and Historical Fiction as well as General, Poetry, Mystery/Horror, Graphic Novels, and Non-Fiction. Need a more tailored rec? Our booksellers are here to help...

A book cover titled "American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union, an Anthology" by Jon Meacham

A book cover titled "The Astral Library," by Kate Quinn

A book cover titled "Angry Girls Will Get Us Through," by Rebecca Traister

A book cover titled "Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter," by Heather Fawcett

Our staff's most anticipated new releases this Tuesday, February 14th!

Both pictures depict photographs of a Folio special edition of Chinua Achebe’s book “Things Fall Apart.”

Today we are sharing our Folio edition of “Things Fall Apart,” by Chinua Achebe.

The first part of the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe’s “African Trilogy”, “Things Fall Apart” is regarded as milestone of African literature.

The cover of “Operation Bounce House” by Matt Dinniman features a man with a pitchfork dressed in sunglasses and a yellow and orange shirt outside a burning building. there are robots on the roof and Saturn-like planet in the background.

The cover of “Two Can Play” by Ali Hazelwood shows a woman with long brown hair in a pink shirt kissing a man wearing headphones around his neck. The man has glasses, black hair, and is wearing a purple sweater. The background shows snowy mountains in a blue to purple ombré, a game controller, a pixellated pink heart, and pixelated snowflakes. The title resembles pixelated video games font.

The cover of “Throne of Nightmares” by Kerri Maniscalco is black with rose gold font. A golden phoenix spreads its wings and is surrounded by pink and purple flowers with green leaves. The subtitle reads “Survive the story or suffer your fate.”

The cover of “Haunted Restaurants and Bars of New Mexico” by Donna Blake Birchell shows an adobe style building with 4-5 floors at night. There is a wooden pergola in the front of the building and the moon shines bright in the sky. the book is part of the “Haunted America” series.

We can’t wait for these brand new books coming out this upcoming Tuesday… 👀

The cover of “Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note” by Le Roi Jones is white with black markings that frame the title.

Pictured is page 21 of “Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note”.

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! Check out the first published collection of Black Arts Movement founder Amiri Baraka’s (née Everett Le Roi Jones’s) poetry. You can find this and more in our Special Collections Room!

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It's February, and we're very excited to announce a Page 1 Books Roadrunner Reading Challenge on our favorite indie reading tracker site, @thestorygraph.com! 📚📆📖 Click the link below to join!

Flyer describing "Friends of Fantasy" day at Page 1 Books on Saturday, January 31st. Roadrunner Club Members earn double points on science fiction, fantasy, and romantasy purchases!

Celebrate the fantastical, the speculative, and the whimsical with us for the very first Friends of Fantasy Day on January 31st! 🏰 Check out our website, page1book.com/events for more details!

A photograph of a bookstore aisle.

A photograph of two books, "Tough Guy" and "Common Goal," by Rachel Reid, with a staff pick describing "Heated Rivalry" and a sign that reads "WE HAVE THE GAY HOCKEY BOOK!!!"

A photograph of a book titled "Cleat Cute," by Meryl Wilsner

A photograph of a book titled "All's Fair in Love and Pickleball" by Kate Spencer

Ah! Not even February yet and love is already in the air… and on the ice 🏒⛸️😘 (and the fields! and in the…pickleball court?)

A book cover featuring a horned rabbit on a painted backdrop titled "A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing," by Alice Evelyn Yang

A book cover with the title "Last First Kiss," by Julian Winters, featuring a dancing interracial gay couple.

A book cover depicting a house on fire, titled: "Burn Down Master's House," by Clay Cane

A book cover depicting a painting of someone in a sickbed with attendants, titled, "The Great Shadow: A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy," by Susan Wise Bauer

What's new in the book world? Our booksellers have chosen a few of their most anticipated releases for this Tuesday, January 27th, 2026! Which new releases are you most excited for this month?

#tuesdaybookdrop #tuesdaybookreleases #indiebookstores #loveyourlocal #shoplocal #keepitquerque

If you lined up every single James Patterson book, they would wrap around the earth twice. True or false?

A cookbook by Ruth L. Gaskins with the title: “A Good Heart and a Light Hand: Ruth L. Haskins’ Collection of Traditional Negro Recipes.”

Two books by Langston Hughes titled “The Best of Simple” and “The Dream Keeper and other poems.”

A book titled “African American Art: Harlem Renaissance Civil Rights Era and Beyond” from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

We’re celebrating MLK Day all week (and all year round) with some treasures from our Special Collections Room—stop by today to see a cookbook from 1968 featuring traditional African American cuisine, two inscribed works by Langston Hughes, and a Smithsonian art & photography collection.

E-books are reading.
Comics are reading.
Genre is reading.
Fanfic is reading.
Text-based games are reading.
Audiobooks are reading.
Braille books are reading.
Non-fiction is reading.
Picture books are reading.
There is no single way to read, nor is any reading style more worthy than another.

Happy New Year y’all! We’ll be open special hours tomorrow (12/31) from 10 AM—3 PM and we’ll be closed on New Year’s Day (1/1). We hope you have a wonderful holiday and we’ll see you on the other side! 🎉🎆💫

i want to read so many books but there are so many books

New books from me from Tor UK - this starts with Children of Strife next year and will continue with some standalone books after that.

Painting of a half full transparent teapot resting on a pile of books

'Tea and Books' by Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt

Heads up y’all— we’ll be open special hours tomorrow (12/24) from 9 AM—3 PM and we’ll be closed on Christmas Day (12/25). We hope you have a wonderful holiday! We’re so grateful for your support and hope your loved ones and friends enjoy their new books. 🤗💝

Graphic that shows a dog standing on two books wrapped as presents, holding a shopping bag with a Libro.fm logo in its mouth, and wearing a pair of headphones. Behind the dog is a window to a book shop with an open sign hanging, featuring white and teal colors. Text reads “Need a last minute gift? Libro.fm audiobooks deliver instantly, can be sent anywhere, and support our bookshop!”

Need a last-minute gift? Gift @libro.fm audiobook credits instantly to anyone in the world and support us at the same time. No shipping, no stress.
Head to libro.fm/gift?bookstore=page1books to shop!

When you’re in your 20s, you’ll walk by an indie bookshop that you’ve never visited. (Amazon is convenient.) You’ll see their bookseller recs, a cat in the window, & curation & feel the need to go in.

It’s really important that you do, because that indie will be your safe space for years to come.

Order your books by December 15th to ensure they arrive by Christmas! 🎅

Two people sit on stairs in front of a brick wall wearing a brown sweatshirt and a red sweatshirt. Both sweatshirts depict the Page 1 Books logo. The logo says, “Locally owned and operated Page 1 Books est. 1981 Albuquerque NM” and shows a roadrunner running across a stack of books.

Our brand new crewneck sweaters just dropped! Stay warm out there y’all ❄️

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Support us this holiday season with @libro.fm audiobooks! Shop now at libro.fm/gift?bookshop=page1books