The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

· Sourcebooks, Inc.
3 reviews
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336
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"A sparkling bookish story about rules just begging to be broken." — Abby Jimenez, New York Times bestselling author of Part of Your World and The Friend Zone

I, Maggie Banks, solemnly swear to uphold the rules of Cobblestone Books. If only, I, Maggie Banks, believed in following the rules.

When Maggie Banks arrives in Bell River to run her best friend's struggling bookstore, she expects to sell bestsellers to her small-town clientele. But running a bookstore in a town with a famously bookish history isn't easy. Bell River's literary society insists on keeping the bookstore stuck in the past, and Maggie is banned from selling anything written this century. So, when a series of mishaps suddenly tip the bookstore toward ruin, Maggie will have to get creative to keep the shop afloat.

And in Maggie's world, book rules are made to be broken.

To help save the store, Maggie starts an underground book club, running a series of events celebrating the books readers actually love. But keeping the club quiet, selling forbidden books, and dodging the literary society is nearly impossible. Especially when Maggie unearths a town secret that could upend everything.

Maggie will have to decide what's more important: the books that formed a small town's history, or the stories poised to change it all.

"A sparkling bookish story about rules just begging to be broken." — Abby Jimenez, New York Times bestselling author of Part of Your World and The Friend Zone I, Maggie Banks, solemnly swear to uphold the rules of Cobblestone Books. If only, I, Maggie Banks, believed in following the rules. When ...

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3 reviews
Daneilia Pulido
February 14, 2024
I love Shauna's take on a bookshop story. I love the incorporation of diverse characters such as Maggie and Malcom. Both characters descriptions and interactions remind me of my Neurodiverse self as an ADHD person. It wasn't your typical stereotype characters. The storyline flowed well and there were many moments I felt the energy or the connection in the relationships. Or even hoped the bookshop would thrive after detoxing itself. Lastly, I liked that this was not another "spicy" consumed book. Don't get me wrong, the spicy parts of a book are nice. However, I am all about connections between people, places, and things. Life after all is intertwined.
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Paula Pugh
November 1, 2022
Maggie Banks is out of a job and out of ideas as to what to do.Her best friend, Rochelle, asks her to mind her bookshop while on maternity leave. For Maggie, it is a perfect way to figure out what she really wants to do as a career. The bookshop begins to grow on Maggie as she creates alternative ways to bring in money covertly as the bookshop is half run by the town bigwig. He states no contemporary books-only books written during the time of Edward Bell, famous author of the town and his grandfather. Hilarity ensues as Maggie plots and plans. A darling novel full of great characters and Maggie’s fun antics. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Grenola
July 24, 2025
what an enjoyable read. I loved to see the main character, maggie, trying to navigate her life, seeing her from squeezing herself into every situation would have her to one tailored to her felt like a reward to a reader like me. I loved how she finally accepted everything as she realized that she was going at her own pace and she liked it.
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About the author

SHAUNA ROBINSON writes contemporary fiction with humor and heart. Originally from San Diego, she now lives in Virginia with her husband and their sleepy greyhound. Shauna is an introvert at heart—she spends most of her time reading, baking, and figuring out the politest way to avoid social interaction.

SHAUNA ROBINSON writes contemporary fiction with humor and heart. Originally from San Diego, she now lives in Virginia with her husband and their sleepy greyhound. Shauna is an introvert at heart—she spends most of her time reading, baking, and figuring out the politest way to avoid social intera...

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