Subtext Bookstore
@subtextbookstore.bsky.social
Downtown Saint Paul's Independent Bookstore — 6th West Fifth Street. We sell new and used fiction, with smiles on the side. | Open 10-7 Monday to Saturday and 12-5 Sunday. Visit www.subtextbooks.com to view and purchase our inventory.
Author event tomorrow night! @jonathanslaght.com in conversation with Kawai Strong Washburn (author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors) about Slaghts latest book, Tigers Between Empires.
January 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Author event tomorrow night! @jonathanslaght.com in conversation with Kawai Strong Washburn (author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors) about Slaghts latest book, Tigers Between Empires.
Event tomorrow night! Writer @alleneskens.bsky.social will be discussing his latest (his TENTH novel), The Quiet Librarian.
January 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Event tomorrow night! Writer @alleneskens.bsky.social will be discussing his latest (his TENTH novel), The Quiet Librarian.
Our New Year's party is tomorrow night! Come through 🥳
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Our New Year's party is tomorrow night! Come through 🥳
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This is the agent that murdered the woman in Minneapolis on 1/7/2026.
January 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
This is the agent that murdered the woman in Minneapolis on 1/7/2026.
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Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
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Reading is a superpower. It builds amazing skills like critical thinking, empathy, and knowledge.
Here's to not only more reading in 2026, but using our superpower to create a better world 💗
Here's to not only more reading in 2026, but using our superpower to create a better world 💗
January 5, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Reading is a superpower. It builds amazing skills like critical thinking, empathy, and knowledge.
Here's to not only more reading in 2026, but using our superpower to create a better world 💗
Here's to not only more reading in 2026, but using our superpower to create a better world 💗
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Twin Cities Book People: I will be in discussion with author Kawai Strong Washburn next Tues (Jan 13) at The University Club, talking TIGERS, hosted by @subtextbookstore.bsky.social! Free! Join if you can and please share!
January 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Twin Cities Book People: I will be in discussion with author Kawai Strong Washburn next Tues (Jan 13) at The University Club, talking TIGERS, hosted by @subtextbookstore.bsky.social! Free! Join if you can and please share!
Every so often, a bookseller comes to Subtext and points out that I'm using Bookmanger! I smile and nod. All the while, I wonder if it's appropriate or not to ask them for help on just this one thing that I think I messed up an hour ago.
January 3, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Every so often, a bookseller comes to Subtext and points out that I'm using Bookmanger! I smile and nod. All the while, I wonder if it's appropriate or not to ask them for help on just this one thing that I think I messed up an hour ago.
when Customer (Bernie) gets the last Hamnet copy and I (Eric Adams) must order another 4 copies.
It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
January 2, 2026 at 9:01 PM
when Customer (Bernie) gets the last Hamnet copy and I (Eric Adams) must order another 4 copies.
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It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
January 2, 2026 at 2:03 AM
It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
Improve your image... Be seen at Subtext Books.
December 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Improve your image... Be seen at Subtext Books.
We recently partnered up with the University Club of St Paul. This Winter will be packed with author events, all free! Check them out:
SubText Bookstore
Downtown Saint Paul's Independent Bookstore
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December 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We recently partnered up with the University Club of St Paul. This Winter will be packed with author events, all free! Check them out:
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Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
Friends of Subtext, we hope you have a great holiday. These are our hours for the major holidays. You are invited to cuddle up with a book ☃️🧣Stay warm!
December 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Friends of Subtext, we hope you have a great holiday. These are our hours for the major holidays. You are invited to cuddle up with a book ☃️🧣Stay warm!
The holidays are RAPIDLY approaching. Have no fear!
We do gift wrapping at Subtext. Recyclable paper! Ask your cashier, and they will get the job done for ya💪 💝
We do gift wrapping at Subtext. Recyclable paper! Ask your cashier, and they will get the job done for ya💪 💝
December 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The holidays are RAPIDLY approaching. Have no fear!
We do gift wrapping at Subtext. Recyclable paper! Ask your cashier, and they will get the job done for ya💪 💝
We do gift wrapping at Subtext. Recyclable paper! Ask your cashier, and they will get the job done for ya💪 💝
New release in-store today! A great gift for the most literary person in your life.
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The Making of Americans by Gertrude Stein | SubText Bookstore
Gertrude Stein’s monumental novel, back in print a century after its first publication.In The Making of Americans, Gertrude Stein sets out to tell "a history of a family's progress," radically reworki...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
New release in-store today! A great gift for the most literary person in your life.
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We have ordered several books that have upcoming/recent movie adaptations! Wuthering Heights, Hamnet, The Chronology of Water, Sunrise on the Reaping, and Incidents Around The House to name a few. You really have to decide for yourself if the book is better than the movie.
December 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We have ordered several books that have upcoming/recent movie adaptations! Wuthering Heights, Hamnet, The Chronology of Water, Sunrise on the Reaping, and Incidents Around The House to name a few. You really have to decide for yourself if the book is better than the movie.
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Twin Cities Book People! I'll be in conversation with Kawai Strong Washburn (author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors) about TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES on Tuesday, Jan 13, hosted by @subtextbookstore.bsky.social in St. Paul. Free! Hope to see you there! More details: subtextbooks.com/events/49022
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Twin Cities Book People! I'll be in conversation with Kawai Strong Washburn (author of Sharks in the Time of Saviors) about TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES on Tuesday, Jan 13, hosted by @subtextbookstore.bsky.social in St. Paul. Free! Hope to see you there! More details: subtextbooks.com/events/49022
New events schedule just dropped! We have some lovely authors sharing their work with this holiday season. Stone, Guilfoyle, Sanders, Hakensen, and Engstorm are LOCAL/MINNESOTAN AUTHORS🥳 . Mark your calendars, we hope to see you there.
Learn more: subtextbooks.com/events
Learn more: subtextbooks.com/events
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
New events schedule just dropped! We have some lovely authors sharing their work with this holiday season. Stone, Guilfoyle, Sanders, Hakensen, and Engstorm are LOCAL/MINNESOTAN AUTHORS🥳 . Mark your calendars, we hope to see you there.
Learn more: subtextbooks.com/events
Learn more: subtextbooks.com/events
Did you have a chance to read The New York Times Book Review this morning? 📰 🤔 Subtext has many of the titles reviewed in today’s paper! Here is a glimpse into our NYT-reviewed stock 🤩 🍴
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Did you have a chance to read The New York Times Book Review this morning? 📰 🤔 Subtext has many of the titles reviewed in today’s paper! Here is a glimpse into our NYT-reviewed stock 🤩 🍴
We are still busy reading...
Biia is reading FOUR BOOKS for THREE BOOK CLUBS
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn, Vicious Bonds by Shanora Williams, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (please read this book), and Africa Must Unite by Kwame Nkrumah.
Biia gets her own post.
#booksky #saintpaul
Biia is reading FOUR BOOKS for THREE BOOK CLUBS
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn, Vicious Bonds by Shanora Williams, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (please read this book), and Africa Must Unite by Kwame Nkrumah.
Biia gets her own post.
#booksky #saintpaul
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We are still busy reading...
Biia is reading FOUR BOOKS for THREE BOOK CLUBS
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn, Vicious Bonds by Shanora Williams, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (please read this book), and Africa Must Unite by Kwame Nkrumah.
Biia gets her own post.
#booksky #saintpaul
Biia is reading FOUR BOOKS for THREE BOOK CLUBS
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn, Vicious Bonds by Shanora Williams, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (please read this book), and Africa Must Unite by Kwame Nkrumah.
Biia gets her own post.
#booksky #saintpaul
Subtexts' booksellers are busy reading...
Margaret is reading Bog Queen by Anna North
Britta is reading Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno
Amy is reading The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King
Matt is reading The Age of Extraction by Tim Wu
What are you reading?
#booksky #bookstore
Margaret is reading Bog Queen by Anna North
Britta is reading Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno
Amy is reading The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King
Matt is reading The Age of Extraction by Tim Wu
What are you reading?
#booksky #bookstore
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Subtexts' booksellers are busy reading...
Margaret is reading Bog Queen by Anna North
Britta is reading Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno
Amy is reading The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King
Matt is reading The Age of Extraction by Tim Wu
What are you reading?
#booksky #bookstore
Margaret is reading Bog Queen by Anna North
Britta is reading Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno
Amy is reading The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King
Matt is reading The Age of Extraction by Tim Wu
What are you reading?
#booksky #bookstore
We sold two copies of Claiming the City by Mary Lethert Wingerd today about the history of politics and faith in Saint Paul, and I think that is extremely cool.
October 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
We sold two copies of Claiming the City by Mary Lethert Wingerd today about the history of politics and faith in Saint Paul, and I think that is extremely cool.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Online
Game time, Booksky.
Change the whole vibe of a book by adding a word to a title. I’ll start:
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Thatcher.
Change the whole vibe of a book by adding a word to a title. I’ll start:
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Thatcher.
October 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Online
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Visited @subtextbookstore.bsky.social this morning with my kid. We both came home with several books. As one does.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Visited @subtextbookstore.bsky.social this morning with my kid. We both came home with several books. As one does.