Exploring rare editions, first printings, book values, and the fascinating stories behind old books.https://whatismybookworth.com/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-books-that-feel-like-they-will-outlast-their-moment/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-books-that-feel-like-they-will-outlast-their-moment/Some books are timely. Some books feel like they are quietly making a longer claim on the shelf. I pay attention to the second kind.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/what-makes-holler-whispers-stand-out-in-a-crowded-mystery-field/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/what-makes-holler-whispers-stand-out-in-a-crowded-mystery-field/In a crowded mystery market, books need a few clear points of distinction.Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/what-makes-a-book-feel-keepable/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/what-makes-a-book-feel-keepable/Value is not only resale math. Sometimes the first sign of a book's staying power is that you do not want it leaving the house.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/i-love-a-book-that-looks-like-it-belongs-on-a-shelf-for-years/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/i-love-a-book-that-looks-like-it-belongs-on-a-shelf-for-years/Design is not everything, but I do trust a book more when its physical presence suggests somebody expected it to endure.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/align-your-business-with-the-real-you-connect-with-yourself-create-what-matters-most-and-define-your-success-by-jennifer-musser/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/align-your-business-with-the-real-you-connect-with-yourself-create-what-matters-most-and-define-your-success-by-jennifer-musser/Solopreneurs wear every hat—and sometimes lose themselves under the pile. Jennifer Musser’s Align Your Business [...]Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/here-lyeth-by-johanna-frank/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/here-lyeth-by-johanna-frank/Book Summary: In Here Lyeth, Lexxie, feeling angry and heartbroken, leaves her home after learning that [...]Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:18:35 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/universe-of-lost-messages-the-charismites-by-janet-stilson/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/universe-of-lost-messages-the-charismites-by-janet-stilson/Story Summary What if your child has special powers and can get people to do [...]Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:33:51 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/champagne-widows-by-rebecca-rosenberg/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/champagne-widows-by-rebecca-rosenberg/Summary: Sparkling Courage: Love, Loss, and the First Champagne Queen's Daring Legacy France, 1800s. Young [...]Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:02:04 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/bones-of-the-apostle-by-john-amos/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/bones-of-the-apostle-by-john-amos/Story Summary: “Thomas, I’m bored. We need some excitement.” Back from their harrowing mission in [...]Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:52:10 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-case-of-the-stolen-goddess-by-john-amos/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-case-of-the-stolen-goddess-by-john-amos/Story Summary: Flinders smiled. “Once more into the breach, my friend.” Now famous after their [...]Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:13:24 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/prioritize-us-unlock-lasting-love-with-one-simple-proven-test-by-nick-brancato/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/prioritize-us-unlock-lasting-love-with-one-simple-proven-test-by-nick-brancato/Summary: What if the real reasons behind our arguments were hidden all along? The answer [...]Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:44:28 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/thought-choice-power-charting-the-course-of-liberty-in-modern-society-by-plebeius/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/thought-choice-power-charting-the-course-of-liberty-in-modern-society-by-plebeius/Summary: Thought Choice Power: Charting the Course of Liberty in Modern Society by Plebeius is [...]Sun, 08 Dec 2024 13:43:34 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/apricot-marmalade-and-the-edmondson-transmittal-by-lon-orey/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/apricot-marmalade-and-the-edmondson-transmittal-by-lon-orey/Summary: The war was not going well. The surprisingly effective Tet Offensive in late January [...]Sat, 07 Dec 2024 18:20:14 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-crush-of-wine-and-war-by-molly-fumia/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-crush-of-wine-and-war-by-molly-fumia/Summary: “Here is a book of exquisite honesty and profound depth... Along the way grief [...]Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/tangles-a-cold-war-love-story-and-mystery-by-by-kay-smith-blum/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/tangles-a-cold-war-love-story-and-mystery-by-by-kay-smith-blum/Summary: “In a well-crafted debut, Smith-Blum provides the reader a ringside seat to the birth [...]Thu, 05 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/puzzlooies-dont-feed-fluffy-a-solve-the-story-puzzle-adventure/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/puzzlooies-dont-feed-fluffy-a-solve-the-story-puzzle-adventure/Do you like interactive stories? Check out this new kind of adventure in which you [...]Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:44:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/mediterranean-summer-table/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/mediterranean-summer-table/Timeless, versatile recipes for every occasion & appetite Mediterranean Summer Table written by Kathy Kordalis [...]Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:38:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/click-and-grow-rich-escape-the-rat-race-work-online-and-live-anywhere/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/click-and-grow-rich-escape-the-rat-race-work-online-and-live-anywhere/As the cost of living crisis continues to bite, an ever-increasing number of people are [...]Tue, 26 Nov 2024 23:19:06 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/paris-lost-and-found-a-memoir-of-love/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/paris-lost-and-found-a-memoir-of-love/Whether you’ve been to the City of Lights or not, you most likely hold on [...]Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:49:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/afternoon-on-the-amazon-graphic-novel-magic-tree-house/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/afternoon-on-the-amazon-graphic-novel-magic-tree-house/Afternoon on the Amazon: Graphic Novel is the same exciting story as the original chapter [...]Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:27:38 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/shbeep-the-unique-sheep/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/shbeep-the-unique-sheep/ShBeep is a one-of-a-kind sheep that likes to use his imagination. One day he meets [...]Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:22:16 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/off-the-map/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/off-the-map/Marlo is really looking forward to a backcountry canoe trip with her mom. Marlo’s dad [...]Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:37:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-maid-and-the-crocodile-a-novel-in-the-world-of-raybearer/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-maid-and-the-crocodile-a-novel-in-the-world-of-raybearer/The Maid and the Crocodile is a wonderful novel about a young girl named Small [...]Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:38:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-indispensable-scratch-sniff-guide-to-cannabis/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-indispensable-scratch-sniff-guide-to-cannabis/Regardless of your stance on marijuana, The Indispensable Scratch & Sniff Guide to Cannabis is [...]Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:55:28 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/how-war-begins/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/how-war-begins/War is ugly and Italian cartoonist Igor captures the madness that military aggression inflicts on [...]Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:53:25 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/rise-tomorrow-girl/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/rise-tomorrow-girl/The opening of Martin’s latest book will feel very familiar to most readers. Leanne Khoury, [...]Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:55:03 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-one-week-writing-workshop-7-days-to-spark-boost-or-revive-your-novel-by-karin-adams/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-one-week-writing-workshop-7-days-to-spark-boost-or-revive-your-novel-by-karin-adams/About the book: You've always wanted to write a novel and have been nurturing a [...]Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:13:16 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/a-wedding-in-lake-como-meet-me-in-italy/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/a-wedding-in-lake-como-meet-me-in-italy/Another beautifully written novel by Jennifer Probst, A Wedding in Lake Como takes readers through [...]Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:28:55 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-examiner-a-novel/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-examiner-a-novel/Royal Hastings University is offering a new master’s program in Multimedia Art. Overseen by Professor [...]Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:19:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-means-of-keeping/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-means-of-keeping/The Means of Keeping is not the sort of climate fiction I’m used to seeing. [...]Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:41:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/hampton-heights-one-harrowing-night-in-the-most-haunted-neighborhood-in-milwaukee-wisconsin/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/hampton-heights-one-harrowing-night-in-the-most-haunted-neighborhood-in-milwaukee-wisconsin/When you’re a kid it’s all about that allowance: it’s your salvation to the arcade, [...]Thu, 07 Nov 2024 20:44:06 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/cherry-blossoms-in-winter/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/cherry-blossoms-in-winter/Dane is a young man living abroad in Vietnam. He has been rather aimless in [...]Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:02:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/marvelous-to-me/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/marvelous-to-me/Marvelous to Me by award-winning singer, songwriter, and children’s book author Keb’ Mo’ is an [...]Mon, 04 Nov 2024 16:17:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/jackpot-summer/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/jackpot-summer/The Jacobson family has reunited to pack up their family beach house on Long Beach [...]Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:22:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/around-here/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/around-here/The prolific and relevant poet J.R. Solonche has given me the gift of writing “how [...]Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:58:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-house-of-metaphor-poems/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/the-house-of-metaphor-poems/“Grief, love, fear, and peace: Pamela Cranston the chaplain bore witness to the immense spectrum [...]Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:27:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/red-white-verse/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/red-white-verse/A lyrical celebration of the rich and diverse history of the United States, Greg McNeilly’s [...]Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:48:42 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/how-america-works-and-why-it-doesnt-by-william-cooper/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/how-america-works-and-why-it-doesnt-by-william-cooper/Book Summary: Americans in the twenty-first century are becoming increasingly untethered from both reality and [...]Sat, 20 Jul 2024 12:22:04 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/part-5-interview-with-ellenmorris-tiegerman-author-of-past-lives-denied/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/part-5-interview-with-ellenmorris-tiegerman-author-of-past-lives-denied/Professor Caitlyn Morrys, a passionate and vocal educator at a small college, finds herself at [...]Sat, 15 Jun 2024 09:14:30 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/part-5-interview-with-rick-moskovitz-author-of-the-pinocchio-chip/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/part-5-interview-with-rick-moskovitz-author-of-the-pinocchio-chip/The Pinocchio Chip is a first-person account of an AI’s quest for the Holy Grail [...]Sun, 09 Jun 2024 16:31:00 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/born-in-space-unlocking-destiny-by-jeremy-clift/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/born-in-space-unlocking-destiny-by-jeremy-clift/About the Book: Seven infants, conceived artificially aboard a rotating space habitat as an experiment [...]Sun, 02 Jun 2024 13:17:40 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/part-4-of-the-haircut-who-would-be-king-by-robert-trebor-blog-tour/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/part-4-of-the-haircut-who-would-be-king-by-robert-trebor-blog-tour/Introducing “The Haircut Who Would Be King” by Robert Trebor This is a satirical portrayal [...]Sat, 25 May 2024 11:36:21 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/part-6-interview-with-authors-of-fenix-and-the-firework-fliers-a-dance-it-out-creative-movement-story/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/part-6-interview-with-authors-of-fenix-and-the-firework-fliers-a-dance-it-out-creative-movement-story/Introducing “Fenix and the Firework Fliers” by Once Upon a Dance, Christine Herbert and Scott [...]Thu, 23 May 2024 12:04:53 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/little-ships-a-novel-by-sandra-j-scofield/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/little-ships-a-novel-by-sandra-j-scofield/About the Book: After adolescent sisters Juni and Tilde Becker wake up one morning to [...]Mon, 20 May 2024 18:07:27 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/lonely-riders-by-michael-d-dennis/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/lonely-riders-by-michael-d-dennis/About the Book: “Lonely Riders” is a gripping novel by Michael D. Dennis set in [...]Sun, 28 Apr 2024 14:44:12 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/ride-the-snake-road-beamo-roamers-hardcore-jaunt-to-the-wasteland-by-leroy-wow/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/ride-the-snake-road-beamo-roamers-hardcore-jaunt-to-the-wasteland-by-leroy-wow/About the Book: Ride The Snake Road is a science fiction novel that tells the [...]Tue, 20 Feb 2024 16:29:43 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/soulscapes-by-lee-woodman/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/soulscapes-by-lee-woodman/About the Book: Soulscapes, the fifth volume in Lee Woodman's “scapes” series, is an exploration [...]Sat, 27 Jan 2024 21:25:12 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/cats-true-tails-and-life-lessons-from-a-furry-companion-by-pamela-wallin/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/cats-true-tails-and-life-lessons-from-a-furry-companion-by-pamela-wallin/About the Book: Cats: Tails and Life Lessons from A Purring Companion is an affectionate [...]Sat, 20 Jan 2024 08:48:02 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/these-things-happen-a-novel-by-michael-eon/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/these-things-happen-a-novel-by-michael-eon/Book Summary: Daniel Zimmer will do almost anything to end his pain—except for the one [...]Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:32:27 GMThttps://whatismybookworth.com/posts/who-is-anna-stenberg-by-tracey-norman/https://whatismybookworth.com/posts/who-is-anna-stenberg-by-tracey-norman/Book Summary: When her murderous father escapes from an institution, a young girl is forced [...]Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:55:54 GMT