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🔍✨ Mystery & Thriller lovers — fresh arrivals just in! ✨🔍 From Patterson to Penny, Baldacci to Pavone, our recently released thrillers (most within the past couple years) are hitting the shelves. Plus — a classic for the collection — the Millennium Trilogy box set by Stieg Larsson. 📦🔥 This section always moves fast — perfect if you’re craving your next page-turner. 🕵️‍♀️📚 Come snag your favorite before it’s gone! #MysteryAndThriller #NewArrivals #BookstoreFinds #PageTurner

📚🤓 Non-Fiction Nerds Unite! 🤓📚 Hundreds of mind-expanding titles are hitting the shelves this week — everything from philosophy and politics to history, religion, and nature. A few standouts pictured here: 🔹 The Bin Ladens 🔹 The Essential Kierkegaard 🔹 Bigfoot Sasquatch Evidence 🔹 The Women’s Suffrage Movement 🔹 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War set 🔹 Gray’s Anatomy 🔹 The Mushroom Hunter’s Field Guide …and so many more. Whether you’re chasing deep ideas, American history, or just an unusual read, there’s plenty to explore. Come dig into the stacks — your next favorite nonfiction is waiting. 🌿📖 #ReadMoreBooks #NonFictionReads #UsedBooks #MindExpandingReads #InBend

📚💰 $50 Gift Card Giveaway! 💰📚 ✨✨✨We have a winner…. Congrats to @jeni.shirley !✨✨✨ We (Rian & Alyssa) have been reading a lot lately, and thought we’d turn it into a fun little challenge for you. Take a look at these books 👀 … Can you guess who read which ones? 👉 The first person to correctly guess 5 of Rian’s books and 5 of Alyssa’s books wins a $50 Big Story gift card! 💰 Drop your guesses in the comments — and may the best book sleuth win. 🕵️‍♀️📖 #ReadMoreBooks #ExpandYourMind #BookGiveaway #ReadLocal #InBendOregon #LeadersAreReaders

Stacks of epic fantasy, classic literature, cult favorites, and modern must-reads are hitting the shelves this weekend at Big Story. From Tolkien to Yanagihara, Abercrombie to Capote, these gently loved books are ready for their next adventure. Come by and discover your next favorite read before they’re gone! 📚💫 #UsedBooks #BendOregon #Bookstagram #ReadMoreBooks #FantasyReads #LiteraryFiction #BookLovers

🚀✨ Vintage Sci-Fi & Fantasy Geek Hardcover Heaven ✨🚀 Check out this lot of hardcover gems from decades past — Pratchett, Herbert, McCaffrey, Silverberg, Wolfe, Williamson, Pohl, Zelazny, Scott Card, Donaldson, McKillip, and so many more. A whole galaxy of classic speculative fiction stacked together like a time capsule from the golden age. From space operas to high fantasy, these books are more than just stories — they’re artifacts of fandom history. Perfect for the shelf of any collector or nostalgic reader who wants to warp back into the worlds that shaped the genre. 🔥 Collector’s Spotlight: Vintage Sci-Fi & Fantasy Hardcovers 🔥 This latest batch is packed with deep cuts and legendary classics — the kind of titles that make hardcore fans and collectors do a double take: ✨ First 3 books in The Book of the New Sun — Gene Wolfe ✨ Children of the Atom — Wilmar H. Shiras (proto-X-Men decades early) ✨ Strata — Terry Pratchett (a rare pre-Discworld gem) ✨ Xenogenesis — Octavia E. Butler (Afrofuturist brilliance) ✨ Wyrm — Orson Scott Card (oversized monster pulp) ✨ Alien — Alan Dean Foster’s novelization of the classic film ✨ Voyage From Yesteryear — James P. Hogan ✨ Trumps of Doom & The Last Defender of Camelot — Roger Zelazny Each one is wrapped in Brodart sleeves — preserving that wild vintage cover art for decades more. 📚 These aren’t just books — they’re relics of fandom history, a time capsule from the 70s–90s speculative boom. 👉 Swipe through to see the close-ups. Which one would you put on your shelf first? #CollectorSpotlight #VintageSciFi #FantasyClassics #UsedBooks

📚✨ At Big Story, we love the hunt for beautiful used books—but sometimes the shelves call for something more. That’s when we bring in carefully chosen new titles: ✔️ Fresh releases being buzzing about ✔️ Perennial favorites we never find in good used condition ✔️ Modern classics & indie gems too good to pass up From Kristin Hannah and Madeline Miller to Octavia Butler and Marcus Aurelius, these are the books our community is asking for—and the ones we know you’ll love discovering (or rediscovering). Whether it’s a brand-new paperback, a timeless philosophy text, or a novel that’s shaping the cultural conversation right now—you’ll find it on our shelves, waiting for you. ✨ Some new, some classic, all curated with intention. #BigStoryBookstore #Bookstagram #NewBooks #IndieBookstore

✨ Curated Book Bundles ✨ Freshly tied up and ready for fall reading! 🍂📚 Whether you’re craving contemporary classics, diving into sociology, or gifting the perfect stack to a fellow book lover—our bundles are hand-picked, beautifully wrapped, and always changing. 🎁 New selections are out now—stop by to grab your next adventure! #BigStoryBookstore #CuratedBookBundles #IndieBookstore #BendOregon #Bookstagram #ReadersOfInstagram #BookishGifts

🚀✨ Thoughtfully curated used books land on our shelves every single day—and the lineup is always changing. Here’s just a quick pick from the hundreds of titles arriving this week: 🔮 From philosophy & tarot to epic fantasy & cult classics 🌲 From Donner Party history to National Park adventures 🔥 From Brandon Sanderson epics to Mel Robbins motivation One-of-a-kind finds, cult favorites, and future favorites—ready to be discovered. Come dig in! #ShopLocal #ThoughtfullyCurated #UsedBooks

✨ New Release ✨ Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon arrives today! 🌸🐉 From the bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree and A Day of Fallen Night, this lush new fantasy is packed with dragons, magic, and the kind of epic storytelling that makes Shannon a fan favorite. 🔥 Bold, beautiful, and already one of the most anticipated books of the year — grab your copy now at Big Story Bookstore! #NewRelease #AmongTheBurningFlowers #SamanthaShannon #EpicFantasy

✨ New on our shelves at Big Story — the latest 2025 Mystery & Thriller releases (plus one powerful 2024 True Crime title)! 🔍 Mystery & Thriller – Fresh Releases • Lisa Jewell – Don’t Let Him In The queen of domestic suspense is back with a chilling story about secrets behind closed doors. • Liann Zhang – Julie Chan Is Dead A razor-sharp debut thriller that mixes satire, obsession, and danger in a page-turning modern noir. • Katherine Faulkner – The Break-In From the author of Greenwich Park — a gripping twist-filled tale of secrets, burglary, and betrayal. • Julie Clark – The Ghostwriter A tense psychological thriller of lies, literary fame, and the dangerous price of storytelling. • Ruth Ware – The Woman in Suite 11 The newest locked-room style suspense from a master of modern crime fiction. ⚖️ True Crime – 2024 Release • John Grisham & Jim McCloskey – Framed A riveting account of wrongful convictions, told with Grisham’s trademark storytelling and McCloskey’s decades of justice work. 📚 Perfect for fans of dark twists, psychological suspense, and gripping courtroom revelations. These are the books that will keep you turning pages long past midnight.

✨ At Big Story, we love the classics and the crowd-pleasers… but we’re equally obsessed with the weird, eclectic, and obscure. From UFOs and Freemasonry, to ghost towns, test sites, clowns, and vampire lore — these shelves are full of curiosities you didn’t know you needed. 🛸📚🪦 Come dig around. You never know what you’ll discover. #BigStoryBookstore #WeirdReads #EclecticBooks #RareAndObscure #Bookstagram

✨ Just in: a stunning edition of George Orwell’s 1984 from AATOS Editions out of Finland. This isn’t just a book—it’s a design experience. 📕 Bold typography & striking red-and-black cover 📷 Archival photographs, historical posters, & timeline inserts 📄 Heavy paper & meticulous layout A dystopian classic reimagined as a collectible art object—reminding us that “the abuse of language in the interests of power is not a new thing…” Perfect for readers, collectors, and anyone who loves when literature meets design. 📚 Available now @bigstorybend #1984 #GeorgeOrwell #DystopianFiction #BookDesign #CollectorsEdition #BigStoryBend #IndieBookstore #Bookstagram

✨ Collector’s Shelf Spotlight ✨ Today’s haul of interesting used editions is stacked with treasures: 📚 A rich Easton Press Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Poe) 📚 A boxed Oscar Wilde Collection — gorgeously bound, ready for gifting 📚 First Book Club Editions of Joyce’s Ulysses + Heller’s Catch-22 📚 Haruki Murakami’s Wind/Pinball (two early novels in one) 📚 An out-of-print copy of Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass — rare to see on the shelf! These are the finds that make indie book-hunting magical. Stop in, flip through, and maybe claim one before they disappear into another collection. #BigStoryBend #IndieBookstore #UsedBooks #EastonPress #OscarWilde #HarukiMurakami #SarahJMaas #ThroneOfGlass #JamesJoyce #Catch22 #Bookstagram #RareBooks #BookCollectors

🌲✨ Explore the Pacific Northwest, one page at a time. ✨🌲 From trail guides and local geology to Lewis & Clark history and even a deck of PNW-inspired card games, this stack is packed with adventure. Whether you’re planning a hike, chasing waterfalls, or diving into regional history, we’ve got the perfect guide to inspire your next journey. 📚 Stop by the shop to browse our collection of local guides, outdoor reads, and Northwest stories—your next adventure starts here! #BendOregon #CentralOregon #PNW #BookstoreVibes #LocalHistory #HikingOregon #PNWLife #ExploreOregon #BendBookstore #ReadLocal #Bookstagram

✨ Fresh Nonfiction Finds ✨ Our shelves just got a boost of brilliance — a mix of philosophy, history, psychology, and culture, all in gently used editions waiting for curious minds. 🌍📚 Highlights include: 🔹 The Death and Life of Great American Cities – Jane Jacobs 🔹 The Gay Science – Friedrich Nietzsche 🔹 Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankl 🔹 The Human Condition – Hannah Arendt 🔹 A Guide for the Perplexed – E.F. Schumacher 🔹 Sex and Temperament – Margaret Mead 🔹 The Magic Book – classic lore of spells & tricks 🔹 Northern Mythology – Norse, Finnish & Sami traditions 🔹 Plus explorations of anthropology, urban planning, beavers, and more! Whether you’re drawn to philosophy, psychology, myth, or cultural studies — this stack has something to spark your imagination. 📖 Which one would you take home first? #NonfictionBooks #UsedBooks #PhilosophyReads #Anthropology #UrbanStudies #Bookstagram #IndieBookstore #CuriousMinds

🎶 Fresh Used Vinyl Drop 🎶 Bins just got a reload: choice used wax added in the last 24 hours. 🔥 After a Portland dig last week at some of our favorite record spots, we came back loaded down with treasures: a box of vinyl (+ 28 boxes of used books). 📚🎶 Highlights in this batch include Bob Marley, Talking Heads, U2, Chappell Roan, Sam Cooke, Grateful Dead, Snoop, The Police, Elton John, Bunny Wailer, and more. ✨ Stop in, flip through, and find something new-to-you today! #BigStoryBookstore #UsedVinyl #VinylCommunity #NowSpinning #BendOregon #VinylCollectors #DiggingVinyl

✨ New Season, New Hours ✨ Our summer hours have come to an end, and we’re now back to our standard schedule: 📚 Big Story is OPEN every day, 10am – 3pm 📚 Swing by for used + new books, vinyl, and more. We can’t wait to see you in the shop! ❤️ #BigStoryBookstore #BendOregon #BookstoreLove #CentralOregonBooks #IndieBookstore #OpenEveryDay

✨ Freshly Shelved ✨ A new wave of literary heavy-hitters just landed on our shelves! 🌟 Perfectly pre-loved, full of character, and ready for their next reader. From modern classics to cult favorites, these are the kinds of books that spark conversation long after the last page. Come browse in-store — these won’t stick around for long! #LiteraryFiction #UsedBooks #Bookstagram #HanyaYanagihara #JackKerouac #BretEastonEllis #ModernClassics #IndieBookstore #BookLovers

✨ Vintage Adventure Awaits ✨ Step back into the golden age of pulp with this incredible collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs paperbacks — the imagination behind Tarzan, Pellucidar, John Carter of Mars, and more. 🌍⚔️📚 From lost civilizations to interplanetary battles, these covers capture the wild storytelling and iconic artwork that made Burroughs a cornerstone of fantasy & science fiction. 🔸 Tarzan’s jungle epics 🔸 The exotic worlds of Mars & Venus 🔸 Hidden lands & forgotten empires 🔸 Classic pulp adventures that inspired generations Perfect for collectors, Burroughs fans, or anyone who loves the thrill of vintage paperbacks. 📖 Which Burroughs world would you escape to first — the jungles of Tarzan, the depths of Pellucidar, or the red sands of Mars? #EdgarRiceBurroughs #Tarzan #JohnCarterOfMars #PulpFiction #VintagePaperbacks #SciFiHistory #Bookstagram #VintageBooks #FantasyBooks #AdventureAwaits

We’re open today, Labor Day 10AM - 6PM. ☀️ Today is the final day of our summer hours!

✨ Lose yourself in the magic of stories, surrounded by shelves of wonder and a jungle of greenery 🌿📚. At Big Story Bookstore, every corner is alive with discovery — from sci-fi adventures to timeless classics. Come wander, linger, and let the books (and plants) choose you. #BigStoryBookstore #IndieBookstore #Bookstagram #ShopLocal #BookstoreVibes #ReadersOfInstagram #BookLoversUnite #PlantsAndBooks

📚✨ Kids Summer Reading Sale — Final Days! ✨📚 Summer adventures don’t have to end just yet… keep your little readers inspired with new stories! 🌞 Now through Monday, September 1st, enjoy Buy 2, Get 1 FREE on all kids’ books. 👧👦 From picture books to middle grade favorites, it’s the perfect time to stock up. 📍 Stop by this week or weekend and let your kiddos pick their next great read before the school year begins! #BendOregon #SummerReading A#KidsBooks #Buy2Get1Free #BendOregonBooks

📚 We’re buying used books daily! Our IG feed and shelves are the best way to see what we’re looking to buy—plus a glimpse of the gems already coming in. Peek at our Instagram for highlights, or stop by and browse in person.