Goerings Book Store

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My book reviews are more in the nature of book reports, mostly reporting on the book's contents. For many years these were broadcast over WUFT-FM. I can only go to the effort to review books that I have enjoyed reading, so criticisms are few. Where to Obtain Books
All titles listed here may be available in your local book stores or library or can be ordered directly from publishers. I can't out of principle turn you over to Amazon.com. They don't pay their share of taxes. Nor do their customers!

During its almost 40 years of bookselling in Gainesville, Goerings Book Store featured new titles, hardcopy and paperback, at the entrance to our store. Now those titles will come from publishers' web sites, chosen with the reading habits of our many loyal customers in mind.

I shall continue to list book titles of local interest because of the many authors from Gainesville and those who visit the University of Florida or Santa Fe College. But I need some help here. Please e-mail me suggested books by local authors, including your own books.

I will also offer essays on various topics related to books and the book trade.

Author events at Goerings are sadly a thing of the past. Instead I now list events of particular merit that I have attended -- lectures, symposia, performances. There should be some record of our rich intellectual life.

Remembering the life of our store at three locations.

Each had its own character. Each was a great book store worthy of our community of readers.