Allen Eskens > Recent Status Updates

I want to thank everyone for such positive feedback for The Quiet Librarian. I greatly appreciate it. I also wanted to pass on that today The Quiet librarian was named one of the Best Books of 2025 So Far by Amazon editors.



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Right now through 2/7 you can get 25% 0ff preorder of
THE QUIET LIBRARIAN at B&N online with promo code: preorder25

Right now through 2/7 you can get 25% 0ff preorder of
THE QUIET LIBRARIAN at B&N online with promo code: preorder25

THE QUIET LIBRARIAN is both an Amazon Editor's Pick and an Apple Staff Pick. What a great way to start the launch month. Pub.date 2/18/25

"Not only were we gripped by this taut cat-and-mouse game, but we were completely invested in Nura’s story."
--Apple Book reviews.

THE QUIET LIBRARIAN is both an Amazon Editor's Pick and an Apple Staff Pick. What a great way to start the launch month. Pub.date 2/18/25

"Not only were we gripped by this taut cat-and-mouse game, but we were completely invested in Nura’s story."
--Apple Book reviews.

GOODREADS GIVEAWAY

Amazon will be giving away 20 kindle editions of THE QUIET LIBRARIAN between now and Feb. 10.

Also, THE QUIET LIBRARIAN has just been named an Amazon Editor's pick for the month of February (Pub. date 2/18/25)

More love for the audio of The Quiet Librarian:

"Narrator Ilvana Muratovic’s Bosnian heritage adds power to Eskens’s extraordinary historical novel of the 1990s War in Bosnia and its repercussions."
Book Trib

THE QUIET LIBRARIAN had received a Headphones Award from Audiofile, an award given out for truly exceptional titles that excel in narrative voice, style, and characterizations. This recognition is especially gratifying as we were determined to get a narrator who spoke the language, our search leading to Ilvana Muratović, a first-generation American from Bosnia and first-time audio narrator.

Early praise for -- The Quiet Librarian

“This book will stay with me for a long, long time. From the very first lines, I knew I was in the hands of a master storyteller.
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THE QUIET LIBRARIAN is exquisitely written, profoundly affecting, and is undoubtedly one of the best books I will read this year.”

Louise Fein, author of The London Bookshop Affair

Booklist starred review of The Quiet Librarian.

"...an intense and emotional story about grief, loss, and the horrors of war. ... The Quiet Librarian will make readers contemplate their definition of justice and the decisions humans make when trapped in terrible situations."
(only two more days to enter the Goodreads giveaway)

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Goodreads is hosting a GIVEAWAY of 10 Advanced Reader Copies of my upcoming book THE QUIET LIIBRARIAN! Sign up by 11/18.

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Hey, my librarian friends (and others).

I will be interviewed tomorrow (10/24/24) by Library Journal about my forthcoming novel THE QUIET LIBRARIAN. You can join here for free:

https://www.libraryjournal.com/event/...