TBR Books

Indie Bookstore in O'Fallon, IL

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  • June Newsletter

    Our first month in our new home was a huge success! Thank you all SO MUCH for supporting us! We are so thrilled to be a part of the downtown community. We had our official ribbon-cutting ceremony through the O’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, May 28th. Lena gave a lovely speech and got to…

  • May Newsletter

    Happy May! This has been a very eventful spring for TBR Books! In this newsletter, you’ll find our FINAL LOCATION UPDATE (yay), a new artisan announcement, and some monthly book recommendations. This month is PACKED with awareness campaigns and celebrations. We have tried to include as many as possible and to do them justice. The…

  • Independent Bookstore Day

    Saturday, April 25th is Independent Bookstore Day, and we have excellent news! WE ARE OPEN! We are in our new space, and after a whole week of hard work, we are ready for customers! The timing could not be better, since our first full day of being open is Independent Bookstore Day! Our new address…

  • Big Announcement!

    This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for! We are finally MOVING! Our new home is 109 W First Street, next to Wood Bakery. It will be significantly larger than our current location, so we won’t be able to fill the entire space immediately, and that’s a good thing! Our little store is still…

  • April Newsletter

    Happy Spring! We have really been enjoying warmer weather and seeing flowers again, and we hope you have, too! Thank you so much for coming out to support us so far this season! We are so grateful to be part of a literature-loving community. Location Update The building is SO CLOSE to being ready! Thank…

  • March Newsletter

    Thank you SO MUCH to all of our customers and to our community for supporting us. We would not be here without you. This week, we have been open for 6 whole months! This is very exciting! March is a very busy month. It is so jam-packed full of literary holidays that we can’t possibly…

  • February Newsletter

    Thank you to everyone who has come to visit us this past month! We could not be here without your support. Please continue spreading the word that we are here. Long-distance friends can also support us by purchasing books or e-books through Bookshop.org or by purchasing audiobooks at Libro.fm. February is a short month, but…

  • January Newsletter

    Happy New Year from TBR Books! 2025 has been a monumental year for us! We opened in September, which means we’ve been open for three and a half months so far. It feels like the time has gone by so quickly! We are excited for the new year and all of the new books coming…

  • December Newsletter

    Happy Holiday Season! In this month’s newsletter, we have our holiday hours, reading suggestions, online shopping (with options for e-books and audiobooks), and general updates. We’d like to give a huge shout-out to everyone who has shopped at our little store in the last month. Your support means so much to us. Since we were…

  • November Newsletter

    It finally feels like fall here in O’Fallon! There’s a lot going on, and we have updates for you. This is going to be a long newsletter because we’ve included a helpful list of community resources. Reading Suggestions In our last newsletter, we shared some recommendations for Autumn reading. We might add some more to…