Welcome to The Book and Cranny, Statesboro's only contemporary bookstore! Now, you aren't forced to drive to other cities or go online to find the book you want. Come in and browse -- enjoy the feel, the smell, the pleasure of searching for the latest titles, the best-selling authors, the book you didn't know you wanted until you saw it on the shelf!

Read about us at ConnectStatesboro!

What We Do

We sell new books -- no used books, no textbooks! We have a very exciting collection, everything from the newest bestsellers to old favorites. And if you don't see what you're looking for on the shelf, we can order it for you -- no extra charge. Most special orders arrive within 2 - 3 days (some may take a bit longer, but we will tell you up front). We receive book shipments almost daily during the week, so there is always something new for you to check out!

Locals Only

We have books by authors with local connections:

Annette Laing (Statesboro resident): Don't Know Where, Don't Know When (Grades 4 - 6) http://www.annettelaing.com/

Joe Kropp (Statesboro resident): Bowlegs' Bounty and Hickok's Gold (Grades 4 - 6)

John Parrish (Statesboro resident): Birds of Georgia

Jonathan Bryant (Statesboro resident): How Curious a Land (history)

Wright Gres (Vidalia resident): Macedonia Passage (fiction) http://www.theriverhousebooks.com/

Mark Harris (son of Statesboro residents): Grave Matters

http://gravematters.us/

Zachary C. Bush (former Statesboro resident): Outside the Halfway House and We Swallow(ed) Spiders in Our Sleep (Poetry chapbooks) 

Saundra Murray Nettles (Statesboro resident): Crazy Visitation: A Chronicle of illness and Recovery

 Are YOU an author or are you related to one? Do you know someone with a local connection who is? Let us know! We are proud to promote the efforts of our local artists!

UPCOMING EVENTS!  

Sonya Huber is coming!

April 4, 2008

11 AM until ?

 Sonya Huber is a creative writer, journalist, and teacher whose work has appeared and is forthcoming in many magazines, literary journals, anthologies, and other publications. She is also an assistant professor of creative writing at GSU.

Annette Laing

Ms. Laing's book is fast becoming a regional bestseller, not only here in Statesboro, but also in places like Atlanta, Aiken, SC, and Sarasota, FL. Her book has been picked up by a national distributor, so the only place for it to go is UP!!! Annette is currently in the research phase of the sequel.

 Accepted forms of payment

Sorry, we DO NOT accept personal checks. We do take Visa and MasterCard and debit cards. Cash, of course, is always acceptable!

 Associations

The Book and Cranny is a proud member of the ABA (American Booksellers Association) and SIBA (Southern Independent Booksellers Association). We are also a member of the Statesboro - Bulloch Chamber of Commerce.