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Unfettered Books Author Event:

Jess Cantrell

Saturday September 5 @ 6:00p

Upcoming Events

  • St*tch and B*tch

    9/4/26 6:00-8:00PM

    Weekly fiber arts club EXCLUSIVELY at Unfettered Books. All fiber persuasions are welcome, so come stitch, sip, and bitch with friends each Friday night at 6p.

  • Jess Cantrell

    9/5/26 6:00-7:00PM

    An interactive session with the author of the Gray Matter series as she drops by after the release of the new graphic novel series next door at Strangeways Comics and More. She’ll be taking questions and signing books so come out and support a local author from Winston.

  • Colin Cutler

    9/18/26 3:00-4:00PM

    Colin Cutler will perform and discuss the works of Flannery O'Connor and how she has inspired his music as we prepare for the NC Folk Festival.

New this week at Unfettered

(Click on each book to read its description)

Book cover of 'The Knave and the Moon' by Rachel Gillig. Features a woman with curly blonde hair, wearing a gray and black historical dress, holding a sword, with a blindfold over her eyes, set against a dark background with floral and ornate gold accents.
Cover of the book 'Agrippa' by Robert Harris showing purple background with gold text and a decorative ornamental element.
Book cover titled 'The Paradox Club' by Charlie Lovett, featuring a starry night sky background and stylized text with clouds and moon motifs.
Book cover for 'A Time of Witches' by Madeline Martin, featuring floral and foliage patterns, a full moon at the top, and a small white house at the bottom.
Book cover for "Blacktail" by Scott Hawkins featuring a black dog with red blood-like stains dripping from the title and image.
Cover of the book titled 'Impossible Creatures Book Three: The NeverFear' by Katherine Rundell, featuring a dragon and a young girl in a blue dress with a yellow cape, with a fiery background.
Cover of the book "School for Thieves" by Peter J. Burns, featuring a dark, art deco design with a figure sitting on a ledge above the title.

Unfettered Top 3

#1

The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lions Vol. I by: Beth Brower

Cover page of a book titled 'The Uncollected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1,' by Beth Brower, with decorative corner embellishments.

#2

Bromantasy by Máire Roche

Book cover of 'Bromantasy' by Maire Roche. Features two characters riding a bear, surrounded by colorful fantasy elements like trees, a castle, and animals, with the tagline 'Two heroes. One brain cell.'

#3

Theo of Golden by Alan Levi

Cover of the book 'Theo of Golden' by Allen Levi, featuring a simple white background with a feather illustration in the center.

The top three are based on sales over the last 28 days at Unfettered Books. This is an internal list that does not reflect national or regional lists. You can find the New York Times national list here, and the regional list from SIBA here.

If you would like to purchase one of the top 3, but are unable to visit the store, you can click on the book above and follow the link to Bookshop.org where you can buy the copy online. Be sure to choose Unfettered Books as your store before check out to help support the store!

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