A coming-of-age comedy. A telenovela-worthy drama. A moving family saga. All in a phone call you won’t want to hang up on. “Oye, a novel of chisme, is innovative, heartfelt, and hilarious. Melissa Mogollon’s voice is a gift.”—Myriam Gurba, author of Creep Tombolo Books welcomes debut author Melissa Mogollon to celebrate her beautiful book OYE! […]
“Blood in The Cut brims with dangerous energy in the face of existential entropy. A fantastic story.” —S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of All the Sinners Bleed […]
“Such a Bad Influence is as addictive as Instagram. Woven into its twisty, propulsive story of a missing influencer are complicated questions about the cost of mining one’s life for […]
A war bond tour full of eager young women. A sunny town with a dark underbelly.When the Florida Girls start shooting back, will anyone survive? Diving into the chaotic world […]
Set in the 1950s, this Southern Gothic thriller by Edgar Award–winning author Lori Roy reimagines the life of Marilyn Monroe, tying her fate to a dreamy teenager whose boyfriend runs […]
Dark romance, high stakes, and plot twists abound in this paperback original YA thriller from debut author Sloan Harlow! A dark, romantic thriller perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and […]
The largest open water estuary in Florida, Tampa Bay has been a flashpoint of environmental struggles and action in recent years. In Tampa Bay, Evan Bennett reveals that humans have […]
Here, at last, is the LGBTQIA guidebook you’ve been waiting for—and one that will inspire you to make that bucket list and go out in the world! Join award-winning writer […]
“A gorgeous, gut-wrenching” (Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author) historical novel about two mothers facing unthinkable choices as the Nazis invade France—from the New York Times bestselling author Kristin […]
For fifty years, bestselling author Peter Golenbock has been interviewing some of the most fascinating figures in baseball. Their conversations are a journey back in time to the days of […]
INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY 2024! Join us at the bookstore on Saturday, April 27th to celebrate INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY 2024! We will be open our regular hours, 10am - 5:30pm, with […]
Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow, a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system—from foster care to incarceration—that exposes the deep-rooted biases shaping the system, witnessed through the lives of several Black families. Let us know we will see you there! Please RSVP HERE! Dr. Jessica Pryce knows […]
New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing and Just the Nicest Couple, Mary Kubica, is back with a new pulse-pounding thriller! Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full time nurse. While on duty at the hospital one day, a […]
When journalist Annabelle Tometich picks up the phone one June morning, she isn’t expecting a collect call from an inmate at the Lee County Jail. And when she accepts, she certainly isn’t prepared to hear her mother’s voice on the other end of the line. So begins The Mango Tree, a poignant and deceptively entertaining […]
G. Neri, the Eisner finalist and Coretta Scott King honoring-winning author of YUMMY and CONCRETE COWBOY, likes to go where few dare, whether it’s the mean streets of Chicago’s Southside […]
From the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief and a “magical tale of survival” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In Melissa Broder’s astonishingly profound new novel, a woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her.What the motel provides, however, is not […]
Ginny Myers Sain, the New York Times bestselling author of Dark & Shallow Lies, delivers another chilling supernatural thriller filled with murder, romance, and a decades long mystery that haunts a small Florida town. And Sain will be at Tombolo Books to tell us more about her latest edge-of-your-seat YA novel, ONE LAST BREATH! With […]
There is much more to the "Florida Man" meme than a punchline! Local poet Tyler Gillespie's innovative collection FLORIDA MAN: POEMS, strips away the accepted myths of his home state and its inhabitants in poems centered on Florida’s history and culture. Now in this second, extended edition of his collection, FLORIDA MAN: POEMS, REVISITED, Gillespie […]
- - - > Scarface meets Moby Dick in this groundbreaking, darkly comic novel about a young man’s attempt to capitalize on his mother’s murky legacy—a story steeped in Miami’s marvelous and sinister magic. Tombolo Books is thrilled to welcome Miami author, Jennine Capó Crucet to the bookstore to celebrate her latest novel Say Hello […]
Calling all aspiring, young writers! Local author Sylvia Whitman joins us at the bookstore for a writing workshop where she will talk about how she developed the characters in her latest middle grade novel, If You Meet the Devil, Don't Shake Hands! This workshop is perfect for kiddos ages 9+, and we encourage everyone attending […]
