New York Times Bestselling Author

Evan Friss is a professor of history at James Madison University. His latest book, The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore (published by Viking), was an instant, multi-week New York Times bestseller and spent nineteen weeks on the Indie Bestseller List. The book was named one of Time's Must Read Books of the Year, won the Goodreads Choice Award for History/Biography, and earned a Virginia Literary Award. He's written for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time and other popular outlets and has been awarded fellowships from MacDowell and Monticello.

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Friss is currently at work on his fourth book, tentatively titled, The List: A Human History.