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Thank you all so much!


Thank you all so very much for voting for us in TV 7and4's Best of the Best awards

We are very proud to tell you that after only 18 months in business we came a close second to Horizon, a Traverse City
institution for close to 50 years. We are humbled, grateful and just a little astonished. We're so glad you like what we're doing.

What touched us the most was the kind words you wrote about our little store.
We received more positive recommendations than all the other bookstores combined! Thank you. Here's a sampling:

"Incredible selection coupled with an authoritative source -- something you don't often find in "today's" bookstores! Brilliant Books is a (welcomed) throw-back to what should be, versus what is!"

"A really unusually thoughtful and somewhat eclectic selection, as well as a lovely web site. There are actually people behind this store, not some big corporation that uses marketing to choose the stock."

"Excellent reading selections from mainstream to edgy. The store itself is cozy and has an outstanding atmosphere."

"The aura of a true bookstore is evident the moment you enter."

"All around the best book store I've ever visited!"

Oh My! I never thought I'd find copying and pasting such a genuinely moving experience. Thank you all so very, very much.

Click here for the full list

Thank you all. We're so glad our vision is being experienced as your reality.



Peter & Colleen Makin

Brilliant Books Readers Club Read more...
Support Brilliant Books Join our Readers Club today!

You'll get 10% off EVERY purchase; a one time 15% discount unlimited shopping spree; invitations to members only events and a free Brilliant Books EAT. SLEEP. READ. Tote Bag. And, the knowledge that you are enriching our community by supporting Brilliant Books, your local, independent bookstore.

Readers Club Membership Readers Club Membership

• 15% Discount for any one-time shopping spree at Brilliant Books.
• 10% off ALL purchases everyday - even sale items!
• 20% off all paid advance orders
• Exclusive notice of signed and personalized books.
• Invitations to Readers Club only events.
• Special Readers Club email notices.
• Free Brilliant Books tote bag.
Indie Next List Read more...
Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.

Sag Harbor Sag Harbor
by Whitehead, Colson
i have just now finished sag harbor. it's a masterpiece. he wrote the hell out of it. i knew he could write, of course i knew he could write, but this is above and beyond. is he the greatest of his generation? possibly. if this book does not make him enduringly and hugely famous, i may want to get out of books altogether.--Sarah McNally, McNally Jackson Books (New York, NY)
Brilliant Gifts / Mugs, Toys, Games, Cards...... Read more...
Not only books:

Unique to Brilliant Books
Beautiful marble coasters of the Leelanau Peninsula





What's Happening in Suttons Bay?
Significant events in the village of Suttons Bay and the Leelanau peninsula - home of Brilliant Books.
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Quote of the Day
"Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the right use? What is the one end which all means go to effect? They are for nothing but to inspire."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The American Scholar
From The Quotable Book Lover (Lyons Press)
Author Birthday
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on this date in 1804.