Featured Block Island Books

 

We offer a wide range of Block Island-themed books for readers young and old. Explore the various categories and call us to inquire about any of these books, or come in and browse! Please call us at 401-466-8878 for availability.

 

History

 

 

 

 Block Island Lore and Legends
Ethel Colt Richie

Images of America: Block Island
Donald A. D’Amato 

 

 

 
 
 

Block Island History of Photography: Volume 1 1870-1910's
Rober M. Downie

 

Block Island History of Photography: Volume 2 1917-1960’s
Robert M. Downie

   

Summer by the Seaside
Bryant F. Tolles, Jr.

Wetherbee's Block Island: Paintings from the 1940's
Jack Lynch & Meg Lynch Doyle

 

 

Palatine Ship: Ghost Ship of Block Island
Robert W. Carlson

Bell Tolls: Shipwrecks & Lighthouses (BI Volume 1)
Henry Keatts and George Farr

   

 

 

Tristram Dodge and His Decendants in America: With Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Block Island and Cow Neck, L.I., Their Original Settlements
Robert Dodge

 
   
 

Nature

 

Block Island Wildlife: An introduction to familiar species The Nature of Block Island
Scott Comings
   
 
Ecology of Block Island

Natural History Survey of Rhode Island
 On This Island: The Block Island Trail and Nature Guide

Keith Lang and Scott Comings
   

 

Block Island Geology: History and Field Excursions
Les Sirkin

Nature Conservancy Postcard Collection

   
   
Public Access to the Rhode Island Coast

Rhode Island Sea Grant, University of Rhode Island
 The Outerlands: A Natural History Guide to Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Block Island and Long Island
Dorothy Sterling
   
 

Fishing

 

 

Fishing up the Moon: Block Island Fishing Guide
Jack Lynch

Striper Chronicles: East Coast Fishing Legends and Adventures

Leo N. Orsi, Jr.
   
 

Cooking

 

 
Island Thyme Cookbook
Block Island Lion’s Club
 A Taste of Salt Air & Island Kitchens
Ladies Auxiliary of the Block Island Volunteer
   
 

Childrens'

 

Good Night Rhode Island
Adam Gamble
 
 

Photography

 

Flying Above the New England Coast
Jake McGuire
Rhode Island: A Photographic Portrait

Karen T. Bartlett
   
   

Rhode Island Coast: A Photographic Portrait

Jim McElholm

 
 

Block Island Fiction

 

 
Ice Cradle: A Novel from the Ghost Files
Mary Ann Winkowski & Maureen Foley
Long Kate: A Tale of Block Island

R.W. Carlson
   

 

Stone Wall Freedom
David Lee Tucker
 
Stone Wall Freedom: Islander
David Lee Tucker
 

Miscellaneous

 

Aesop’s Mirror: A love story
Maryalice Huggins
Rhode Island 101
Tim Lehnert
   
Ghosts of Block Island
Fran Migliaccio
More Ghost of Block Island
Fran Migliaccio
   
 
 Block Island Trivia: A Quiz for a Rainy Day
Robert Ellis Smith
The Monkey’s Fist
J.V. Houlihan, Jr.
   
 
 
 Letters from the Labyrinth: at the Turning Point

Barbara MacDougall
 
 

Poetry

 

Days of Dogs and Driftwood

Lisa Silverberg Starr
This Place Here

Lisa Sliverberg Starr
   
 

Mad with Yellow
Lisa Sliverberg Starr

 
 

Stationery

 

Visions of Block Island in Photographs and Words
Keith Lang

Block Island Cards
Charlotte Herring

 

 

Block Island Notecards
Jane Strone

Block Island Postcards
K.C. Perry

   
 
 

Block Island Cards
Kimberly Todd

Block Island Notecards
K.C. Perry