Flying Books

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Flying Books is a bookstore, book publisher, and writing school. The store is located at 784 College St. in downtown Toronto.

Photos from Flying Books's post 08/05/2026

The Flying Books bestsellers of the year, so far! 📚Our customers really do have the greatest taste—your choosily chosen reads span across all kinds of genres and interests 💖💚💛

ADULTS:
✨THE DISTANCE OF A SHOUT by Michael Ondaatje 🍁
✨YESTERYEAR by Caro Claire Burke
✨GOOD GIRL by Anna Fitzpatrick 🍁
✨ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME i by Solvej B***e
✨PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir
✨I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN by Jacqueline Harpman
✨STRANGERS by Belle Burden
✨LIVE TO SEE THE DAY by Mark Medley 🍁
✨HYPERPOLITICS by Anton Jäger
✨ENCAMPMENT by Maggie Helwig 🍁
✨THE FIRST LADY NEXT DOOR Eliza Reid 🍁
✨FAMESICK by Lena Dunham
✨HAPPY HOUR by Marlowe Granados 🍁
✨LOST LAMBS by Madeline Cash
✨TRANSCIPTION by Ben Lerner

KIDS:
📖THE WATER YOU’RE SWIMMING IN by Rachel Schwartz Fagan 🍁
📖WINNIE-THE-POOH, 100TH ANNIVERSARY Ed. by A. A Milne
📖DON’T WORRY, LITTLE CRAB by Chris Haughton
📖WHEN YOU FIND THE RIGHT ROCK by Mary Lyn Ray
📖DRAGON’S FIRST TACO by Adam Rubin
📖I WANT MY HAT BACK by Jon Klassen 🍁
📖FOX AND THE MYSTERY LETTER by Alex G.Griffiths
📖DON’T TRUST FISH by Neil Sharpson
📖GOODNIGHT MOON by Margaret Wise Brown
📖IS THIS A PLUM? by Dan & Finn Ojari
📖PEEKABOO: DINOSAUR by Ingela P Arrhenius
📖HEARTSTOPPPER #6 by Alice Oseman
📖DOG MAN: BIG JIM BELIEVES by Dav Pilkey
📖WE FOUND A HAT by Jon Klassen 🍁
📖YOUR FOREST by Jon Klassen 🍁

Thanks for shopping with us! We can’t wait to see what you’re enjoying throughout the rest of 2026.

🔗 Online at the link in bio or instore:
📍 784 College St
📍 371 Queen St W.

08/04/2026

So many delightful new releases from both big and indie presses this week ✨📚

AWAKE AWAKE by Fiona Mozley
QUEEN MAB by Emily McBride 🍁
APPETITE by P. Paramita
TAKE WHAT YOU CAN by Naima Coster
SOLSTICE by Carol Gilligan
THE WILD BENEATH by Kelly Anderson 🍁

TRIAGE by Claudia Rankine
MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Akane Araki
I’M GOING TO BREAK YOUR HEART by Raine Maida & Chantal Kreviazuk 🍁
BURNSIDE by Devyn Defoe

📍371 Queen St. W.
📍784 College St.

Photos from Flying Books's post 08/01/2026

We love to see a well loved copy of Happy Hour in the wild! madina thanks for popping by and showing us your copy!

📍371 Queen St. W.
🔗 Link in bio to order online

07/31/2026

⭐️It’s the long weekend ahead and both shops are open if you want to drop in to say hi!

⏰ Regular hours Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

📍784 College
📍371 Queen West

Photos from Flying Books's post 07/31/2026

Thanks again to Harriet Alida Lye for stopping by yesterday at our College location to sign copies of MOTHERCLOWN.

We’re still raving about it! Find it in store or order it online with us at the link 🔗 in our bio

📍784 College St.
📍371 Queen St. W.

07/30/2026

Shop with Mia at our College location 📚🛍️✒️

What would you pack into your Flying Books tote bag?

📍784 College St.

07/29/2026

So excited to finally have the Booker Longlist ! Which title do you hope will take home the prize?

THE VIVISECTORS by Missouri Williams
THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY by Elizabeth Strout
THE PALM HOUSE by Gwendoline Riley
JOHN OF JOHN by Douglas Stewart
HELEN OF NOWHERE by Makenna Goodman

Order the rest of the list online with us at our link in bio 🔗!

📍371 Queen St. W.
📍784 College St.

Photos from Flying Books's post 07/28/2026

It’s Tuesday 💙 here’s what’s new to our shelves:

BEGGINING MIDDLE END by Valeria Luiselli
BIOLOGICAL WAR by Annie Jacobsen
I MADE YOU UP INSIDE MY HEAD by Marta Perez-Carbonell
UNCOVER UP by Lee Kuhnle

MOTHER BOO: STORIES FROM SPOOKYTOWN by Vikki Vansickle

📍371 Queen St. W.
📍784 College St.

07/27/2026

Congratulations to all the Toronto Book Awards nominees! 📚 Here are just some of the amazing titles that made the longlist:

CHERRY BEACH by Don Gillmor
GOOD GUYS by Sharon Bala
PROPERTY by Kate Cayley
BOOK OF LIVES: A MEMOIR OF SORTS by Margaret Atwood

Find the entire list City of Toronto Culture

📍371 Queen St. W.
📍784 College St.

Photos from Flying Books's post 07/26/2026

Thanks to Toronto Star for stopping by our College Street shop to chat with our very own Basil about all things The Odyssey. 📚. And a special shout-out to Liam, who’s been championing Emily Wilson’s translation for what feels like forever. He knew it was a good one long before everyone else did!

📍371 Queen St. W.
📍784 College St.

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784 College Street
Toronto, ON
M6G1C6

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 6pm
Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm