Before we share info about this month’s book, we want to remind everyone that we’ve kicked off our fundraising efforts for booking hiding in 2026! If you’re interested in supporting these bookish scavenger hunts, please consider making a donation. Will you help us meet our goal before the end of 2025?!?! We also want to…
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Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
Before we share info about this month’s book, we want to remind everyone that we’ve kicked off our fundraising efforts for booking hiding in 2026! If you’re interested in supporting these bookish scavenger hunts, please consider making a donation. Will you help us meet our goal before the end of 2025?!?! We also want to…
Collaboration: Building a Bookish Community with Humane Borders!
Collaboration alert! The Tucson Tome Gnome is partnering with our friends at Humane Borders over the next few weeks on two bookish events! First up (and coming tomorrow, October 26!), we are partnering with Humane Borders on an immigration and border-themed bookish scavenger hunt! Tomorrow we’ll be hiding 16 books all over Tucson — two…
50th Tome Giveaway
Happy 50th book giveaway! Our book giveaways are solidly middle-aged at this point, LOL. We had an amazing time hiding 30 copies of MY LIPS, HER VOICE by local Tucson author L.L. Madrid last Sunday. If you like books that include horror/mystery/thriller elements, sapphic rep, multiple POVs, dual timelines, paranormal aspects (including possession, ghosts, and…
My Lips, Her Voice by L.L. Madrid
Before we share info about this month’s book, we want to remind everyone that we’ve kicked off our fundraising efforts for booking hiding in 2026! If you’re interested in supporting these bookish scavenger hunts, please consider making a donation. Will you be one of our early donors to help us keep momentum going? In addition…
Banned Books Weeks… and Fundraising for 2026!
Hi Folks. We hate that we have to talk about this (and “celebrate” it every year), but Banned Books Week is coming up, October 5-11, 2025. Every year, highlighting this issue becomes increasingly important, as book banning continues to rise. The theme this year is “Censorship Is So 1984 — Read for Your Rights.” If…
49th Tome Giveaway – FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
Happy 49th book giveaway! We celebrated our FOUR-YEAR TOME GNOMIVERSARY by hiding 30 copies of The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune. This gnome loved this book so much and can’t wait for you all to read it and enjoy it too (Artemis Drath Vadar and bacon forever!). If you’re new here and didn’t…
The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune
Before we share info about this month’s book, we’re excited to announce that IT’S OUR FOUR YEAR TOME GNOMIVERSARY this month! Four years flies by when you’re having fun. This also means we’re kicking off our fundraising efforts for booking hiding in 2026! If you’re interested in supporting these bookish scavenger hunts, please consider making…
48th Tome Giveaway
Happy 48th book giveaway! We celebrated the (almost!) end of summer by hiding 30 copies of The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela. This gnome loved this book so much and can’t wait for you all to read it and enjoy it too ❤ If you’re new here and didn’t get a chance to find…
The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela
Before we share info about this month’s book, we’re excited to announce that this month’s “Community Kindness Sponsor” (which helps offset the cost of the extra 15 books we hide after scavenger hunt weekend every month – the “random act of kindness” books!) is long-time Tome-finder and friend of the Tome Gnome, Sarah Meadows!!! So,…
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