Show Some Spine
Get ShelvED
Uptown Asbury Park’s independent bookstore
she/they is serving collectible, used + new titles in speculative fiction and non
Nicolas Pethes in conversation with Natalie Adler
Monday June 1st at Wolfe & Kron Books FREE - rsvp appreciated
Catch Nicolas Pethes, author of Springsteen Fandom: “A Lifetime Conversation” at Wolfe & Kron Books in conversation with Natalie Adler, author of Waiting on a Friend.
They’ll be talking all things fandom, how the internet has helped create and nurture far-flung connection, while also stoking parasocial relationships well beyond what previous media enabled.
–only 20 seats available, as store capacity is limited RSVP strongly recommended, in-store signing to follow event–
NJ BOOKSTORE CRAWL 2026
| JUNE 5-6-7 |
NJ BOOKSTORE CRAWL 2026 | JUNE 5-6-7 |
JUNE 5-6-7 2026 ALL THREE DAYS
Friday 11aM - 9pm
Saturday 11aM - 9pm
SUNDAY JERSEY PRIDE
Join us at thE parade 12noon-2pm!
Store hours 3pm - 9pm
AUTHOR BOOK SIGNINGS
SATURDAY 1pm - 3pm
Robyn Gigl
Mystery / CrimE author
ERin Mcabe series
Robyn Gigl is the author of the critically acclaimed Erin McCabe Legal Thrillers. Her books have been named NYTimes best Crime/mystery novels, and listed in TIME Magazine’s 100 best Mystery/Thrillers of All Time. She lives on the Jersey Shore where she is also a practicing attorney.
SunDAY 4pm - 6pm
p. Finian Reilly
eco Sci-fi / historical fiction author
Eco-fiction author P. Finian Reilly previously worked as a local newspaper journalist in Montana. There, to supplement his University of Chicago history degree, he learned how to drive a motorboat along-side a burning lakeshore, and interview anti-government militia leaders. His experience led him to appreciate just how complicated humanity’s relationship with the natural world can be. He since earned his J.D. at Georgetown University Law Center, and now works as an environmental attorney in New Jersey. Ice’s End is his first novel.
Check back here for our OFFICIAL lineup of Author Signings, Giveaways, SPECIAL / SIGNED EDITIONS, & Activities.
PICK UP ONE OF OUR INDIE BOOKSTORE PASSPORTS TO GET STAMPED AT EACH BOOKSTORE YOU VISIT
Print out the Official New Jersey Bookstore Crawl brochure in either FULL COLOR or BLACK & WHITE
Sign up for our newsletter where we’ll announce updates and get the first word on special events
That’s everything from Book Sales to Author Events, as well as Book Clubs and Calls for ARC Readers!
Order Books online and Support our store through Bookshop.org
Despite our ever so tall shelves, we still can’t fit all the books we want to stock at the store.
Luckily, we have Bookshop.org for all your online ordering needs and the proceeds from book sales go to indie bookstores like us.
Yes, for reals.
Even better, if you choose us when you “Choose a Bookstore” on their site, we get the whole sale, as opposed to that money being shared out equally to all indie bookstores.
We’ve created some lists of books we love, so take a gander, order a book or two, and they’ll be delivered right to your door!
Did we mention they have eBooks too?
Show your love of all things books with our cozy merch!
Did you know we have WOLFE & KRON MERCH ! ? !
Order directly from our online merch page and have your size delivered to your doorstep. Is that cozy, or what?!?
YES. THESE make excellent gifts.
but you will also want one for you.
Support Wolfe & Kron Books by snagging a Gift Certificate
SPRING HOURS
Monday 1pm - 7pm
Tuesday - CLOSED
WEDNEsday - CLOSED
thursday 1PM - 7pm
Friday 1PM - 7PM
Saturday 1pM - 7PM
sunday 1pm - 7PM
Affordances shopping by appointment.
Mandatory masked shopping days by request 48hrs in advance.
Dedicated to centering LGBTQIA2S+ and BIPoC Authors
we are here to expand your reading beyond the binary.
visit our uptown asbury park store
808 1/2 5th ave
DEDICATED TO Centering
LGBTQ+ & BIPOC AUTHORS
SPECULATIVE fiction
is our specialty
We have a curated assortment of just about everything, be it Poetry or Memoirs, Pop-Science, the Classics, or Literature. But our true love is Genre Fiction, particularly Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, and Mystery.
Yes, we love our Romance (and Romantasy),Manga, Thrillers, Horror, and everything else in between, but our hearts belong to the dragons and the stars are ever our destination.
Looking for something specific, maybe that particular edition with the cover art you remember?
Or maybe you can’t remember the author –or title– but have a vague recollection of the storyline?
We LOVE that kind of challenge, so send it our way!
Visit us:
Wolfe & Kron Books
808 ½ 5th Ave
uptown asbury park, nj 07712
Not in New Jersey?
Don’t worry. We’re working to get our inventory listed online so you can browse from home. For now, you can email or call with any questions or book requests, or you can shop on Bookshop.org and have books delivered directly to your house while still supporting Indie Bookstores like us!
