Recent Staff Picks

Our staff is made up of full-time booksellers as well as teachers, students, librarians, lawyers, potters, writers, musicians, and parents. Most importantly, we are all passionate about books. We have diverse interests and tastes in what we read, so select a few different booksellers and read about our personal recommendations

Here are some of the books currently on our "Staff Favorites" table:

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Be Here to Love Me at the End of the World By Sasha Fletcher Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781612199474
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Melville House - February 15th, 2022

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The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories By Louise Kennedy Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593540923
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Published: Riverhead Books - December 5th, 2023

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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: A Murdery Mystery Novel By Benjamin Stevenson Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780063279032
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Mariner Books - January 2nd, 2024

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The Mountain in the Sea: A Novel By Ray Nayler Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250872272
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Picador - May 30th, 2023

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And Finally: Matters of Life and Death By Henry Marsh Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9781250880994
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: St. Martin's Griffin - January 16th, 2024

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Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes) By Travis Baldree Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250886101
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Tor Books - November 7th, 2023

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Crook Manifesto: A Novel By Colson Whitehead Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780385545150
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Published: Doubleday - July 18th, 2023

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Eastbound By Maylis De Kerangal, Jessica Moore (Translated by) Cover Image
By Maylis De Kerangal, Jessica Moore (Translated by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9781953861504
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Published: Archipelago - February 7th, 2023

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The Fraud: A Novel By Zadie Smith Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780525558965
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Penguin Press - September 5th, 2023

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Our Wives Under the Sea: A Novel By Julia Armfield Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250229908
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Flatiron Books - June 27th, 2023

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Pay as You Go By Eskor David Johnson Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781952119743
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: McSweeney's - October 24th, 2023

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Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people By Tracy Kidder Cover Image
$22.00
ISBN: 9781984801456
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - January 16th, 2024

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Thornhedge By T. Kingfisher Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250244093
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Published: Tor Books - August 15th, 2023

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Liberation Day: Stories By George Saunders Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525509615
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - October 10th, 2023

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The MANIAC By Benjamin Labatut Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593654477
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Published: Penguin Press - October 3rd, 2023

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Singer Distance By Ethan Chatagnier Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781959030164
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Published: Tin House Books - December 5th, 2023

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So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men By Claire Keegan Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802160850
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Published: Grove Press - November 14th, 2023

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The Maid: A Novel (Molly the Maid #1) By Nita Prose Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593356173
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Published: Ballantine Books - January 3rd, 2023

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We Could Be So Good: A Novel By Cat Sebastian Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780063272767
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Published: Avon - June 6th, 2023

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Death Valley: A Novel By Melissa Broder Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781668024843
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Published: Scribner - October 3rd, 2023

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Gilded Mountain: A Novel By Kate Manning Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781982160951
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Published: Scribner - October 10th, 2023

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Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life By Clare Mac Cumhaill, Rachael Wiseman Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9781984898982
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Published: Anchor - October 24th, 2023

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Signal Fires: A novel By Dani Shapiro Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593467961
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Published: Vintage - October 24th, 2023

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Toad: A Novel By Katherine Dunn, Molly Crabapple (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Katherine Dunn, Molly Crabapple (Foreword by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250872296
Availability: Special Order - arrival estimates will be provided when your order is processed
Published: Picador - October 31st, 2023

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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers By Jesse Q. Sutanto Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593549223
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Published: Berkley - March 14th, 2023

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Bright Young Women: A Novel By Jessica Knoll Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781501153228
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Published: S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books - September 19th, 2023

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Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle By Jody Rosen Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9780804141512
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Published: Crown - June 13th, 2023

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Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution By R. F. Kuang Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780063021433
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Harper Voyager - August 29th, 2023

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Now Is Not the Time to Panic: A Novel By Kevin Wilson Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062913517
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Ecco - August 1st, 2023

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Big Swiss: A Novel By Jen Beagin Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781982153090
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Published: Scribner - August 1st, 2023

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The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession By Michael Finkel Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525657323
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Knopf - June 27th, 2023

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The Marriage Portrait: A novel By Maggie O'Farrell Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593315088
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Published: Vintage - July 11th, 2023

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The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery By Richard Osman Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593299418
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Penguin Books - June 20th, 2023

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The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel) By Matt Haig Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525559498
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Penguin Books - May 9th, 2023

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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet By John Green Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525555247
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Published: Dutton - March 21st, 2023

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Vintage Contemporaries: A Novel By Dan Kois Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9780063162419
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Harper - January 17th, 2023

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When Women Were Dragons: A Novel By Kelly Barnhill Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593466575
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Anchor - May 16th, 2023

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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir By Michelle Zauner Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781984898951
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Vintage - March 28th, 2023

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Sea of Tranquility: A novel By Emily St. John Mandel Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593466735
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Published: Vintage - March 28th, 2023

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The Music of Bees: A Novel By Eileen Garvin Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593183939
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Published: Dutton - April 26th, 2022

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Foster By Claire Keegan Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802160140
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Published: Grove Press - November 1st, 2022

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The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery By Richard Osman Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781984881014
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Published: Penguin Books - July 26th, 2022

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Small Things Like These By Claire Keegan Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802158741
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Published: Grove Press - November 30th, 2021

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The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel (A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #1) By Richard Osman Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781984880987
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Penguin Books - August 3rd, 2021