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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All the Horses of Iceland By Sarah Tolmie Cover Image

All the Horses of Iceland (Paperback)

By Sarah Tolmie
$15.99
ISBN: 9781250807939
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Tordotcom - March 1st, 2022
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Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel By Anthony Doerr Cover Image

Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel (Paperback)

By Anthony Doerr
$20.00
ISBN: 9781982168445
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Scribner - September 27th, 2022
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The Displacements: A Novel By Bruce Holsinger Cover Image

The Displacements: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Bruce Holsinger
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593189719
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Riverhead Books - July 5th, 2022
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A History of Wild Places: A Novel By Shea Ernshaw Cover Image

A History of Wild Places: A Novel (Paperback)

By Shea Ernshaw
$17.99
ISBN: 9781982164812
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Atria Books - August 30th, 2022
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How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water: A Novel By Angie Cruz Cover Image

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Angie Cruz
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250208453
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Flatiron Books - September 13th, 2022
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A Map for the Missing: A Novel By Belinda Huijuan Tang Cover Image

A Map for the Missing: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Belinda Huijuan Tang
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593300664
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Penguin Press - August 9th, 2022
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The Marriage Portrait: A novel By Maggie O'Farrell Cover Image

The Marriage Portrait: A novel (Hardcover)

By Maggie O'Farrell
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593320624
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Knopf - September 6th, 2022
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Our Country Friends: A Novel By Gary Shteyngart Cover Image

Our Country Friends: A Novel (Paperback)

By Gary Shteyngart
$18.99
ISBN: 9781984855145
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - September 6th, 2022
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Solutions and Other Problems By Allie Brosh Cover Image

Solutions and Other Problems (Paperback)

By Allie Brosh
$22.00
ISBN: 9781982156954
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Gallery Books - September 27th, 2022
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The Wrong End of the Telescope By Rabih Alameddine Cover Image

The Wrong End of the Telescope (Paperback)

By Rabih Alameddine
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802157812
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Grove Press - September 6th, 2022
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Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution By R. F. Kuang Cover Image

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution (Hardcover)

By R. F. Kuang
$27.99
ISBN: 9780063021426
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Harper Voyager - August 23rd, 2022
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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law By Mary Roach Cover Image

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (Paperback)

By Mary Roach
$16.95
ISBN: 9781324036128
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - August 30th, 2022
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Harlem Shuffle: A Novel By Colson Whitehead Cover Image

Harlem Shuffle: A Novel (Paperback)

By Colson Whitehead
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525567271
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Anchor - August 9th, 2022
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Intimacies: A Novel By Katie Kitamura Cover Image

Intimacies: A Novel (Paperback)

By Katie Kitamura
$16.00
ISBN: 9780399576171
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Riverhead Books - July 19th, 2022
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Mercury Pictures Presents: A Novel By Anthony Marra Cover Image

Mercury Pictures Presents: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Anthony Marra
$28.99
ISBN: 9780451495204
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Hogarth - August 2nd, 2022
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The Sentence: A Novel By Louise Erdrich Cover Image

The Sentence: A Novel (Paperback)

By Louise Erdrich
$18.00
ISBN: 9780062671134
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Harper Perennial - September 6th, 2022
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz By Erik Larson Cover Image

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz (Paperback)

By Erik Larson
$20.00
ISBN: 9780385348737
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Crown - February 15th, 2022
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The Wild Hunt By Emma Seckel Cover Image

The Wild Hunt (Paperback)

By Emma Seckel
$16.95
ISBN: 9781953534224
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Tin House Books - August 2nd, 2022
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Acceptance: A Memoir By Emi Nietfeld Cover Image

Acceptance: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Emi Nietfeld
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593489475
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Penguin Press - August 2nd, 2022
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Appleseed: A Novel By Matt Bell Cover Image

Appleseed: A Novel (Paperback)

By Matt Bell
$17.99
ISBN: 9780063040151
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Mariner Books - July 5th, 2022
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The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery By Richard Osman Cover Image

The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery (Paperback)

By Richard Osman
$17.00
ISBN: 9781984881014
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Penguin Books - July 26th, 2022
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Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire By Lizzie Johnson Cover Image

Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire (Paperback)

By Lizzie Johnson
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593136409
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Crown - August 16th, 2022
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The Lost Apothecary By Sarah Penner Cover Image

The Lost Apothecary (Paperback)

By Sarah Penner
$17.99
ISBN: 9780778311973
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Park Row - February 22nd, 2022
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When We Cease to Understand the World By Benjamin Labatut, Adrian Nathan West (Translated by) Cover Image

When We Cease to Understand the World (Paperback)

By Benjamin Labatut, Adrian Nathan West (Translated by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781681375663
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: New York Review Books - September 28th, 2021
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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau By Silvia Moreno-Garcia Cover Image

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Hardcover)

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593355336
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Del Rey - July 19th, 2022
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Afterparties: Stories By Anthony Veasna So Cover Image

Afterparties: Stories (Paperback)

By Anthony Veasna So
$18.99
ISBN: 9780063049895
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Ecco - June 7th, 2022
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Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing (A Zofia Turbotynska Mystery) By Maryla Szymiczkowa Cover Image

Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing (A Zofia Turbotynska Mystery) (Paperback)

By Maryla Szymiczkowa
$15.99
ISBN: 9780358161462
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: HarperVia - March 17th, 2020
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The Vixen: A Novel By Francine Prose Cover Image

The Vixen: A Novel (Paperback)

By Francine Prose
$16.99
ISBN: 9780063012158
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Harper Perennial - June 28th, 2022
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Wayward: A novel By Dana Spiotta Cover Image

Wayward: A novel (Paperback)

By Dana Spiotta
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593312490
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Vintage - June 21st, 2022
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Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel By Bonnie Garmus Cover Image

Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Bonnie Garmus
$29.00
ISBN: 9780385547345
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Doubleday - April 5th, 2022
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The Guide: A novel By Peter Heller Cover Image

The Guide: A novel (Paperback)

By Peter Heller
$17.00
ISBN: 9781984898968
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Vintage - May 10th, 2022
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Malibu Rising: A Novel By Taylor Jenkins Reid Cover Image

Malibu Rising: A Novel (Paperback)

By Taylor Jenkins Reid
$18.00
ISBN: 9781524798673
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Ballantine Books - May 17th, 2022
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The Woman in the Purple Skirt: A Novel By Natsuko Imamura, Lucy North (Translated by) Cover Image

The Woman in the Purple Skirt: A Novel (Paperback)

By Natsuko Imamura, Lucy North (Translated by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143136033
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Penguin Books - June 14th, 2022
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Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary By Laura Stanfill Cover Image

Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary (Paperback)

By Laura Stanfill
$18.99
ISBN: 9781941360613
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Lanternfish Press - April 19th, 2022
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Small Things Like These By Claire Keegan Cover Image

Small Things Like These (Hardcover)

By Claire Keegan
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802158741
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Grove Press - November 30th, 2021
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Beautiful World, Where Are You: A Novel By Sally Rooney Cover Image

Beautiful World, Where Are You: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sally Rooney
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250859044
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Picador - June 7th, 2022
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An Island: A Novel By Karen Jennings Cover Image

An Island: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Karen Jennings
$25.00
ISBN: 9780593446522
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Hogarth - May 17th, 2022
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Falling: A Novel By T. J. Newman Cover Image

Falling: A Novel (Paperback)

By T. J. Newman
$17.99
ISBN: 9781982177898
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - May 17th, 2022
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The Madness of Crowds: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #17) By Louise Penny Cover Image

The Madness of Crowds: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #17) (Paperback)

By Louise Penny
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250145277
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Minotaur Books - May 24th, 2022
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The Night Always Comes: A Novel By Willy Vlautin Cover Image

The Night Always Comes: A Novel (Paperback)

By Willy Vlautin
$16.99
ISBN: 9780063035096
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Harper Perennial - May 17th, 2022
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The Plot: A Novel By Jean Hanff Korelitz Cover Image

The Plot: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jean Hanff Korelitz
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250790750
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Celadon Books - May 3rd, 2022
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I Will Die in a Foreign Land By Kalani Pickhart Cover Image

I Will Die in a Foreign Land (Hardcover)

By Kalani Pickhart
$25.00
ISBN: 9781953387080
Availability: Backordered - availability and arrival estimates will be provided when your order is processed
Published: Two Dollar Radio - October 19th, 2021
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Once There Were Wolves: A Novel By Charlotte McConaghy Cover Image

Once There Were Wolves: A Novel (Paperback)

By Charlotte McConaghy
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250244154
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Flatiron Books - May 3rd, 2022
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The Verifiers By Jane Pek Cover Image

The Verifiers (Paperback)

By Jane Pek
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593313794
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Vintage - February 22nd, 2022
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Whereabouts (Vintage Contemporaries) By Jhumpa Lahiri Cover Image

Whereabouts (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Jhumpa Lahiri
$16.00
ISBN: 9780593312087
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Vintage - March 29th, 2022
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Piranesi By Susanna Clarke Cover Image

Piranesi (Paperback)

By Susanna Clarke
$17.00
ISBN: 9781635577808
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - September 28th, 2021
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The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel (A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #1) By Richard Osman Cover Image

The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel (A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #1) (Paperback)

By Richard Osman
$17.00
ISBN: 9781984880987
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Penguin Books - August 3rd, 2021