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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The Satapur Moonstone (A Perveen Mistry Novel #2) Cover Image

The Satapur Moonstone (A Perveen Mistry Novel #2) (Hardcover)

By Sujata Massey
$26.95
ISBN: 9781616959098
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Soho Crime - May 14th, 2019
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Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit (A Kopp Sisters Novel #4) Cover Image

Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit (A Kopp Sisters Novel #4) (Paperback)

By Amy Stewart
$14.99
ISBN: 9781328614216
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mariner Books - May 7th, 2019
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Empty Brain a Happy Brain: How Thinking Is Overrated (Paperback)

By Niels Birbaumer, Jorg Zittlau, David Shaw (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781947534322
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Scribe Us - March 5th, 2019
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Dark Sacred Night (A Ballard and Bosch Novel) (Paperback)

By Michael Connelly
$16.99
ISBN: 9781538731758
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grand Central Publishing - April 30th, 2019
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Women Talking (Hardcover)

By Miriam Toews
$24.00
ISBN: 9781635572582
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - April 2nd, 2019
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The Widows of Malabar Hill (A Perveen Mistry Novel #1) (Paperback)

By Sujata Massey
$15.95
ISBN: 9781616959760
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Soho Crime - November 20th, 2018
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Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel (Paperback)

By Celeste Ng
$17.00
ISBN: 9780735224315
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - May 7th, 2019
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Transcription: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kate Atkinson
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316176668
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Back Bay Books - April 23rd, 2019
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Welcome to Lagos (Paperback)

By Chibundu Onuzo
$16.95
ISBN: 9781948226219
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Catapult - May 14th, 2019
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Paris Metro (Paperback)

By Wendell Steavenson
$15.95
ISBN: 9780393356793
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 12th, 2019
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The Wall (Hardcover)

By John Lanchester
$25.95
ISBN: 9781324001638
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 5th, 2019
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles (Hardcover)

By Hiro Arikawa, Philip Gabriel (Translated by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780451491336
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Berkley - October 23rd, 2018
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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel (Paperback)

By Amor Towles
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143110439
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - March 26th, 2019
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Bearskin: A Novel (Paperback)

By James A. McLaughlin
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062742803
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ecco - April 16th, 2019
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The Knowledge: A Richard Jury Mystery (Paperback)

By Martha Grimes
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802129253
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grove Press - March 19th, 2019
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Warlight (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Michael Ondaatje
$16.95
ISBN: 9780525562962
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - April 2nd, 2019
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The Book of Delights: Essays (Hardcover)

By Ross Gay
$23.95
ISBN: 9781616207922
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Algonquin Books - February 12th, 2019
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Lawn Boy (Paperback)

By Jonathan Evison
$15.95
ISBN: 9781616209230
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Algonquin Books - March 19th, 2019
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Kudos: A Novel (Outline Trilogy #3) Cover Image

Kudos: A Novel (Outline Trilogy #3) (Paperback)

By Rachel Cusk
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250207395
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Picador - April 2nd, 2019
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Don't Skip Out on Me: A Novel (Paperback)

By Willy Vlautin
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062684479
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Perennial - February 26th, 2019
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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America (Paperback)

By Timothy Snyder
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525574477
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Tim Duggan Books - April 9th, 2019
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Stray City: A Novel (Paperback)

By Chelsey Johnson
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062666697
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Custom House - March 19th, 2019
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Late in the Day: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Tessa Hadley
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062476692
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper - January 15th, 2019
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (Hardcover)

By David Wallace-Wells
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525576709
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Tim Duggan Books - February 19th, 2019
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The Woman in the Window: A Novel (Paperback)

By A. J. Finn
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062678423
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - March 5th, 2019
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The Only Story: A novel (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Julian Barnes
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525563068
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - March 5th, 2019
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To Die but Once: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Paperback)

By Jacqueline Winspear
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062436641
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Perennial - February 26th, 2019
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Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 (Paperback)

By Ryan H. Walsh
$18.00
ISBN: 9780735221369
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - March 5th, 2019
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In Full Flight: One Woman's Quest for Atonement in Africa Cover Image

In Full Flight: One Woman's Quest for Atonement in Africa (Paperback)

By John Heminway
$16.95
ISBN: 9780525434535
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - February 19th, 2019
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Spinning Silver: A Novel (Paperback)

By Naomi Novik
$17.00
ISBN: 9780399180996
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Del Rey - May 7th, 2019
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The Power (Paperback)

By Naomi Alderman
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316547604
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Back Bay Books - January 8th, 2019
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The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories (Paperback)

By Denis Johnson
$17.00
ISBN: 9780812988659
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - January 8th, 2019
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Revolution Song: The Story of America's Founding in Six Remarkable Lives Cover Image

Revolution Song: The Story of America's Founding in Six Remarkable Lives (Paperback)

By Russell Shorto
$17.95
ISBN: 9780393356212
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - November 6th, 2018
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Around the World in 80 Trees (Hardcover)

By Jonathan Drori, Lucille Clerc (Illustrator)
$24.99
ISBN: 9781786271617
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Laurence King Publishing - May 29th, 2018
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Waiting for Eden: A novel (Hardcover)

By Elliot Ackerman
$22.95
ISBN: 9781101947395
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf - September 25th, 2018
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Homegoing (Paperback)

By Yaa Gyasi
$16.00
ISBN: 9781101971062
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - May 2nd, 2017
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy Cover Image

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Paperback)

By Cathy O'Neil
$16.00
ISBN: 9780553418835
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Broadway Books - September 5th, 2017
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The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters (Paperback)

By Tom Nichols
$15.95
ISBN: 9780190865979
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Oxford University Press, USA - October 2018
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Sourdough: or, Lois and Her Adventures in the Underground Market: A Novel Cover Image

Sourdough: or, Lois and Her Adventures in the Underground Market: A Novel (Paperback)

By Robin Sloan
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250192752
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Picador - September 18th, 2018
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Uncommon Type (Paperback)

By Tom Hanks
$16.00
ISBN: 9781101911945
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - September 4th, 2018
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The Child Finder: A Novel (Paperback)

By Rene Denfeld
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062659064
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Perennial - August 7th, 2018
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Manhattan Beach: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jennifer Egan
$17.00
ISBN: 9781476716749
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Scribner - June 5th, 2018
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The Essex Serpent: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sarah Perry
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062666383
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Custom House - April 24th, 2018
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Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kathleen Rooney
$16.00
ISBN: 9781250151162
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Picador - April 3rd, 2018
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No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters (Hardcover)

By Ursula K. Le Guin, Karen Joy Fowler (Introduction by)
$22.00
ISBN: 9781328661593
Availability: Special Order - Usually 1-5 Days
Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - December 5th, 2017
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News of the World: A Novel (Paperback)

By Paulette Jiles
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062409218
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - June 20th, 2017