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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A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them By Timothy Egan Cover Image

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them (Hardcover)

By Timothy Egan
$30.00
ISBN: 9780735225268
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Published: Viking - April 4th, 2023
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One Italian Summer: A Novel By Rebecca Serle Cover Image

One Italian Summer: A Novel (Paperback)

By Rebecca Serle
$17.99
ISBN: 9781982166809
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Published: Atria Books - March 7th, 2023
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Portrait of a Thief: A Novel By Grace D. Li Cover Image

Portrait of a Thief: A Novel (Paperback)

By Grace D. Li
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593186060
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Published: Tiny Reparations Books - April 4th, 2023
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The Books of Jacob: A Novel By Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translated by) Cover Image

The Books of Jacob: A Novel (Paperback)

By Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translated by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780593087503
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Riverhead Books - January 31st, 2023
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The Candy House: A Novel By Jennifer Egan Cover Image

The Candy House: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jennifer Egan
$17.99
ISBN: 9781476716770
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Scribner - March 7th, 2023
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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir By Michelle Zauner Cover Image

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Michelle Zauner
$17.00
ISBN: 9781984898951
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Published: Vintage - March 28th, 2023
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I Have Some Questions for You: A Novel By Rebecca Makkai Cover Image

I Have Some Questions for You: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Makkai
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593490143
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Published: Viking - February 21st, 2023
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Sea of Tranquility: A novel By Emily St. John Mandel Cover Image

Sea of Tranquility: A novel (Paperback)

By Emily St. John Mandel
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593466735
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Published: Vintage - March 28th, 2023
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The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War By Jeff Sharlet Cover Image

The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War (Hardcover)

By Jeff Sharlet
$28.95
ISBN: 9781324006497
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 21st, 2023
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What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez By Claire Jimenez Cover Image

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez (Hardcover)

By Claire Jimenez
$28.00
ISBN: 9781538725962
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - March 7th, 2023
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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet By John Green Cover Image

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Paperback)

By John Green
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525555247
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Published: Dutton - March 21st, 2023
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Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love By Kim Fay Cover Image

Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love (Paperback)

By Kim Fay
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593419359
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - February 7th, 2023
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Mercy Street: A Novel By Jennifer Haigh Cover Image

Mercy Street: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jennifer Haigh
$17.99
ISBN: 9780061763328
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Published: Ecco - February 7th, 2023
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Passersthrough By Peter Rock Cover Image

Passersthrough (Paperback)

By Peter Rock
$16.00
ISBN: 9781641294614
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Published: Soho Press - March 14th, 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

Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people (Hardcover)

By Tracy Kidder
$30.00
ISBN: 9781984801432
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Random House - January 17th, 2023
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The School for Good Mothers: A Novel By Jessamine Chan Cover Image

The School for Good Mothers: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jessamine Chan
$17.99
ISBN: 9781982156138
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Published: S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books - February 7th, 2023
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Vladimir: A Novel By Julia May Jonas Cover Image

Vladimir: A Novel (Paperback)

By Julia May Jonas
$17.99
ISBN: 9781982187644
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Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - January 31st, 2023
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How High We Go in the Dark: A Novel By Sequoia Nagamatsu Cover Image

How High We Go in the Dark: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sequoia Nagamatsu
$18.99
ISBN: 9780063072657
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - January 10th, 2023
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Lady Joker, Volume 1 By Kaoru Takamura, Allison Markin Powell (Translated by), Marie Iida (Translated by) Cover Image

Lady Joker, Volume 1 (Paperback)

By Kaoru Takamura, Allison Markin Powell (Translated by), Marie Iida (Translated by)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781641293945
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Published: Soho Crime - July 12th, 2022
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One's Company: A Novel By Ashley Hutson Cover Image

One's Company: A Novel (Paperback)

By Ashley Hutson
$16.95
ISBN: 9780393866643
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - June 14th, 2022
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Saint Death's Daughter (Saint Death Series #1) By C. S. E. Cooney Cover Image

Saint Death's Daughter (Saint Death Series #1) (Paperback)

By C. S. E. Cooney
$16.99
ISBN: 9781786188526
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Solaris - February 14th, 2023
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And Finally: Matters of Life and Death By Henry Marsh Cover Image

And Finally: Matters of Life and Death (Hardcover)

By Henry Marsh
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250286086
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Published: St. Martin's Press - January 17th, 2023
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Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia By David Graeber Cover Image

Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia (Hardcover)

By David Graeber
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374610197
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - January 24th, 2023
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A Caribbean Heiress in Paris: A Historical Romance By Adriana Herrera Cover Image

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris: A Historical Romance (Paperback)

By Adriana Herrera
$16.99
ISBN: 9781335639844
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Hqn - May 31st, 2022
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The Last House on Needless Street By Catriona Ward Cover Image

The Last House on Needless Street (Paperback)

By Catriona Ward
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250812643
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Published: Tor Nightfire - September 20th, 2022
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Livid By Cai Emmons Cover Image

Livid (Paperback)

By Cai Emmons
$18.95
ISBN: 9781636280752
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Red Hen Press - September 27th, 2022
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Toad: A Novel By Katherine Dunn, Molly Crabapple (Foreword by) Cover Image

Toad: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Katherine Dunn, Molly Crabapple (Foreword by)
$28.00
ISBN: 9780374602321
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: MCD - November 1st, 2022
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When We Were Birds: A Novel By Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Cover Image

When We Were Birds: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
$27.00
ISBN: 9780385547260
Availability: Special Order - arrival estimates will be provided when your order is processed
Published: Doubleday - March 15th, 2022
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Bratwurst Haven: Stories By Rachel King Cover Image

Bratwurst Haven: Stories (Paperback)

By Rachel King
$19.99
ISBN: 9781952271496
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: West Virginia University Press - November 1st, 2022
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Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes By Travis Baldree Cover Image

Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes (Paperback)

By Travis Baldree
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250886088
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Tor Books - November 8th, 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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The Music of Bees: A Novel By Eileen Garvin Cover Image

The Music of Bees: A Novel (Paperback)

By Eileen Garvin
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593183939
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Dutton - April 26th, 2022
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Project Hail Mary: A Novel By Andy Weir Cover Image

Project Hail Mary: A Novel (Paperback)

By Andy Weir
$20.00
ISBN: 9780593135228
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Ballantine Books - October 4th, 2022
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Foster By Claire Keegan Cover Image

Foster (Hardcover)

By Claire Keegan
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802160140
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Grove Press - November 1st, 2022
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Bookish People By Susan Coll Cover Image

Bookish People (Paperback)

By Susan Coll
$17.99
ISBN: 9781400234097
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Published: Harper Muse - August 2nd, 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
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - August 30th, 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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The Sentence: A Novel By Louise Erdrich Cover Image

The Sentence: A Novel (Paperback)

By Louise Erdrich
$18.00
ISBN: 9780062671134
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Published: Harper Perennial - September 6th, 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: Special Order - arrival estimates will be provided when your order is processed
Published: Tin House Books - August 2nd, 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
$18.00
ISBN: 9781984881014
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Published: Penguin Books - July 26th, 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
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Published: New York Review Books - September 28th, 2021
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Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing (A Zofia Turbotynska Mystery) By Maryla Szymiczkowa, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translated by) Cover Image

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

By Maryla Szymiczkowa, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translated by)
$15.99
ISBN: 9780358161462
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Published: HarperVia - March 17th, 2020
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Wayward: A novel By Dana Spiotta Cover Image

Wayward: A novel (Paperback)

By Dana Spiotta
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593312490
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Published: Vintage - June 21st, 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
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Published: Vintage - May 10th, 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
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Published: Grove Press - November 30th, 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
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Published: Flatiron Books - May 3rd, 2022
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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
$18.00
ISBN: 9781984880987
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Published: Penguin Books - August 3rd, 2021