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 Faraway World: Stories By Patricia Engel Cover Image

The Faraway World: Stories (Hardcover)

By Patricia Engel
$26.00
ISBN: 9781982159528
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - January 24th, 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
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - January 24th, 2023
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They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears By Johannes Anyuru, Saskia Vogel (Translator) Cover Image

They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears (Paperback)

By Johannes Anyuru, Saskia Vogel (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781949641080
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Two Lines Press - November 17th, 2020
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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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Tor Nightfire - September 20th, 2022
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Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be By Dr. Becky Kennedy Cover Image

Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be (Hardcover)

By Dr. Becky Kennedy
$28.99
ISBN: 9780063159488
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Harper Wave - September 13th, 2022
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The Latinist: A Novel By Mark Prins Cover Image

The Latinist: A Novel (Paperback)

By Mark Prins
$16.95
ISBN: 9781324036807
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 6th, 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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Signal Fires: A novel By Dani Shapiro Cover Image

Signal Fires: A novel (Hardcover)

By Dani Shapiro
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593534724
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Knopf - October 18th, 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: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Doubleday - March 15th, 2022
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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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Bratwurst Haven: Stories By Rachel King Cover Image

Bratwurst Haven: Stories (Paperback)

By Rachel King
$19.99
ISBN: 9781952271496
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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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Bewilderment: A Novel By Richard Powers Cover Image

Bewilderment: A Novel (Paperback)

By Richard Powers
$17.95
ISBN: 9781324036142
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - November 1st, 2022
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty By Patrick Radden Keefe Cover Image

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Paperback)

By Patrick Radden Keefe
$18.00
ISBN: 9781984899019
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Anchor - October 18th, 2022
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Galatea: A Short Story By Madeline Miller Cover Image

Galatea: A Short Story (Hardcover)

By Madeline Miller
$12.00
ISBN: 9780063280519
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Ecco - November 8th, 2022
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The Hero of This Book: A Novel By Elizabeth McCracken Cover Image

The Hero of This Book: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth McCracken
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062971272
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Ecco - October 4th, 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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Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders #1) By Mur Lafferty Cover Image

Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders #1) (Paperback)

By Mur Lafferty
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593098110
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Ace - October 4th, 2022
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Demon Copperhead: An Oprah's Book Club Pick By Barbara Kingsolver Cover Image

Demon Copperhead: An Oprah's Book Club Pick (Hardcover)

By Barbara Kingsolver
$32.50
ISBN: 9780063251922
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Harper - October 18th, 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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Harper Muse - August 2nd, 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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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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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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Harper Perennial - September 6th, 2022
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A Line to Kill: A Novel (A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery #3) By Anthony Horowitz Cover Image

A Line to Kill: A Novel (A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery #3) (Paperback)

By Anthony Horowitz
$18.00
ISBN: 9780062938152
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Harper Perennial - October 18th, 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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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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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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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, 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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
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
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