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
$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
$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
$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
By Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (Translated by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780593087503
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Published: Riverhead Books - January 31st, 2023

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The Candy House: A Novel By Jennifer Egan Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781476716770
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Published: Scribner - March 7th, 2023

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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir By Michelle Zauner Cover Image
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
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
$17.99
ISBN: 9780061763328
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Published: Ecco - February 7th, 2023

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Passersthrough By Peter Rock Cover Image
$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
$30.00
ISBN: 9781984801432
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Published: Random House - January 17th, 2023

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The School for Good Mothers: A Novel By Jessamine Chan Cover Image
$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
$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
$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
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
$16.95
ISBN: 9780393866643
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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
$16.99
ISBN: 9781786188526
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Published: Solaris - February 14th, 2023

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And Finally: Matters of Life and Death By Henry Marsh Cover Image
$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
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374610197
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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
$16.99
ISBN: 9781335639844
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Published: Hqn - May 31st, 2022

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The Last House on Needless Street By Catriona Ward Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250812643
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Published: Tor Nightfire - September 20th, 2022

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Livid By Cai Emmons Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781636280752
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Published: Red Hen Press - September 27th, 2022

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Toad: A Novel By Katherine Dunn, Molly Crabapple (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Katherine Dunn, Molly Crabapple (Foreword by)
$28.00
ISBN: 9780374602321
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Published: MCD - November 1st, 2022

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When We Were Birds: A Novel By Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Cover Image
$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
$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
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250886088
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Published: Tor Books - November 8th, 2022

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The Lost Apothecary By Sarah Penner Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780778311973
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Published: Park Row - February 22nd, 2022

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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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Project Hail Mary: A Novel By Andy Weir Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780593135228
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Published: Ballantine Books - October 4th, 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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Bookish People By Susan Coll Cover Image
$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
$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
$16.00
ISBN: 9780399576171
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Published: Riverhead Books - July 19th, 2022

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The Sentence: A Novel By Louise Erdrich Cover Image
$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
$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
$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
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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$18.00
ISBN: 9781984880987
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Published: Penguin Books - August 3rd, 2021