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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Bright Young Women: A Novel By Jessica Knoll Cover Image

Bright Young Women: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jessica Knoll
$27.99
ISBN: 9781501153228
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Published: S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books - September 19th, 2023
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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 (Paperback)

By Angie Cruz
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250208460
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Published: Flatiron Books - September 5th, 2023
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Creep: Accusations and Confessions By Myriam Gurba Cover Image

Creep: Accusations and Confessions (Hardcover)

By Myriam Gurba
$27.00
ISBN: 9781982186470
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - September 5th, 2023
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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma By Claire Dederer Cover Image

Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma (Hardcover)

By Claire Dederer
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525655114
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Knopf - April 25th, 2023
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Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle By Jody Rosen Cover Image

Two Wheels Good: The History and Mystery of the Bicycle (Paperback)

By Jody Rosen
$19.00
ISBN: 9780804141512
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Crown - June 13th, 2023
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel By James McBride Cover Image

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel (Hardcover)

By James McBride
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593422946
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 8th, 2023
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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World By Naomi Klein Cover Image

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World (Hardcover)

By Naomi Klein
$30.00
ISBN: 9780374610326
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - September 12th, 2023
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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 (Paperback)

By R. F. Kuang
$20.00
ISBN: 9780063021433
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Published: Harper Voyager - August 29th, 2023
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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us By Ed Yong Cover Image

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (Paperback)

By Ed Yong
$20.00
ISBN: 9780593133255
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - August 29th, 2023
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A Map for the Missing: A Novel By Belinda Huijuan Tang Cover Image

A Map for the Missing: A Novel (Paperback)

By Belinda Huijuan Tang
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593300688
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Penguin Books - August 8th, 2023
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Meet Us by the Roaring Sea: A Novel By Akil Kumarasamy Cover Image

Meet Us by the Roaring Sea: A Novel (Paperback)

By Akil Kumarasamy
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250872852
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Picador - August 22nd, 2023
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Now Is Not the Time to Panic: A Novel By Kevin Wilson Cover Image

Now Is Not the Time to Panic: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kevin Wilson
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062913517
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Published: Ecco - August 1st, 2023
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Big Swiss: A Novel By Jen Beagin Cover Image

Big Swiss: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jen Beagin
$17.00
ISBN: 9781982153090
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Scribner - August 1st, 2023
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The Blonde Identity: A Novel By Ally Carter Cover Image

The Blonde Identity: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Ally Carter
$24.99
ISBN: 9780063276642
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Avon - August 8th, 2023
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Dinosaurs: A Novel By Lydia Millet Cover Image

Dinosaurs: A Novel (Paperback)

By Lydia Millet
$17.95
ISBN: 9781324066125
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - August 22nd, 2023
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The Followers By Bradeigh Godfrey Cover Image

The Followers (Paperback)

By Bradeigh Godfrey
$16.99
ISBN: 9798212513982
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Blackstone Publishing - August 29th, 2023
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Lapvona: A Novel By Ottessa Moshfegh Cover Image

Lapvona: A Novel (Paperback)

By Ottessa Moshfegh
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593300282
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Published: Penguin Books - June 20th, 2023
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The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet By Jeff Goodell Cover Image

The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet (Hardcover)

By Jeff Goodell
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316497572
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - July 11th, 2023
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Speech Team: A Novel By Tim Murphy Cover Image

Speech Team: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Tim Murphy
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593653845
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Viking - July 25th, 2023
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The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession By Michael Finkel Cover Image

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession (Hardcover)

By Michael Finkel
$28.00
ISBN: 9780525657323
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Knopf - June 27th, 2023
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The Marriage Portrait: A novel By Maggie O'Farrell Cover Image

The Marriage Portrait: A novel (Paperback)

By Maggie O'Farrell
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593315088
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Published: Vintage - July 11th, 2023
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The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery By Richard Osman Cover Image

The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery (Paperback)

By Richard Osman
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593299418
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Published: Penguin Books - June 20th, 2023
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The Displacements: A Novel By Bruce Holsinger Cover Image

The Displacements: A Novel (Paperback)

By Bruce Holsinger
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593189726
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Riverhead Books - July 4th, 2023
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Hurricane Girl: A novel By Marcy Dermansky Cover Image

Hurricane Girl: A novel (Paperback)

By Marcy Dermansky
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593315354
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Published: Vintage - July 4th, 2023
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Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks By Patrick Radden Keefe Cover Image

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks (Paperback)

By Patrick Radden Keefe
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593467732
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Published: Anchor - June 6th, 2023
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The Midnight Library: A Novel By Matt Haig Cover Image

The Midnight Library: A Novel (Paperback)

By Matt Haig
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525559498
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Penguin Books - May 9th, 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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The Boy with a Bird in His Chest: A Novel By Emme Lund Cover Image

The Boy with a Bird in His Chest: A Novel (Paperback)

By Emme Lund
$17.00
ISBN: 9781982171940
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Published: Atria Books - January 3rd, 2023
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Vintage Contemporaries: A Novel By Dan Kois Cover Image

Vintage Contemporaries: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Dan Kois
$27.99
ISBN: 9780063162419
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Harper - January 17th, 2023
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When Women Were Dragons: A Novel By Kelly Barnhill Cover Image

When Women Were Dragons: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kelly Barnhill
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593466575
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Anchor - May 16th, 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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Tiny Reparations Books - April 4th, 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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Vintage - March 28th, 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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: Vintage - March 28th, 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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - February 7th, 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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books - February 7th, 2023
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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 Music of Bees: A Novel By Eileen Garvin Cover Image

The Music of Bees: A Novel (Paperback)

By Eileen Garvin
$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

Project Hail Mary: A Novel (Paperback)

By Andy Weir
$20.00
ISBN: 9780593135228
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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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now (updated daily)
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - August 30th, 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
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
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Published: New York Review Books - September 28th, 2021
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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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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