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:

Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road Cover Image

Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road (Hardcover)

By Kate Harris
$24.99
ISBN: 9780062839343
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Published: Dey Street Books - August 21st, 2018
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Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World Cover Image

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (Hardcover)

By Anand Giridharadas
$26.95
ISBN: 9780451493248
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Published: Knopf - August 28th, 2018
Killing Commendatore: A novel Cover Image

Killing Commendatore: A novel (Hardcover)

By Haruki Murakami
$30.00
ISBN: 9780525520047
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Published: Knopf - October 9th, 2018
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Transcription: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Kate Atkinson
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316176637
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - September 25th, 2018
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
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Published: Picador - September 18th, 2018
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The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters Cover Image

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters (Paperback)

By Tom Nichols
$15.95
ISBN: 9780190865979
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Published: Oxford University Press, USA - October 1st, 2018
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Uncommon Type (Paperback)

By Tom Hanks
$16.00
ISBN: 9781101911945
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Published: Vintage - September 4th, 2018
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Ball Lightning Cover Image

Ball Lightning (Hardcover)

By Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen (Translated by)
$28.99
ISBN: 9780765394071
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Published: Tor Books - August 14th, 2018
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The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler Cover Image

The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler (Paperback)

By John Hendrix
$16.99
ISBN: 9781419732652
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Published: Harry N. Abrams - September 18th, 2018
Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery (Obama Biden Mysteries #1) Cover Image

Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery (Obama Biden Mysteries #1) (Paperback)

By Andrew Shaffer
$14.99
ISBN: 9781683690399
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Published: Quirk Books - July 10th, 2018
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Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics Cover Image

Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics (Paperback)

By Kim Phillips-Fein
$20.00
ISBN: 9781250160072
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Published: Picador - April 10th, 2018
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Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World Cover Image

Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World (Paperback)

By Suzy Hansen
$15.00
ISBN: 9780374537838
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - August 14th, 2018
An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and an Epic Cover Image

An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and an Epic (Paperback)

By Daniel Mendelsohn
$16.00
ISBN: 9780345806215
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Published: Vintage - July 31st, 2018
Light It Up (A Peter Ash Novel #3) Cover Image

Light It Up (A Peter Ash Novel #3) (Paperback)

By Nick Petrie
$16.00
ISBN: 9780399575655
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - August 7th, 2018
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The Child Finder: A Novel Cover Image

The Child Finder: A Novel (Paperback)

By Rene Denfeld
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062659064
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Published: Harper Perennial - August 7th, 2018
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Bearskin: A Novel Cover Image

Bearskin: A Novel (Hardcover)

By James A. McLaughlin
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062742797
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Published: Ecco - June 12th, 2018
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George and Lizzie: A Novel Cover Image

George and Lizzie: A Novel (Paperback)

By Nancy Pearl
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501162909
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Published: Touchstone - July 17th, 2018
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Mirror, Shoulder, Signal: A Novel Cover Image

Mirror, Shoulder, Signal: A Novel (Paperback)

By Dorthe Nors
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555978082
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Published: Graywolf Press - June 5th, 2018
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Reincarnation Blues: A Novel Cover Image

Reincarnation Blues: A Novel (Paperback)

By Michael Poore
$16.00
ISBN: 9780399178504
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Published: Del Rey - July 10th, 2018
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Provenance (Paperback)

By Ann Leckie
$15.99
ISBN: 9780316388658
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Published: Orbit - July 10th, 2018
The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump Cover Image

The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump (Hardcover)

By Michiko Kakutani
$22.00
ISBN: 9780525574828
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Published: Tim Duggan Books - July 17th, 2018
My Absolute Darling: A Novel Cover Image

My Absolute Darling: A Novel (Paperback)

By Gabriel Tallent
$16.00
ISBN: 9780735211186
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Published: Riverhead Books - June 26th, 2018
Manhattan Beach: A Novel Cover Image

Manhattan Beach: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jennifer Egan
$17.00
ISBN: 9781476716749
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Published: Scribner - June 5th, 2018
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Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive History's Most Iconic Extinct Creature Cover Image

Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive History's Most Iconic Extinct Creature (Paperback)

By Ben Mezrich
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501135569
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Published: Atria Books - June 12th, 2018
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Erasing Memory: A MacNeice Mystery (MacNeice Mysteries #1) Cover Image

Erasing Memory: A MacNeice Mystery (MacNeice Mysteries #1) (Paperback)

By Scott Thornley
$15.95
ISBN: 9781487003296
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Published: Spiderline - June 26th, 2018
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Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History Cover Image

Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History (Paperback)

By Kurt Andersen
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812978902
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - June 5th, 2018
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Walkaway: A Novel Cover Image

Walkaway: A Novel (Paperback)

By Cory Doctorow
$18.99
ISBN: 9780765392770
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Published: Tor Books - May 22nd, 2018
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Strange the Dreamer Cover Image

Strange the Dreamer (Paperback)

By Laini Taylor
$12.99
ISBN: 9780316341677
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - May 22nd, 2018
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October: The Story of the Russian Revolution Cover Image

October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (Paperback)

By China Miéville
$17.95
ISBN: 9781784782788
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Published: Verso - May 22nd, 2018
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Bad Dreams and Other Stories Cover Image

Bad Dreams and Other Stories (Paperback)

By Tessa Hadley
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062476678
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Published: Harper Perennial - May 8th, 2018
Men Without Women: Stories (Vintage International) Cover Image

Men Without Women: Stories (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translated by), Ted Goossen (Translated by)
$16.00
ISBN: 9781101974520
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Published: Vintage - May 1st, 2018
The Essex Serpent: A Novel Cover Image

The Essex Serpent: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sarah Perry
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062666383
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Published: Custom House - April 24th, 2018
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Go, Went, Gone Cover Image

Go, Went, Gone (Paperback)

By Jenny Erpenbeck, Susan Bernofsky (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9780811225946
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Published: New Directions Publishing Corporation - September 26th, 2017
Glass Houses: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #13) Cover Image

Glass Houses: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #13) (Paperback)

By Louise Penny
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250066299
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Published: Minotaur Books - May 1st, 2018
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The Silent Companions: A Novel Cover Image

The Silent Companions: A Novel (Paperback)

By Laura Purcell
$16.00
ISBN: 9780143131632
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Published: Penguin Books - March 6th, 2018
The Marsh King's Daughter Cover Image

The Marsh King's Daughter (Paperback)

By Karen Dionne
$16.00
ISBN: 9780735213012
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - April 17th, 2018
The Lying Game: A Novel Cover Image

The Lying Game: A Novel (Paperback)

By Ruth Ware
$16.99
ISBN: 9781501156205
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Published: Gallery/Scout Press - March 6th, 2018
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Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk: A Novel Cover Image

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kathleen Rooney
$16.00
ISBN: 9781250151162
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Published: Picador - April 3rd, 2018
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Magpie Murders: A Novel Cover Image

Magpie Murders: A Novel (Paperback)

By Anthony Horowitz
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062645234
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Perennial - March 27th, 2018
Exit West: A Novel Cover Image

Exit West: A Novel (Paperback)

By Mohsin Hamid
$16.00
ISBN: 9780735212206
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 27th, 2018
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A Piece of the World: A Novel Cover Image

A Piece of the World: A Novel (Paperback)

By Christina Baker Kline
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062356277
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - January 30th, 2018
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit Cover Image

The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (Paperback)

By Michael Finkel
$16.00
ISBN: 9781101911532
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Published: Vintage - January 30th, 2018
No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters Cover Image

No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters (Hardcover)

By Ursula K. Le Guin, Karen Joy Fowler (Introduction by)
$22.00
ISBN: 9781328661593
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - December 5th, 2017
News of the World: A Novel Cover Image

News of the World: A Novel (Paperback)

By Paulette Jiles
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062409218
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - June 20th, 2017
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All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Cover Image

All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel (Paperback)

By Anthony Doerr
$17.00
ISBN: 9781501173219
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Published: Scribner - April 4th, 2017
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Spinning Silver: A Novel Cover Image

Spinning Silver: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Naomi Novik
$28.00
ISBN: 9780399180989
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Del Rey - July 10th, 2018
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