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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Underland: A Deep Time Journey Cover Image

Underland: A Deep Time Journey (Hardcover)

By Robert MacFarlane
$27.95
ISBN: 9780393242140
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - June 4th, 2019
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Kingdom of the Blind: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Cover Image

Kingdom of the Blind: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel (Paperback)

By Louise Penny
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250066305
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Minotaur Books - June 25th, 2019
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Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties Cover Image

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties (Hardcover)

By Tom O'Neill, Dan Piepenbring (With)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780316477550
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown and Company - June 25th, 2019
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Once Upon a River: A Novel Cover Image

Once Upon a River: A Novel (Paperback)

By Diane Setterfield
$17.00
ISBN: 9780743298087
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Atria/Emily Bestler Books - July 2nd, 2019
The Other Americans: A Novel Cover Image

The Other Americans: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Laila Lalami
$25.95
ISBN: 9781524747145
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Pantheon - March 26th, 2019
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Recursion: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Blake Crouch
$27.00
ISBN: 9781524759780
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Crown - June 11th, 2019
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The Rumor: A Novel (Paperback)

By Lesley Kara
$17.00
ISBN: 9781984819345
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ballantine Books - June 18th, 2019
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The Satapur Moonstone (A Perveen Mistry Novel #2) Cover Image

The Satapur Moonstone (A Perveen Mistry Novel #2) (Hardcover)

By Sujata Massey
$26.95
ISBN: 9781616959098
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Soho Crime - May 14th, 2019
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French Exit: A Novel Cover Image

French Exit: A Novel (Paperback)

By Patrick deWitt
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062846938
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ecco - June 11th, 2019
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American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic Cover Image

American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic (Paperback)

By Victoria Johnson
$18.95
ISBN: 9781631496011
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Liveright Publishing Corporation - May 28th, 2019
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Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road (Paperback)

By Kate Harris
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062846662
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Dey Street Books - June 11th, 2019
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The Word Is Murder: A Novel Cover Image

The Word Is Murder: A Novel (Paperback)

By Anthony Horowitz
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062676801
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Perennial - May 7th, 2019
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The Great Believers: A Novel Cover Image

The Great Believers: A Novel (Paperback)

By Rebecca Makkai
$16.00
ISBN: 9780735223530
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - June 4th, 2019
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Lake Success: A Novel Cover Image

Lake Success: A Novel (Paperback)

By Gary Shteyngart
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812987201
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - June 4th, 2019
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Tear It Down (A Peter Ash Novel #4) Cover Image

Tear It Down (A Peter Ash Novel #4) (Paperback)

By Nick Petrie
$16.00
ISBN: 9780399575686
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - May 28th, 2019
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Foundryside: A Novel (The Founders Trilogy #1) Cover Image

Foundryside: A Novel (The Founders Trilogy #1) (Paperback)

By Robert Jackson Bennett
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525573845
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Broadway Books - May 21st, 2019
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Empty Brain -- Happy Brain: How Thinking Is Overrated Cover Image

Empty Brain -- Happy Brain: How Thinking Is Overrated (Paperback)

By Niels Birbaumer, Jorg Zittlau, David Shaw (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781947534322
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Scribe Us - March 5th, 2019
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Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit (A Kopp Sisters Novel #4) Cover Image

Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit (A Kopp Sisters Novel #4) (Paperback)

By Amy Stewart
$14.99
ISBN: 9781328614216
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mariner Books - May 7th, 2019
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The Widows of Malabar Hill (A Perveen Mistry Novel #1) Cover Image

The Widows of Malabar Hill (A Perveen Mistry Novel #1) (Paperback)

By Sujata Massey
$15.95
ISBN: 9781616959760
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Soho Crime - November 20th, 2018
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Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel Cover Image

Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel (Paperback)

By Celeste Ng
$17.00
ISBN: 9780735224315
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - May 7th, 2019
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Transcription: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kate Atkinson
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316176668
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Back Bay Books - April 23rd, 2019
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Welcome to Lagos (Paperback)

By Chibundu Onuzo
$16.95
ISBN: 9781948226219
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Catapult - May 14th, 2019
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles (Hardcover)

By Hiro Arikawa, Philip Gabriel (Translated by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780451491336
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Berkley - October 23rd, 2018
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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel Cover Image

A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel (Paperback)

By Amor Towles
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143110439
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - March 26th, 2019
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Bearskin: A Novel Cover Image

Bearskin: A Novel (Paperback)

By James A. McLaughlin
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062742803
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ecco - April 16th, 2019
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Warlight (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Michael Ondaatje
$16.95
ISBN: 9780525562962
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - April 2nd, 2019
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Lawn Boy (Paperback)

By Jonathan Evison
$15.95
ISBN: 9781616209230
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Algonquin Books - March 19th, 2019
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Kudos: A Novel (Outline Trilogy #3) Cover Image

Kudos: A Novel (Outline Trilogy #3) (Paperback)

By Rachel Cusk
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250207395
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Picador - April 2nd, 2019
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Don't Skip Out on Me: A Novel Cover Image

Don't Skip Out on Me: A Novel (Paperback)

By Willy Vlautin
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062684479
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Perennial - February 26th, 2019
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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America Cover Image

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America (Paperback)

By Timothy Snyder
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525574477
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Tim Duggan Books - April 9th, 2019
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming Cover Image

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (Hardcover)

By David Wallace-Wells
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525576709
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Tim Duggan Books - February 19th, 2019
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The Woman in the Window: A Novel Cover Image

The Woman in the Window: A Novel (Paperback)

By A. J. Finn
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062678423
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - March 5th, 2019
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The Only Story: A novel (Vintage International) Cover Image

The Only Story: A novel (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Julian Barnes
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525563068
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - March 5th, 2019
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To Die but Once: A Maisie Dobbs Novel Cover Image

To Die but Once: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Paperback)

By Jacqueline Winspear
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062436641
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Perennial - February 26th, 2019
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Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 Cover Image

Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 (Paperback)

By Ryan H. Walsh
$18.00
ISBN: 9780735221369
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - March 5th, 2019
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Spinning Silver: A Novel Cover Image

Spinning Silver: A Novel (Paperback)

By Naomi Novik
$17.00
ISBN: 9780399180996
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Del Rey - May 7th, 2019
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The Power (Paperback)

By Naomi Alderman
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316547604
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Back Bay Books - January 8th, 2019
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The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories Cover Image

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories (Paperback)

By Denis Johnson
$17.00
ISBN: 9780812988659
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - January 8th, 2019
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Waiting for Eden: A novel Cover Image

Waiting for Eden: A novel (Hardcover)

By Elliot Ackerman
$22.95
ISBN: 9781101947395
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf - September 25th, 2018
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy Cover Image

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Paperback)

By Cathy O'Neil
$16.00
ISBN: 9780553418835
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Broadway Books - September 5th, 2017
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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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Picador - September 18th, 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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Perennial - August 7th, 2018
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The Essex Serpent: A Novel Cover Image

The Essex Serpent: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sarah Perry
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062666383
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Custom House - April 24th, 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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Picador - April 3rd, 2018
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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
Availability: Special Order - Usually 1-5 Days
Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - December 5th, 2017
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News of the World: A Novel Cover Image

News of the World: A Novel (Paperback)

By Paulette Jiles
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062409218
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - June 20th, 2017