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:

The Paragon Hotel Cover Image

The Paragon Hotel (Hardcover)

By Lyndsay Faye
$26.00
ISBN: 9780735210752
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - January 8th, 2019
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The Power (Paperback)

By Naomi Alderman
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316547604
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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
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - January 8th, 2019
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Melmoth: A Novel Cover Image

Melmoth: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Sarah Perry
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062856395
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Published: Custom House - October 16th, 2018
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Freefall: A Novel Cover Image

Freefall: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jessica Barry
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062874832
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Published: Harper - January 8th, 2019
Washington Black: A novel Cover Image

Washington Black: A novel (Hardcover)

By Esi Edugyan
$26.95
ISBN: 9780525521426
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Published: Knopf - September 18th, 2018
A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa Cover Image

A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa (Paperback)

By Alexis Okeowo
$15.99
ISBN: 9780316382922
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Published: Hachette Books - October 2nd, 2018
Revolution Song: The Story of America's Founding in Six Remarkable Lives Cover Image

Revolution Song: The Story of America's Founding in Six Remarkable Lives (Paperback)

By Russell Shorto
$17.95
ISBN: 9780393356212
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - November 6th, 2018
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Around the World in 80 Trees Cover Image

Around the World in 80 Trees (Hardcover)

By Jonathan Drori, Lucille Clerc (Illustrator)
$24.99
ISBN: 9781786271617
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Published: Laurence King Publishing - May 29th, 2018
Waiting for Eden: A novel Cover Image

Waiting for Eden: A novel (Hardcover)

By Elliot Ackerman
$22.95
ISBN: 9781101947395
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Published: Knopf - September 25th, 2018
Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone Cover Image

Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone (Paperback)

By Juli Berwald
$16.00
ISBN: 9780735211285
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Published: Riverhead Books - November 6th, 2018
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Homegoing (Paperback)

By Yaa Gyasi
$16.00
ISBN: 9781101971062
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Published: Vintage - May 2nd, 2017
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A Conspiracy of Truths (Hardcover)

By Alexandra Rowland
$25.99
ISBN: 9781534412804
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Published: Saga Press - October 23rd, 2018
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Everything Under: A Novel Cover Image

Everything Under: A Novel (Paperback)

By Daisy Johnson
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555978266
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 23rd, 2018
Home Fire: A Novel Cover Image

Home Fire: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kamila Shamsie
$16.00
ISBN: 9780735217690
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 4th, 2018
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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The Age of Perpetual Light (Paperback)

By Josh Weil
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802128560
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grove Press - September 18th, 2018
Future Home of the Living God: A Novel Cover Image

Future Home of the Living God: A Novel (Paperback)

By Louise Erdrich
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062694065
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Published: Harper Perennial - November 13th, 2018
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Fever (Paperback)

By Deon Meyer
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802128614
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Published: Grove Press - October 16th, 2018
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The Land Breakers (NYRB Classics) (Paperback)

By John Ehle, Linda Spalding (Introduction by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781590177631
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Published: NYRB Classics - November 25th, 2014
Vantage Point: A MacNeice Mystery Cover Image

Vantage Point: A MacNeice Mystery (Paperback)

By Scott Thornley
$15.95
ISBN: 9781487003326
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Published: Spiderline - November 6th, 2018
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Woman World (Paperback)

By Aminder Dhaliwal
$24.95
ISBN: 9781770463356
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Published: Drawn and Quarterly - September 11th, 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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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
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
Kindest Regards: New and Selected Cover Image

Kindest Regards: New and Selected (Hardcover)

By Ted Kooser
$30.00
ISBN: 9781556595332
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Published: Copper Canyon Press - April 24th, 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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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
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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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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
Manhattan Beach: A Novel Cover Image

Manhattan Beach: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jennifer Egan
$17.00
ISBN: 9781476716749
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Scribner - June 5th, 2018
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Walkaway: A Novel Cover Image

Walkaway: A Novel (Paperback)

By Cory Doctorow
$18.99
ISBN: 9780765392770
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Tor Books - May 22nd, 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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - March 6th, 2018
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The Marsh King's Daughter (Paperback)

By Karen Dionne
$16.00
ISBN: 9780735213012
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
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
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: On Our Shelves Now
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
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
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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