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One of the best things about shopping with an independent bookstore is the personal recommendations you get from booksellers. Our staff read across a variety of genres and categories, and we are always ready to tell you about our old favorites and our newest obsessions. Happy reading!

Matilda's Books that Grab You and Don't Let Go!

Scythe (Arc of a Scythe #1) Cover Image
Truly Devious: A Mystery Cover Image
Blackout: A Novel Cover Image
Mexican Gothic Cover Image
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Cover Image
The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy Cover Image

Sunny's List of Non-fiction Picture Books for People of All Ages that are NOT Snoozy and Will Teach You Something You Probably Didn't Already Know and Ultimately Warm Your Heart!

Here Comes the Garbage Barge! Cover Image
Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States Cover Image
Our Subway Baby Cover Image
Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams Cover Image
Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution Cover Image
Wangari's Trees Of Peace: A True Story from Africa Cover Image

Jason's Fantasy Favorites for All Ages!

Paper Bag Princess (Board Book Unabridged) Cover Image
Nobody Likes a Goblin Cover Image
Dragons in a Bag Cover Image
The Luck Uglies Cover Image
The Underwater Welder Cover Image
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal Series #1) Cover Image

Dave's Books He's Reading Because He Is No Longer Intimidated by Translated Works (Thanks to George Saunders), and One Collection of Poetry

1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir Cover Image
Home Reading Service: A Novel Cover Image
Best Short Stories of Anton Chekov Cover Image
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life Cover Image
The Blizzard Voices Cover Image

Diane Gs Bag of Books That Go Where She Goes!

The Maidens: A Novel Cover Image
The Music of Bees: A Novel Cover Image
Meet Me in Another Life: A Novel Cover Image
Olympus, Texas: A Novel Cover Image

Heather's To-Be-Read Pile that is Almost Certainly Going to Fall Over and Crush Her in Her Sleep

The Last Graduate: A Novel (The Scholomance #2) Cover Image
Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Cover Image
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina: A Novel Cover Image
Skye Falling: A Novel Cover Image
Velvet Was the Night Cover Image
The Mad Women's Ball: A Novel Cover Image

Karen's Books That She Re-Reads When She's Supposed to be Reading New Books

Calvin and Hobbes Cover Image
The Age of Innocence Cover Image
And Then There Were None Cover Image
The Night Circus Cover Image
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prej. and Zombies #2) Cover Image
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter) Cover Image

Teena's Books She Never Would Have Read (and Loved) if She Had Never Become a Book Seller

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements Cover Image
The Deep Cover Image
Homegoing Cover Image
The Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel (Winternight Trilogy #1) Cover Image
Gingerbread: A Novel Cover Image
The Starless Sea: A Novel Cover Image

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