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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!

Sunny's List of Books She Vows to Wants to Read This Year!

Demon Copperhead: An Oprah's Book Club Pick By Barbara Kingsolver Cover Image
Elizabeth Finch: A novel By Julian Barnes Cover Image
Gingerbread: A Novel By Helen Oyeyemi Cover Image
The Cold Millions: A Novel By Jess Walter Cover Image
The Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel (Winternight Trilogy #1) By Katherine Arden Cover Image
The Toll (Arc of a Scythe #3) By Neal Shusterman Cover Image
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Diane's Favorite Picture Books of 2022 (In No Particular Order)

Lou: A Children's Picture Book About a Fire Hydrant and Unlikely Neighborhood Hero By Breanna Carzoo, Breanna Carzoo (Illustrator) Cover Image
The Three Billy Goats Gruff By Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illustrator) Cover Image
This Story Is Not About a Kitten By Randall de Sève, Carson Ellis (Illustrator) Cover Image
To Make By Danielle Davis, Mags DeRoma (Illustrator) Cover Image
Knight Owl (Caldecott Honor Book) By Christopher Denise Cover Image
Nigel and the Moon By Antwan Eady, Gracey Zhang (Illustrator) Cover Image
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Justin's List of Books He's Excited are Almost Out!

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Jude Saves the World By Ronnie Riley Cover Image
The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels By Beth Lincoln, Claire Powell (Illustrator) Cover Image
The Davenports By Krystal Marquis Cover Image
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day (A Graphic Novel) By Dan Nott Cover Image
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Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything By Justine Pucella Winans Cover Image
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Once There Was By Kiyash Monsef Cover Image
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Sydney's List of Books That Have Made Her Cry in Public

Greenglass House: A National Book Award Winner By Kate Milford, Jaime Zollars (Illustrator) Cover Image
The Windeby Puzzle: History and Story By Lois Lowry Cover Image
Anne of Avonlea (An Anne of Green Gables Novel) By L. M. Montgomery Cover Image
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride By Cary Elwes, Joe Layden, Rob Reiner (Foreword by) Cover Image
A River Enchanted: A Novel (Elements of Cadence #1) By Rebecca Ross Cover Image
The Sunbearer Trials (The Sunbearer Duology #1) By Aiden Thomas Cover Image
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Hannah's List of Books She Has Judged By Their Cover & the Verdict is "MUST READ"

The Ghosts of Rose Hill By R. M. Romero Cover Image
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida By Shehan Karunatilaka Cover Image
Lumara By Melissa Landers Cover Image
Gloom Town By Ronald L. Smith Cover Image
Tangled Up in Nonsense (The Tangled Mysteries #2) By Merrill Wyatt Cover Image
What's for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People: A Baking Book By Claire Saffitz Cover Image

Matilda's List of Books That Have Helped Her Get Into Nonfiction

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol By Mallory O'Meara Cover Image
Butts: A Backstory By Heather Radke Cover Image
Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century By Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell Cover Image
An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark! By Florence Hazrat Cover Image
Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia By David Graeber Cover Image
All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia By Simon Garfield Cover Image
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Books Jason Loves but Doesn't Recommend Because They're Weird and/or Sad

The Underwater Welder By Jeff Lemire Cover Image
Familiar Face By Michael DeForge Cover Image
Kafka and the Doll By Larissa Theule, Rebecca Green (Illustrator) Cover Image
Egg and Spoon By Gregory Maguire Cover Image
Small Gods: A Novel of Discworld By Terry Pratchett Cover Image
A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd By Patrick Ness, Jim Kay (Illustrator) 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

Demon Copperhead: An Oprah's Book Club Pick By Barbara Kingsolver Cover Image
Lessons: A novel By Ian McEwan Cover Image
Meditations in an Emergency By Frank O'Hara Cover Image
Brown Girl Dreaming By Jacqueline Woodson Cover Image
Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II By Alan Gratz Cover Image
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir By Ai Weiwei, Allan H. Barr (Translated by) Cover Image
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Diane G's Bag of Books That Go Where She Goes!

The Maidens: A Novel By Alex Michaelides Cover Image
The Music of Bees: A Novel By Eileen Garvin Cover Image
Meet Me in Another Life: A Novel By Catriona Silvey Cover Image
Olympus, Texas: A Novel By Stacey Swann Cover Image

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

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Life and Other Love Songs By Anissa Gray Cover Image
American Mermaid: A Novel By Julia Langbein Cover Image
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The Society of Shame By Jane Roper Cover Image
Now Is Not the Time to Panic: A Novel By Kevin Wilson Cover Image
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The Disenchantment: A Novel By Celia Bell Cover Image
Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius By Nick Hornby Cover Image
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Karen's Books That Make Her Go "Ooooooo!"

The It Girl By Ruth Ware Cover Image
The Silent Patient By Alex Michaelides Cover Image
Ghost Eaters: A Novel By Clay Chapman Cover Image
The Remaking: A Novel By Clay Chapman Cover Image
Limetown: The Prequel to the #1 Podcast By Cote Smith, Zack Akers (Contributions by), Skip Bronkie (Contributions by) Cover Image
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit By John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker Cover Image

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

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements By Sam Kean Cover Image
The Deep By Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes Cover Image
Homegoing By Yaa Gyasi Cover Image
The Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel (Winternight Trilogy #1) By Katherine Arden Cover Image
Gingerbread: A Novel By Helen Oyeyemi Cover Image
The Starless Sea: A Novel By Erin Morgenstern Cover Image

 
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