Staff Picks!

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 Picture Books Being Read on Repeat at My House that I DON'T Want to Hide from Harriet

Amos McGee Misses the Bus By Philip C. Stead, Erin E. Stead (Illustrator) Cover Image

Mr. Watson's Chickens By Jarrett Dapier, Andrea Tsurumi (Illustrator) Cover Image

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao By Kat Zhang, Charlene Chua (Illustrator) Cover Image

Chrysanthemum: A First Day of School Book for Kids By Kevin Henkes, Kevin Henkes (Illustrator) Cover Image

Friday Night Wrestlefest By J. F. Fox, Micah Player (Illustrator) Cover Image

Strega Nona (A Strega Nona Book) By Tomie dePaola Cover Image

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 By Christopher Denise Cover Image

Nigel and the Moon By Antwan Eady, Gracey Zhang (Illustrator) Cover Image

Justin's List of Very Dragon-y Dragon Books

The Game Master's Book of Legendary Dragons: Epic new dragons, dragon-kin and monsters, plus dragon cults, classes, combat and magic for 5th Edition RPG adventures (The Game Master Series) By Aaron Hübrich, Dan Dillon, Cody C. Lewis, James J. Haeck, Jim Pinto, Jeff Ashworth (Contributions by), Luke Gygax (Introduction by) Cover Image

Dragons Love Tacos By Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Secret Lives of Dragons (The Secret Lives Series) By Zoya Agnis, Alexander Utkin (Illustrator) Cover Image

Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy: No Humans Allowed! By Madeleine Roux, Tim Probert (Illustrator) Cover Image

Drifting Dragons 1 By Taku Kuwabara Cover Image

When Women Were Dragons: A Novel By Kelly Barnhill Cover Image

Sydney's List of Books That Have Made Her Cry in Public

Greenglass House By Kate Milford, Jaime Zollars (Illustrator) Cover Image

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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

Hannah's List of Books Currently Littering Her Living Room Floor/Table/Couch

The Shipping News By Annie Proulx Cover Image

The Year of Magical Thinking (Vintage International) By Joan Didion Cover Image

A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel By John Irving Cover Image

Me Talk Pretty One Day By David Sedaris Cover Image

Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy By Judd Apatow Cover Image

My Volcano By John Elizabeth Stintzi Cover Image

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

The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) By Kelly Barnhill Cover Image

If You Could See the Sun By Ann Liang Cover Image

TJ Powar Has Something to Prove By Jesmeen Kaur Deo Cover Image

A Deadly Education: A Novel (The Scholomance #1) By Naomi Novik Cover Image

The Prince and the Dressmaker By Jen Wang Cover Image

House of Leaves: The Remastered Full-Color Edition By Mark Z. Danielewski Cover Image

Jason's Favorite Recommendations!

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot #1) By Becky Chambers Cover Image

The Fifth Quarter By Mike Dawson Cover Image

The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help By Amanda Palmer, Brené Brown (Foreword by) Cover Image

Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Academy: No Humans Allowed! By Madeleine Roux, Tim Probert (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Good for Nothing Button! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! #3) By Mo Willems, Charise Mericle Harper, Mo Willems (Illustrator), Charise Mericle Harper (Illustrator) Cover Image

What Is Love? By Mac Barnett, Carson Ellis (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: A Novel 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

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

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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

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