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Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances By Kwame Alexander Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316417228
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - May 23rd, 2023

This powerful memoir from a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medalist features poetry, letters, recipes, and other personal artifacts that provide an intimate look into his life and the loved ones he shares it with.

In an intimate and non-traditional (or "new-fashioned") memoir, Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love.


Letters to a Young Poet: The Norton Centenary Edition By Rainer Maria Rilke, M. D. Herter Norton (Translated by), Julia Reidhead (Afterword by), Damion Searls (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Rainer Maria Rilke, M. D. Herter Norton (Translated by), Julia Reidhead (Afterword by), Damion Searls (Foreword by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9781324050728
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - May 23rd, 2023

A gorgeous edition of one of the most beloved classics of the twentieth century, published in celebration of W. W. Norton’s 100th anniversary.


Shy: A Novel By Max Porter Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9781644452295
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Published: Graywolf Press - May 2nd, 2023

A novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you’re not alone


This is the story of a few strange hours in the life of a troubled teenage boy.

You mustn’t do that to yourself Shy. You mustn’t hurt yourself like that.


In the Lives of Puppets By TJ Klune Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250217448
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Published: Tor Books - April 25th, 2023

A NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER!
Most Anticipated from BookPage • Goodreads • The Nerd Daily • Paste Magazine • LitReactor • OverDrive • LGBTQ Reads • Tor.com LibraryReads • more


Ordinary Notes By Christina Sharpe Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9780374604486
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - April 25th, 2023

Critically acclaimed author of In the Wake, "Christina Sharpe is a brilliant thinker who attends unflinchingly to the brutality of our current arrangements . . . and yet always finds a way to beauty and possibility" (Saidiya Hartman).


The Moose Paradox (The Rabbit Factor series #2) By Antti Tuomainen, David Hackston (Translated by) Cover Image
By Antti Tuomainen, David Hackston (Translated by)
$26.00
ISBN: 9781914585340
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Published: Orenda Books - April 11th, 2023

Insurance mathematician Henri has his life under control, when a man from the past appears and a shady trio take over the adventure park’ s equipment supply company … Things are messier than ever in the absurdly funny, heart-stoppingly tense second instalment in Antti Tuomainen’ s bestselling series…


The All-American: A Novel By Joe Milan, Jr. Cover Image
$28.95
ISBN: 9781324035657
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 4th, 2023

Introducing a character as viscerally believable and unforgettable as any in fiction, The All-American is a triumph—full of energy, dark humor, suspense, and hard-won wisdom.


The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape By Katie Holten, Ross Gay (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Katie Holten, Ross Gay (Introduction by)
$29.95
ISBN: 9781953534682
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Published: Tin House Books - April 4th, 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

"Inspiring. . . . insights that are scientific, intimate and surprising. . . . a call to action for those who still care."—The Washington Post


Fly Girl: A Memoir By Ann Hood Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781324050414
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 4th, 2023

An entertaining and fascinating memoir of “gifted storyteller” (People) Ann Hood’s adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant.


Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist By Frans de Waal Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9781324050360
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 4th, 2023

Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

“Every new book by Frans de Waal is a cause for excitement, and this one is no different. A breath of fresh air in the cramped debate about the differences between men and women. Fascinating, nuanced, and very timely.” —Rutger Bregman, author of Humankind: A Hopeful History

 


Saltwater Demands a Psalm: Poems By Kweku Abimbola Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781644452271
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Published: Graywolf Press - April 4th, 2023

In Ghana’s Akan tradition, on the eighth day of life a child is named according to the day of the week on which they were born. This marks their true birth. In Kweku Abimbola’s rhapsodic debut, the intimacy of this practice yields an intricately layered poetics of time and body based in Black possibility, ancestry, and joy.


The Immortal King Rao: A Novel By Vauhini Vara Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781324050308
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 4th, 2023

Finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
One of Vulture's Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2022
One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of 2022
One of The Guardian's Fiction to Look Out for in 2022
One of MS Magazine's Most Anticipated Books of 2022
One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2022


A House With Good Bones By T. Kingfisher Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250829795
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Published: Tor Nightfire - March 28th, 2023

A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family.

"Mom seems off."

Her brother's words echo in Sam Montgomery's ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina street where their mother lives alone.


The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown #1) By Hannah Whitten Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316434997
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Published: Orbit - March 7th, 2023

In this lush, romantic epic fantasy series from a New York Times bestselling author, a young woman’s secret power to raise the dead plunges her into the dangerous and glamorous world of the Sainted King’s royal court.

When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire.


What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez By Claire Jimenez Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781538725962
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - March 7th, 2023

A powerful debut novel that's "hilarious, heartbreaking, and ass-kicking" (Jamie Ford), of a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island who discovers their long‑missing sister is potentially alive and cast on a reality TV show, and they set out to bring her home.

A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Elle •


The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance By Dan Egan Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781324002666
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 7th, 2023

The New York Times best-selling author on the source of great bounty—and now great peril—all over the world.


The Gospel of Orla By Eoghan Walls Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781644212820
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Published: Seven Stories Press - March 7th, 2023

Most anticipated in the IRISH TIMES, TORONTO STAR, and the BOOK CULTURE newsletter INDIE NEXT LIST PICK LIBRARY READS SELECTION • PERFECT FOR BOOK CLUBS • DEBUT NOVEL

"A consistently surprising, evocative, almost impossible to put down, and gloriously original work." —Booklist


The Crane Husband By Kelly Barnhill Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250850973
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Published: Tordotcom - February 28th, 2023

“If I had to nominate a worthy successor to Angela Carter, I would nominate Kelly Barnhill. "—Laura Ruby, two-time National Book Award finalist and author of Bone Gap

"A slim little novella that packs a narrative punch more intense than that of many books ten times its length."—NPR


The Sense of Wonder: A Novel By Matthew Salesses Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316425711
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - January 17th, 2023

From the author of PEN/Faulkner finalist Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear and Craft in the Real World comes a "a smart, very meta take(Kirkus Reviews) on the ways Asian Americans navigate the thorny worlds of sports and entertainment when everything is stacked against them.

An Asian American basketball star walks into a gym.


Chrome Valley: Poems By Mahogany L. Browne Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9781324092278
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Published: Liveright - February 7th, 2023

From Lincoln Center’s inaugural poet-in-residence comes this unflinching collection that intricately mines the experience of being a Black woman in America.


The Wise Hours: A Journey into the Wild and Secret World of Owls By Miriam Darlington Cover Image
$27.95
ISBN: 9781953534835
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Published: Tin House Books - February 7th, 2023

People Pick of the Week

“Unfailingly precise and lovingly poetic. . . .  Nature writing of the first order.” —The Wall Street Journal

“A beautiful book; wise and sharp-eared as its subject.” —Robert Macfarlane


Stolen By Ann-Helén Laestadius, Rachel Willson-Broyles (Translated by) Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781668007167
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Published: Scribner - January 31st, 2023

SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILM

Louise Erdrich meets Jo Nesbø in this spellbinding Swedish novel that follows a young indigenous woman as she struggles to defend her family’s reindeer herd and culture amidst xenophobia, climate change, and a devious hunter whose targeted kills are considered mere theft in the eyes of the law.


On a winter day north of the A


The Evidence of Things Not Seen By James Baldwin, Stacey Abrams (Foreword by) Cover Image
By James Baldwin, Stacey Abrams (Foreword by)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250844897
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Published: Holt Paperbacks - January 17th, 2023

Over twenty-two months in 1979 and 1981 nearly two dozen children were unspeakably murdered in Atlanta despite national attention and outcry; they were all Black. James Baldwin investigated these murders, the Black administration in Atlanta, and Wayne Williams, the Black man tried for the crimes.


Hell Bent: A Novel (Alex Stern #2) By Leigh Bardugo Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9781250313102
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Published: Flatiron Books - January 10th, 2023

#1 New York Times Bestseller

From the author of Shadow and Bone, now a hit NETFLIX series

“Readers will be wowed." –Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. The Ivy League is going straight to hell in the sequel to the smash New York Times bestseller Ninth House from #1 bestselling author Leigh Bardugo.


How to Communicate: Poems By John Lee Clark Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9781324035343
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - December 6th, 2022

Winner of the 2023 Minnesota Book Award for Poetry

A stunning debut from an award-winning DeafBlind poet, “How to Communicate is a masterpiece” (Kaveh Akbar).


Factory Girls By Michelle Gallen Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781643752457
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Published: Algonquin Books - November 29th, 2022

A funny, fierce, and unforgettable read about a young woman working a summer job in a shirt factory in Northern Ireland, while tensions rise both inside and outside the factory walls.

It’s the summer of 1994, and all smart-mouthed Maeve Murray wants are good final exam results so she can earn her ticket out of the wee Northern Irish town she has grown up in during the Trou


Raising Adventurous Eaters: Practical Ways to Overcome Picky Eating and Food Sensory Sensitivities By Lara Dato, Suzanne Mouton-Odum (Foreword by), Ruth Goldfinger Golomb (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Lara Dato, Suzanne Mouton-Odum (Foreword by), Ruth Goldfinger Golomb (Foreword by)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781684039524
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Published: New Harbinger Publications - December 1st, 2022

Help kids develop a positive relationship with food, so they can become healthy and adventurous eaters for life


Overcoming Parental Anxiety: Rewire Your Brain to Worry Less and Enjoy Parenting More By Debra Kissen, Micah Ioffe, Hannah Romain Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781648480300
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Published: New Harbinger Publications - December 1st, 2022

Be the calm and collected parent you aspire to be with this powerful, neuroscience-based guide.


A Child of the Indian Race: A Story of Return By Sandy White Hawk, Gene Thin Elk (Foreword by), Terry Cross (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Sandy White Hawk, Gene Thin Elk (Foreword by), Terry Cross (Introduction by)
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ISBN: 9781681342412
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Published: Minnesota Historical Society Press - December 6th, 2022

An adoptee reconnects with the Lakota family and culture she was born into--and nurtures a new tradition that helps others to do the same.


Cursed Bunny: Stories By Bora Chung, Anton Hur (Translated by) Cover Image
By Bora Chung, Anton Hur (Translated by)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781643753607
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Published: Algonquin Books - December 6th, 2022

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE AND WINNER OF A PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION GRANT

"Cool, brilliantly demented K-horror—just the way I like it!" Ed Park, author of Personal Days 

“Like the work of Carmen Maria Machado and Aoko Matsuda, Chung’s stories are so wonderfully, blisteringly strange and powerful


Great Short Books: A Year of Reading—Briefly By Kenneth C. Davis Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781982180034
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Published: Scribner - November 22nd, 2022

This entertaining guide to some of the best short novels of all time, from a bestselling historian, is the “perfect gift for busy bibliophiles” (BookPage).

Experience the joys of literature with this this “exciting guide to all that the world of fiction has to offer” (The New York Times Book Review): a compulsively readable, deeply engaging discu


Desert Creatures By Kay Chronister Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9781645660521
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Published: Erewhon Books - November 8th, 2022

This “genre-shredding” (Tor.com) feminist dystopian eco-horror, perfect for fans of The Last of Us, traces a girl’s coming-of-age on a post-apocalyptic trek through the Southwest.


Toad: A Novel By Katherine Dunn, Molly Crabapple (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Katherine Dunn, Molly Crabapple (Foreword by)
$28.00
ISBN: 9780374602321
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Published: MCD - November 1st, 2022

A previously unpublished novel of the reflections of a deeply scarred and reclusive woman, from the cult icon Katherine Dunn, the author of Geek Love.


Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years By Joy Harjo, Sandra Cisneros (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Joy Harjo, Sandra Cisneros (Foreword by)
$25.00
ISBN: 9781324036487
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - November 1st, 2022

A magnificent selection of fifty poems to celebrate three-term US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s fifty years as a poet.


Saha: A Novel By Cho Nam-joo, Jamie Chang (Translated by) Cover Image
By Cho Nam-joo, Jamie Chang (Translated by)
$22.00
ISBN: 9781324090885
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Published: Liveright - November 1st, 2022

TIME • Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2022

From the international best-selling author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 comes this chilling dystopian fable for fans of Netflix’s Squid Game.


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Inciting Joy: Essays By Ross Gay Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781643753041
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Published: Algonquin Books - October 25th, 2022

“BRILLIANT.” —Ada Limón, U.S.


Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America By Dan Flores Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781324006169
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - October 25th, 2022

One of Kirkus Review's Best Nonfiction Books of 2022

A deep-time history of animals and humans in North America, by the best-selling and award-winning author of Coyote America.


Mordew (Cities of the Weft #1) By Alex Pheby Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250817242
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Published: Tor Books - October 18th, 2022

Alex Pheby's Mordew launches an astonishingly inventive epic fantasy trilogy.

God is dead, his corpse hidden in the catacombs beneath Mordew.


Random By Penn Jillette Cover Image
$27.95
ISBN: 9781636140711
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Published: Akashic Books - October 11th, 2022

From Penn Jillette of the legendary magic duo Penn & Teller: a rollicking crime caper that will bend your mind like a spoon.

"Penn Jillette is an atheist, triple-goddamned lunatic, and his book is a glorious Las Vegas lunatic paean to chance and adventure--a page-turning, scabrous, hilarious ride into randomness."
--Neil Gaiman


Dinosaurs: A Novel By Lydia Millet Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781324021469
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - October 11th, 2022

One of NPR's Books We Love for 2022 • A New Yorker Best Books of 2022 So Far • A Publishers Weekly Best Novel of 2022 • A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2022 • One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2022 • An Oprah Daily and Literary Hub Favorite Book of 2022 • A BookBrowse Top 20 Best Books of 2022


Freeman's: Animals By John Freeman Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802160126
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Published: Grove Press - October 11th, 2022

Featuring new work from Mieko Kawakami, Mart n Espada, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Arthur Sze, Camonghne Felix, and more, the latest installment of the acclaimed literary journal Freeman's explores the irrevocably intertwined lives of animals and the humans that exist alongside themOver a century ago, Rilke went to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where he watched a pair of flamingos.


Lark Ascending By Silas House Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781643751597
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Published: Algonquin Books - September 27th, 2022

Winner of the Southern Book Prize ​for Fiction

Winner of a Nautilus Award (Gold)​


“This beautiful book is shot through with such tenderness and humanity, such love and courage and beauty and hope, that it feels almost like a prayer.” —Margaret Renkl, author of Late Migrations

A timely, powerful story of surviva


Solutions and Other Problems By Allie Brosh Cover Image
$22.00
ISBN: 9781982156954
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Published: Gallery Books - September 27th, 2022

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Allie Brosh—beloved author and artist of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller Hyperbole and a Half—returns with a long-awaited collection of “hilarious and slyly poignant” (People), autobiographical, illustrated essays.

Solutions and Other Problems includes humorou


Early Light (Storybook ND Series) By Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene (Translated by), Ralph McCarthy (Translated by) Cover Image
By Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene (Translated by), Ralph McCarthy (Translated by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780811231985
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Published: New Directions - September 27th, 2022

Early Light gathers three tales by Osamu Dazai, author of the wildly popular No Longer Human


Spadework for a Palace (Storybook ND Series) By László Krasznahorkai, John Batki (Translated by) Cover Image
By László Krasznahorkai, John Batki (Translated by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780811228404
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Published: New Directions - September 27th, 2022

A joyful ode—in a single soaring, crazy sentence—to the interconnectedness of great (and mad) minds


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The English Understand Wool (Storybook ND Series) By Helen DeWitt Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9780811230070
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Published: New Directions - September 27th, 2022

A modern amorality play about a 17-year-old girl, the wilder shores of connoisseurship, and the power of false friends


Three Streets (Storybook ND Series) By Yoko Tawada, Margaret Mitsutani (Translated by) Cover Image
By Yoko Tawada, Margaret Mitsutani (Translated by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780811229302
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Published: New Directions - September 27th, 2022

Yoko Tawada—winner of the National Book Award—presents three terrific new ghost stories, each named after a street in Berlin


The Famous Magician (Storybook ND Series) By César Aira, Chris Andrews (Translated by) Cover Image
By César Aira, Chris Andrews (Translated by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780811228893
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Published: New Directions - September 27th, 2022

A writer is offered a devil’s bargain: will he give up reading books in exchange for total world domination?


The Woman Who Killed the Fish (Storybook ND Series) By Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser (Translated by) Cover Image
By Clarice Lispector, Benjamin Moser (Translated by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780811229609
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Published: New Directions - September 27th, 2022

Four beguiling tales for children of all ages.

A surprising new facet of Clarice Lispector’s genius


Fairy Tale By Stephen King Cover Image
$32.50
ISBN: 9781668002179
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Published: Scribner - September 6th, 2022

A #1 New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice!

Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for that world or ours.


This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You By Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas Cover Image
$28.95
ISBN: 9780393541250
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 20th, 2022

One of the Next Big Idea Club's Favorite Nonfiction Books
A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2022

A legendary record producer–turned–brain scientist explains why you fall in love with music.


Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter By Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780374389956
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - September 20th, 2022

An enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights.


A Single Rose By Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson (Translator) Cover Image
By Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson (Translator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781609457945
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Published: Europa Editions - September 13th, 2022

From the best-selling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog comes a story about a woman's journey to discover the father she never knew and a love she never thought possible.


The Ski Jumpers: A Novel By Peter Geye Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781517913496
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Published: Univ Of Minnesota Press - September 13th, 2022

A writer and former ski jumper facing a terminal diagnosis takes one more leap—into a past of soaring flights and broken family bonds

A brilliant ski jumper has to be fearless—Jon Bargaard remembers this well.


The Family Izquierdo: A Novel By Rubén Degollado Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780393866827
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 6th, 2022

A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of 2022
Longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award

A masterful debut that weaves together the lives of three generations of a Mexican American family bound by love, and a curse.


Ithaca (Songs of Penelope #1) By Claire North Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316422963
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Published: Redhook - September 6th, 2022

From the multi-award-winning author Claire North comes a daring reimagining that breathes life into ancient myth and gives voice to the women who stand defiant in a world ruled by ruthless men. It’s time for the women of Ithaca to tell their tale . . .

"North brings a powerful, fresh, and unflinching voice to ancient myth.


Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent By Dipo Faloyin Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780393881530
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 6th, 2022

A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2022

An exuberant, opinionated, stereotype-busting portrait of contemporary Africa in all its splendid diversity, by one of its leading new writers.


Literature and the New Culture Wars: Triggers, Cancel Culture, and the Teacher's Dilemma By Deborah Appleman Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781324019183
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 6th, 2022

Can educators continue to teach troubling but worthwhile texts?


Parrot Tales: Our 30 Years with a Magical Bird By Debby Smith, Michael Steven Smith, Eric Hanson (Calligrapher) Cover Image
$21.95
ISBN: 9781682193136
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Published: OR Books - August 9th, 2022

Charlie Parker is an African Gray Parrot. He entered the life of Debby and Michael Smith three decades ago when, at the insistence of their young son, Eli, they brought him home from a downtown Manhattan bird shop. He has been an integral, and voluble, member of the family ever since.


Calling for a Blanket Dance By Oscar Hokeah Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781643751474
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Published: Algonquin Books - July 26th, 2022

Winner of the PEN America/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel * Finalist for the 2023 Aspen Words Literary Prize * Finalist for the L.A.


The Wall By Marlen Haushofer, Shaun Whiteside (Translated by), Claire Louise-Bennett (Afterword by) Cover Image
By Marlen Haushofer, Shaun Whiteside (Translated by), Claire Louise-Bennett (Afterword by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9780811231947
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Published: New Directions - June 21st, 2022

A haunting feminist sci-fi masterpiece and international bestseller that is “as absorbing as Robinson Crusoe” (Doris Lessing)


Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land By Taylor Brorby Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781324090861
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Published: Liveright - June 7th, 2022

"Brorby has written not only a truly great memoir, but also a frighteningly relevant one that speaks to the many battles we still have left to fight." —Jung Yun, New York Times Book Review

From a young, gay environmentalist, a searing coming-of-age memoir set against the arid landscape of rural North Dakota, where homosexuality “seems akin to a ticking bomb.”


Fruiting Bodies: Stories By Kathryn Harlan Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9781324021223
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - June 7th, 2022

Finalist for the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
One of Vulture's Best Books of the Year

This genre-bending debut collection of stories constructs eight eerie worlds full of desire, wisdom, and magic blooming amidst decay.


Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in Between By Joseph Osmundson Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780393881363
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - June 7th, 2022

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Literary Hub

A leading microbiologist tackles the scientific and sociopolitical impact of viruses in eleven striking essays.


Buffalo Is the New Buffalo By Chelsea Vowel Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781551528793
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Published: Arsenal Pulp Press - June 7th, 2022

Powerful stories of "M tis futurism" that envision a world without violence, capitalism, and colonization.

"Education is the new buffalo" is a metaphor widely used among Indigenous peoples in Canada to signify the importance of education to their survival and ability to support themselves, as once Plains nations supported themselves as buffalo peoples.


Auē By Becky Manawatu Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781950354955
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Published: Scribe Us - May 24th, 2022

WINNER OF THE JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK OF FICTION
WINNER OF THE NGAIO MARSH AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL

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Metropolis: A Novel By B. A. Shapiro Cover Image
$27.95
ISBN: 9781616209582
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Published: Algonquin Books - May 17th, 2022

The New York Times bestselling author of The Art Forger delivers a spellbinding and moving novel about what we hang on to, what we might need to let go, and how unexpected events can lead us to deeper truths.

Six people, six secrets, six different backgrounds.


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When Women Were Dragons: A Novel By Kelly Barnhill Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780385548229
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Published: Doubleday - May 3rd, 2022

A GOODREADS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A fiery feminist tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into dragons, exploding notions of a woman’s place in the world and expanding minds about accepting others for who they really are.


A Factotum in the Book Trade By Marius Kociejowski Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781771964562
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Published: Biblioasis - April 26th, 2022

The bookshop is, and will always be, the soul of the trade. What happens there does not happen elsewhere. The multifariousness of human nature is more on show there than anywhere else, and I think it's because of books, what they are, what they release in ourselves, and what they become when we make them magnets to our desires.


The Good Enough Parent: How to Raise Contented, Interesting, and Resilient Children By Life of School the, Alain de Botton (Editor) Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781912891542
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Published: School of Life - April 19th, 2022

A parenting guide providing compassionate instruction and insight into raising a resilient, well-balanced child.

Bringing up a child to be an authentic and mentally robust adult is one of life's great challenges. It is also, fortunately, not a matter of luck.


Time Is a Mother By Ocean Vuong Cover Image
$24.00
ISBN: 9780593300237
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Published: Penguin Press - April 5th, 2022

The New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean Vuong

"Take your time with these poems, and return to them often.” —The Washington Post


How else do we return to ourselves but to fold
The page so it points to the good part
 


How to Live Like the Little Prince: A Grown-Up's Guide to Rediscovering Imagination, Adventure, and Awe By Stéphane Garnier Cover Image
$22.95
ISBN: 9781797215730
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Published: Chronicle Prism - April 12th, 2022

"All grown-ups were once children... but only a few of them remember it."
–Antoine St. Exupéry, The Little Prince


Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir By Delia Ephron Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316267656
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - April 12th, 2022

The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You've Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story in her "resplendent memoir," complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution (Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Good Left Undone).

Delia Ephron had struggled through several years of heartbreak.


The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy By James Crews (Editor), Danusha Laméris (Foreword by) Cover Image
By James Crews (Editor), Danusha Laméris (Foreword by)
$14.95
ISBN: 9781635865332
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Published: Storey Publishing, LLC - April 12th, 2022

Following the success and momentum of his anthology How to Love the World (93,000 copies in print)James Crews's new collection, The Path to Kindness, offers more than 100 deeply felt and relatable poems from a diverse range of voices including well-known writers Julia Alvarez, Marie Howe, Ellen Bass, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alberto R&iacute


Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist By Frans de Waal Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781324007104
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 5th, 2022

A Kirkus Best Science and Medicine Book of 2022
Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award


Letter to a Stranger: Essays to the Ones Who Haunt Us By Colleen Kinder (Editor), Leslie Jamison (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Colleen Kinder (Editor), Leslie Jamison (Foreword by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781643751245
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Published: Algonquin Books - March 22nd, 2022

“Beautiful. The human condition is on full display in these glimpses of our essential connectedness.


A Modern Parents' Guide to Nursery Rhymes: Because It's Two O'Clock in the Morning and You Can't Remember
$14.95
ISBN: 9781523512355
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Published: Workman Publishing Company - March 29th, 2022

Because it’s two o'clock in the morning and you can’t remember “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”

Once upon a time, every parent knew Little Jack Horner, Wee Willie Winkie, and Little Miss Muffet. Now you will, too, with this crash course on timeless pleasures of Mother Goose and beyond.


Small Odysseys: Selected Shorts Presents 35 New Stories By Hannah Tinti (Editor), Neil Gaiman (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Hannah Tinti (Editor), Neil Gaiman (Foreword by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781643751993
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Published: Algonquin Books - March 15th, 2022

“Lovers of the short story, rejoice! There’s something for everyone in this anniversary collection . . .


A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds By Scott Weidensaul Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9780393882414
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 15th, 2022

New York Times Bestseller
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year

An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration.


White Magic By Elissa Washuta Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781953534019
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Published: Tin House Books - March 15th, 2022

Finalist for the PEN Open Book Award

Longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award

A TIME, NPR, New York Public Library, Lit Hub, Book Riot, and Entropy Best Book of the Year

“Beguiling and haunting. . . . Washuta's voice sears itself onto the skin.” —The New York Times Book Review


Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR By Lisa Napoli Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781419750410
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Published: Harry N. Abrams - March 8th, 2022

“Particularly moving… Their solidarity was inspiring and sometimes intimidating… [Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie] offers a powerful lesson on what can happen when we carry as we climb.” –Washington Post, Best Nonfiction Book of the Year

A group biography of four beloved women who fought sexism, covered decades of American news, and


The Believer: Encounters with the Beginning, the End, and our Place in the Middle By Sarah Krasnostein Cover Image
$27.95
ISBN: 9781953534002
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Published: Tin House Books - March 1st, 2022

A New Yorker Best Book of 2022

A Best Book of the Month at The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Deeply beautiful, and never simple.” —James Gleick, author of Time Travel: A History


The Wonders By Elena Medel, Lizzie Davis (Translated by), Thomas Bunstead (Translated by) Cover Image
By Elena Medel, Lizzie Davis (Translated by), Thomas Bunstead (Translated by)
$26.95
ISBN: 9781643752112
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Published: Algonquin Books - March 1st, 2022

The Wonders is a poet’s novel, delicate but strong, impressing its images firmly on the imagination.”​ —Hilary Mantel  

LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD
NOW TRANSLATED INTO FIFTEEN LANGUAGES 

From award-winning Spanish poet Elena Medel comes a mesmerizing new novel of class, sex,


Eating Salad Drunk: Haikus for the Burnout Age by Comedy Greats By Gabe Henry, Aparna Nancherla (Introduction by), Emily Flake (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Gabe Henry, Aparna Nancherla (Introduction by), Emily Flake (Illustrator)
$15.99
ISBN: 9781250774217
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - February 22nd, 2022

“I’m huge on Twitter.”
—An ancient proverb that means
Lonely in real life.
—JOEL KIM BOOSTER


*Vulture's Best Comedy Books of 2022*


The Family Chao: A Novel By Lan Samantha Chang Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780393868074
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - February 1st, 2022

One of Literary Hub's and The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of 2022
A Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Mystery of 2022

An acclaimed storyteller returns with “a gorgeous and gripping literary mystery” that explores “family, betrayal, passion, race, culture and the American Dream” (Jean Kwok).


Shady Hollow (A Shady Hollow Mystery #1) By Juneau Black Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780593315712
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Published: Vintage - January 25th, 2022

The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together in harmony—until a curmudgeonly toad turns up dead and the local reporter has to solve the case.


Enough Rope: A Book of Light Verse (Vintage Classics) By Dorothy Parker Cover Image
$11.00
ISBN: 9780593466353
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Published: Vintage - January 25th, 2022

Now available as a stand-alone edition, the famous humorist’s debut collection—a runaway bestseller in 1926—ranges from lighthearted self-deprecation to acid-tongued satire, all the while gleefully puncturing sentimental clichés about relations between men and women.


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Ain't Burned All the Bright By Jason Reynolds, Jason Griffin (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jason Reynolds, Jason Griffin (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781534439467
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - January 11th, 2022

A Caldecott Honor winner!

Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now. Written by #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds.

Jason Reynolds and his best bud, Jason Griffin, had a mind-meld.


Anthem By Noah Hawley Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9781538711514
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - January 4th, 2022

 “A blistering thriller that follows a group of teenagers on an adventure through an apocalyptic America much like our own.” ―Entertainment Weekly 

Bestselling author of Before the Fall and Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Noah Hawley (FX’s Fargo) returns with a chilling and prophetic allegory of America


Call Us What We Carry: Poems By Amanda Gorman Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9780593465066
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Published: Viking Books - December 7th, 2021

The instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller


The breakout poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman


Girl Gone Missing (MN Edition) (A Cash Blackbear Mystery #2) By Marcie R. Rendon Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781641293891
Availability: Unavailable to Order
Published: Soho Crime - November 23rd, 2021

Nineteen-year-old Cash Blackbear helps law enforcement solve the mysterious disappearance of a local girl from Minnesota's Red River Valley.


Station Eleven (Television Tie-in) By Emily St. John Mandel Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780593468074
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Published: Vintage - November 23rd, 2021

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. Now an original series on HBO Max. Over one million copies sold!


The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story By Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by), The New York Times Magazine (Created by), Caitlin Roper (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor), Jake Silverstein (Editor) Cover Image
By Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by), The New York Times Magazine (Created by), Caitlin Roper (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor), Jake Silverstein (Editor)
$38.00
ISBN: 9780593230572
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Published: One World - November 16th, 2021

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER • A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.


The Every By Dave Eggers Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781952119361
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Published: McSweeney's Publishing - October 5th, 2021

This title is available exclusively through independent bookstores and the book’s independent, nonprofit publisher, McSweeney’s. When the world’s largest search engine/social media company, the Circle, merges with the planet’s dominant e-commerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous–and, oddly enough, most beloved–monopoly ever known: the Every.


The Sentence By Louise Erdrich Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062671127
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Published: Harper - November 9th, 2021

"Dazzling. . . . A hard-won love letter to readers and to booksellers, as well as a compelling story about how we cope with pain and fear, injustice and illness. One good way is to press a beloved book into another's hands. Read The Sentence and then do just that."—USA Today, Four Stars


All Dogs Are Good: Poems & Memories By Courtney Peppernell Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781771682558
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Published: Central Avenue Publishing - November 9th, 2021

Written for anyone who has known the touch of a cold nose on their hand, the bark of a best friend, or the joy of a walk accompanied by a wagging tail, All Dogs Are Good pays tribute to the special bond we share with our canine companions.

Filled with heartfelt poems and prose on the love, dedication, and laughter our dogs bring, as well as the unique lesson


The Writer's Cats By Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson (Translator), Maria Guitart (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson (Translator), Maria Guitart (Illustrator)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781609457167
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Published: Europa Editions - November 9th, 2021

From the best-selling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog comes this delightful, delicate tale that pays tribute to the poetry of the everyday, to Japanese philosophy, and to the ingenuity and sardonic humor of cats.

What a mysterious, confounding thing is a writer Yet, spend a little time with the writer's cats and one might just understand her better.


The Resilience Recipe: A Parent's Guide to Raising Fearless Kids in the Age of Anxiety By Muniya S. Khanna, Philip C. Kendall, David H. Barlow (Foreword by) Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781684036967
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Published: New Harbinger Publications - November 1st, 2021

"In these changing and challenging times, giving children the gifts of resourcefulness, optimism, confidence, a growth mindset, and resilience are key. This reassuring book offers a logical, easy-to-follow plan born from scientific methods to guide kids to those goals." --Booklist


Little Women: The Complete Novel, Featuring the Characters' Letters and Manuscripts, Written and Folded by Hand (Classic Novels x Chronicle Books) By Barbara Heller, Louisa May Alcott Cover Image
$40.00
ISBN: 9781797208916
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Published: Chronicle Books - October 26th, 2021

This special edition invites fans inside the world of the March sisters. It includes the full text of Little Women, plus gorgeous, removable replicas of the characters' letters and other writings.

For anyone who loves Little Women, or still cherishes the joy of letter writing, this book illuminates a favorite story in a whole new way.


I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye: A Memoir of Loss, Grief, and Love By Ivan Maisel Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780306925740
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Published: Hachette Books - October 26th, 2021

In this deeply emotional memoir, a longtime ESPN writer reflects on the suicide of his son Max and delves into how their complicated relationship led him to see grief as love.

In February 2015, Ivan Maisel received a call that would alter his life forever: his son Max's car had been found abandoned in a parking next to Lake Ontario.


The Unwinding: And Other Dreamings By Jackie Morris Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781783529353
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Published: Unbound - October 26th, 2021

A highly illustrated pillow book to prompt dreaming and creativity by Kate Greenaway Medal-winning artist Jackie Morris

Longlisted for the 2021 Kate Greenaway Medal


The Silent Unwinding: And Other Dreamings By Jackie Morris Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781783529612
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Published: Unbound - October 26th, 2021

A highly illustrated pillow book to prompt dreaming and creativity by Kate Greenaway Medal-winning artist Jackie Morris

Longlisted for the 2021 Kate Greenaway Medal


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Light From Uncommon Stars By Ryka Aoki Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250789068
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Published: Tor Books - September 28th, 2021

Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars, a defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts.

Hugo Award Finalist
A National Bestseller
Indie Next Pick


The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times (Global Icons Series) By Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781250784094
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Published: Celadon Books - October 19th, 2021

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**

In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope?


Looking at the headlines—the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval—it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has never been more desperately needed.


Chemical Valley By David Huebert Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781771964470
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Published: Biblioasis - October 19th, 2021

Winner of the Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction - A Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award Finalist - A 2022 ReLit Award Finalist - A Siskiyou Prize Semi-Finalist - A Miramichi Reader Best Fiction Title of 2021


Oil-soaked and swamp-born, the bruised optimism of Huebert's stories offer sincere appreciation of the beauty of our wilted, wheezing world.


State of Terror: A Novel By Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781982173678
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Published: Simon & Schuster/St. Martin’s Press - October 12th, 2021

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER​

Named one of the most anticipated novels of the season by People, Associated Press, Time, Los Angeles Times, Parade, St.


Murder on the Red River (MN Edition) (A Cash Blackbear Mystery #1) By Marcie R. Rendon Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781641293884
Availability: Unavailable to Order
Published: Soho Crime - October 12th, 2021

One Book, One Minnesota Selection for Summer 2021
 
Introducing Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman whose visions and grit help solve a brutal murder in this award-winning debut.


Night Train By A. L. Snijders, Lydia Davis (Translated by) Cover Image
By A. L. Snijders, Lydia Davis (Translated by)
$14.95
ISBN: 9780811228565
Availability: Unavailable to Order
Published: New Directions - October 5th, 2021

Brevity is the soul of beauty in these tiny masterworks of short short fiction


What Storm, What Thunder By Myriam J A. Chancy Cover Image
$27.95
ISBN: 9781951142766
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Published: Tin House Books - October 5th, 2021

American Book Award Winner

Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist

A NPR, Boston Globe, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, and Library Journal Best Book of the Year

“Stunning.” —Margaret Atwood


A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020) By David Sedaris Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9780316558792
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - October 5th, 2021

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice: There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mas­tered it.
 
If it’s navel-gazing you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination.


As You Were By Elaine Feeney Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781771964432
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Published: Biblioasis - October 5th, 2021

Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize - Winner of the 2021 Kate O'Brien Award - Winner of the 2021 Dalkey Emerging Writer Award


The Lincoln Highway: A Novel By Amor Towles Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780735222359
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Published: Viking - October 5th, 2021

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

More than ONE MILLION copies sold

A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick


A New York Times Notable Book, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year


Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel By Anthony Doerr Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781982168438
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Published: Scribner - September 28th, 2021

On the New York Times bestseller list for over 20 weeks * A New York Times Notable Book * A National Book Award Finalist * Named a Best Book of the Year by Fresh Air, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Associated Press, and many more

“If you’re looking for a superb novel, look no further.” —The Washington Post


The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery By Richard Osman Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781984880994
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Published: Pamela Dorman Books - September 28th, 2021

An instant New York Times bestseller!

The second gripping novel in the New York Times bestselling Thursday Murder Club series, soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment


The Last House on Needless Street By Catriona Ward Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250812629
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Published: Tor Nightfire - September 28th, 2021

"The buzz...is real. I've read it and was blown away. It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end." —Stephen King

Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel!
A World Fantasy Award Finalist!
An Indie Next Pick! A LibraryReads Top 10 Pick!


Bewilderment: A Novel By Richard Powers Cover Image
$27.95
ISBN: 9780393881141
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 21st, 2021

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of 2021
Shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction


The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel By Ruth Ozeki Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780399563645
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Published: Viking - September 21st, 2021

Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction

“No one writes like Ruth Ozeki—a triumph.” —Matt Haig, New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library


“Inventive, vivid, and propelled by a sense of wonder.” —TIME


Navigating Autism: 9 Mindsets For Helping Kids on the Spectrum By Temple Grandin, Debra Moore Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780393714845
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 21st, 2021

Empowering strategies for anyone who works with children and teens on the spectrum.


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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law By Mary Roach Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9781324001935
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 14th, 2021

An Instant New York Times Bestseller • #1 Los Angeles Times Bestseller • #1 Indie Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller • Longlisted for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction • A New York Times Editors' Choice • A Washington Post Notable Book of 2021 • A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist • An NPR 2021 Best Book of the Year • A New York Public Li


Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature By Farah Jasmine Griffin Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9780393651904
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 14th, 2021

A PBS NewsHour Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year in Nonfiction

A brilliant scholar imparts the lessons bequeathed by the Black community and its remarkable artists and thinkers.


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The Heroine with 1001 Faces By Maria Tatar Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781631498817
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Published: Liveright - September 14th, 2021

World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long-buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wonder Woman.


The Least We Can Do: White Supremacy, Free Speech, and Independent Bookstores By Josh Cook Cover Image
$7.95
ISBN: 9781771964654
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Published: Biblioasis - September 14th, 2021

The Magician: A Novel By Colm Toibin Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781476785080
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Published: Scribner - September 7th, 2021

A New York Times Notable Book, Critic’s Top Pick, and Top Ten Book of Historical Fiction

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, NPR, Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg Businessweek

From one of today’s most brilliant and beloved novelists, a dazzling, epic family saga set a


The Archer By Shruti Swamy Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9781616209902
Availability: Unavailable to Order
Published: Algonquin Books - September 7th, 2021

“Set in 1970s Bombay, the novel explores art, ambition, gender roles and class with the same shimmering prose of Swamy’s first book, the story collection A House Is a Body.”
San Francisco Chronicle

“[A] sublime, boundary-pushing exploration of sexuality, creativity, and love.”
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Poet Warrior: A Memoir By Joy Harjo Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9780393248524
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 7th, 2021

National bestseller
An ALA Notable Book

Three-term poet laureate Joy Harjo offers a vivid, lyrical, and inspiring call for love and justice in this contemplation of her trailblazing life.


The Book of Dog Poems By Ana Sampson (Editor), Sarah Maycock (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Ana Sampson (Editor), Sarah Maycock (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781786279439
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Published: Laurence King Publishing - September 7th, 2021

The truth I do not stretch or shove
When I state that the dog is full of love.
I've also found, by actual test,
A wet dog is the lovingest.
'The Dog' by Ogden Nash


The Book of Cat Poems By Ana Sampson (Editor), Sarah Maycock (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Ana Sampson (Editor), Sarah Maycock (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781786279446
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Published: Laurence King Publishing - September 7th, 2021

See the kitten, how she starts,
Crouches, stretches, paws and darts;
With a tiger-leap half way
Now she meets her coming prey.
Lets it go as fast and then
Has it in her power again.
From 'The Kitten at Play' by William Wordsworth

Curious, enigmatic and playful, cats have often inspired the literary imagination.


Poison for Breakfast By Lemony Snicket Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781324090625
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Published: Liveright - August 31st, 2021

Washington Post Bestseller

A new stand-alone adventure—appropriate for all ages—by Lemony Snicket, one of the twenty-first century’s most beloved authors.

In the years since this publishing house was founded, we have worked with an array of wondrous authors who have brought illuminating clarity to our bewildering world. Now, instead, we bring you Lemony Snicket.


A Slow Fire Burning: A Novel By Paula Hawkins Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780735211230
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Published: Riverhead Books - August 31st, 2021

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER


The scorching new thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train.

 
A Slow Fire Burning twists and turns like a great thriller should, but it's also deep, intelligent and intensely human.” – Lee Child


The Last Chance Library By Freya Sampson Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780593201381
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Published: Berkley - August 31st, 2021

A Good Morning America Buzz Pick
A Library Reads Pick

June Jones emerges from her shell to fight for her beloved local library, and through the efforts and support of an eclectic group of library patrons, she discovers life-changing friendships along the way.

 


The Madness of Crowds: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #17) By Louise Penny Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250145260
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Published: Minotaur Books - August 24th, 2021

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller
AARP The Magazine – Recommended Summer Reading
CNN – A Most Anticipated Book of August
Bustle – A Most Anticipated Book of August


Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's latest spellbinding novel


You’re a coward.


Damnation Spring By Ash Davidson Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781982144401
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Published: Scribner - August 3rd, 2021

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Named a Best Book of 2021 by Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times

“A glorious book—an assured novel that’s gorgeously told.” —The New York Times Book Review
“An incredibly moving epic about an unforgettable fa


A House Is a Body: Stories By Shruti Swamy Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781643751450
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Published: Algonquin Books - July 27th, 2021

Finalist for the 2021 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction


A House Is a Body will not simply be talked about as one of the greatest short story collections of the 2020s; it will change the way all stories&mdas