Staff Picks

Our staff are voracious readers, and they're always the source of a great book, whether it's for you or for a friend. Here are some of what we currently recommend. For even more picks, come visit us in the store and check out our famous Staff Picks table. 

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This Other Eden: A Novel By Paul Harding Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781324036296
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - January 24th, 2023

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Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide By Rupert Holmes Cover Image
$28.00
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ISBN: 9781451648218
Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - February 21st, 2023

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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

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The School for Good Mothers: A Novel By Jessamine Chan Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781982156138
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Published: S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books - February 7th, 2023

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I Have Some Questions for You: A Novel By Rebecca Makkai Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593490143
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Published: Viking - February 21st, 2023

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Nettle & Bone By T. Kingfisher Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250244000
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Published: Tor Books - February 28th, 2023

The Island of Sea Women: A Novel By Lisa See Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781501154867
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Published: Scribner - March 10th, 2020

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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi: A new fantasy series set a thousand years before The City of Brass By Shannon Chakraborty Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9780062963505
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Published: Harper Voyager - February 28th, 2023

Stateless By Elizabeth Wein Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316591249
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 14th, 2023

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Fight Night By Miriam Toews Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781635579789
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - January 31st, 2023

Age of Vice: A Novel By Deepti Kapoor Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780593328798
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Published: Riverhead Books - January 3rd, 2023

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Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age By Dennis Duncan Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781324050513
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 25th, 2023

The Love of My Life: A Novel By Rosie Walsh Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593297018
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Published: Penguin Books - January 17th, 2023

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Cover Image
$10.00
ISBN: 9780525434801
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Published: Vintage - May 1st, 2018

Nora Goes Off Script By Annabel Monaghan Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593420058
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - February 28th, 2023

All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia By Simon Garfield Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9780063292277
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Published: William Morrow - February 28th, 2023

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Dark Matter: A Novel By Blake Crouch Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781101904244
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Published: Ballantine Books - May 2nd, 2017

No Longer Human By Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene (Translated by) Cover Image
By Osamu Dazai, Donald Keene (Translated by)
$14.95
ISBN: 9780811204811
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Published: New Directions - January 17th, 1973