Staff Picks

Tommie’s pick of the month:

Paula’s pick of the month:

Jeanette’s pick of the month:

The Lost Van Gogh

by Jonathan Santlofer

Luke and Alex uncover what appears to be a Lost Van Gogh which is promptly stolen. Interpol and various other unsavory people hunt for the painting. The story uncovers the dark side of the art world-stolen art from WWII, stolen and forged art of the current era. A very disturbing look into the art world.

March

by Geraldine Brooks

This Pulitzer Prize winner is so well written. It’s a very moving historical fiction novel written in the time of the Civil War about a man who leaves his family to aid the Union cause.

Claire’s pick of the month:

Sea of Tranquility

By Emily St. John Mandel

This science fiction novel takes the reader from 1900s Vancouver Island to several centuries later on a lunar colony. It explores time travel, pandemics, and loss in a very touching and tender way.

We are the Light

by Matthew Quick

Lucas Goodgame is a hero to the citizens of Majestic, PA. He is desperately trying to come to terms with what happened in the movie theater, writing daily letters to his therapist, Karl, and waiting for another visit from his deceased wife, Darcy, who visits him each night in the form of an angel.

Indie Bestsellers for the Week of

April 23, 2024

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
2. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
3. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
4. The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251
5. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
6. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
7. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
8. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28, 9780593597033
9. The Hunter
Tana French, Viking, $32, 9780593493434
10. Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
11. Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $29, 9780593318256
12. Close to Death-
Debut
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $30, 9780063305649
13. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
14. The Husbands
Holly Gramazio, Doubleday, $29, 9780385550611
15. A Calamity of Souls-
Debut
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $30, 9781538765029

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s- Debut
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663
2. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
3. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder-
Debut
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28, 9780593730249
4. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
5. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
6. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781668007976
7. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
8. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $32, 9780593448793
9. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
10. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
Fareed Zakaria, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9780393239232
11. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
12. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $30, 9780593243916
13. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
James Patterson, Matt Eversmann, Little, Brown and Company, $28, 9780316567534
14. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House, $30, 9780593230060
15. My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me-
Debut
Caleb Carr, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316503600

PAPERBACK FICTION

1. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
2. Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
3. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
4. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030
5. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
6. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17, 9781501161933
7. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
8. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
9. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279032
10. Bride
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19, 9780593550403
11. Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781639730957
12. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19, 9780399562976
13. A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575606
14. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
15. Homecoming
Kate Morton, Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063020900

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
2. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831
3. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933
4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
5. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
6. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
7. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
8. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times-
Debut
Michelle Obama, Crown, $19.99, 9780593237489
9. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
10. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20, 9781984878120
11. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
12. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19, 9780593512302
13. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19, 9780143129257
14. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
Ari Shapiro, HarperOne, $18.99, 9780063221352
15. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
On the Rise:
17. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781639550562

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
2. 96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More!
Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933
3. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736076
4. The Night War
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780735228566
5. Ferris
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536231052
6. Olivetti (Indies Introduce)
Allie Millington, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250326935
7. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
8. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
9. Coyote Lost and Found
Dan Gemeinhart, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $17.99, 9781250292773
10. Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World
Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822
11. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
12. Charlotte's Web
E. B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558
13. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
14. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
15. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153

YOUNG ADULT

1. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
2. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
3. Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
4. If Only I Had Told Her- Debut
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229
5. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
6. Check & Mate
Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14, 9780593619919
7. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452
8. Lightlark
Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877
9. A Tempest of Tea
Hafsah Faizal, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $20.99, 9780374389406
10. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
11. Dear Wendy- Debut
Ann Zhao, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250885005
12. Where Sleeping Girls Lie
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250800848
13. Ruthless Vows
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250857453
14. The Prisoner's Throne
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9780316592710
15. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. Little Blue Truck Feeling Happy
Alice Schertle, Clarion Books, $14.99, 9780063342705
4. Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419768774
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. Dragon's First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178
7. Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536219111
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
9. Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368089609
10. Buffalo Fluffalo
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593564530
11. Bluey: Butterflies
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593750889
12. Bluey: Queens
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593750872
13. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
14. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
15. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007

CHILDREN'S SERIES

1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
5. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
6. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
7. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop
8. InvestiGators (hardcover and paperback)
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
9. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
10. Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers