Staff Picks

Paula’s pick of the month:

Force of Nature

by Joan M. Griffin

Those of you who are hikers and particularly long-distant hikers, this book is for you. The writing depicts long days on the trail. Her descriptions of the Sierras are phenomenal and her discussions on emotional aspects of this type of hiking is spot on.

Jeanette’s pick of the month:

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world

Claire’s pick of the month:

My Murder

By Katie Williams

This sci-fi mystery novel follows Lou, a woman who was the victim of a local serial killer and who was brought back to life. As she looks into the mysterious circumstances around her own death, she realizes not everything is as it seems. Darkly humorous, thoughtful, and full of surprises, this book is a unique take on murder mysteries.

Indie Bestsellers for the Week of

February 11, 2025

 

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
2. Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189
3. The Bones Beneath My Skin- Debut
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250890436
4. Onyx Storm (Standard Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159
5. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593418918
6. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
7. Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
8. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
9. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $30, 9780593548981
10. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
11. Isola- Debut
Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $28.99, 9780593730089
12. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250178633
13. Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29, 9780374602635
14. Black Woods, Blue Sky- Debut
Eowyn Ivey, Random House, $29, 9780593231029
15. We Do Not Part
Han Kang, e. yaewon (Transl.), Paige Aniyah Morris (Transl.), Hogarth, $28, 9780593595459
On the Rise:
17. Last Twilight in Paris
Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $28.99, 9780778307983

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
2. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
3. Memorial Days: A Memoir- Debut
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780593653982
4. The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
Chris Hayes, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593653111
5. Source Code: My Beginnings- Debut
Bill Gates, Knopf, $30, 9780593801581
6. The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir
Neko Case, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538710500
7. On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer- Debut
Rick Steves, Rick Steves, $30, 9781641716437
8. The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30, 9780593230381
9. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
10. Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
Peter Beinart, Knopf, $26, 9780593803899
11. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
12. How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith- Debut
Mariann Edgar Budde, Avery, $28, 9780593539217
13. Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316575805
14. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
15. Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Imani Perry, Ecco, $28.99, 9780062977397

PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Deep End- Debut
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593550441
2. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
3. Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
4. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
5. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
6. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17, 9780802163622
7. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
8. The Crash
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227325
9. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
10. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
11. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18, 9780525435006
12. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
13. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593597040
14. The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
15. First Lie Wins- Debut
Ashley Elston, Penguin, $19, 9780593492932

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
3. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
4. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
6. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
7. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
8. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20, 9780307279286
9. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18, 9780593652985
10. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Jonathan Blitzer, Penguin, $21, 9781984880826
11. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade, Verso, $15.95, 9781839762123
12. Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together
Dean Spade, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643756462
13. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20, 9780593139158
14. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
15. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. A Wolf Called Fire- Debut
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780063415133
2. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
3. The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
4. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
5. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
6. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
7. The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
8. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
9. Mixed-Up- Debut
Kami Garcia, Brittney Williams (Illus.), First Second, $14.99, 9781250840882
10. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
11. Chickenpox- Debut
Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks, $14.99, 9781250863294
12. The First State of Being
Erin Entrada Kelly, Greenwillow Books, $19.99, 9780063337312
13. Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
14. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
15. Charlotte's Web
E. B. White, HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780064400558

YOUNG ADULT

1. Wings of Starlight- Debut
Allison Saft, Disney Press, $18.99, 9781368098458
2. Under the Same Stars- Debut
Libba Bray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $24.99, 9780374388942
3. Heavenly Tyrant
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $20.99, 9780735269989
4. Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
5. All Better Now- Debut
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781534432758
6. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452
7. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
9. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688
10. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
11. Legendborn (Indies Introduce)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
12. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958
13. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
14. The Last Bookstore on Earth
Lily Braun-Arnold, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593899489
15. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Little Blue Truck's Valentine
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780358272441
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
5. Girls on the Rise
Amanda Gorman, Loveis Wise (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593624180
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Valentine
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $9.99, 9780593754757
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
8. The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
9. Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
10. Your Forest- Debut
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536230833
11. How to Be Romance with Bluey and Bingo
Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593755105
12. I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884
13. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
14. I Spy Love- Debut
Dan Marzollo, Dave Marzollo, Walter Wick (Illus.), Cartwheel Books, $14.99, 9781546119784
15. Happy Valentine's Day, Curious George!
H. A. Rey, Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780063384903

CHILDREN'S SERIES

1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
3. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
4. The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
5. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
6. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
7. InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, First Second
8. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
9. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
10. City Spies (hardcover and paperback)
James Ponti, Aladdin
New in Series: London Calling (9781665932509)