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December New Releases

  • The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories By Louise Kennedy Cover Image
  • Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning By Liz Cheney Cover Image
  • Yours for the Taking: A Novel By Gabrielle Korn Cover Image
  • The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism By Tim Alberta Cover Image
  • Flores and Miss Paula: A Novel By Melissa Rivero Cover Image
  • Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song By Judith Tick Cover Image
  • The Frozen River: A Novel By Ariel Lawhon Cover Image
  • The Other Mothers By Katherine Faulkner Cover Image

Next Events

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 7:00pm
Liz Cheney — Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning - with Mark Leibovich — at Sixth & I
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 - 7:00pm
John Reeves — Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant — at Conn Ave

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Bestselling Nonfiction

  • The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder By David Grann Cover Image
  • Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America By Heather Cox Richardson Cover Image
  • The Iliad By Homer, Emily Wilson (Translated by) Cover Image
  • The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution By Ryan Grim Cover Image
  • Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism By Rachel Maddow Cover Image
  • What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds By Jennifer Ackerman Cover Image
  • The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year By Margaret Renkl Cover Image
  • The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession By Michael Finkel Cover Image
  • Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World By Mary Beard Cover Image
  • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen By David Brooks Cover Image

Bestselling Fiction

  • The Bee Sting: A Novel By Paul Murray Cover Image
  • The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel By James McBride Cover Image
  • The Fraud: A Novel By Zadie Smith Cover Image
  • North Woods: A Novel By Daniel Mason Cover Image
  • The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) By Abraham Verghese Cover Image
  • Small Things Like These By Claire Keegan Cover Image
  • Tom Lake: A Reese's Book Club Pick By Ann Patchett Cover Image
  • So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men By Claire Keegan Cover Image
  • A Most Agreeable Murder: A Novel By Julia Seales Cover Image
  • Let Us Descend: A Novel By Jesmyn Ward Cover Image

Children and Teens

  • Saints of the Household By Ari Tison Cover Image
  • Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel By Jason Reynolds, Zeke Peña (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Pardalita By Joana Estrela, Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Translated by) Cover Image
  • Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider By Jessica Lanan, Jessica Lanan (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Daddy & Me, Side by Side By Pierce Freelon, Nadia Fisher (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Walter Finds His Voice: The Story of a Shy Crocodile By Ann Kim Ha Cover Image
  • Cool Green: Amazing, Remarkable Trees By Lulu Delacre, Lulu Delacre (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Big By Vashti Harrison Cover Image
  • The Courage of the Little Hummingbird: A Tale Told Around the World By Leah Henderson, Magaly Morales (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Maribel’s Year By Michelle Sterling, Sarah Gonzales (Illustrator) Cover Image

Diverse Voices

  • Take My Hand By Dolen Perkins-Valdez Cover Image
  • River Spirit By Leila Aboulela Cover Image
  • The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu: A Novel By Tom Lin Cover Image
  • Above Ground By Clint Smith Cover Image
  • Wade in the Water: A Novel By Nyani Nkrumah Cover Image
  • Ghost Girl, Banana: A Novel By Wiz Wharton Cover Image
  • Tokyo Ueno Station (National Book Award Winner): A Novel By Yu Miri, Morgan Giles (Translated by) Cover Image
  • When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East: A Novel By Quan Barry Cover Image
  • On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel By Ocean Vuong Cover Image
  • Radiant Fugitives: A Novel By Nawaaz Ahmed Cover Image

Staff Picks

  • The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Novel By Karen Lord Cover Image
  • A Guest in the House By Emily Carroll Cover Image
  • All's Well: A Novel By Mona Awad Cover Image
  • Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel By Shahnaz Habib Cover Image
  • The Four Tests: What It Will Take to Keep America Strong and Good By Daniel Baer Cover Image
  • Martyr!: A novel By Kaveh Akbar Cover Image
  • Prophet Song By Paul Lynch Cover Image
  • Lone Women: A Novel By Victor LaValle Cover Image
  • Tell it Slant By John Yau Cover Image

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