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New Releases | March 17th, 2026

March 13, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Life: A Love Story - Berg, Elizabeth (Author)

    • Sisters in Yellow - Kawakami, Mieko (Author), Taylor, Laurel (Translator), Yoshio, Hitomi (Translator)

    • The Antidote - Russell, Karen (Author)

    • The Paris Express - Donoghue, Emma (Author)

    Biography

    • Lucky Girl: A Coming of Spirit Memoir - Vieira, Diane (Author), Vieira, Robert (Author)

    Board Books

    • Good Night, Little Blue Truck (Little Blue Truck #38) - Schertle, Alice (Author), McElmurry, Jill (Illustrator)

    • Baby Loves Robotics! (Baby Loves Science) - Spiro, Ruth (Author), Uno, Kat (Illustrator)

    • Touch a Truck Day: A Lift-The-Flap Book - Finison, Carrie (Author), Wang, Viola (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • The Lore Olympus Oracle Deck: A 54-Card Deck and Guidebook (Lore Olympus) - Smythe, Rachel (Author), Holden, H (Illustrator), Byars, Faith (Text by (Art/Photo Books))

    • Wisdom Untethered: The Time for Questions - Singer, Michael A (Author)

    Coloring Books

    • Creative Haven Otterly Adorable Coloring Book (Adult Coloring Books: Animals) - Goodridge, Teresa (Author)

    • Bluey and Friends: Outdoor Fun: A Coloring Book

    Cookbooks

    • One Plate at a Time: Recipes for Finding Freedom with Food - Lovato, Demi (Author)

    Family Issues Books

    • The Parent's Guide to Divorce: How to Protect Your Child's Mental and Emotional Health Through a Breakup or Separation - Komisar, Erica (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • The Big Mousetake (The Great Puptective #3) - Tysoe, Alina (Author), Tysoe, Alina (Illustrator)

    Great Outdoors

    • The Allure and Peril of the Appalachian Trail - Carpenter, Steve (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Ultimates by Deniz Camp Vol. 3: Rescue Mission (Ultimates) - Camp, Deniz (Author), Taboo (Author), Frigeri, Juan (Illustrator), Randal, Von (Illustrator), Ruan, Dike (Not Available)

    • The Lost Daughter of Sparta - Day, Felicia (Author), MacColl, Rowan (Illustrator)

    • The Flash: Rebirth: DC Compact Comics Edition - Johns, Geoff (Author), Van Sciver, Ethan (Illustrator)

    Middle Readers

    • Sir Edmund of the Wild West: Mystery in the Grand Canyon - Bowling, Dusti (Author), Hughes, Beth (Illustrator)

    • Bravepaw and the Heartstone of Alluria (Bravepaw #1) - Wilkinson, L M (Author), Naidu, Lavanya (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • Bloodlust - Brown, Sandra (Author)

    Nature

    • The Feather Wars: And the Great Crusade to Save America's Birds - McCommons, James H (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • The Prosperous Heart: Creating a Life of Enough - Cameron, Julia (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Littlest Elephant: A One and Only Ruby Story - Applegate, Katherine (Author), Judge, Lita (Illustrator)

    • Iguana Miss You! - Boynton, Sandra (Author)

    • The Mother Tree - Rosen, Sybil (Author), Carpenter, Nancy (Illustrator)

    • Tiny Hiker - Zimmers, Natasha (Author), Macgibbon, Jaimie (Illustrator)

    • Little Passenger - Sullivan, Deirdre (Author), Love, Jessica (Illustrator)

    • Ruthie - Shapiro, Esmé (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Innamorata (The House of Teeth Duology) - Reid, Ava (Author)

    • The Tomb of Dragons (Chronicles of Osreth #3) - Addison, Katherine (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age - Kendi, Ibram X (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • Say good night with Little Blue Truck and friends as they prepare for bed in this board book edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller!

    Beep! Beep! Beep! It's time for sleep!

    A storm is brewing and Little Blue Truck and his good friend Toad are hurrying home for bed. But who can sleep with all that racket? It's not long before other friends show up seeking safety from the storm. Thunder and lightning sure can be scary, but it's easy to be brave together. When the clouds roll on and the sky is clear, it's all aboard for a bedtime ride! Beep! Beep! Shhh . . .

    This perfect bedtime read-aloud is now available in a sturdy board book edition.

  • NATIONAL BESTSELLER - FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - From Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove Karen Russell: a gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town

    "Achingly gorgeous. . . . Karen Russell is one of our most humane and generous writers; this book is as profound as it is wonderfully strange." --Lauren Groff, author of The Vaster Wilds

    The Antidote opens on Black Sunday, as a historic dust storm ravages the fictional town of Uz, Nebraska. But Uz is already collapsing--not just under the weight of the Great Depression and the dust bowl drought but beneath its own violent histories. The Antidote follows a "Prairie Witch," whose body serves as a bank vault for peoples' memories and secrets; a Polish wheat farmer who learns how quickly a hoarded blessing can become a curse; his orphan niece, a basketball star and witch's apprentice in furious flight from her grief; a voluble scarecrow; and a New Deal photographer whose time-traveling camera threatens to reveal both the town's secrets and its fate.

    Russell's novel is above all a reckoning with a nation's forgetting--enacting the settler amnesia and willful omissions passed down from generation to generation, and unearthing not only horrors but shimmering possibilities. The Antidote echoes with urgent warnings for our own climate emergency, challenging readers with a vision of what might have been--and what still could be.

  • From Mieko Kawakami, award-winning author of Breasts and Eggs, comes a bold novel of sacrifice and the tumultuous bonds of sisterhood, set in the gritty Tokyo of the 1990s.

    "I can never forget the sense of pure astonishment I felt when I first read Mieko Kawakami." --Haruki Murakami

    Hana has nothing - she's fifteen years old and living in a tiny apartment in a suburb of Tokyo with her young mother, a hostess at a local dive bar. They have no money, no security. Then Kimiko appears.

    Kimiko is older, a bright light in Hana's dark world. Together they set up Lemon, a bar that, despite its shabby setting and seedy clientele, becomes a haven for Hana. Suddenly Hana has a job she loves, friends to share her days with, and the glittering promise of money. She feels like a normal girl. She feels invincible.

    But in the narrow alleys of Sangenjaya, nothing is as it seems. Soon all of Hana's hope, her optimism, and her drive will be pushed to the limit . . .

    A story of enduring friendship and deep betrayal, Sisters in Yellow is a masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties that confirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation.

  • The National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning charts how "great replacement theory" has become a dominant political idea of our time and ushered in an antidemocratic age.

    "[Kendi] has a gift for tracing how historical ideas metastasize into present, real-world damage. . . . Kendi reveals the mechanics behind the myth, and why confronting it is now a democratic necessity."--Oprah Daily

    NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2026 BY: The New York Times, Oprah Daily, LitHub, Foreign Policy, The Millions

    Recall the words chanted in Charlottesville, Virginia: "You will not replace us!" Recall the string of mass shooters across the globe--in Oslo, Christchurch, Buffalo, El Paso, and Pittsburgh--who claimed their crimes were a defense against "White genocide." Recall business and media figures cultivating anxiety and furor over demographic change. These incidents only scratch the surface: Popular and ruling politicians in every region of the world have expressed some version of great replacement theory, eroding democratic norms in the name of preventing demographic change.

    The term was coined in 2011 by a French novelist who argued that Black and Brown immigrants were "invading" Europe, brought by shadowy elites to "replace" the White population. From there, politicians and theorists in the United States and elsewhere repackaged it as a story of "globalists" welcoming "migrant criminals" and promoting diversity to take away the jobs, cultures, electoral power, and very lives of White people. Over time, great replacement theory has expanded those under threat to include citizens, men, Jews, Christians, heterosexuals, and ethnic majorities in countries as distinct as Russia, El Salvador, Brazil, Italy, and India, all targeted with the message that they are facing an existential attack that only a strongman can prevent.

    In Chain of Ideas, internationally bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi offers an unsettling but indispensable global history of how great replacement theory brought humanity into this authoritarian age--and how we can free ourselves from it.

  • A warm, intimate novel that reminds us of the richness that can be found all throughout our lives--by the New York Times bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv and Open House

    As ninety-two-year-old Florence "Flo" Greene nears the end of her life, she writes a letter to Ruthie, the woman who grew up next door to her, describing the items Flo is leaving Ruthie in her will. But as it goes on, telling surprising stories about those "little" things Flo will leave behind (What could possibly be the worth of a rubber band kept in a matchbox tied up in red ribbon?), an unforgettable portrait of the life she has lived emerges.

    The letter starts off as an autobiography in things , but it turns out to do much more than that: ultimately, it will transform Flo and those around her. In the time she has left, Flo decides to take herself up on tiny dares. She encourages Ruthie to reconsider her impending divorce by sharing a startling, long-buried secret about her own perfect-seeming marriage. Flo has never had a pedicure before now, and as long as she's going to a beauty parlor, she arranges to have a blue streak put in her hair, too. And as these adventures lead her to make new friends, Flo helps them, too, find the fulfillment that living a full life has led her to understand.

    Full of Elizabeth Berg's characteristic mix of warmth, humor, and poignancy, Life: A Love Story is a reminder that whatever your circumstances, as long as you're alive, you can keep on investing in life. The joy will inevitably follow.

Tags shop local, indiebookstore, littletonnh, LittleVillageToyandBookShop, Ibram X Kendi, Demi Lovato, hiking, Little Blue Truck, Sandra Boynton, Picture Books, Ava Reid

New Releases | March 3rd, 2026

February 27, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Lake Effect - Sweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix (Author)

    • The Inheritors - Golding, William (Author), Okri, Ben (Foreword by), Greenwald Smith, Rachel (Contribution by)

    • Free Fall - Golding, William (Author), Gray, John (Foreword by), Greenwald Smith, Rachel (Contribution by)

    • Black Woods, Blue Sky - Ivey, Eowyn (Author), Hulbert, Ruth (Illustrator)

    • A Sea of Unspoken Things - Young, Adrienne (Author)

    • Death Takes Me - Rivera Garza, Cristina (Author), Myers, Robin (Translator), Booker, Sarah (Translator)

    • Lady Tremaine - Hochhauser, Rachel (Author)

    • The Queens of Crime - Benedict, Marie (Author)

    • The Story She Left Behind - Callahan Henry, Patti (Author)

    • A Far-Flung Life - Stedman, M L (Author)

    • The Last Poem - Peppernell, Courtney (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism - Smee, Sebastian (Author)

    Award Winners

    • The First State of Being - Kelly, Erin Entrada (Author)

    • Phoenix (Ride on) - Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker (Author)

    Biography

    • You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir - Applegate, Christina (Author)

    • Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Progress - David, Cazzie (Author)

    • Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist - Munson, Richard (Author)

    • A Different Person: A Memoir - Merrill, James (Author), Als, Hilton (Author)

    Board Books

    • Bloom Into Spring - Diesen, Deborah (Author), Lundquist, Mary (Illustrator)

    • Odd Bugs (a Curious Critters Board Book): Meet Nature's Weirdest Insects - Gehl, Laura (Author), Lucas, Gareth (Illustrator)

    • Spring! (Leslie Patricelli Board Books) - Patricelli, Leslie (Author), Patricelli, Leslie (Illustrator)

    • How Do Dinosaurs Go from A to Z? - Yolen, Jane (Author), Teague, Mark (Illustrator)

    • Rabbit's Nap (a Lift-The-Flap Book) (Tales from Acorn Wood) - Donaldson, Julia (Author), Scheffler, Axel (Illustrator)

    • Monster Jam: Thunderroarus Unleashed! a Board Book with Wheels - Aveling, Marisa (Author), Vandenberg, Neil (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • A Grief Observed (Deluxe Edition) - Lewis, C S (Author)

    • The Screwtape Letters (Deluxe Edition) - Lewis, C S (Author)

    Chapter Books

    • Daisy Dolittle: The Rabbit Rescue (Daisy Dolittle) - Lockhart, Melody (Author), Lopez, Anuki (Illustrator)

    • Daisy Dolittle: Otter Chaos! (Daisy Dolittle) - Lockhart, Melody (Author), Lopez, Anuki (Illustrator)

    • Gus the Mushroom Dragon: An Acorn Book (Dragon Hill #2) - West, Tracey (Author), Vázquez, Carolina (Illustrator)

    • How to Save a Tortoise (Wildlife Rescue 3) - Messner, Kate (Author)

    Children's Poetry

    • Goldfinches - Oliver, Mary (Author), Sweet, Melissa (Illustrator)

    • Time for Haiku: Four Seasons of Poems - Santaeulàlia, Josep (Author), Lozano, Luciano (Illustrator), Schimel, Lawrence (Translator)

    Children's Science & Nature

    • Light as a Feather: Fifteen Phenomenal North American Birds - Hillenbrand, Will (Author), Hillenbrand, Will (Illustrator)

    Coloring Books

    • Inklings: A Pocket-Sized Inky Coloring Book - Basford, Johanna (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Paws: The Trouble with Leo: A Graphic Novel (Paws) - Fairbairn, Nathan (Author), Assarasakorn, Michele (Illustrator)

    • The Greenies (Greenies #1) - Mills, Emma (Author), Kennedy, Sarah Nicole (Illustrator)

    • The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 6: Volume 6 - Watterson, Bill (Author)

    • Lego Ninjago: Strike of the Serpentine (Graphic Novel) (Lego Ninjago) - Chittock, Cameron (Author), Morris, Will (Illustrator), Antonellini, Sara (Illustrator)

    History

    • Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America - Risen, Clay (Author)

    Homestead

    • Victory Gardens for Bees: A DIY Guide to Saving the Bees, Revised Edition - Weidenhammer, Lori (Author)

    • Floraphile's Almanac: An Illustrated Miscellany - Evans, Jessi (Author), Work, Lauren (Author)

    Horror

    • The Staircase in the Woods - Wendig, Chuck (Author)

    Humor Books

    • This Is the Only Book of Dad Jokes You'll Ever Need: 302 of the Best and Most Cringeworthy Dad Jokes - Nowak, Thomas (Author), Miranda, Alberto (Illustrator)

    Just the Facts

    • What Do We Know about Dragons? (What Do We Know About?) - Hubbard, Ben (Author), Who Hq (Author), Thomson, Andrew (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Absolute Superman Vol. 2: Son of the Demon (Absolute Universe) - Aaron, Jason (Author), Sandoval, Rafa (Illustrator)

    • Nightwing: Leaping Into the Light: DC Compact Comics Edition (DC Compact Comics) - Taylor, Tom (Author), Redondo, Bruno (Illustrator), Edwards, Neil (Illustrator)

    • Nana 25th Anniversary Edition, Vol. 3 (Nana 25th Anniversary Edition #17) - Yazawa, Ai (Author)

    • Chainsaw Man, Vol. 20 - Fujimoto, Tatsuki (Author)

    • DC Encyclopedia New Edition - Beatty, Scott (Author), Brooks, Dan (Author)

    • Shugo Chara! 20th Anniversary Edition 1 - Peach-Pit (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • Minecraft: Adventure School (Minecraft) - Sanz, Monica (Author)

    • Aku: Journey to Ibra (Aku 1) - Johnson, Micah (Author), Van Der Meer, Durk (Illustrator)

    • Firebred: (Storm Dragons, Book 2) - Kagawa, Julie (Author)

    • Dragon Girl and the Awakened Flames (Deluxe Edition) (Dragon Girl #1) - Moore, Jenny (Author)

    • The Academy V: Cup of Nations (Academy #5) - Layton, T Z (Author)

    • The Beautiful Game - Méndez, Yamile Saied (Author)

    • The Hybrid Prince (Wings of Fire, Book 16) - Sutherland, Tui T (Author)

    • One Night at Camp Bigfoot (Goosebumps House of Shivers #6) - Stine, R L (Author)

    My First Readers

    • Jane Goodall (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1) - Kramer, Barbara (Author), National Geographic Kids (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Want to Know a Secret? - McFadden, Freida (Author)

    Nature

    • The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary - Tempest Williams, Terry (Author)

    • Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals - Bittel, Jason (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • The Supreme Gift: Love Is the Greatest Thing in the World - Coelho, Paulo (Author), Costa, Margaret Jull (Translator)

    Picture Books

    • Bartleby - Phelan, Matt (Author), Phelan, Matt (Illustrator)

    • Thank You, School - Borden, Louise (Author), Keiser, Paige (Illustrator)

    • When You Dream Big! - Reynolds, Peter H (Author), Reynolds, Peter H (Illustrator)

    • Goodnight, Bruce (Mother Bruce) - Higgins, Ryan (Author)

    • Bothered by Bugs - Gravett, Emily (Author)

    • Is This . . . Spring? (Helen Yoon's Is This . . .?) - Yoon, Helen (Author), Yoon, Helen (Illustrator)

    • The Dark Is for - Kohuth, Jane (Author), Derby, Cindy (Illustrator)

    • Loops - Awan, Jashar (Author), Awan, Jashar (Illustrator)

    • Welcome to the Rabbit Residence: A Seek-And-Find Story - Nohana, Haluka (Author)

    • The Future Book - Barnett, Mac (Author), Harris, Shawn (Illustrator)

    Poetry

    • The Witch Doesn't Drown in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic) - Lovelace, Amanda (Author)

    Political Science

    • The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History - Westad, Odd Arne (Author)

    • Truth and Consequence: Reflections on Catastrophe, Civil Resistance, and Hope - Ellsberg, Daniel (Author), Ellsberg, Michael (Volume Editor), Thomas, Jan R (Volume Editor)

    Romance

    • House of Blight (Threadmender Chronicles #1) - Martineau, Maxym M (Author)

    • Enigma: A Dark Academia Romance - RuNyx (Author)

    • Verity - Hoover, Colleen (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Elphie: A Wicked Childhood - Maguire, Gregory (Author)

    Sidelines

    • This Classic Belongs to . . .: 60 Bookplates for Collections Big and Small (Classics Gift)

    Social Sciences

    • The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change - Solnit, Rebecca (Author)

    Stickers

    • Wings of Fire: The Official Stickerpedia - Sutherland, Tui T (Author), Walsh, Brianna C (Illustrator)

    Travel

    • Belonging to the World: A Journey from Grief to Connection in Every Country on Earth - Hoffner, Barry (Author)

    Workbooks

    • Awe! - Stiefel, Chana (Author), Gal, Susan (Illustrator)

    Young Adult

    • A Thousand Perfect Lies - Murphy, Monica (Author)

    • Her Hidden Fire (Her Hidden Fire) - O'Sullivan, Cliodhna (Author)

    • The Squad: Perfect Cover (Squad 1) - Barnes, Jennifer Lynn (Author)

    • The Squad: Killer Spirit (Squad 2) - Barnes, Jennifer Lynn (Author)

    • Burn the Water - Ray, Billy (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • From #1 internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden!

    Everyone has secrets. Some are worse than others.

    Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she'd rather you didn't know.

    Like... Where did her son go when he snuck out late at night? What was she doing with the local soccer coach behind fogged windows?

    And what's buried in her backyard?

    April's secrets are enough to destroy her.

    I'll make sure of that.

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden peels back the layers of a seemingly flawless life to expose a picture of obsession, deception, and the quiet menace that waits just beyond the frame.

  • Mother Bruce's family of mice and geese will do ANYTHING to get out of going to sleep in this hilarious and all-too-relatable bedtime story.

    It's bedtime in Soggy Hollow.

    But Bruce's family of mice and geese would rather watch late-night monster movies than go to sleep.

    There are so many more fun things to do like . . .

    build model airplanes

    and eat ice cream.

    and keep up their correspondence.

    Will Bruce ever get them to sleep? What's a tired old bear to do?

    Kids and caretakers alike will relate wholeheartedly to this laugh-out-loud story of pre-bedtime hijinx.

  • The #1 New York Times bestselling series is back with a brand new tale! Discover what happens next in this thrilling addition to the Wings of Fire saga.

    Umber was never supposed to be a hero . . . .

    As the youngest sibling of his MudWing hatching, Umber doesn't have the responsibilities of his bigwings, Reed, nor the heroic destiny prophesied for his brother, Clay. He's always been content with his role as the cheerful, goofy, little brother. But when his sister, Sora, causes a tragedy at Jade Mountain Academy, Umber finds himself on the run and thrown into a whole new role--that of protector.

    Umber and Sora fly south in search of a place where they can live far away from other dragons . . . until a kind, hybrid dragon named Mulberry saves him from a kraken attack, and Umber realizes they don't have to survive alone after all. In fact, there's an entire community living on a forgotten island, full of dragons hiding from their own dark pasts.

    As the two MudWings settle into the Court of Refuge, they start to realize that nothing in this place is quite what it seems, and the protection it offers comes with a price. Even as Umber falls for Prince Mulberry, he learns he must find a way to unlock the past of this mysterious island to ensure he and Sora have a future. And when the dragons in power try to stop him, he'll have to decide what he cares about most . . . and whether he can be the hero these dragons need after all.

  • Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet gorgeously illustrates the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver for the first time in picture book form.

    Have you heard them singing in the wind, above the final fields?

    Have you ever been so happy in your life?

    Mary Oliver, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, is one of America's most beloved poets. Introducing her unforgettable words to children for the very first time, her poem "Goldfinches" joyfully observes the power of the natural world as only Mary Oliver can.

    Illuminated by the exquisite mixed-media artwork of Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet, Goldfinches fills the reader with wonder for the beauty around them and gratitude for the ability to bear witness to it.

  • NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Snow Child returns to the mythical landscapes of Alaska with an unforgettable dark fairy tale that asks the question: Can love save us from ourselves?

    "No one writes like Eowyn Ivey."--Geraldine Brooks

    "You will find yourself in places you have never been."--Louise Erdrich

    "Ivey is an enthralling storyteller."--The New York Times Book Review

    AN NPR AND SEATTLE TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

    Birdie's keeping it together; of course she is. So she's a little hungover, sometimes, and she has to bring her daughter, Emaleen, to her job waiting tables at an Alaskan roadside lodge, but she's getting by as a single mother in a tough town. Still, Birdie can remember happier times from her youth, when she was free in the wilds of nature.

    Arthur Neilsen, a soft-spoken and scarred recluse who appears in town only at the change of seasons, brings Emaleen back to safety when she gets lost in the woods. Most people avoid him, but to Birdie, he represents everything she's ever longed for. She finds herself falling for Arthur and the land he knows so well.

    Against the warnings of those who care about them, Birdie and Emaleen move to his isolated cabin in the mountains, on the far side of the Wolverine River.

    It's just the three of them in the vast black woods, far from roads, telephones, electricity, and outside contact, but Birdie believes she has come prepared. At first, it's idyllic and she can picture a happily ever after: Together they catch salmon, pick berries, and climb mountains so tall it's as if they could touch the bright blue sky. But soon Birdie discovers that Arthur is something much more mysterious and dangerous than she could have ever imagined, and that like the Alaska wilderness, a fairy tale can be as dark as it is beautiful.

    Black Woods, Blue Sky is a novel with life-and-death stakes, about the love between a mother and daughter, and the allure of a wild life--about what we gain and what it might cost us.

Tags shop local, LittleVillageToyandBookShop, littletonnh, indibookstores, spring, caldecott, dragons, minecraft, wings of fire, Freida McFadden, wicked, lego, gardening

New Releases | February 24th, 2026

February 20, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Playworld (Vintage Contemporaries) - Ross, Adam (Author)

    • Kin - Jones, Tayari (Author)

    • Brawler: Stories - Groff, Lauren (Author)

    • More Than Enough - Quindlen, Anna (Author)

    • A Good Animal - Maurer, Sara (Author)

    • Saoirse - Hurtubise, Charleen (Author)

    • One of Us - Day, Elizabeth (Author)

    Adult Science

    • A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness - Pollan, Michael (Author)

    Animals

    • Raising Hare: A Memoir - Dalton, Chloe (Author)

    Biography

    • The Pit Bull King: Building Dark Dynasty with the World's Most Legendary Dogs - Grennan, Marlon (Author), Alexander, Jamie (With)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • The Weedy Garden: A Happy Habitat for Wild Friends - Renkl, Margaret (Author), Renkl, Billy (Illustrator)

    • Bog Buddies (Tiny Habitats) - Hevron, Amy (Author), Hevron, Amy (Illustrator)

    • An Anthology of Flowers: A Collection of Flowers from Gardens, Mountains and More, with Fascinating Secrets (DK Little Anthologies)

    Cookbooks

    • Obsessed with the Best: 100+ Methodically Perfected Recipes Based on 20+ Head-To-Head Tests - Quittner, Ella (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Cat & Cat Adventures: The Lair of the Owl King: A Graphic Novel (Cat & Cat Adventures #6) - Yi, Susie (Author), Yi, Susie (Illustrator)

    • Mr. Terrific: Year One - Letson, Al (Author), Galmon, Edwin (Illustrator)

    History

    • We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America - O'Donnell, Norah (Author), Andersen Brower, Kate (Author)

    Horror

    • Night of the Mannequins - Jones, Stephen Graham (Author)

    • Hungerstone - Dunn, Kat (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Talking Books: Audiobook Inventor Dr. Robert B. Irwin and a New Way to Read - Lacika, Jenny (Author), Fortson, Ashanti (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell - Soule, Charles (Author), McNiven, Steve (Illustrator), McNiven, Steve

    • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Madness Volume 1 - Sztybor, Bartosz (Author), Asano (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Curtain: Poirot's Last Case: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #37) - Christie, Agatha (Author)

    • Trust No One: A Thriller - Rollins, James (Author)

    • The Crossroads (Joe Pickett Novel) - Box, C J (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • How to Stop Trying: An Overachiever's Guide to Self-Acceptance, Letting Go, and Other Impossible Things - Williams, Kate (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Is It Spring? - Henkes, Kevin (Author), Henkes, Kevin (Illustrator)

    • Forty the Fortune Teller - Daywalt, Drew (Author), Cornell, Kevin (Illustrator)

    • Disney Frozen Ever After (Little Golden Book)

    • The Rare Bird - Cooper, Elisha (Author), Cooper, Elisha (Illustrator)

    • Kitty Caterpillar - Bondor-Stone, Annabeth (Author), White, Connor (Author), Barrager, Brigette (Illustrator)

    • The Monster and Puppet Show!-Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!) - Micucci, Kate (Author), Willems, Mo (Author)

    Political Sciences

    • Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery - Newsom, Gavin (Author)

    Romance

    • And Now, Back to You (Heartstrings) - Borison, B K (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Red Winter - Sullivan, Cameron (Author)

    • After the Fall - Ashton, Edward (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • If one day buds bloom and birds chirp, and the next day a late snow falls from the sky, is it spring? Will it ever be spring? An evergreen, child-friendly picture book that explores themes of patience, hope, the seasons, and nature by the New York Times bestseller and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes.

    A flower in the garden down the street. Birds in the sky. Buds on the branches in the park. It must be spring.

    But wait! What is this icy gust of wind? Why are snowflakes falling from heavy gray clouds? Will it ever be spring? Yes, says the sun. Just be patient.

    Kevin Henkes, the #1 New York Times bestseller who has been awarded the Caldecott Medal, two Caldecott Honors, two Newbery Honors, two Geisel Honors, the Children's Literature Lecture Award, and Children's Literature Legacy Award, among numerous other honors, has created a masterful and classic picture book that combines an evocative call-and-response text with delicate and lovely illustrations. Readers will be left assured that the sun--and spring--will always come again.

  • NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - FINALIST FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE - A fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman's unlikely friendship with a wild hare.

    A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, TIME, The Boston Globe, The Economist, Scientific American, Slate

    "Moving. . . . Impart[s] valuable lessons about slowing down and the beauty in the unexpected."--USA Today

    "A perfect testimony to the transformative power of love."--Margaret Renkl, author of The Comfort of Crows

    Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and bounded around your bedroom at night, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that, more than two years later, it still ran in from the fields when you called it and slept in your house for hours on end. For political advisor and speechwriter Chloe Dalton, who spent lockdown deep in the English countryside, far away from her usual busy London life, this became her unexpected reality.

    In February 2021, Dalton stumbles upon a newborn hare--a leveret--that had been chased by a dog. Fearing for its life, she brings it home, only to discover how difficult it is to rear a wild hare, most of whom perish in captivity from either shock or starvation. Through trial and error, she learns to feed and care for the leveret with every intention of returning it to the wilderness. Instead, it becomes her constant companion, wandering the fields and woods at night and returning to Dalton's house by day. Though Dalton feared that the hare would be preyed upon by foxes, weasels, feral cats, raptors, or even people, she never tried to restrict it to the house. Each time the hare leaves, Chloe knows she may never see it again. Yet she also understands that to confine it would be its own kind of death.

    Raising Hare chronicles their journey together while also taking a deep dive into the lives and nature of hares, and the way they have been viewed historically in art, literature, and folklore. We witness firsthand the joy at this extraordinary relationship between human and animal, which serves as a reminder that the best things, and most beautiful experiences, arise when we least expect them.

  • For readers of Colm Tóibín and Claire Keegan, Saoirse is a powerful novel set between the United States and Ireland about a woman who runs from her traumatic past and the secrets she carries to survive.

    In Michigan, Sarah's childhood was defined by fear and silence. As a teenager, she saw a chance to escape and took it. Now, in 1999, she is an artist living on the rugged coast of Donegal, Ireland, where she is known as Saoirse (pronounced Sear-sha)--a name that sounds like the sea and means freedom in the language of her adopted country. And free is precisely how she is finally beginning to feel. Her partner and two beloved daughters are regular subjects of her paintings, and together they have made the safe home she always longed for. But Saoirse's secrets haunt her. No one must learn of the identity she has stolen in order to survive; they cannot know of the dangers that she crossed an ocean to escape.

    When her artwork wins unexpected acclaim at a Dublin exhibition, the spotlight of fame threatens to unravel the careful lies that hold her world together. Journalists and admirers begin to ask questions about the mysterious artist from Donegal, and she fears the unwanted publicity will expose all that she has done.

    Saoirse is an evocative, suspenseful exploration of the intimate relationship between art and life and the lies we tell ourselves in the name of reinvention.

  • A vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union

    "This terrific book reveals the central, though often hidden role that women have played at every stage of our country's history."--Doris Kearns Goodwin

    Over a decades-long, distinguished career, award-winning journalist Norah O'Donnell has made it her mission to shed light on untold wom­en's stories. Now, in honor of America's 250th birthday, O'Donnell focuses that passion on the American heroines who helped change the course of history.

    We the Women presents a fresh look at American his­tory through the eyes of women, introducing us to inspiring patriots who demanded that the country live up to the prom­ises made 250 years ago in the Declaration of Independence: "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Since the signing of that document, the pressing question from women has been: Why don't those unalienable rights apply to us?

    Through extensive research and interviews, as well as historical documents and old photos, O'Donnell curates a compelling portrait of these fierce fighters for freedom. From Mary Katherine Goddard, who printed the first signed Declaration of Independence, to the Forten family women, who were active in the abolition and suffrage movements and were considered the "Black Founders" of Philadelphia, to the first women who served in the armed forces even before they had the right to vote, O'Donnell brings these extraordinary women together for the first time, and in doing so writes the American story anew.

  • From the #1 New York Times bestselling master of international intrigue comes a shocking new stand-alone thriller that thrusts a group of university students, falsely accused of murder, into a treacherous hunt across Europe, all to unlock the secrets buried within a centuries-old book that could change humankind forever.

    Knowledge can be magic--until it falls into the wrong hands.

    The ritualistic murder of a British professor at the University of Exeter points to a startling cast of suspects: his own students. All are enrolled in a postgraduate program covering the history of witchcraft, folklore, and spiritualism.

    All evidence points to Sharyn Karr--an American student. Prior to the professor's death, he had thrust a centuries-old book upon her. It appears to be the handwritten and encrypted diary of an eighteenth-century mystic and occultist, the Comte de Saint-Germain. The professor begged her to keep the text safe, ending with a warning: Trust no one.

    Such a responsibility forces her into cooperation with Duncan Maxwell, a fellow postgrad and the sixteenth in line to the British Crown. Already, Duncan has proven himself a savant with encryptions. Unfortunately, the pair clash at every level, but they both need one another. Especially when they discover the book's opening words: Herein lies the secret to my immortality. Come find me, if you dare.

    As dark forces close upon the pair, she and her friends are forced to flee, pursued by law enforcement and hunted by a powerful cabal. In an explosive chase across Europe--from the Tower of London to Parisian chateaus to a fortress in the Italian Alps--Sharyn must learn the true secret hidden in Saint-Germain's text. It will send her and the others across history and deep into the heart of one of the world's greatest mysteries, a secret buried at the roots of Western Civilization, a discovery that could topple empires and change humanity forever.

    For what lies at the end of Saint-Germain's diary is as shocking as its opening words.

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New Releases | February 3rd, 2026

February 1, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Infinite Jest (30th Anniversary Edition) (Special) - Wallace, David Foster (Author), Zauner, Michelle (Foreword by)

    • The End of Romance - Meyer, Lily (Author)

    • Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming - Krasznahorkai, László (Author), Mulzet, Ottilie (Translator)

    • The Sirens - Hart, Emilia (Author)

    • Family Drama - Fallon, Rebecca (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play - MacDonald, Keza (Author)

    Award Winners

    • The Lions' Run - Pennypacker, Sara (Author), Klassen, Jon (Illustrator)

    Biography

    • Patriot: A Memoir - Navalny, Alexei (Author), Navalnaya, Yulia (Foreword by)

    Board Books

    • Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct (Board Book) - Willems, Mo (Author)

    • The Pigeon Needs a Bath! (Pigeon) - Willems, Mo (Author)

    • Leaf Thief: 1, 2, 3, Can You Count Along? - Hemming, Alice (Author), Slater, Nicola (Illustrator)

    • Merlin, Are You Near or Far? (Merlin First Concept Board Books) - Rasano, Eva (Author), Rasano, Eva (Illustrator)

    • Merlin, Are You Small or Big? (Merlin First Concept Board Books) - Rasano, Eva (Author), Rasano, Eva (Illustrator)

    • Just Because - Barnett, Mac (Author), Arsenault, Isabelle (Illustrator)

    • Make Way for Ducklings - McCloskey, Robert (Author), McCloskey, Robert (Illustrator)

    • The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Day - Carle, Eric (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    • This Little Dinosaur: A Touch and Feel Book (This Little) - Arrhenius, Ingela P (Illustrator), Nosy Crow Ltd (Author)

    Chapter Books

    • Leader of the Pack (Scrapper #1) - Higgins, Cam (Author), Landy, Ariel (Illustrator)

    • Pup vs. Squirrel (Scrapper #2) - Higgins, Cam (Author), Landy, Ariel (Illustrator)

    Children’s Poetry

    • Rumpelstiltskin - Barnett, Mac (Author), Ellis, Carson (Illustrator)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • Klutz Steam Lab Shark-Tastic Teeth!

    Coloring Books

    • Magical Nature: Coloring Pages for Relaxation and Happiness - Bastin, Marjolein (Author)

    Cookbooks

    • Dinner Tonight: 200 Quick Recipes for Inspired Weeknight Cooking - America's Test Kitchen (Author)

    Fun & Games Books

    • I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles - Marzollo, Jean (Author), Wick, Walter (Illustrator)

    • Wings of Fire Folded Flyers [With Paper]

    Graphic Novels

    • A Kid Like Me: A Graphic Novel - Feuti, Norm (Author), Feuti, Norm (Illustrator)

    • Hilo Presents: The Mighty: (A Graphic Novel) - Winick, Judd (Author)

    • Space Chasers: To the Moon (Space Chasers by Leland Melvin #2) - Melvin, Leland (Author), Caramagna, Joe (Author) , Acton, Alison (Illustrator)

    • I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived Graphic Novel #13)(I Survived Graphix) - Tarshis, Lauren (Author), Ball, Georgia (Adapted by), Anderson, Cassie (Illustrator)

    • A Blood Moon (Snowlands #1) - Meroz, Morr (Author), Fogel, Collin (Illustrator)

    • Camp Monster - Messner, Kate (Author), Koch, Falynn (Illustrator)

    • Fantastic Frog and the Amazing Tad Lad (Fantastic Frog and the Amazing Tad Lad) - Reese, Brandon (Author)

    Hiking

    • Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers' Companion 2026 - Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association (Author)

    • A Fabulous Thru-Hike: 3,100 Miles on the Continental Divide Trail - Lugo, Derick (Author)

    History

    • The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution - O'Malley, Gregory E (Author)

    Homestead

    • The Continuous Vegetable Garden: Create a Perpetual Food Garden That Sows and Grows Itself - Nardozzi, Charlie (Author)

    • Make Things. from Wood: Easy Woodworking Skills and Designs for the Modern Maker - Buckland, Annabelle June (Author)

    Literary Collections

    • Language as Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon - Morrison, Toni (Author), Brodsky, Claudia (Introduction by), Brodsky, Claudia (Notes by)

    • Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out (First Time Trade) - Reed, Shannon (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Fantastic Four Fanfare - Davis, Alan (Author), Waid, Mark (Author), Davis, Alan (Illustrator), Pichelli, Sara (Illustrator), Stott, Rachael (Not Available)

    • Batman: White Knight: DC Compact Comics Edition - Murphy, Sean (Author), Murphy, Sean (Illustrator)

    • Absolute Batman Vol. 2: Abomination - Snyder, Scott (Author), Martin, Marcos (Illustrator), Dragotta, Nick (Illustrator)

    • Absolute Power - Waid, Mark (Author), Mora, Dan (Illustrator)

    Middle Readers

    • Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey? (Choose Your Own Adventure Retro Editions) - Packard, Edward (Author)

    My First Readers

    • DK Super Readers Level 1 Pokémon Meet the Crew

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • Wolf Hour - Nesbo, Jo (Author), Ferguson, Robert (Translator)

    • It's Not Her (Original) - Kubica, Mary (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • Smitten: Romantic Obsession, the Neuroscience of Limerence, and How to Make Love Last - Bellamy, Tom (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Under One Roof - Paul, Miranda (Author), Paul, Baptiste (Author), Neal, Christopher Silas (Illustrator)

    • Because of a Shoe - Fogliano, Julie (Author), Frazee, Marla (Illustrator)

    • Start Your Engines! - Duffield, Katy S (Author), Galletti, Chiara (Illustrator)

    • Cat's New Book - Belhassen, Nathalie (Author)

    • A Fluffle of Bunnies - Matheson, Christie (Author)

    • Our Little Adventure at Easter: An Easter Book for Babies and Toddlers Featuring Lessons on Sacrifice, Love, and Forgiveness (Tabitha Paige Children's Book) - Paige, Tabitha (Author), Paige Tate & Co (Producer)

    • I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy - Threets, Mychal (Author), Nam, Lorraine (Illustrator)

    Political Science

    • To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right - Mathias, Christopher (Author)

    Romance

    • Get Over It, April Evans (A Clover Lake Novel) - Herring Blake, Ashley (Author)

    • Say You'll Remember Me - Jimenez, Abby (Author)

    • Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die - Stothers, Greer (Author)

    • One & Only: A Read with Jenna Pick - Goo, Maurene (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Isles of the Emberdark: A Cosmere Novel (Secret Projects) - Sanderson, Brandon (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Stolen Midnights (Stolen Midnights 1) - Quinn, Katherine (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • "Lucas DuBois is proof that a mere kitten can be the bravest of lions by always standing up for what's right." --Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee

    The acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Pax delivers an historical novel about an orphan during WWII who discovers unexpected courage within himself when he becomes involved with the Resistance.

    Petit éclair. That's what the other boys at the orphanage call Lucas DuBois. Lucas is tired of his cowardly reputation, just as he's tired of the war and the Nazi occupation of his French village. He longs to show how brave he can be.

    He gets the chance when he saves a litter of kittens from cruel boys and brings them to an abandoned stable to care for them. There he comes upon a stranger who is none too happy to see him: Alice, the daughter of a horse trainer, who is hiding her filly from German soldiers.

    Soon Lucas begins to realize they are not the only ones in the village with secrets. The housekeeper at the German maternity home and a priest at the orphanage pass coded messages; a young mother at the home makes dangerous plans to keep her baby from forced adoption; and a neighbor in town may be harboring a Jewish family.

    Emboldened by the unlikely heroes all around him, Lucas is forced to decide how much he is willing to risk to make the most courageous rescue of all.

    Perfect for fans of Alan Gratz, Ruta Sepetys, and Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, this accessible novel, told in short chapters, illuminates a little-known aspect of World War II history.

  • This instant #1 New York Times bestseller now features gorgeous step-back art and a preview of Abby's highly anticipated The Night We Met.

    "No one does funny, emotional, life-affirming love stories quite like Abby Jimenez. She just keeps outdoing herself." ―Emily Henry

    There's no such thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes--all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediate yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. Like, really wrong. Of course, there's nothing Samantha loves more than proving an asshole wrong ... unless, of course, he can admit he made a mistake.

    But after one incredible and seemingly endless date, Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be. Only no amount of distance or time is enough to forget what's between them. And the only thing better than one single perfect memory is to make a life--and even a love--worth remembering.

  • Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkin-like figure, Baron Béla Wenckheim, who returns at the end of his life to his provincial Hungarian hometown. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he longs to be reunited with his high-school sweetheart Marika. Confusions abound, and what follows is an endless storm of gossip, con men, and local politicians, vividly evoking the small town's alternately drab and absurd existence. All along, the Professor--a world-famous natural scientist who studies mosses and inhabits a bizarre Zen-like shack in a desolate area outside of town?offers long rants and disquisitions on his attempts to immunize himself from thought. Spectacular actions are staged as death and the abyss loom over the unsuspecting townfolk.

  • In the heart of the Snowlands, prey and predator alike mysteriously disappear as three outcasts join forces for the adventure of a lifetime in the first book of the heart-stopping Snowlands series -- perfect for fans of Wings of Fire and Warriors!

    Feba, an orphaned wolf cub, is believed to be cursed. Her rare white fur is said to be a bad omen. When a mysterious creature starts killing members of Feba's pack one by one, all eyes fall on her. She has no choice but to run away, forced to roam the perilous Snowlands all on her own ...

    Until she meets Usha, a fiercely independent leopard, and Batu, a bumbling wildcat, each with their own secrets and reasons for wandering the Snowlands. Together, they form an unlikely trio, bound by fate. As these uneasy allies cross the frosty wilderness, they'll uncover a widespread danger in the mountains that threatens to destroy everything.

    Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime in A Blood Moon, the epic first book in the Snowlands series!

  • A vibrant debut and powerful meditation on family, motherhood, and the cost of holding on to your dreams, reminiscent of Ann Napolitano.

    In New England, Susan Bliss is a young mother married to a professor.

    In LA, Susan Byrne stars in a soap opera beloved coast to coast.

    Decades after she's gone, her twins have no idea of their mother's fame. But the past can't stay hidden forever.

    It's 1997, and snow is blanketing a New England beach. Two befuddled seven-year-olds watch as their mother's body is tipped overboard a crumbling boat. A Viking funeral, followed by a raucous wake. A send-off fit for soap opera star: Susan Bliss.

    Fifteen years earlier, Susan is a blazing, beautiful young woman, passionate about her art. It's impossible not to fall in love with her, and so Alcott, a practical professor, does--hopelessly. And so begins the love story of Susan's two-paneled life: an unconventional, jetlag-filled arrangement that takes her back and forth between her life in New England as a wife and mother to young twins to the bright lights of Los Angeles, where she becomes the beloved star of a daytime soap.

    In the present, Susan's twins grow up in the shadow of her all-consuming absence. Sebastian, a sensitive artist, cleaves to her memory, fascinated with the artifacts of her starry past. Viola, resentful of her mother's torn allegiances, distances herself from the memories of her. But when Viola runs into her mother's old costar Orson Grey--now a renowned Hollywood star--she finds herself falling deeply in love with him and begins to put together the pieces of a mother she never really knew.

    Sharp, assured, and beautifully written, Family Drama is a story told in double-helix, with intertwined timelines that explore the different versions of ourselves we share with the world and with each other.

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Monthly Staff Pick | December, 2025

December 1, 2025 Clare Brooks

December’s batch of Monthly Staff Picks have arrived!

We’ve got a perfect pairing of Adult selections celebrating books this month with Keith Houston’s ‘The Book’ which chronicles the origins and evolutions of the book in this fascinating and joyous history title; plus, Helene Hanff’s classic ‘84, Charing Cross Road’ following the New York freelance writer and her decades long correspondence with a used-book dealer in London and is a heartwarming showcase of the power of books. Both of these titles make a great gift for the readers and book lovers on your holiday shopping list.

For Picture book fans this month we have ‘Charley Mouse Cleans House’ written and illustrated by Katerina Gorelik. This visual delight follows Charley, who has a love for cleanliness and order, as they set out for their week helping to clean the homes of her friends and neighbors. Full of familiar fairytale faces and plenty of little details to spot in the art, this book is cozy fun for picture book fans of all ages.

‘Anne Arrives’ is an early reader’s introduction into L.M. Montgomery’s beloved Green Gables, and our Chapter Book selection this December. This retelling of the classic following Anne Shirley features full-color illustrations and is a perfect introduction for fans old and new alike.

And finally, this month’s Young Adult pick is ‘The Reappearance of Rachel Price’. From the bestselling Holly Jackson, this mystery follows Bel and family as they agree to a true-crime documentary about the disappearance of Rachel Price only for her to come back into their lives as the cameras are rolling.

Visit us this December for 20% off this month’s selections, while supplies last!

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New Releases | November 18th, 2025

November 16, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • P.S. You're the Worst - Seager, Chloe (Author)

    • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) - Balle, Solvej (Author), Russell (Translator)

    • The Ferryman and His Wife - Grytten, Frode (Author), McCullough, Alison (Translator)

    Adult Science

    • Nightmare Obscura: A Dream Engineer's Guide Through the Sleeping Mind - Carr, Michelle (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Point Blank: (Quick Studies) - Dylan, Bob (Author)

    Biography

    • Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much - Erivo, Cynthia (Author)

    • 100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life - Van Dyke, Dick (Author)

    • I'm Glad My Mom Died - McCurdy, Jennette (Author)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • Knowledge Encyclopedia Dinosaur! (DK Knowledge Encyclopedias)

    Cookbook

    • Rooted in Fire: A Celebration of Native American and Mexican Cooking - DeSpain, Pyet (Author)

    Great Outdoors

    • Favorite Flies for Vermont: 50 Essential Patterns from Local Experts - Price, Drew (Author)

    History

    • The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind - Winchester, Simon (Author)

    • Three Roads to Gettysburg: Meade, Lee, Lincoln, and the Battle That Changed the War, the Speech That Changed the Nation - McGrath, Tim (Author)

    • The Greatest Sentence Ever Written - Isaacson, Walter (Author)

    Homestead

    • The Goth Garden: The Mystery, Beauty, and Lore of Dark Gardening - Feaster, Felicia (Author)

    Horror

    • The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings: Poems, Tales, Essays, and Reviews (Penguin Clothbound Classics) - Poe, Edgar Allan (Author), Galloway, David (Editor), Galloway, David (Introduction by), Galloway, David (Notes by), Bickford-Smith, Coralie (Not Available) v

    Just the Facts

    • What Are Taylor Swift's Eras? (What Was?) - Catherine, Niki (Author), Who Hq (Author), Conley, Laurie A (Illustrator)

    Literary Collections

    • Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth -Century Novel - Frank, Edwin (Author)

    • Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times (A Norton Short) - Smith, Tracy K (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • How a Game Lives - Geller, Jacob (Author)

    • We3: DC Compact Comics Edition (DC Compact Comics) - Morrison, Grant (Author), Quitely, Frank (Illustrator)

    • Absolute Martian Manhunter Vol. 1: Martian Vision (Absolute Universe) - Camp, Deniz (Author), Rodriguez, Javier (Illustrator)

    • Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple, Vol. 1 (Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple #1) - ARC (Author) , Tabii (Artist)

    Middle Readers

    • Dork Diaries 1 Full-Color Edition: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life - Russell, Rachel Renée (Author), Russell, Rachel Renée (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • Return of the Spider: An Alex Cross Thriller (Alex Cross Novels #31) - Patterson, James (Author)

    • Along Came a Spider: An Alex Cross Thriller (Special) - Patterson, James (Author)

    Poetry

    • Dog Show: Poems - Collins, Billy (Author), Sztybel, Pamela (Illustrator)

    • New and Selected Poems - Howe, Marie (Author)

    • The Quiet After: Poems of Healing Silence (The Healing Verses) - Sin, R H (Author)

    Romance

    • The Color of Hope - Steel, Danielle (Author)

    • And Then There Was You - Cousens, Sophie (Author)

    • I, Medusa - Gray, Ayana (Author)

    • Secret Nights and Northern Lights - Oliver, Megan (Author)

    • Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore - Krempholtz, Emily (Author)

    • The Bond That Burns (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Original) (Bloodwing Academy #2) - Boleyn, Briar (Author)- Boleyn, Briar (Author)

    • The Seven Rings: The Lost Bride Trilogy, Book 3 - Roberts, Nora (Author)

    • Brimstone (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Fae & Alchemy #2) - Hart, Callie (Author)

    • Heat of the Everflame - Cole, Penn (Author) - Grace, Hannah (Author)

    • Daydream: Deluxe Edition Hardcover (The Maple Hills #3) - Grace, Hannah (Author)

    • People We Meet on Vacation: Collector's Edition (Netflix Tie-In): Collector's Edition - Henry, Emily (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Bovadium Fragments: Together with the Origins of Bovadium - Tolkien, JRR (Author)

    • The Shadow of the Gods (Deluxe Limited Hardcover Edition) (The Bloodsworn Trilogy #1) - Gwynne, John (Author)

    • This Is How You Lose the Time War (Deluxe Edition) - El-Mohtar, Amal (Author), Gladstone, Max (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century - Marx, W David (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Mindworks: An Uncanny Compendium of Short Fiction - Shusterman, Neal (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD!

    A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor--including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother--and how she retook control of her life.

    Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, "Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn't tint hers?" She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.

    In I'm Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail--just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly, she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi ("Hi Gale!"), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.

    Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I'm Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.

  • America's bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who we are as Americans--and explains how it should shape our politics today.

    To celebrate America's 250th anniversary, Walter Isaacson takes readers on a fascinating deep dive into the creation of one of history's most powerful sentences: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

    Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and edited by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, this line lays the foundation for the American Dream and defines the common ground we share as a nation.

    Isaacson unpacks its genius, word by word, illuminating the then-radical concepts behind it. Readers will gain a fresh appreciation for how it was drafted to inspire unity, equality, and the enduring promise of America. With clarity and insight, he reveals not just the power of these words but describes how, in these polarized times, we can use them to restore an appreciation for our common values.

  • Return of the Spider is the stunning companion to Along Came a Spider, the New York Times bestselling series debut that introduced Detective Alex Cross, "the real deal, a character who matters" (Rolling Stone).

    The suspense classic Along Came a Spider introduced an unsurpassed rivalry:
    Detective Alex Cross; the "human superhero" ( New York Times) versus Gary Soneji; the "most deliciously wicked character since Hannibal Lecter" ( Lexington Herald-Leader).
    But that wasn't their first meeting...
    Police discover that Soneji kept a murder book, Profiles in Homicidal Genius, detailing his transformation from substitute teacher to hardened serial killer--including clues that imply missteps that Alex Cross may have made a rookie homicide detective.
    Now, Alex must retrace the steps of that long-ago investigation and face...the Return of the Spider.

  • The deluxe limited edition of The Bond That Burns features stenciled edges, custom endpapers, and a jacket with metallic effects! This breathtaking hardcover edition is available only on the first printing and is a must-have for any book lover while supplies last in the US and Canada.

    At Bloodwing Academy, blood is currency, but a dragon's legacy is priceless--and as dangerous as fire.

    I thought surviving my first year in Bloodwing's deadly halls would be enough. I was wrong.

    I accidentally woke a dragon--a creature of myth, of death, of fire.

    Now every highblood house wants control over me and the dragon's legacy I carry. But here's the truth: I have no control. I'm bluffing my way through every encounter, trying to keep everyone from realizing that I'm not the one pulling the dragon's strings.

    And then there's Blake Drakharrow. I thought he was on my side, that I might even be able to trust him. But he betrayed me. Now I'm his only blood source. How messed up is that? In a place like Bloodwing, where power and survival are everything, this bond may well be the death of us both. Unless I can find a way to end it.

    In this world of vampires, dragons, and lies, there are no happy endings. Just legends--and the darkness it takes to make them.

  • This limited deluxe edition with metallic edges, gorgeous cover effects, designed endpapers, and a stamped foil case continues the epic story begun in runaway bestseller and global phenomenon Quicksilver.

    Duty. Blood. Honor. Power.

    Saeris Fane doesn't want power. The very last thing she needs is her name whispered on an entire court's lips, but now that she's been crowned queen of the Blood Court, she's discovering that a queen's life is not her own. A heavy weight rests upon her shoulders. Her ward--and her brother--need her back in her homeland...but the changes that have strengthened Saeris have also made her weak. Born under blazing suns, Saeris will surely die if she makes her way home through the Quicksilver. Which means that, once again, she must send someone else in her stead...

    "Keep your mouth shut. Stick to the shadows. And for the love of all seven Gods, do NOT crack any jokes."

    Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate has defeated armies and survived all manner of horrors, but traveling back to Zilvaren with Carrion Swift might just be the death of him. The male just will not shut up. Hidden dangers await them down the narrow alleyways of the Silver City. Unfolding secrets pose impossible threats. Fisher must wrangle the smuggler and accomplish his goals quickly if he wants to see his mate again.

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