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New Releases | July 21st, 2026

July 20, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy) - Whitehead, Colson (Author)

    • Pan - Clune, Michael (Author)

    • The Story Keeper: A New Novel from the Author of the Things We Cannot Say (Original) - Rimmer, Kelly (Author)

    • Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar - Yee, Katie (Author)

    • My Friends - Backman, Fredrik (Author)

    • Practical Magic: Deluxe Edition (Special) (Practical Magic) - Hoffman, Alice (Author)

    Biography

    • Dad, Love, Me: A Memoir - Quick, Matthew (Author)

    Board Books

    • How Many Babies? - Xiao, Forest (Author), Xiao, Forest (Illustrator)

    • The Very Clumsy Click Beetle - Carle, Eric (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    • The Cranky Cranberry: A Thanksgiving Story about Gratitude and Friendship (First Seasonal Stories)

    Graphic Novels

    • Pia in the Forest - Bruggink, David (Author), Bruggink, David (Illustrator)

    • Pizza and Taco: Scariest Sleepover Ever!: (A Graphic Novel) (Pizza and Taco) - Shaskan, Stephen (Author)

    History

    • The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism, 1818-1915 - Kelly, Joseph (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • The Lost Women of Science (Theâ Lost Women of Science) - Bellows, Melina Gerosa (Author), Hafner, Katie (Author), Lee, Karyn (Illustrator)

    • History Smashers: The Space Race (History Smashers) - Messner, Kate (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 4: One Last Day (Ultimate Spider-Man) - Hickman, Jonathan (Author), Checchetto, Marco (Illustrator), Messina, David (Illustrator), Checchetto, Marco (Not Available)

    • Bug Ego, Vol. 2 (Bug Ego #2) - One (Author), Shitara, Kiyoto (Illustrator)

    • Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi, Vol. 2 (Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #2) - Usui, Shoichi (Author)

    • Solo Leveling: Ragnarok, Vol. 1 (Comic) (Solo Leveling: Ragnarok (Comic) #1) - Jin(redice Studio) (Artist), Brix(redice Studio) (Adapted by), Daul (Based on a Book by), Torres, J (Translator), Noon, Tansy Noon (Letterer), Im, Hye Young (Translator)

    • Gachiakuta 11 (Gachiakuta) - Urana, Kei (Author), Andou, Hideyoshi (Designed by)

    Middle Readers

    • Artemis Fowl 25th Anniversary Edition - Colfer, Eoin (Author)

    My First Readers

    • DK Super Readers Level 2 Lego Star Wars: Meet Grogu!

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • The Hamptons Lawyer: A Jane Smith Thriller (A Jane Smith Thriller) - Patterson, James (Author), Lupica, Mike (Author)

    • The Killer Question - Hallett, Janice (Author)

    • The Mortons - Larbalestier, Justine (Author), Westerfeld, Scott (Author)

    Nature

    • This Patch of Earth: Observations on a Rural Life - Hoffstot, Daryln Brewer (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Cow in the Dark at Night - Hannigan, Jess (Author), Hannigan, Jess (Illustrator)

    • The Magician's Nephew Picture Book - Lewis, C S (Author), Phuong, Thai My (Illustrator)

    • The Bats on the Bus - Jackson, Alison (Author), Magoon, Scott (Illustrator)

    • The Haunted Playground - Palacio, R J (Author), Helquist, Brett (Illustrator)

    Political Sciences

    • Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America - Phillips-Fein, Kim (Author)

    • This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy - Wikler, Ben (Author)

    Romance

    • If Books Could Kill - Eberle, Kate (Author)

    • Prince of Swords (Arcana Academy) - Kova, Elise (Author)

    • Ready or Not: A Dark Stalker Romance (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Hide and Seek #2) - Anne, Sheridan (Author

    Young Adult

    • How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House - Howe, Jenny L (Author)

    • Salvage: A Graphic Novel - Nault (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • #1 New York Times bestseller, more than 1 million copies sold!

    Winner of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction A Fallon Book Club Pick USA TODAY Best Books of the Year NPR Best Books of the Year Marie Claire 25 Best Novels of the Year BookPage Best Fiction of the Year Real Simple Best Books of the Year * Libby Audiobook of the Year

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life twenty-five years later.

    Most people don't even notice them--three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it's just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise, and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures.

    Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier, telling silly jokes, sharing secrets, and committing small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love.

    Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into eighteen-year-old Louisa's care. She embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it. The closer she gets to the painting's birthplace, the more nervous she becomes about what she'll find. Louisa is proof that happy endings don't always take the form we expect in this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art.

  • A picture book retelling of C. S. Lewis's classic story The Magician's Nephew, abridged for the youngest fans! Introduce readers to the magic of Narnia with this all-new picture book featuring illustrations by Thai My Phuong.

    This is how it happened--the glorious birth of the land of Narnia. It didn't begin with a wardrobe or a lamp-post. It began with a lion's song and two children named Polly and Digory. What happens when they touch some magic rings is beyond anything they could have imagined. Their adventure opens the doorway to Narnia, where animals speak and trees walk. Where the great lion, Aslan, sings life into a new world. But they have brought evil with them, and now Polly and Digory must find a way to save them all. Begin one of the greatest adventures of all time and explore a world that has become as real as our own.

    The Magician's Nephew can also be read as a novel and it is one of the seven books in C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, which has been drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over seventy-five years.

  • From #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead, an exuberantly entertaining novel that brings to life 1980s New York in the magnificent final volume of his Harlem Trilogy

    1981. New York City is beginning to emerge from financial ruin and decline, energized by rampant real estate development and a Wall Street unchained by Reagan-era predatory capitalism. Up in Harlem, successful business owner/master fence Ray Carney has just been named Sterling Furniture's Dealer of the Month. When the banks won't give his beloved wife Elizabeth a loan for her new travel agency, however, Carney gambles on one last heist, and finds himself entangled with a legendary criminal mastermind.

    1983. To some, Carney's friend and partner in crime, Pepper, is a stone-cold sociopath. To others, a top thief with questionable people skills. Either way, he's feeling his age in his troubled gut and his aching bones. When he takes on a bodyguard gig as a favor to Elizabeth, he's plunged into the alien territory of the East Village art and club scene. Luckily for him, whether you're uptown or down, everyone speaks the same language of violence--Pepper is a native speaker.

    1986. Carney has always been haunted by his inability to save his cousin Freddie. Now, twenty years after Freddie's death, he has a chance to rescue Freddie's son from the violent forces of the city. But coming out of retirement and teaming up with Pepper again will mean risking the safety and security he's spent decades building for his family, with only one shot to get it right.

    With his usual pitch-perfect prose, Whitehead paints a portrait of a city in transition, where shimmering skyscrapers rise to the heavens as displaced people huddle in abandoned tunnels below. In a dazzling display of protean imagination, Cool Machine roves all over the city, from Windows on the World to the Meadowlands, to show that in New York, and in the lives of Whitehead's vivid characters, it's what's below the surface that reveals the truth.

  • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder and the illustrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events comes a spine-tingling Halloween picture book adventure!

    I cast the spell that brings to life this playground of the night.

    Here my phantoms come--but not to spook or fright.

    They're here because they want to laugh, to frolic and be merry.

    They're here because they need to take a break from being scary.

    When all the trick-or-treating is done and children are tucked in, ghosts are drawn to one special place: the Haunted Playground! Ruled by Rex Magnificus, ghosts arrive not to haunt but to play. But will the appearance of two human children interrupt their revelry?

    From two master storytellers, this Halloween story is a modern classic!

  • A NOVEL LOVE STORY meets LOVE IN THE TIME OF SERIAL KILLERS in this rom-com following Roxie Mitchell, an adventure-loving romance reader who finds herself trapped in a meet-cute turned murderous

    When Roxie makes a tongue-in-cheek wish to live out the plot of her favorite author's next novel, she has romance in mind--namely, the sweet, safe, swoon-worthy storylines Anna Matthews is known for. It should be a dream come true when her wish is granted and she finds herself swept into a first date with a handsome stranger who seems designed to take her breath away.

    Except for one little hiccup: That handsome stranger tries to take her breath away. Literally. With a knife. The thing is, Roxie may be the new Anna Matthews protagonist--but this time, Anna is writing a crime thriller.

    Thrown into a perilous genre she's never read, Roxie is desperate for help. So when her escape takes her straight into the path of Grant Hoffman, an anxious English professor with a convenient love of crime novels, she decides that kidnapping a grown man is a small price to pay for her own survival. Together, Roxie and Grant navigate a madcap story in which the lines between fiction and reality blur. They'll find out if they have what it takes to make it to The End--or maybe even Happily Ever After.

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Monthly Staff Picks | July, 2026

July 3, 2026 Clare Brooks

New Monthly Staff Picks are here for July to help you beat the heat this summer!

Susie Dent’s mystery ‘Guilty by Definition’ is our Adult selection this month. The kick-off to a brand new series, this crime puzzler sees a letter arrive at the offices of the Clarendon English Dictionary that begins the unraveling of the mysterious disappearance of one of their own. This fun, code-filled novel is perfect for word-nerds and British cozy mystery fans alike.

This month’s Young Adult selection is perfect for those looking for a beachy romance read; K.L. Walther’s ‘Summer of Second Chances’ is a Martha Vineyard set story of summer and young love as Olivia follows in her grandmother’s footsteps during a family vacation only to be reintroduced to a boy from her past who might be the key to opening her heart.

‘Norman and the Smell of Adventure’ is our pick for picture book readers this month. Norman is back in this Ryan T. Higgins sequel and he’s ready for an adventure, but when that means leaving behind his best friend Mildred, a tree, he learns that perhaps the best adventures are the ones that we share.

It’s a cryptid creature double feature for our Chapter Book and Middle Reader picks this month! ‘Big Foot and Little Foot’ is an early chapter book that sees a Sasquatch and a young boy’s worlds collide as they set out on an adventure in search of even more mythical beasts. ‘What Do We Know About Bigfoot?’ is perfect for fact finding fans as this favorite series follows the sightings, science, and lore of one of the world’s most recognizable cryptids.

Visit us throughout the month of July for 20% off of this month’s picks, while supplies last!

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Monthly Staff Picks | June, 2026

June 2, 2026 Clare Brooks

Little Village Toy & Book Shop’s Monthly Staff Picks for June are here!

As you may have seen last month, the Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Angel Down’ kicked things off a little earlier in May than expected but will continue as one of our Adult picks throughout June, too.

We’ve added an additional Adult title this month with ‘Ducks, Newburyport’ by Lucy Ellmann; another title that plays with form and function, like ‘Angel Down’, but in an entirely different setting. This Booker Prize shortlisted tome of a novel follows an American housewife’s stream of consciousness in a not-too-distant Ohio; it’s an ambitious but worthwhile effort for the author and readers alike.

Our Middle Reader and Picture Book Picks this month are a delightful pair with Katherine Applegate’s ‘Odder’ & ‘Odder: An Otter's Story’. ‘Odder’, for middle readers, is the bestselling novel told in verse that follows a remarkable otter off the coast of central California. ‘Odder: An Otter’s Story’ is a picture book adaptation of the novel sure to delight readers young and old. Both versions of this heartwarming tale inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium Program feature gorgeous illustrations from Charles Santoso.

And last but certainly not least, our YA selection this month is ‘Encore!’ (available 6/2). This queer graphic novel rom-com sees two former best friends reunite in high school after drifting apart during childhood.

Visit us this month for 20% off of our Monthly Staff Picks for June, while supplies last!

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Monthly Staff Picks | May, 2026

May 1, 2026 Clare Brooks

A new month means new Monthly Staff Picks, here’s what we're highlighting this May!

Romance readers, or perhaps those looking to expand their literary horizons, are in for a real treat with the latest from Chloe Liese, ‘Happy Ending’. The perfect rom-com to kick off your summer follows divorcees who meet when their ex spouses begin dating; what follows is a thoughtful friends-to-lovers, slow-burn tale of a bookseller, a chef, and a “two family” beach vacation that changes everything.

Author and Illustrator Robert McCloskey’s Classic ‘Make Way For Ducklings’ is our Picture Book Pick this month. This merry tale of Mrs. Mallard and her eight ducklings as they travel to make a new home of the pond at the Boston Public Garden is as heartwarming and meaningful as ever and sure to delight readers new and old.

Another classic, albeit, in a new form is our Middle Reader selection this month; ‘Heidi: A Graphic Novel’ sees the titular heroine sent to live with her Grandfather in the Swiss Alps and this familiar story is given new life as adapted by Mariah Marsden and beautifully illustrated by Elena Bia.

For YA readers, our Pick this month is ‘Happyhead’ from Josh Silver, a dystopian thriller set in an experimental mental health facility where not all is as it seems and the risks one boy is willing to take to escape. The first in a twist-filled duology that is sure to please dystopian fans looking for something new and perhaps a little different.

Visit us this May for 20% off this month’s selection of Monthly Staff Picks, while supplies last!

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Monthly Staff Picks | April, 2026

April 2, 2026 Clare Brooks

Our Monthly Staff Picks this April are perfect selections for those looking for a great springtime read!

From bestselling author Kristin Harmel comes ‘The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau’, our Monthly Staff Pick for adults this month. This decades spanning historical novel follows Colette, a one-time jewel thief helping to fund the French Resistance during WWII, as the mysteries and tragedies of the past resurface when a long lost bracelet resurfaces in a Boston Museum.

‘Beatrix Butterfly Wings It for Once’ is our Picture Book selection this month. This bright and colorful tale from Maren Morris & Karina Argow features illustrations from Kelly Anne Dalton is perfect for Spring. When Beatrix wakes up on the wrong side of her watermelon bed and is daunted by a long to-do list it’s through her friends that she learns to find a way to improve a day that gets off on the wrong foot.

For centuries, these gated woods have protected mythical creatures; and for twenty years Brandon Mull’s ‘Fablehaven’ has been delighting readers of all ages. Our selection for Middle Readers this April, join siblings Kendra and Seth as they inherit the role of Fablehaven’s caretaker. When the rules are broken and a powerful evil unleashed, they must race against the clock to save worlds both new and old in the first entry of this beloved series.

Our Young Adult pick this month, journeys into a much, much darker forest in CG Drews’s ‘Don't Let the Forest In’. This psychological horror novel follows two friends as one discovers that the other has been fighting his dark fairy tale drawings and they must band together to destroy these increasingly strong monsters before they can destroy their creator.

Join us this month for 20% off of all four of this April’s selections and for much more!

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Monthly Staff Picks | March, 2026

March 1, 2026 Clare Brooks

March is here! Spring is… thinking about it. And a new batch of Monthly Staff Picks are here at Little Village Toy & Book Shop!

Our Adult selection this month is a real treat for those looking for a Spring-time read, as Chloe Dalton’s acclaimed ‘Raising Hare’ is now in paperback. This nature memoir follows the author as she takes in a newborn hare she finds in the English countryside and is both a heartwarming tale of their relationship and how hares have been viewed across the history of art, literature, and folklore.

The sun shines. The temperature falls. Snowfall is in the forecast once again. And beloved author Kevin Henkes is asking ‘Is It Spring?’; this month’s Picture Book pick, full of colorful illustrations, is perfect for little ones looking to explore the signs as Spring slowly begins to show itself but Winter seems to want to stay.

For Middle Readers, and fans of all ages, our selection is ‘Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World ’- just in time to prepare for this month’s latest entry. From the world of the bestselling Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland comes this collection that sees the dragons of Pyrrhia and Pantala join forces to tell the histories of their tribes through all-new short stories, letters, songs, recipes and so much more. Featuring full-color maps and new illustrations throughout, this is a delightful expansion of the much loved fantasy series.

There be dragons in store for our YA readers this month, too. ‘A Language of Dragons’ by S.F. Williamson is our YA Pick this March; a thrilling alternate history fantasy set in 1920s London sees one young woman’s efforts to free a dragon ignite a civil war.

Visit us in store this March for 20% off all our Monthly Staff Picks, while supplies last!

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