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New Releases | July 22nd, 2025

July 21, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Burn (Vintage Contemporaries) - Heller, Peter (Author)

    • Pan - Clune, Michael (Author)

    • Greenwich - Broad, Kate (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Didion and Babitz - Anolik, Lili (Author)

    Board Books

    • The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Halloween - Carle, Eric (Author) , Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    • Bluey and Bingo's Book of Scary Things: A Lift-The-Flap Book - Moon, Charlie (Author)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • 1001 Magical Plants: The Complete Book of Botanicals for Every Purpose - Eason, Cassandra (Author)

    Calendars

    • Sierra Club Wilderness Calendar 2026

    • Sierra Club Engagement Calendar 2026

    • Studio Ghibli My Neighbor Totoro 2026 12-Month Weekly Planner

    • This Is My Bookstore 2026 Wall Calendar

    Children’s Art

    • Disney How to Draw Favorite Characters

    • Marvel How to Draw Awesome Characters

    Children’s Classics

    • Legendary Heroes: Epic Characters from Across the Ages

    Coloring Books

    • What's Inside a Garden?: Science and Nature Coloring Book: 40 Drawings to Color - Ignotofsky, Rachel (Author)

    Fun & Games

    • Pokémon Halloween: The Official Sticker Book: Over 700 Stickers!

    Graphic Novels

    • Wagnificent: A New Dog in the Den (Wagnificent #2) - Murguia, Bethanie (Author) , Murguia, Bethanie (Illustrator)

    History

    • The Boys in the Light: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and Brotherhood - Willner, Nina (Author)

    Homestead

    • Naturally: The Herbalist's Guide to Health and Transformation - Robinett, Rachelle (Author)

    Horror

    • Red Rabbit Ghost - Julian, Jen (Author)

    • The Library at Hellebore - Khaw, Cassandra (Author)

    • It Was Her House First - Priest, Cherie (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • West Coast Avengers Vol. 1: The Gospel of Ultron - Duggan, Gerry (Author) , Kim, Danny (Illustrator) , Harvey, Ben (Not Available)

    • Ponyo Film Comic All-In-One Edition - Miyazaki, Hayao (Created by)

    • Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible, Complete Edition - Kui, Ryoko (Author) , Blackman, Abigail (Letterer) , Engel, Taylor (Translator)

    Middle Readers

    • Another - Tremblay, Paul (Author)

    • How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing (How to Train Your Dragon School #1) - Cowell, Cressida (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Not Quite Dead Yet - Jackson, Holly (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • The Little Book of Success: Sixteen Steps to the Prosperity You Deserve and Desire - Hill, Napoleon (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Island Storm - Floca, Brian (Author) , Smith, Sydney (Illustrator)

    • Recess: A Picture Book - Smith, Lane (Author)

    Romance

    • Love Is a War Song - Nava, Danica (Author)

    • Arcana Academy - Kova, Elise (Author)

    Science & Nature

    • The Escape Artist: A True Story of Octopus Adventure - Hanson, Thor (Author) , Bernstein, Galia (Illustrator)

    • Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles: A Curious Counting Book - Jenkins, Steve (Author) , Page, Robin (Author)

    Sticker Books

    • What's Inside a Garden? Stickerology: 500+ Stickers of Blooms, Butterflies, Birds, and More; Stickers for Gardeners, Nature-Lovers, and More; Stickers - Ignotofsky, Rachel (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars and The Last Ranger, a novel about two men--friends since boyhood--who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country racked by bewildering violence

    Every year, Jess and Storey have made an annual pilgrimage to the most remote corners of the country, where they camp, hunt, and hike, leaving much from their long friendship unspoken. Although the state of Maine has convulsed all summer with secession mania--a mania that has simultaneously spread across other states--Jess and Storey figure it's a fight reserved for legislators or, worst-case scenario, folks in the capital.

    But after weeks hunting off the grid, the men reach a small town and are shocked by what they find: a bridge blown apart, buildings burned to the ground, and bombed-out cars abandoned on the road. Trying to make sense of the sudden destruction all around them, they set their sights on finding their way home, dragging a wagon across bumpy dirt roads, scavenging from boats left in lakes, and dodging armed men--secessionists or U.S. military, they cannot tell--as they seek a path to safety. Then, a startling discovery drastically alters their path and the stakes of their escape.

    Drenched in the beauty of the natural world and attuned to the specific cadences of male friendship, even here at the edge of doom, Burn is both a blistering warning about a divided country's political strife and an ode to the salvation found in our chosen families.

  • Relive the story of Ponyo and Sosuke in this full-color film comic!

    Ponyo is a sweet-faced goldfish from a magical realm under the sea. One day, Ponyo's curiosity takes her far from home. After accidentally hitching a ride on a jellyfish, Ponyo washes up on the shore and is found by Sosuke, a kindly human boy. Sosuke takes her home and does his best to make sure she's happy and well-fed in the human world. But Ponyo's father, a powerful underwater sorcerer, has sent out mysterious tidal forces to locate his daughter. Ponyo and Sosuke may be torn apart just when they've become best friends!

    Experience the dynamic imagination of Hayao Miyazaki in this heartwarming love story!

  • "With prose as strange as it is hypnotizing, Pan will leave you breathless and wanting for more." --Harper's Bazaar

    "Brilliant . . . A mind-bending, psychologically bending, really thrilling, interesting book." --Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies

    A strange and brilliant teenager's first panic attacks lead him down the rabbit hole in this wild, highly anticipated debut novel from one of our most distinctive literary minds

    Nicholas is fifteen when he forgets how to breathe. He had plenty of reason to feel unstable already: He's been living with his dad in the bleak Chicago suburbs since his Russian-born mom kicked him out. Then one day in geometry class, Nicholas suddenly realizes that his hands are objects. The doctor says it's just panic, but Nicholas suspects that his real problem might not be a psychiatric one: maybe the Greek god Pan is trapped inside his body. As his paradigm for his own consciousness crumbles, Nicholas; his best friend, Ty; and his maybe-girlfriend, Sarah, hunt for answers why--in Oscar Wilde and in Charles Baudelaire, in rock and roll and in Bach, and in the mysterious, drugged-out Barn, where their classmate Tod's charismatic older brother Ian leads the high schoolers in rituals that might end up breaking more than just the law.

    Thrilling, cerebral, and startlingly funny, Pan is a new masterpiece of the coming-of-age genre by Guggenheim fellow and literary scholar Michael Clune, whose memoir of heroin addiction, White Out--named one of The New Yorker's best books of the year--earned him a cult readership. Now, in Pan, the great novel of our age of anxiety, Clune drops us inside the human psyche, where we risk discovering that the forces controlling our inner lives could be more alien than we want to let ourselves believe.

  • "Magical from nail-biting beginning to shocking end!"--Danielle L. Jensen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Fate Inked in Blood

    A woman who wields magical tarot cards lands herself in a false engagement with the headmaster of a mysterious academy in this first installment of an enthralling fantasy romance series from the bestselling author of A Deal with the Elf King.

    The dazzling first edition hardcover of Arcana Academy will feature gold foil page edges, designed endpapers, two interior black-and-white maps, a custom-stamped case, and a premium dust jacket with foil--while supplies last!

    Clara Graysword has survived the underworld of Eclipse City through thievery, luck, and a whole lot of illegal magic. After a job gone awry, Clara is sentenced to a lifetime in prison for inking tarot cards--a rare power reserved for practitioners at the elite Arcana Academy.

    Just when it seems her luck has run dry, the academy's enigmatic headmaster, Prince Kaelis, offers her an escape--for a price. Kaelis believes that Clara is the perfect tool to help him steal a tarot card from the king and use it to re-create an all-powerful card long lost to time.

    In order to conceal her identity and keep her close, Kaelis brings Clara to Arcana Academy, introducing her as the newest first-year student and his bride-to-be.

    Thrust into a world of arcane magic and royal intrigue, where one misstep will send her back to prison or worse, Clara finds that the prince she swore to hate may not be what he seems. But can she risk giving him power over the world--and her heart? Or will she take it for herself?

  • Prepare for adventure!Delve into the depths of Delicious in Dungeon with a smorgasbord of illustrations, never-before-seen secret tales, a monster encyclopedia, and detailed information about all your favorite characters--including their age, BMI, and even the first time they died! Featuring more than seventy new pages, this updated edition covering the complete series is packed with all you need to know to explore the deepest of labyrinths!

New Releases | July 22nd, 2025
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New Releases | February 25th, 2025

February 24, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Creep: A Love Story - Van Straaten, Emma (Author)

    • The Blanket Cats - Shigematsu, Kiyoshi (Author) , Kirkwood, Jesse (Translator)

    • Long Island (Eilis Lacey) - Toibin, Colm (Author)

    • Crush - Calhoun, Ada (Author)

    Adult Science

    • Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe - Zimmer, Carl (Author)

    • When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance - Black, Riley (Author)

    Award Winners

    • Out of the Valley of Horses - Orr, Wendy (Author)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Mostly What God Does Is Love You - Guthrie, Savannah (Author) , Huff, Morgan (Illustrator)

    Chapter Books

    • The Newshound (Dog Squad #1) - Vulliamy, Clara (Author)

    • The Race (Dog Squad #2) - Vulliamy, Clara (Author)

    • The Show (Dog Squad #3) - Vulliamy, Clara (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Crumble - McClaren, Meredith (Author) , Bell, Andrea (Illustrator)

    History

    • The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder - Grann, David (Author)

    Homestead

    • The Curious Kitchen Gardener: Uncommon Plants and How to Eat Them - Ziedrich, Linda (Author)

    Horror

    • A Night in the Lonesome October - Zelazny, Roger (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Spirited Away Film Comic: All-In-One Edition - Miyazaki, Hayao (Artist)

    Middle Readers

    • The Lost Library - Stead, Rebecca (Author) , Mass, Wendy (Author)

    • Bea Mullins Takes a Shot - Deibert, Emily (Author)

    • Bad Badger: A Love Story - Wood, Maryrose (Author) , Ghigini, Giulia (Illustrator)

    My First Readers

    • Taylor Swift: Superstar! (Step Into Reading) - Corey, Shana (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Gift of the Great Buffalo - Lindstrom, Carole (Author) , McKnight, Aly (Illustrator)

    • Every Monday Mabel - Awan, Jashar (Author) , Awan, Jashar (Illustrator)

    • Little Freddie Two Pants: (The Dog with Too Many Pants) - Daywalt, Drew (Author) , Cummins, Lucy Ruth (Illustrator)

    Political Sciences

    • One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - El Akkad, Omar (Author)

    Romance

    • Every Last Breath (Reissue) (Dark Elements #3) - Armentrout, Jennifer L (Author)

    • Wicked Pursuit & Divine Intervention (Deluxe Edition) (Special) (Black Rose Auction #1) - Robert, Katee (Author) , Virtues, R M (Author)

    • The Paradise Problem - Lauren, Christina (Author)

    • Funny Story -  Henry, Emily (Author)

    • Book Boyfriend - Wibberley, Emily (Author) , Siegemund-Broka, Austin (Author)

    Science & Nature

    • Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken! - French, Vivian (Author) , Regan, Nanette (Illustrator)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Swordheart - Kingfisher, T (Author)

    Workbooks

    • Rose Signs Good Morning! - Ayling-Ellis, Rose (Author)

    Young Adult

    • The Wildest Things - Hannah, Andrea (Author)

    • A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea) - Faizal, Hafsah (Author)

Our Top 5 Picks

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  • A "TOUR DE FORCE OF NARRATIVE NONFICTION" (WSJ) WITH OVER ONE YEAR ON THE NYT BEST SELLER LIST

    From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.

    A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, TIME, Smithsonian, NPR, Vulture

    "Riveting...Reads like a thriller, tackling a multilayered history--and imperialism--with gusto." --Time

    On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all the oceans," it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing nearly 3,000 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes.

    But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes - they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous senior officer and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death--for whomever the court found guilty could hang.

    The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann's recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O'Brian, his portrayal of the castaways' desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann's work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound.

  • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024

    Named a Must-Read Book of 2024 by TIME ∙ NPR ∙ ELLE ∙ Parade ∙ Woman's World and more!

    Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it...right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

    Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children's librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra's ex, Miles Nowak.

    Scruffy and chaotic--with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads--Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she's either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

    But it's all just for show, of course, because there's no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé's new fiancée's ex . . . right?

  • DELUXE EDITION--a beautiful hardcover edition featuring turquoise sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and custom endpapers.

    The delightful charm of The Princess Bride meets the delicious bodyguard romance of From Blood and Ash in this cozy fantasy romance from New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher

    Halla has unexpectedly inherited the estate of a wealthy uncle. Unfortunately, she is also saddled with money-hungry relatives full of devious plans for how to wrest the inheritance away from her.

    While locked in her bedroom, Halla inspects the ancient sword that's been collecting dust on the wall since before she moved in. Out of desperation, she unsheathes it--and suddenly a man appears. His name is Sarkis, he tells her, and he is an immortal warrior trapped in a prison of enchanted steel.

    Sarkis is sworn to protect whoever wields the sword, and for Halla--a most unusual wielder--he finds himself fending off not grand armies and deadly assassins but instead everything from kindly-seeming bandits to roving inquisitors to her own in-laws. But as Halla and Sarkis grow closer, they overlook the biggest threat of all--the sword itself.

  • An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller
    "Brewed to perfection." --Rebecca Ross, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals

    Now available in a deluxe paperback edition with gorgeous stenciled edges, Hafsah Faizal's deliciously propulsive vampire-fantasy teems with slow burn romance, found family, and revenge, led by an orphan girl willing to do whatever it takes to save her self-made kingdom.

    On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets. Her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse by night, catering to the vampires feared by society. But when her establishment is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike an unlikely deal with an alluring adversary to save it--she can't do the job alone.

    Calling on some of the city's most skilled outcasts, Arthie hatches a plan to infiltrate the sinister, glittering vampire society known as the Athereum. But not everyone in her ragtag crew is on her side, and as the truth behind the heist unfolds, Arthie finds herself in the midst of a conspiracy that will threaten the world as she knows it. Dark, action-packed, and swoonworthy, this is Hafsah Faizal better than ever.

    VAMPIRES AND VENGENANCE ARE BREWING...

  • For fans of Odder and Skunk and Badger comes a heartwarming story of an unlikely friendship between a gull and a badger.

    Septimus is not good at being a badger. He adores the sunset. He dreams of going to Venice. And he lives alone in a charming cottage by the sea. He's not unhappy with his tidy, solitary life, but there are times when being so bad at badgerdom makes him wonder if he's even a badger at all.

    When a gull of very few words lands on the windowsill, Septimus leaps at the possibility of friendship. However, his new confidant soon goes missing and Septimus is bereft. Determined to find his best--and only--friend, he ventures into new territory and encounters a cast of surprising characters. Can Septimus be as brave and bighearted as he'll need to be to find Gully? Or is he really a bad badger after all?

    Bad Badger is a young middle-grade novel about badgers, gulls, and learning that staying true to yourself means knowing who you are to begin with.

New Releases | February 25th, 2025
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