1. James, by Percival Everett
2. All Fours, by Miranda July
3. Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
4. The Mighty Red, by Louise Erdrich
5. Intermezzo, by Sally Rooney
6. How to Read a Book, by Monica Wood
7. Wind and Truth V5, by Brandon Sanderson
8. The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore
9. Like Mother, Like Mother, by Susan Rieger
10. Tell Me Everything, by Elizabeth Strout
11. The Women, by Kristin Hannah
12. Somewhere Beyond the Sea V2, by TJ Klune
13. The Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali
14. Martyr, by Kaveh Akbar
10. You Dreamed of Empires, by Alvaro Enrique
When it gets close to Christmas, it's The New York Times best 10 books of the year that can be the slipperiest chase. All Fours got 13 raves, 8 positives, 1 mixed and 1 pan. How does that add up to positive? Seems like a rave to me. I do take issue about a headline in the Los Angeles Times that said "At last, a midlife crisis novel that's not about a man." I don't think that's a fair assessment, as my reading list seems crammed with such titles.
1. The Serviceberry, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
2. The Backyard Bird Chronicles, by Amy Tan
3. The Demon of Unrest, by Erik Larson
4. Be Ready When Luck Happens, by Ina Garten
5. Vanishing Treasures, by Katherine Rundell
6. Catland, by Kathryn Hughes
7. The Hidden Life of Trees graphic adaptation, by Peter Wohlleben with illustrations by Fred Bernard
8. The Wide, Wide Sea, by Hampton Sides
9. Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman
10. The Universe in Verse, by Maria Popova
11. Women and the Reformations, by Merry E Wiesner Hanks (St Marks event January 17, 2 pm)
12. There's Always This Year, by Hanif Abdurraqib
13. Challenger, by Adam Higginbotham
14. Nexus, by Yuval Noah Harari
15. Revenge of the Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
Like an under-the-wire Christmas gift, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World reprint landed this week to the sound of cheers. Four raves and three positives on BookMarks. But of course this is the week when we run out of books with no hope for arrival before Christmas (including, once again, The Serviceberry). That said, there are plenty of other options in any bookstore - just ask a bookseller!
Paperback Fiction:
1. Orbital, by Samantha Harvey
2. The Gravity of Us V4, by Brittainy Cherry
3. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
4. The Overstory, by Richard Powers
5. Sorcery and Small Magics, by Maiga Doocy
6. Best American Short Stories 2024, edited by Lauren Groff
7. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
8. Weyward, by Emilia Hart
9. The Door-to-Door Bookstore, by Carsten Henn, translated by Melody Shaw
10. The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides
11. The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters
12. Hampton Heights, by Dan Kois
13. The Marlow Murder Club V1, by Robert Thorogood
14. The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
15. The Hunter, by Tana French
Paperback fiction just doesn't take off in the big numbers the way us old timers remember. Also of interest is that fully one third of the titles this week are more than a year old in their format. It's nice to see The Door-to-Door Bookstore selling well off the new paperback table, after being Jason's buyer pick in our 2023 holiday newsletter. His pick for 2024 is William, by Mason Coile, a psychological AI horror novel.
Hardcover Nonfiction:
1. The Art Thief, by Michael Finkel
2. Typhoid Mary, by Anthony Bourdain
3. A Philosophy of Walking, by Frédéric Gros
4. Trail of the Lost, by Andrea Lankford
5. On Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder
6. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
7. Democracy Awakening, by Heather Cox Richardson
8. Into the Great Emptiness, by David Roberts
9. Inciting Joy, by Ross Gay
10. Murdle V1, by GT Karber
11. Secret Milwaukee, by Jim Nelsen
12. The Rediscovery of America, by Ned Blackhawk
13. Say Nothing, by Patrick Radden Keefe
14. The Year's Best Sports Writing 2024, edited by Jane McManus
15. The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
It's always great to see a book take off in paperback that didn't really work in hardcover for us (though it was a New York Times bestseller, per the copy). That's the case for Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail, which had one rave and three positives on BookMarks. From Kirkus: "In a book that is part true crime, part wilderness cautionary tale, Lankford follows the lost hikers with intensity and compassion."
6. Catland, by Kathryn Hughes
7. The Hidden Life of Trees graphic adaptation, by Peter Wohlleben with illustrations by Fred Bernard
8. The Wide, Wide Sea, by Hampton Sides
9. Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman
10. The Universe in Verse, by Maria Popova
11. Women and the Reformations, by Merry E Wiesner Hanks (St Marks event January 17, 2 pm)
12. There's Always This Year, by Hanif Abdurraqib
13. Challenger, by Adam Higginbotham
14. Nexus, by Yuval Noah Harari
15. Revenge of the Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
Like an under-the-wire Christmas gift, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World reprint landed this week to the sound of cheers. Four raves and three positives on BookMarks. But of course this is the week when we run out of books with no hope for arrival before Christmas (including, once again, The Serviceberry). That said, there are plenty of other options in any bookstore - just ask a bookseller!
1. Orbital, by Samantha Harvey
2. The Gravity of Us V4, by Brittainy Cherry
3. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
4. The Overstory, by Richard Powers
5. Sorcery and Small Magics, by Maiga Doocy
6. Best American Short Stories 2024, edited by Lauren Groff
7. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
8. Weyward, by Emilia Hart
9. The Door-to-Door Bookstore, by Carsten Henn, translated by Melody Shaw
10. The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides
11. The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters
12. Hampton Heights, by Dan Kois
13. The Marlow Murder Club V1, by Robert Thorogood
14. The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
15. The Hunter, by Tana French
Paperback fiction just doesn't take off in the big numbers the way us old timers remember. Also of interest is that fully one third of the titles this week are more than a year old in their format. It's nice to see The Door-to-Door Bookstore selling well off the new paperback table, after being Jason's buyer pick in our 2023 holiday newsletter. His pick for 2024 is William, by Mason Coile, a psychological AI horror novel.
1. The Art Thief, by Michael Finkel
2. Typhoid Mary, by Anthony Bourdain
3. A Philosophy of Walking, by Frédéric Gros
4. Trail of the Lost, by Andrea Lankford
5. On Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder
6. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
7. Democracy Awakening, by Heather Cox Richardson
8. Into the Great Emptiness, by David Roberts
9. Inciting Joy, by Ross Gay
10. Murdle V1, by GT Karber
11. Secret Milwaukee, by Jim Nelsen
12. The Rediscovery of America, by Ned Blackhawk
13. Say Nothing, by Patrick Radden Keefe
14. The Year's Best Sports Writing 2024, edited by Jane McManus
15. The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
It's always great to see a book take off in paperback that didn't really work in hardcover for us (though it was a New York Times bestseller, per the copy). That's the case for Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail, which had one rave and three positives on BookMarks. From Kirkus: "In a book that is part true crime, part wilderness cautionary tale, Lankford follows the lost hikers with intensity and compassion."
1. The Bletchley Riddle, by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
2. Impossible Creatures, by Katherine Rundell
3. Peekaboo Santa, by Camilla Reid, illustrations by Ingela P Arrhenius
4. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins V13, by Dav Pilkey
5. Buffalo Fluffalo, by Bess Kalb, illustrations by Erin Kraan
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess V19, by Jeff Kinney
7. The Snowy Day board book, by Ezra Jack Keats
8. Little Shrew, by Akiko Miyakoshi
9. The Leadership Journey, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
10. Knight Owl and Early Bird, by Christopher Denise
11. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney, by Mac Barnett, illustrations by Jon Klassen
12. Santa's First Christmas, by Mac Barnett, illustrations by Sydney Smith
13. Lulu and Rocky in Milwaukee, by Barbara Joosse, illustrations by Renée Graef
14. The Man Who Didn't Like Animals, by Deborah Underwood, illustrations by Leuyen Pham
15. Where Wolves Don't Die, by Anton Treuer
In the best-laid plans department, it would have been nice for Doris Kearns Goodwin to sign a ton of The Leadership Journey: How Four Kids Became President when she appeared in Brookfield this past fall, but with the last-minute outreach to sell books and the communication that the focus would be on An Unfinished Love Story, I was thrown off. My bad! So glad to see that with a holiday newsletter placement, a strong rec from Tim, this title was uniquely positioned for a nice run, signature or not.
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