1. Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke (Boswell May 21 event)
2. The Keeper, by Tana French
3. Last Seen, by Christopher Castellani (signed copies)
4. American Fantasy, by Emma Straub (signed tip-in copies)
5. Transcription, by Ben Lerner
6. The Night We Met, by Abby Jimenez
7. The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans
8. Rites of the Starling V2, by Devney Perry
9. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me, by Ilona Andrews
10. Between Two Fires, by Christopher Buehlman
Because I don't buy and I don't generally read in the genre, it's only when I need to look something up that I learn about pseudonyms. So This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me author Ilona Andrews is a husband-and-wife team based in Texas with what seems like more than thirty books. It's hard for me to tell on Fantastic Fiction because a listing like 5.5 in the series - is it a short story or something else? From Library Journal: "Andrews (Ruby Fever) launches a series that is a love letter to fantasy, exploring both the world of Rellas and characters' backstories in a fully immersive story. Fans of isekai fantasy, doorstopper reads, or authors Samantha Shannon, Danielle L Jensen, and VE Schwab will love this."
Also, it led me on a deep dive as to whether it is appropriate to capitalize "not" in a title. I went with yes.
I cannot leave out that we still have some preorder fanny packs that are free with purchase of American Fantasy. Plus I so enjoyed the novel - my rec is on the item page. If you buy one for shipping, you must upgrade to USPS Ground Advantage.
1. Burn the Haystack, by Jennie Young (Boswell April 14 event)
2. London Falling, by Patrick Radden Keefe
3. How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay, by Jenny Lawson
4. Planet Money, by Alex Mayyasi and Planet Money
5. The Gales of November, by John U Bacon
6. A World Appears, by Michael Pollan
7. The Meaning of Your Live, by Arthur C Brooks
8. In a World of Surprises, by Cleo Wade
9. One Day Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This, by Omar El-Akkad
10.Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism, by Stewart Reynolds
London Falling arrives with 18 reviews on LitHub - 16 raves, a positive, and a mixed. Also much publicity, including at least one profile that I might have dreamed up whose thesis was that the author was popular with media people, which feels like a snake eating itself. From Laura Miller's rave in Slate: "The best true-crime stories use a particular event as a key to unlock a world, and Patrick Radden Keefe’s latest work of investigative nonfiction, London Falling, does just that. At first glance, I winced a bit at the book’s title...Using a pun off an old Clash song seemed an overly cheeky way to refer to such a tragedy. In the end, however, Keefe’s choice makes perfect sense." I also liked it a lot!
1. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
2. Theo of Golden, by Allen Levi
3. And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie (Agatha Christie Festival at Milwaukee Rep)
4. A Woman's Guide to True Crime, by Mary Thorson
5. Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell
6. Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman
7. Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt
8. A Death in Door County, by Annelise Ryan (Boswell April 17 event)
9. The Paris Match, by Kate Claybourn
10. Happiness Falls, by Angie Kim (Shorewood Library April 23 event)
I am amused by the title of The Paris Match, which coincidentally is our top paperback debut this week, because it's a good pun referencing the classic French magazine, and also because of the memory that just came to me that we subscribed to it for a year when my mother was taking French classes. But is the memory true or not? I have no proof either way. The plot? A doctor falls for the best man at her sister's wedding. From Kirkus: "The result is a tremendous love story that's never overshadowed by its immersive Paris setting but poignantly accentuated by it, proof that Clayborn only gets better with every book. The City of Light provides a beautiful backdrop for this stunning slow-burn romance."
It's too bad that Remarkably Bright Creatures didn't get a limited run in theaters - I can imagine that Netflix would have done pretty well in theaters. I mean, Sally Field!
1. Black in Blues, by Imani Perry
2. Making a Life, by Kate Ward
3. Communicative AI, by David Gunkel
4. South to America, by Imani Perry
5. Absolute Justice, by Chris Chan (signed copies)
6. Beer Hiking Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula, by Kristen Radaich (Black Husky Brewing June 5 event)
7. The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
8. Playing Possum, by Susana Monso
9. The Hours Are Long, but the Pay Is Low, by Rob Miller (Boswell April 15 event)
10. Thirty Two Words for Field, by Manchan Magan
We had several nonfiction paperback evens this week, but we actually sold out of books on several so no signed copies. I always feel a bit guilty about this, but one author did say he'd never seen so many copies of his book at a talk, so that made me feel better.
Strong sales off the new paperback table for Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death. It looks like Princeton did the paperback run as print on demand, which is only weird because the hardcover, which was traditionally printed, is still in stock, so our nearest warehouse stocks the hardcover but not the paperback, because they have no POD machine in Indiana. This review in Choice seems to indicate that not all interested readers will make it through: ". This is a fascinating book that can be difficult to follow at times, especially for readers who find philosophical texts challenging. Still, it offers valuable insights not likely found in other texts. Reading it is made easier by the relaxed and welcoming writing style Monsó uses."
1. A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic, by Philip Stead (Elmbrook event April 23 - open to the public)
2. The Liar's Society V1, by Alyson Gerber
3. A Risky Game V2, by Alyson Gerber
4. A Secret Escape V3, by Alyson Gerber
5. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga, by Dav Pilkey
6. The Patron Saints of Nothing, by Randy Ribay
7. Now I See Spring, by Mac Barnett
8. Now I See Summer, by Mac Barnett
9. Now I See Fall, by Mac Barnett
10. Now I See Winter, by Mac Barnett, all illustrated by Jon Klassen
Board books that are not direct adaptations of a picture book often come in series (letters, numbers, colors, shapes, and so forth), but it's rare that we see more them have bestseller pops, but when Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen collaborate on the seasons, it's another story. Or rather four of them - Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. Here's Publishers Weekly: "Frequent creative collaborators Barnett and Klassen capture a year's rhythms with stunning subtlety via a standout board book quartet that - across volumes named around the four seasons - matches spare text, identical in each work, with varying images that relay the passage of time...the series models quiet satisfaction across an annual cycle, reassuring that whatever the weather, individual perspectives can stay steady."
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