1. Whistler, by Ann Patchett
2. John of John, by Douglas Stuart
3. Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke
4. Land, by Maggie O'Farrell
5. Tenderness, by Rowan Beaird
6. The Calamity Club, by Kathryn Stockett
7. Country People, by Daniel Mason
8. A Trade of Blood V3, by Robert Jackson Bennett
9. Cool Machine V3, by Colson Whitehead
10. Things We Never Say, by Elizabeth Strout
A Trade of Blood is the third entry in the Ana and Din mysteries, which if you're wondering, are shelved in fantasy, per our buyer. From the starred Booklist: "Series fans will be delighted with the Romeo and Juliet-inspired plotline involving a complex mystery that astounds even the peevish detective. The introduction of a member of Din's family plus new hints about Ana's history will have readers eager for their next adventure."
Hardcover Nonfiction:
2. This Is the Plan, by Ben Wikler
3. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About, by Isabel Klee
4. Biological War, by Annie Jacobsen
5. London Falling, by Patrick Keefe
6. Famesick, by Lena Dunham
7. The Land and Its People, by David Sedaris
8. The Veiled Prophet, by David Thomas O'Shea (Boswell August 20 event)
9. Here Where We Live Is Our Country, by Molly Crabapple
10. How Lucky Am I, by Christian Watson
Second week on the bestseller list for Annie Jacobsen's Biological War: A Scenario, one of our buyer's picks. Jacobsen looks at the likelihood of a future global pandemic that could cause, per the publisher, "mass death, total societal breakdown, widespread insurrection, anarchy, and a plague-ravaged wasteland that no longer resembles modern civilization." From Dwight Garner in The New York Times: "The reason Biological War, like Jacobsen’s previous book, is so consuming is that she packs a lot of dense and particulate information into a ticking-clock scenario: into a story. It’s more pulverizing than a Kathryn Bigelow movie."
1. The Wedding People, by Alison Espach
2. Theo of Golden, by Allen Levi
3. Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance, by Alison Espach
4. The Adults, by Alison Espach
5. The Odyssey, by Home, translated by Emily Wilson
6. Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman
7. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
8. Sunburn, by Chloe Michelle Howarth
9. Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry (Boswell-run book clubs)
10. Carl's Doomsday Scenario v2, by Matt Dinniman
And book #2 in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, Carl's Doomsday Scenario, is released in paperback and hits the list, but I have little more to say than that, because I can't figure out from the copy if I'm writing about the series as a whole or this second installment in particular.
Instead I will mention the Alison Espach appearance for the Elm Grove Public Library for the paperback edition of The Wedding People. Pretty much everyone in attendance had probably read the book, but they were hungry for her two earlier published novels. That's not always the case. I'm not sure if this was the second book in a contract, but it is her second book with Henry Holt, reminding me of the breakout success of Where'd You Go, Bernadette? (which was the second book in a contract). Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance has sold more copies in 2026 for us than it did in 2022 through 2025 combined in both hardcover and paperback editions.
1. Lambeau Ladies, by Laura Kostelnik Biskuic and Katherine Biskupic (Boswell September 27 event)
2. Devotions, by Mary Oliver
3. A Philosophy of Walking, by Frédéric Gros
4. On Tyranny, graphic edition, by Timothy Snyder
5. Baldwin: A Love Story, by Nicholas Boggs
6. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
7. Muslims in Milwaukee, by Anna Mansson McGinty, Anna, Caroline Seymour-Jorn, and Kristin Sziarto (Boswell August 26 event)
8. Midwestern Death Trip, by Meaghan Garvey
9. Best Beer Hikes Wisconsin, by Chad Turner
10. The Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron
In the never-ending quandary of whether poetry is fiction or nonfiction, I have given up and if the poetry is effectively essay or memoir, at least for now, I'm putting it in nonfiction, because that list is much thinner. Devotions had a pop from screenings of the documentary, Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World, which debuted in Milwaukee for the Milwaukee Film Festival. It will appear on PBS's American Masters on August 25.
1. Tommy T Willy Goes to the Zoo, by Cindy L Williams, illustrations by Alissa Creno
2. The Makers, by Christa Yelich-Koth (Boswell August 19 event)
3. Lulu and Rocky in Milwaukee, by Barbara Joosse, illustrations by Renée Graef
4. Bats on the Bus, by Alison Jackson, illustrations by Scott Magoon
5. The Odyssey graphic edition, by Homer, translated by Gareth Hinds
6. Little Ghost-s Summerween, by Maggie Edkins Willis
7. Off the Wall, by Juana Martinez-Neal, will illustrations by Martinez-Neal and Molly Idle
8. Pete the Kitty: 5 Pawsome Tales, by James Dean
9. Stubby, by Sydra Mallery, illustrations by John Hare
10. Buffalo Fluffalo, by Bess Kalb, illustrations by Erin Kraan
The Summerween display certainly has folks buying Halloween books earlier, and why not? Gives you more time to enjoy them. One hit is Bats on the Bus, a July-August kids Indie Next pick. Emily Brush reviewed Alison Jackson's picture book in School Library Journal: "A ghostly, familiar variation of The Wheels on the Bus, but memorable for its command of color and delivering slightly more fright."
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