1. Hollow Bones, by Jodi Picoult (signed tip-in copies)
2. Partita, by Barbara Kingsolver (Indie edition)
3. A Life Out of Order, by Audrey Niffenegger (MPL October 12 event)
4. The Disappearers, by Marlon James
5. Hollywood Ending, by John Green
6. The Pirate Queen, by Ariel Lawhon
7. The Scarlet Ball, by Nghi Vo (Boswell October 13 event)
8. The Fire Born, by Deborah Hufford (Boswell October 14 event - also in paperback)
9. American Hagwon, by Min Jin Lee
10. Small Great Things, by Jodi Picoult (anniversary edition)
Top non-event entry is Barbara Kinsolver's Partita, her long-awaited follow-up to the Demon Copperhead. Her latest has 18 reviews on BookMarks - 13 raves, three positives, a mixed, and a pan (from Vulture). From Ron Charles, one of the raves: "There can be immense satisfaction in watching a well-made play or hearing the exquisitely delayed resolution of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. And Kingsolver is, as ever, a teller of tragedies that can bring down the house. But Partita ultimately offers a quieter, more satisfying strain of resolution. It’s a novel about learning to live happily after one’s most cherished dreams are crushed - and realizing that what remains need not be soft-pedaled as a compromise."
1. The Predictive Enterprise, by Edmund Zagorin
2. Sleeping Beauties, by David Byrne
3. The American Way of Killing, by Malcolm Gladwell
4. Blockers, by Michael Lewis
5. Rock*, by Chuck Klosterman
6. End Tme Fascism, by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
7. The Green and Gold Standard, by Thomas M Nelson (Boswell Nov 28 signing only)
8. The Beautiful Struggle, by Sharon M Chubbuck and Cynthia Ellwood (Boswell Nov 5 event)
9. An Unexpected Life, by Gloria Steinem
10. Is This It, by Steven Hyden (Boswell October 15 event)
Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up, the latest from David Byrne, edges out Michael Lewis's Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State, but both tally smaller first-week totals than I would expect. Sleeping Beauties appears to be aping Rick Rubin's The Creative ACT in packaging, which also came from Penguin Press. I'm told Blockers is part of a trilogy that includes The Fifth Risk and the anthology Who Is Government. On BookMarks, Sleeping Beauties has four raves and a positive while Blockers has four raves.
1. The Snowbirds, by Christina Clancy
2. The Second Home, by Christina Clancy
3. Shoulder Season, by Christina Clancy
4. By Any Other Name, by Jodi Picult
5. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
6. Mad Honey, by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
7. Theo of Golden, by Allen Levi
8. I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman
9. My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
10. The Fire Born, by Deborah Hufford (also hardcover)
Christina Clancy was a relatively last-minute addition to our Jodi Picoult event with Books & Company at the Pabst Theater, but she obviously made an impact with attendees, capturing our top three paperback slots topped by her most recent, The Snowbirds. Christi would note that we could have sold a lot more Shoulder Season, which sold through very quickly. Fans were also excited that Picoult's backlist was pre-signed, which we've not always had at previous events. I should also give a shout out to Picoult's three book recommendations - Under Story, Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, and Into the Blue.
1. Recipes for the Melting Pot, by Nora L Rubel (signed copies)
2. Free Range Kids, by Lenore Skenazy
3. Enshittification, by Cory Doctorow
4. Murdle Heist, by GT Karber
5. Murdle V1, by GT Karber
6. Stone Age Astronaut, by Liam Callanan
7. Scream with Me, by ELeanor Johnson
8. Crossing the Wine Dark Sea, by Emily Wilson
9. How to Kill a Witch, by Zoe Venditozzi
10. Murdle: The Case of the Seven Skulls, by GT Karber
Selling off the new paperback table, hitting our top 10 in its second week of sale, is Scream with Me: Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980). Johnson is a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. It's got two raves and three positives on BookMarks. From Sophie Gilbert's review in The Atlantic: "In feeling out what really scares us, horror often connects with its cultural moment by accident, she contends; art forms like it help an audience process social anxieties 'long before a culture is fully prepared to grapple with those problems and traumas in mainstream public discourse.' And because it triggers an intensely physical response and denies viewers the catharsis of a happy ending, horror imprints its imagery and ideas on us long after the movie ends."
1. What Rhymes with Pterodactyl, by Raj Haldar
2. Nat Again V7, by Maria Scrivan
3. Nat Enough, by Maria Scrivan
4. Wump, by Tony Di Terlizzi
5. No Reading Allowed, by Raj Haldar
6. Wonder, by RJ Palacio
7. Murder Jr: Wild Goose Chase, by GT Karber
8. P Is for Pterodactyl, by Raj Haldar
9. Nat a Chance, by Maria Scrivan
10. Each and Every Spark, by Claire Swinarski
We are in the thick of author school visits, but things slow down after mid-October. One returning favorite is Raj Haldar, whose latest is What Rhymes with Pterodactyl?: The Worst Rhyming Book Ever, with pictures by Emi Ordás. The focus is on slant rhymes - the near-rhyme secret. From Amanda Kmiec in School Library Journal: "Clever, colorful, and delightfully ridiculous, this book pairs inventive illustrations with advanced rhyming concepts that could be used to supplement poetry lessons or just inspire playful, linguistic fun."
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