1. All the Sinners Bleed, by S.A. Cosby
2. The Puzzle Master, by Danielle Trussoni
3. Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus
4. You Were Always Mine, by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza (signed copies by Piazza)
5. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
6. The Covenant of Water, by Abraham Verghese
7. The Memory of Animals, by Claire Fuller (signed copies)
8. The Postcard, by Anne Berest
9. The Wind Knows My Name, by Isabel Allende
10. Happy Place, by Emily Henry
I have heard several customers talking about The Postcard over the last few weeks - it was just a question of time before it hit our top 10. This Europa-published and Prix Goncourt finalist novel, translated from the French by Tina Kover, uses autofiction to, per Kirkus, look at "A Jewish family's experience across multiple generation." From Julie Orringer in The New York Times Book Review: "If Berest’s search for her identity and for her family history feels, at times, as long and difficult for the reader as it was for Berest herself, that effect is of the essence: In a sense, it’s the point. For Anne, embracing her Jewishness - both its pleasures and its difficulties - is a choice, one to which she has committed herself fully. And the quest leads to a profound identification with those who suffered and died."
1. Poverty, by America, by Matthew Desmond
2. Bread Head, by Greg Wade (signed copies)
3. The Book of Nature, by Barbara Mahany (Register for June 20 Boswell event here)
4. The Wager, by David Grann
5. Pageboy, by Elliot Page
6. The Creative Act, by Rick Rubin
7. A Fever in the Heartland, by Timothy Egan
8. A Guide to Midwestern Conversation, by Taylor Kay Phillips (Register for August 9 Boswell event here)
9. 1964, by Paul McCartney
10. King: A Life, by Jonathan Eig
From the publisher, on Paul McCartney's 1964: Eye of the Storm: "Taken with a 35mm camera by Paul McCartney, these largely unseen photographs capture the explosive period, from the end of 1963 through early 1964, in which The Beatles became an international sensation and changed the course of music history." McCartney talks to Steve Inskeep on NPR's Weekend Edition.
1. Shadow in Moscow, Katherine Reay
2. Trust, by Hernan Diaz
3. The Mountain in the Sea, by Ray Nayler
4. The Maid, by Nita Prose
5. Razorblade Tears, by S.A. Cosby
6. Sea Change, by Gina Chung
7. Meet Me at the Lake, by Carley Fortune
8. The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave
9. Love Theoretically, by Ali Hazelwood
10. When Women Were Dragons, by Kelly Barnhill
Octopus fever continues at Boswell. We've currently got three cephalopod-inclusive novels, including last week's highlighted The Mountain in the Sea, this week's event, The Memory of Animals, and this week's Books and Beer selection, Sea Change. And that's not including Remarkably Bright Creatures, which continues to sell. Shout out to Jason G., who called my attention to this last week. From Publishers Weekly: "In Chung's delightful and slightly off-kilter debut, a woman comes to terms with her arrested development while bonding with an octopus... This off-beat tale has heart."
1. The Gardener's Guide to Prairie Plants, by Neil Diboll (signed copies)
2. Obreros Unidos, by Jesus Salas
3. Mexicans in Wisconsin, by Sergio González
4. Frank Lloyd Wright's Wisconsin, by Kristine Hansen
5. Happy-Go-Lucky, by David Sedaris
6. Heart Speak, by Sherrill A. Knezel
7. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, by Dan Egan
8. Murdle V1, by G.T. Karber
9. Brewtown Tales, by John Gurda
10. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
I can see a case for putting Murdle: Volume 1: 100 Elementary to Impossible Mysteries to Solve Using Logic, Skill, and the Power of Deduction on the fiction bestseller list, but I can't see us shelving it there. These are mini mysteries, set to test your deduction skills, and come from a storied tradition of publishing mini mysteries. Nice blurbs from various mystery writers, including Olivia Blacke, who proclaims, "I'm completely obsessed with the highly addictive Murdle, a unique intersection of logic puzzles and armchair sleuthing. With an enjoyable story and challenging puzzles, I'm left wondering if anyone can be trusted." Ah, it's a play on Wordle!
1. The Eyes and the Impossible, by Dave Eggers
2. When Clouds Touch Us, by Thanhhà Lai
3. Inside Out and Back Again, by Thanhhà Lai
4. Peekaboo House, by Camilla Reid, illustrations by Ingela P. Arrhenius
5. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, by Mo Willems
6. Warrior Girl Unearthed, by Angeline Boulley
7. Lulu and Rocky in Milwaukee, by Barbara Joosse, illustrations by Renée Graef
8. Global, by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illustrations by Giovanni Rigano
9. Butterfly Yellow, by Thanhhà Lai
10. Peekaboo Chick, by Camilla Reid, illustrations by Ingela P. Arrhenius
Warrior Girl Unearthed just spent its sixth week on The New York Times bestseller list. From the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books: "This stand-alone novel takes place in the same world as Firekeeper's Daughter, but ten years later and with a focus on Daunis' now teen nieces, particularly narrator Perry Firekeeper-Birch... This novel is many things at once: a coming-of-age story of twins who are each struggling to find their places, a murder mystery, a culturally driven exploration of home and belonging, and the same thoughtful, expansive, and careful examination of what it means to be Anishinaabe as Boulley offered in the previous novel."
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