1. Culpability, by Bruce Holsinger
2. Maggie, by Katie Yee
3. Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
4. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, by VE Schwab
5. If You Love It, Let It Kill You, by Hannah Pitard
6. An Inside Job, by Daniel Silva
7. Rose in Chains, by Julie Soto (regular and deluxe editions)
8. The Women, by Kristin Hannah
9. Spectacular Things, by Beck Dorey Stein
10. Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes, by Sandra Jackson-Opoku (Boswell August 15 event)
I'm not sure why, but Spectacular Things, from former White House memoirist Beck Dorey Stein, had a nice pop in sales this week after a very quiet first four weeks, despite being the Reese's Book Club pick. I don't have much of a sample, but in general, I don't see much difference in the sales pops for equivalent books from Reese or Jenna. From Publishers Weekly: "Dorey-Stein's engrossing latest follows the struggles and triumphs of two sisters from a family of soccer stars...This one fires on all cylinders."
1. When We're in Charge, By Amanda Litman
2. Abundance, by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
3. The Book of Alchemy, by Suleika Jouad
4. A Marriage at Sea, by Sophie Elmhirst
5. Ginseng Roots, by Craig Thompson
6. Sweet Farm, by Molly Yeh
7. Everything Is Tuberculosis, by John Green
8. Boustany, by Sami Tamimi
9. We Can Do Hard Things, by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, and Amanda Doyle
10. The Let Them Theory, by Mel Robbins
I'm excited to see a pop for A Marriage at Sea, its best week since the July 8 publication. This story of a couple's shipwreck and the aftermath was recommended to me by not one but two sales reps, and it didn't disappoint. And the BookMarks numbers are very strong - 11 raves and 2 positives, and its not just British publications like the Observer and Guardian, but hard-to get regional papers like The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle and Star Tribune. From Hamilton Cain in The Wall Street Journal: "A Marriage at Sea is a transfixing, beautiful work, its deeper currents steering us forward, whether we realize it or not."
1. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
2. Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt
3. All the Colors of the Dark, by Chris Whitaker
4. Martyr, by Kaveh Akbar
5. Last Stop Union Station, by Sarah James
6. The Nightinbale, by Kristin Hannah
7. The Old Man by the Sea, by Domenica Starnone
8. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolve
9. The Briar Club, by Kate Quinn
10. Go As a River, by Shelly Read
It's a pre-pub date pop (many indies don't have firm on sale dates - it's old school!) for The Old Man by the Sea, Domenico Starnone, translated by Oonagh Stransky. From Booklist: "This striking novel translated from Italian follows Nicola, a Neapolitan writer in his eighties, your quintessential old soul writer type, spending his mornings writing while living in a seaside town... A great book for anyone who enjoys a classic seaside parable and the romance of the Italian language."
1. Don't Say Please: The Oral History of Die Kreuzen, by Sahan Jayasuriya (Boswell August 14 event)
2. Building the Milwaukee Bucks, by Jordan Treske (Boswell August 5 event)
3. A Philosophy of Walking, by Frédéric Gros
4. On Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder
5. Poverty, by America, by Matthew Desmond
6. Didion and Babitz, by Lili Anolik
7. A Sheepdog Named Oscar, by Dara Waldron (Boswell October 30 event)
8. Punished for Dreaming, by Bettina L Love
9. There's Always This Year, by Hanif Abudrrqib
10. The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson
I was on a roll with the waterfront-themed highlights, but I've got nothing for this category, so why don't I call out Don't Say Please: An Oral History of Die Kreuzen. I've been told Jayasuriya has been working on this book for years. No reviews to quote yet, but a nice blurb from Butch Vig: ""Die Kreuzen are one of those bands that influenced a thousand other bands that went on to have huge success." It's great to have this book about an important Milwaukee band. Milwaukee? Aren't we "a great place on a great lake?" And the water connection continues.
1. Tiny T Rex and the First Day Oopsies, by Jonathan Stutzman, illustrations by Jay Fleck
2. Sunrise ont he Reaping, by Suzanne Collins
3. Lulu and Rocky in Milwaukee, by Barbara Joosse, illustrations by Renée Graef
4. A Forgery of Fate, by Elizabeth Lim
5. The Raven Boys Graphic Novel, by Maggie Stiefvater
6. Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody, by Patrick Ness
7. A Theory of Dreaming deluxe, by Ava Reid
8. Nimona limited edition, by ND Stevenson
9. GLorious Rivals, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
10. Kill Creatures, by Rory Power
11. Nellie's Big Splash, by Cori Doerrfeld
Fine. I fudged to get a clean sweep by featuring #11, Nellie's Big Splash, which is actually featured on our seasonal seaside table. We've already had good sales this summer for this one, but I will be a challenge to duplicate The Rabbit Listened, which sold over 100 copies. From School Library Journal: "This book takes on the warm, inspiring story of Nellie the sea turtle and the hesitancy everyone feels, especially children, before getting the courage to leap...A lovely tale of finding courage when embracing new adventures, just right for the early elementary shelves."
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