Our 2024 Favorites
Each year our team of booksellers reads hundreds of books - everything from science-fiction and fantasy to nature writing and poetry. Our reading tastes range widely, but one thing we all have in common is a passion for books. Below you’ll find top picks from what we read, with links to our web store if you’d like to add a few to your own “to be read” pile. - Ally
Ally
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
My Work by Olga Ravn
Winter Recipes from the Collective by Louise Gluck
All Fours by Miranda July
Exhibit by RO Kwan
Anna
Family Family by Laurie Frankel
Coyote Lost and Found by Dan Gemeinhart
Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Medusa by Katherine Marsh
Cate
The Fortune Seller by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir
Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
youthjuice by E.K. Sathue
Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
El
The Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz
The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis
The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott Reintgen
The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kwan
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Isa
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
Kai
James by Percivil Everett
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now… by Jason Reynolds
Our Shouts Echo by Jade Adia
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
Kathryn
The Ministry of Time by Kailiane Bradley
We are Definitely Human by X. Fang
Medusa by Katherine Marsh
A Muzzle for Witches by Dubravka Ugresic
Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp
Kim
The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton
America the Beautiful? By Blythe Roberson
The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
Lane
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez
Private Rites by Julia Armfeld
How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Embler
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H
Leah
The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Melissa
In Memoriam by Alice Winn
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp
Our Shouts Echo by Jade Adia
James by Percival Everett
Nicole
James by Percival Everett
There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement by Barbara Ransby
Pia
The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad
Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar
Love, Leda by Mark Hyatt
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Sarah
James by Percival Everett
Martyr! By Kaveh Akbar
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
The Safekeep by Yale Van Der Wouden
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Su
The Story Game by Shze-Hui Tjoa
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
Shut Up, This is Serious by Carolina Ixta
Perfect Peace by Daniel Black