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July 4

We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power Cover Image
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy Cover Image
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America Cover Image
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1491 (Second Edition): New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Cover Image

Keep Fighting!

The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—or Being Denied—an Abortion Cover Image
New Handbook for a Post-Roe America: The Complete Guide to Abortion Legality, Access, and Practical Support Cover Image
Bodies on the Line: At the Front Lines of the Fight to Protect Abortion in America Cover Image
Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights Cover Image
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When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973, with a New Preface Cover Image

Old School Staff Picks

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Braiding Sweetgrass Cover Image
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Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel Cover Image
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Convenience Store Woman Cover Image
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Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Cover Image
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My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel Cover Image

Summer Fun!

We Are Colorful Activity Book Cover Image
The Brainiac's Book of the Climate and Weather Cover Image
Monarch Butterflies: Explore the Life Journey of One of the Winged Wonders of the World Cover Image
Wow In The World: Wow In The Wild: The Amazing World of Animals Cover Image
Legendary and Mythical Guidebook: Super Deluxe Edition (Pokémon) Cover Image

Summer Reading

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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel Cover Image
Hola Papi: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons Cover Image
A Calm and Normal Heart: Stories Cover Image
The Sweetness of Water (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Cover Image

Juneteenth

Lift Every Voice: A Celebration of Black Lives Cover Image
Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations Cover Image
The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States Cover Image
Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem Cover Image
On Juneteenth Cover Image

Father's Day!

The Watermen: The Birth of American Swimming and One Young Man's Fight to Capture Olympic Gold Cover Image
My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole Cover Image
Riverman: An American Odyssey Cover Image
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Cover Image
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Cover Image

Pride

Rainbow Rainbow: Stories Cover Image
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out Cover Image
Brace for Impact: A Memoir Cover Image
Magic Season: A Son's Story Cover Image
All the White Spaces: A Novel Cover Image

When Will It Stop

Children Under Fire: An American Crisis Cover Image
Columbine Cover Image
Parkland: Birth of a Movement Cover Image
Guns Down: How to Defeat the NRA and Build a Safer Future with Fewer Guns Cover Image
Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment (City Lights Open Media) Cover Image

Winners of the 57th Annual Nebula Awards

A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe #1) Cover Image
A Snake Falls to Earth Cover Image
Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 53, November 2021 Cover Image

New Non-fiction!

Broken (in the best possible way) Cover Image
Finding Me: A Memoir Cover Image
Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case Cover Image
The Holy Ghost: A Spirited Comic Cover Image
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Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation Cover Image

Fiction for Spring!

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Book Lovers Cover Image
When Women Were Dragons: A Novel Cover Image
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Detransition, Baby: A Novel Cover Image
The Candy House: A Novel Cover Image
While Justice Sleeps: A Novel Cover Image

We Will Fight for Roe v. Wade

The Family Roe: An American Story Cover Image
When Women Were Dragons: A Novel Cover Image
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty Cover Image
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The Witches Are Coming Cover Image
The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—or Being Denied—an Abortion Cover Image

For the Grad!

Brighter by the Day: Waking Up to New Hopes and Dreams Cover Image
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question Cover Image
Write for Your Life Cover Image
How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth Cover Image
Lucky Tickets for the Graduate: 12 Gift Coupons Cover Image

Gifts for Mom!

Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America Cover Image
Time Is a Mother Cover Image
The Candy House: A Novel Cover Image
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Unlimited Beautiful Questions: For Life, Love & Humanity Cover Image
Lucky Tickets for Mom: 12 Gift Coupons Cover Image

New for April...So Far!

Sea of Tranquility: A novel Cover Image
Brighter by the Day: Waking Up to New Hopes and Dreams Cover Image
Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir Cover Image
All the Lovers in the Night Cover Image

Get Outside!

The Oak Papers Cover Image
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: St. Louis: Including Sullivan, Potosi, and Farmington Cover Image
Missouri Day Trips by Theme Cover Image
100 Things to Do in St. Louis Before You Die, Second Edition (100 Thinhs to Do Before You Die) Cover Image
Birds of Missouri Field Guide (Bird Identification Guides) Cover Image

April Is National Poetry Month

Time Is a Mother Cover Image
Duende: Poems, 1966-Now Cover Image
Now Do You Know Where You Are Cover Image
All the Flowers Kneeling (Penguin Poets) Cover Image
Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 Cover Image

April's New Releases

Sea of Tranquility: A novel Cover Image
Time Is a Mother Cover Image
The Candy House: A Novel Cover Image
Fine: A Comic About Gender Cover Image
Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs Cover Image

Ukraine and Putin

The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine Cover Image
Lessons From The Edge: A Memoir Cover Image
Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped Cover Image
Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest Cover Image
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Cover Image

Irish Writers

Ulysses: An Illustrated Edition Cover Image
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Beautiful World, Where Are You: A Novel Cover Image
The Heart's Invisible Furies: A Novel Cover Image
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland Cover Image
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The Magician: A Novel Cover Image

Japanese Fiction by Women Writers

The Aosawa Murders Cover Image
Breasts and Eggs Cover Image
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Convenience Store Woman Cover Image
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Earthlings Cover Image
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The Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories Cover Image

Spring Is Springing!

The Gardener's Garden: Inspiration Across Continents and Centuries Cover Image
The Healthy Garden: Simple Steps for a Greener World Cover Image
The Midwest Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden Cover Image
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The Essential Urban Farmer Cover Image
House Plants 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle Cover Image

Autographed!

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Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2) Cover Image
Violeta [English Edition]: A Novel Cover Image
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up Cover Image
Devil House: A Novel Cover Image
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Harlem Shuffle: A Novel Cover Image

Black Fiction

Recitatif: A Story Cover Image
Yonder: A Novel Cover Image
The Vanishing Half: A Novel Cover Image
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Harlem Shuffle: A Novel Cover Image
Grievers (Black Dawn #1) Cover Image

Kid's Valentine's

What Is Love? Cover Image
I Love You Because I Love You Cover Image
Daddy Speaks Love Cover Image
A Unicorn Named Sparkle and the Perfect Valentine Cover Image
Count to LOVE! (A Bright Brown Baby Board Book) Cover Image

Love, 2022!

Count Your Lucky Stars: A Novel Cover Image
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel Cover Image
Ramón and Julieta (Love & Tacos #1) Cover Image
The Girl Who Reads on the Métro: A Novel Cover Image
It Ends with Us: A Novel Cover Image

Black Creators

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Music Is History Cover Image
A Black Gaze: Artists Changing How We See Cover Image
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A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance Cover Image
The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop Cover Image
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Supreme Actresses: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Hollywood Cover Image

#veryasian

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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Cover Image
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Fiona and Jane Cover Image
Klara and the Sun: A novel Cover Image
The Korean Vegan Cookbook: Reflections and Recipes from Omma's Kitchen Cover Image
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club Cover Image

Our Bestselling Non-fiction of 2021

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The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States Cover Image
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity Cover Image
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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Cover Image
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life Cover Image
The Anthropocene Reviewed (Signed Edition): Essays on a Human-Centered Planet Cover Image

Our Bestselling Kid's Books of 2021

Change Sings: A Children's Anthem Cover Image
Jan Brett's The Nutcracker Cover Image
Aaron Slater, Illustrator (The Questioneers) Cover Image
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Beyond the Gender Binary (Pocket Change Collective) Cover Image
Milo Imagines the World Cover Image

Our Bestselling Fiction of 2021

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The Sentence Cover Image
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Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Cover Image
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Harlem Shuffle: A Novel Cover Image
Klara and the Sun: A novel Cover Image
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The House in the Cerulean Sea Cover Image

A Fun Way to Pass the Time

Book Nerd 1,000-Piece Puzzle (Workman Puzzles) Cover Image
HYPERtheticals: 50 Questions for Insane Conversations Cover Image
Cinephile: A Card Game Cover Image
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The Believer Box of Bad Advice: A Game Cover Image
In The Bookstore 1000 Piece Puzzle: 1000 Piece Puzzle Cover Image

Hunker Down with 2 or 3 of Our Staff's Favorites

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The Sentence Cover Image
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Beautiful World, Where Are You: A Novel Cover Image
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Cover Image
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The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States Cover Image
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel Cover Image

Cuddle Up with a Good Book or 2 or 3

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Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Cover Image
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The Lincoln Highway: A Novel Cover Image
Call Us What We Carry: Poems Cover Image
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Honor Cover Image
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience Cover Image

2021 Ten Best Staff Picks

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The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States Cover Image
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Cover Image
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The Song of Achilles: A Novel Cover Image
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Braiding Sweetgrass Cover Image
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Still Available in Kids to Pickup Before the Holiday

Change Sings: A Children's Anthem Cover Image
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Art of Protest: Creating, Discovering, and Activating Art for Your Revolution Cover Image
Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives: A Graphic Novel (Cat Kid Comic Club #2): From the Creator of Dog Man Cover Image
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Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn Cover Image
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Popcorn Bob Cover Image

Great Gifts You Can Still Pick Up for the Holiday!

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The Lincoln Highway: A Novel Cover Image
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The Sentence Cover Image
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity Cover Image
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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story Cover Image
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present Cover Image

Giving Tuesday

See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love Cover Image
Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation Cover Image
The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How I Fought to Save Myself, My Sister, and Thousands of Girls Worldwide Cover Image
Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present Cover Image
Queer Brown Voices: Personal Narratives of Latina/o LGBT Activism Cover Image

Indigenous

Poet Warrior: A Memoir Cover Image
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The Sentence Cover Image
Osage Indian Customs and Myths (Alabama Fire Ant) Cover Image
The Osage in Missouri (Missouri Heritage Readers #1) Cover Image
Iwígara: American Indian Ethnobotanical Traditions and Science Cover Image

Their Own Story

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The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Cover Image
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir Cover Image
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Both/And: A Memoir Cover Image
Poet Warrior: A Memoir Cover Image
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Unprotected: A Memoir Cover Image

For the Book Lover!

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The Cat Who Saved Books: A Novel Cover Image
Around the World in 80 Books Cover Image
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf Cover Image
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The City of Dreaming Books Cover Image
In The Bookstore 1000 Piece Puzzle: 1000 Piece Puzzle Cover Image

Social Justice

Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom Cover Image
On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint Cover Image
Social Justice Parenting: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-Minded Kids in an Unjust World Cover Image
Abolition for the People: The Movement for a Future Without Policing & Prisons Cover Image
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy Cover Image

Memoir & Biography

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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Cover Image
A Promised Land Cover Image
Untamed Cover Image
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The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Cover Image
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Taste: My Life Through Food Cover Image

Puzzled About What to Get Them?

In The Bookstore 1000 Piece Puzzle: 1000 Piece Puzzle Cover Image
Sibley Backyard Birding Puzzle: 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle with Portraits of Favorite North American Birds : Jigsaw Puzzles for Adults (Sibley Birds) Cover Image
The Alice's Wonderland 1000 Piece Puzzle: A Curiouser and Curiouser Jigsaw Puzzle Cover Image
The World of Charles Dickens 1000 Piece Puzzle: A Jigsaw Puzzle with 70 Characters to Find Cover Image

Pre-order for the Holidays

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Renegades: Born in the USA Cover Image
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The Sentence Cover Image
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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story Cover Image
Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice Cover Image
These Precious Days: Essays Cover Image

Science Fiction/Fantasy

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The City of Dreaming Books Cover Image
A Terrible Fall of Angels (A Zaniel Havelock Novel #1) Cover Image
Parable of the Sower Cover Image
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Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Series #2) Cover Image
Dune (Movie Tie-In) Cover Image

Mystery/Thriller

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An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed Cover Image
Death at Greenway: A Novel Cover Image
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Silverview: A Novel Cover Image
While Justice Sleeps: A Novel Cover Image
Daughter of the Morning Star: A Longmire Mystery Cover Image

Contemporary Romance

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Beach Read Cover Image
People We Meet on Vacation Cover Image
The Girl Who Reads on the Métro: A Novel Cover Image
It Ends with Us: A Novel Cover Image
In a Holidaze Cover Image

General Fiction

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Harlem Shuffle: A Novel Cover Image
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Beautiful World, Where Are You: A Novel Cover Image
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Bewilderment: A Novel Cover Image
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Crossroads: A Novel Cover Image
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The Lincoln Highway: A Novel Cover Image

Fiction

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Harlem Shuffle: A Novel Cover Image
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Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Cover Image
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The Song of Achilles: A Novel Cover Image
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Cover Image
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Beautiful World, Where Are You: A Novel Cover Image

There's A Lot To Do

Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America Cover Image
One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy Cover Image
Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide Cover Image
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis Cover Image
The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage Cover Image

Bestselling Staff Picks

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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Cover Image
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The City of Dreaming Books Cover Image
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Circe Cover Image
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The Song of Achilles: A Novel Cover Image

Read the Books

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Dune Cover Image
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Cover Image
Parable of the Sower Cover Image
Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) Cover Image
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The Alchemist Cover Image

Graphic Novels: Staff Favorites

Body Music Cover Image
Saga: Compendium One Cover Image
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Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations Cover Image
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Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened Cover Image
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Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1) Cover Image

Graphic Novels: Adapted from Literature

DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune Cover Image
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Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1) Cover Image
Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation Cover Image
Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel Cover Image
The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel Cover Image

Holiday Shopping Starts Now!

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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story Cover Image
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A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020) Cover Image
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The Sentence Cover Image
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Bewilderment: A Novel Cover Image
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Renegades: Born in the USA Cover Image

Hispanic & Latinx Heritage

Pura's Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories Cover Image
Areli Es Una Dreamer (Areli Is a Dreamer Spanish Edition): Una Historia Real por Areli Morales, Beneficiaria de DACA Cover Image
The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border Cover Image
Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares (A Paola Santiago Novel) Cover Image
With the Fire on High Cover Image

Hispanic Literature

Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo: A Story in English and Spanish Cover Image
Sexographies Cover Image
Hurricane Season Cover Image
Notes from Childhood Cover Image
The Shadow of the Wind Cover Image

Pandemic Continues

The Premonition: A Pandemic Story Cover Image
Aftershocks: Pandemic Politics and the End of the Old International Order Cover Image
Pandemic 1918: Eyewitness Accounts from the Greatest Medical Holocaust in Modern History Cover Image
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World War C: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One Cover Image
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World Cover Image

Your Health

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art Cover Image
Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age Cover Image
Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance Cover Image
Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life Cover Image
This Is Your Mind on Plants Cover Image

Music

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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Cover Image
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A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance Cover Image
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present Cover Image
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico Cover Image
Why Labelle Matters (Music Matters) Cover Image

Amazing Creatures

Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship Cover Image
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Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone Cover Image
The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion--Surprising Observations of a Hidden World Cover Image
Vesper Flights Cover Image
Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives—and Save Theirs Cover Image

Staff Faves

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Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir Cover Image
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The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States Cover Image
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Libertie: A Novel Cover Image
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A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance Cover Image
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Girl One: A Novel Cover Image

Food!

We Are What We Eat: A Slow Food Manifesto Cover Image
In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean [A Cookbook] Cover Image
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Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence: A Baking Book Cover Image
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide Cover Image
The Kitchen without Borders: Recipes and Stories from Refugee and Immigrant Chefs Cover Image

Best of Belles Lettres

The Anthropocene Reviewed (Signed Edition): Essays on a Human-Centered Planet Cover Image
How to Make a Slave and Other Essays (21st Century Essays) Cover Image
Notes on Grief Cover Image
Praying with Jane Eyre: Reflections on Reading as a Sacred Practice Cover Image
Erosion: Essays of Undoing Cover Image

New and Notable in Missouri

Blue Song: St. Louis in the Life and Work of Tennessee Williams Cover Image
11 in '11: A Hometown Hero, La Russa's Last Ride in Red, and a Miracle World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals Cover Image
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The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States Cover Image
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: St. Louis: Including Sullivan, Potosi, and Farmington Cover Image
The Names of John Gergen: Immigrant Identities in Early Twentieth-Century St. Louis Cover Image

The Pulitzer Winner and More Indigenous Titles

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The Night Watchman: A Novel Cover Image
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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems Cover Image
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The Break Cover Image
Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's Cover Image
The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth Cover Image

Reading About Racism

Critical Race Theory: An Introduction (Critical America #20) Cover Image
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Cover Image
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning Cover Image
Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents Cover Image
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty Cover Image

Beach Reads

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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Cover Image
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Cover Image
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One Last Stop Cover Image
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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity Cover Image
Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain Cover Image

Books You Should Have Already Read!

The Underground Railroad: A Novel Cover Image
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Cover Image
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Bad Feminist: Essays Cover Image
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Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows: A Novel Cover Image
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Braiding Sweetgrass Cover Image

BBABFF! (Best Books About BFFs)

Friends Cover Image
Amigos Cover Image
Baby Unplugged: Make Cover Image
Moth & Butterfly: Ta Da! Cover Image
I Just Ate My Friend Cover Image

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STL Scavenger: The Ultimate Search for St. Louis's Hidden Treasures Cover Image
The Last Children of Mill Creek Cover Image
11 in '11: A Hometown Hero, La Russa's Last Ride in Red, and a Miracle World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals Cover Image
Best Hikes St. Louis: The Greatest Views, Wildlife, and Forest Strolls (Best Hikes Near) Cover Image
Only in St. Louis! Cover Image

Hugo 2021

Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky #1) Cover Image
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The City We Became: A Novel (The Great Cities #1) Cover Image
Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Series #2) Cover Image
Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel (The Murderbot Diaries #5) Cover Image
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Piranesi Cover Image

It's Time We Talk About the Birds & the Bees

Wings: Birds, Bees, Biplanes, and Other Things With Wings (Wheels) Cover Image
Bird (Tales from Nature) Cover Image
Birds (Multilingual Board Book) Cover Image
Bird Count Cover Image
Ten on a Twig: An Interactive Counting and Bedtime Book for Toddlers Cover Image

Asian/Asian American Fiction

Breasts and Eggs Cover Image
The Mountains Sing Cover Image
Recipe for Persuasion: A Novel (The Rajes Series #2) Cover Image
The Vegetarian: A Novel Cover Image
The Aosawa Murders Cover Image

Some of Our Favorite Books

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Libertie: A Novel Cover Image
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First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human Cover Image
The Glass Hotel: A novel Cover Image
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Broken (in the best possible way) Cover Image

Books You've Been Meaning to Read

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Bad Feminist: Essays Cover Image
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A Little Life Cover Image
1491 (Second Edition): New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Cover Image
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Beartown: A Novel (Beartown Series) Cover Image
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The Mothers: A Novel Cover Image

They're Signed!!!

Klara and the Sun: A novel Cover Image
The Committed Cover Image
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything Cover Image
Caul Baby: A Novel Cover Image
Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975 Cover Image

Fiction for the Middle Reader

Guts: A Graphic Novel Cover Image
The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother) Cover Image
King and the Dragonflies Cover Image
Some Places More Than Others Cover Image
Golden Gate (City Spies #2) Cover Image

Children's Bestsellers

Goodnight Racism Cover Image
Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You Cover Image
Good Night St Louis (Good Night Our World) Cover Image
Goodnight St. Louis Cover Image
In the Beautiful Country Cover Image

Left Bank's Top 10

How to Raise an Antiracist Cover Image
The House Across the Lake: A Novel Cover Image
Tales of Al: The Water Rescue Dog Cover Image
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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Cover Image
The Watermen: The Birth of American Swimming and One Young Man's Fight to Capture Olympic Gold Cover Image

New Books

Dele Weds Destiny: A novel Cover Image
Elsewhere: A Novel Cover Image
Thrust: A Novel Cover Image
The Scent of Burnt Flowers: A Novel Cover Image
The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories Cover Image

Coming Soon - Preorder Now!

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel Cover Image
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Kaleidoscope: A Novel Cover Image
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Honey and Spice: A Novel Cover Image
France: An Adventure History Cover Image
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Fellowship Point: A Novel Cover Image