Adult 11/22

Women Holding Things

Women Holding Things (Hardcover)

By Maira Kalman

$32.50

ISBN: 9780062846679

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Published: Harper Design - October 18th, 2022

I love everything Maira Kalman does, but this is particularly perfect. Through paintings and short captions, Kalman beautifully evokes the stories and complexities of women’s lives. A gift for every woman you know.

— Katie

A Million Sea Creatures

A Million Sea Creatures: Marine Cuties to Color (Paperback)

By Lulu Mayo

$9.99

ISBN: 9781454711582

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Published: Union Square Kids - October 18th, 2022

I really can't get enough of Lulu Mayo's coloring books. They're so adorable and perfect for when you need to just release. They're also perfect for fidgety hands that need something to do for the brain to focus.

Stacey

Mrs. March

Mrs. March: A Novel (Paperback)

By Virginia Feito

$16.00

ISBN: 9781324091967

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Published: Liveright - June 14th, 2022

In my mind, this book is like Rebecca meets Mrs. Dalloway meets The Silent Patient: gothic psychological thriller that follows the unraveling psyche of an Upper East Side housewife. As a reader, you'll find it as difficult as the titular character does to differentiate between what's real and what's made up in her mind. Also, there's an upcoming movie adaption with Elisabeth Moss!

Catherine

Vita Nostra

Vita Nostra: A Novel (Paperback)

By Marina & Sergey Dyachenko

$19.99

ISBN: 9780063054158

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Published: Harper Voyager - January 19th, 2021

I was influenced by a recent tweet from Alexis Henderson and various authors to check out this book. Vita Nostra is cut from the same cloth as Lev Grossman's The Magicians series. A slow unraveling of a story, reading this book echoes the sensation of giving someone your hand and trusting them to lead you somewhere magical.

Engel

The Atlas Paradox

The Atlas Paradox (Atlas Series #2) (Hardcover)

By Olivie Blake

$27.99

ISBN: 9781250855091

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Published: Tor Books - October 25th, 2022

The very anticipated sequel to The Atlas Six, The Atlas Paradox is rich with (increasingly) feral characters, chaos, moral decay, and corruption. It's a perfect early holiday gift for that friend or foe who was talking your ear off about it last year.

Engel

Winter Counts

Winter Counts: A Novel (Paperback)

By David Heska Wanbli Weiden

$16.99

ISBN: 9780062968951

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Published: Ecco - July 6th, 2021

The antihero of this book may be Virgil Wounded Horse, a Lakota vigilante who busts teeth and bone when federal law enforcement proves negligent, but the true star of this crime novel is the setting: Rosebud Indian Reservation. Can Virgil bring peace to the reservation while taking down the man who’s bullied him since childhood? Reconcile his lifestyle with the Lakota beliefs he’s been estranged from since his father’s death? Battle the larger forces that plague his home?

Rachael

One Hundred Saturdays

One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World (Hardcover)

By Michael Frank, Maira Kalman (Illustrator)

$28.00

ISBN: 9781982167226

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Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - September 6th, 2022

Over the course of six years Frank, with much kindness and patience, elicits from Stella Levi her profoundly moving story of the Juderia of Rhodes, a community of Jews who lived on the island for hundreds of years and were brutally deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz in 1943. Frank’s loving portrait of Levi is luminescent.

Dale

Inland

Inland: A Novel (Paperback)

By Téa Obreht

$18.00

ISBN: 9780812982756

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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - May 26th, 2020

I wanted to love Obreht's The Tiger's Wife, but I felt like I was missing the significance of the tiger (Lol. Hello, Life of Pi). Anyway, this gem requires only that you hitch up and enjoy the ride. Themes are dark and dangerous, but Obreht's prose is seething with empathy and I can't wait to get back to it each night.

Wendy