Fall 2026
Staff picks
Books we’ve pressed into friends’ hands this fall. Each pick has a bookseller’s name on it, so you know whose taste you’re borrowing.
This season’s picks
Each of us gets one. The rest of the shelf is arguing about it in the back room.
Nell: The Orchard Under the Lake
Marguerite Aldous’s quiet, strange novel about a drowned orchard and three sisters. “I finished it on the porch and then sat there for an hour.”
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Theo: Nine Lamps on Packard Street
Anil Raman’s funny, tender debut about nine neighbors and a winter power outage. “It will make you want to knock on your neighbor’s door.”
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Marisol: Bartholomew Counts the Stars
Lila Moreau’s picture book about a bear who can’t get past seven. “I’ve read it aloud eleven times and I still do the bear voice.”
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Walt: What the Ferry Carried
Odalys Fenn’s Lake Erie ferry novel, 1926. “The details are exact and the people are alive. Best thing I’ve read in years.”
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Staff picks, wrapped
Can’t decide? Let one of us choose. Both are used books in good condition, packed with a handwritten note.
Blind Date with a Book
$14.00A used hardcover chosen by one of us, wrapped in brown paper with three clues on the front. You pick the kind, we pick the book.
Choose what kindWalt’s Used Paperback Box (five books)
$22.00Five used paperbacks packed by Walt to your taste, for about the price of two new ones.
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Ask us. It’s what we’re here for
The best way to find your next book is to tell a bookseller about your last one. What did you stay up for? What did you give up on after fifty pages? Nobody here will judge it.
Come in and ask, send us a message or tell us at checkout. We’ll write down three titles you can try.