Holiday Gift Picks

Some book recommendations from our staff to gift a loved one or yourself this holiday season!

(We also have kids' holiday-themed reads and our staff's gift picks for young readers.)

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments Cover Image

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (Hardcover)

By Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illustrator)
$25.00
ISBN: 9781571313652
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Published: Milkweed Editions - September 8th, 2020
The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction Cover Image

The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction (Hardcover)

By Neil Gaiman, Marlon James (Foreword by)
$40.00
ISBN: 9780063031852
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Published: William Morrow - October 20th, 2020
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde Cover Image

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde (Paperback)

By Audre Lorde, Roxane Gay (Editor), Roxane Gay (Introduction by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781324004615
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 8th, 2020
Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents Cover Image

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)

By Isabel Wilkerson
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593230251
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Published: Random House - August 4th, 2020
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Dune: Deluxe Edition (Hardcover)

By Frank Herbert
$40.00
ISBN: 9780593099322
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Published: Ace - October 1st, 2019
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A Promised Land (Hardcover)

By Barack Obama
$45.00
ISBN: 9781524763169
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Published: Crown - November 17th, 2020
Around the World in 80 Trees Cover Image

Around the World in 80 Trees (Paperback)

By Jonathan Drori
$19.99
ISBN: 9781786276063
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Published: Laurence King Publishing - August 11th, 2020
The Forests of California: A California Field Atlas Cover Image

The Forests of California: A California Field Atlas (Paperback)

By Obi Kaufmann
$55.00
ISBN: 9781597144797
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Published: Heyday Books - September 8th, 2020
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Vesper Flights (Hardcover)

By Helen MacDonald
$27.00
ISBN: 9780802128812
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Published: Grove Press - August 25th, 2020
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Cover Image

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)

By Robin Wall Kimmerer
$35.00
ISBN: 9781571311771
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Published: Milkweed Editions - October 13th, 2020
One Life Cover Image

One Life (Hardcover)

By Megan Rapinoe, Emma Brockes
$27.00
ISBN: 9781984881168
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Published: Penguin Press - November 10th, 2020
The Searcher: A Novel Cover Image

The Searcher: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Tana French
$27.00
ISBN: 9780735224650
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Published: Viking - October 6th, 2020
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The Lying Life of Adults (Hardcover)

By Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator)
$26.00
ISBN: 9781609455910
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Published: Europa Editions - September 1st, 2020
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Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525620785
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Published: Del Rey - June 30th, 2020
Transcendent Kingdom: A novel Cover Image

Transcendent Kingdom: A novel (Hardcover)

By Yaa Gyasi
$27.95
ISBN: 9780525658184
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Published: Knopf - September 1st, 2020
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Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky) (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Roanhorse
$27.99
ISBN: 9781534437678
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Published: Gallery / Saga Press - October 13th, 2020
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Cover Image

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Hardcover)

By V. E. Schwab
$26.99
ISBN: 9780765387561
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Published: Tor Books - October 6th, 2020
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Ring Shout (Hardcover)

By P. Djèlí Clark
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250767028
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Published: Tordotcom - October 13th, 2020
The City We Became: A Novel (The Great Cities Trilogy #1) Cover Image

The City We Became: A Novel (The Great Cities Trilogy #1) (Hardcover)

By N. K. Jemisin
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316509848
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Published: Orbit - March 24th, 2020
Moonflower Murders: A Novel Cover Image

Moonflower Murders: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Anthony Horowitz
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062955456
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Published: Harper - November 10th, 2020
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope Cover Image

His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope (Hardcover)

By Jon Meacham, John Lewis (Afterword by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9781984855022
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Published: Random House - August 25th, 2020
The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War--a Tragedy in Three Acts Cover Image

The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War--a Tragedy in Three Acts (Hardcover)

By Scott Anderson
$30.00
ISBN: 9780385540452
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Published: Doubleday - September 1st, 2020
If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future Cover Image

If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future (Hardcover)

By Jill Lepore
$28.95
ISBN: 9781631496103
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Published: Liveright - September 15th, 2020
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The Only Good Indians (Hardcover)

By Stephen Graham Jones
$26.99
ISBN: 9781982136451
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Published: Gallery / Saga Press - July 14th, 2020
Let's Talk about Your Wall: Mexican Writers Respond to the Immigration Crisis Cover Image

Let's Talk about Your Wall: Mexican Writers Respond to the Immigration Crisis (Hardcover)

By Carmen Boullosa (Editor), Alberto Quintero (Editor)
$25.99
ISBN: 9781620976180
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Published: New Press - October 27th, 2020
Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook Cover Image

Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook (Hardcover)

By Yotam Ottolenghi, Ixta Belfrage, Tara Wigley
$35.00
ISBN: 9780399581755
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Published: Ten Speed Press - October 13th, 2020
The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained in More Than 100 Essential Recipes Cover Image

The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained in More Than 100 Essential Recipes (Hardcover)

By Nik Sharma
$35.00
ISBN: 9781452182698
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Published: Chronicle Books - October 27th, 2020
Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Cover Image

Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook (Hardcover)

By Ina Garten
$35.00
ISBN: 9780804187060
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Published: Clarkson Potter - October 6th, 2020
Eat a Peach: A Memoir Cover Image

Eat a Peach: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By David Chang, Gabe Ulla
$28.00
ISBN: 9781524759216
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Published: Clarkson Potter - September 8th, 2020
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays Cover Image

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays (Paperback)

By Kiese Laymon
$16.00
ISBN: 9781982170820
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Published: Scribner - November 10th, 2020
The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky Cover Image

The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky (Paperback)

By N. K. Jemisin
$39.99
ISBN: 9780316527194
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Published: Orbit - October 2nd, 2018
Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread Cover Image

Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread (Hardcover)

By Michiko Kakutani
$25.00
ISBN: 9780525574972
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Published: Clarkson Potter - October 20th, 2020
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Cover Image

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life (Hardcover)

By Lulu Miller
$26.00
ISBN: 9781501160271
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Published: Simon & Schuster - April 14th, 2020
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design Cover Image

The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design (Hardcover)

By Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt
$30.00
ISBN: 9780358126607
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - October 6th, 2020
Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave Cover Image

Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave (Hardcover)

By Joanna Gaines
$40.00
ISBN: 9780062801975
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Published: Harper Design - November 6th, 2018
Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa Cover Image

Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa (Hardcover)

By Marilyn Chase
$29.95
ISBN: 9781452174402
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Published: Chronicle Books - April 7th, 2020
Mid-Century Modern Design: A Complete Sourcebook Cover Image

Mid-Century Modern Design: A Complete Sourcebook (Paperback)

By Dominic Bradbury
$50.00
ISBN: 9780500023471
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Published: Thames & Hudson - November 10th, 2020
Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light, 100 Art Writings 1988-2018 Cover Image

Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light, 100 Art Writings 1988-2018 (Paperback)

By Peter Schjeldahl, Jarrett Earnest (Introduction by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9781419735264
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Published: Harry N. Abrams - May 12th, 2020
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The Secret Lives of Color (Hardcover)

By Kassia St Clair
$20.00
ISBN: 9780143131144
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Published: Penguin Books - October 24th, 2017
Palm Springs Modern Dogs at Home Cover Image

Palm Springs Modern Dogs at Home (Hardcover)

By Nancy Baron
$24.99
ISBN: 9780764359965
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Published: Schiffer Publishing - September 28th, 2020
Black & White & Weird All Over: The Lost Photographs of

Black & White & Weird All Over: The Lost Photographs of "weird Al" Yankovic '83 - '86 (Hardcover)

By Jon "bermuda" Schwartz, "weird Al" Yankovic (Foreword by)
$35.00
ISBN: 9781948221160
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Published: 1984 Publishing - November 17th, 2020
Sandro Miller: Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters Cover Image

Sandro Miller: Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters (Hardcover)

By Sandro Miller (Artist)
$45.00
ISBN: 9788857244013
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Published: Skira - October 6th, 2020
Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s Cover Image

Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s (Hardcover)

By Hugh Nini, Neal Treadwell
$65.00
ISBN: 9788874399284
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Published: 5 Continents Editions - October 14th, 2020
Women in the Dark: Female Photographers in the Us, 1850-1900 Cover Image

Women in the Dark: Female Photographers in the Us, 1850-1900 (Hardcover)

By Katherine Manthorne
$45.00
ISBN: 9780764360169
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Published: Schiffer Publishing - September 28th, 2020
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The Year of the Dogs (Hardcover)

By Vincent J. Musi (By (photographer))
$29.95
ISBN: 9781452181929
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Published: Chronicle Books - September 17th, 2019
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