It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list.
Simple shapes can represent many things* or just be abstract design choices. Is that circle a moon? An eye? An alveolus? What are those rectangles doing on the cover? Is that a rhombus??? Get a quick peek at some shapes on covers below, but go visit your local independent bookstore to see these covers in all their glory (and find out what other glories are inside).
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead (#3 Hardcover Fiction)
Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead (#15 Hardcover Fiction)
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Michael Lewis (#9 Hardcover Nonfiction)
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor (#15 Hardcover Nonfiction)
The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich (#2 Paperback Fiction)
How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan (#10 Paperback Nonfiction)
Moo, Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton (#10 Children’s Illustrated)
Kaleidoscope
Brian Selznick (#2 Early and Middle Readers)
One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus (#3 Young Adult)
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas (#5 Young Adult)
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I have another drawing lesson for kids on Instagram (@dsantat)
Stay away grown-ups!https://t.co/tKg5iPUI9g pic.twitter.com/2XhyzJkQqU
— Dan Santat – The Fresh Prince of Pasadena😷 (@dsantat) August 26, 2021