On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller list is published. Every week, we love to see what has been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes.
Even Seattle’s weather seems to be having a post-season, with warm temperatures, sunshine, and unfortunately some wildfire smoke persisting well into October. So readers have still been buying what we think of as summer reads as well as some hunker-down, cozy, or spooky fall reads. But while some bookstores have been listening to to baseball game broadcasts instead of their normal soundtracks, we also noticed that there are some titles on this week’s bestseller list that fit our regional baseball playoff hopes…
Fairy Tale Stephen King (#2 Hardcover fiction)
The Winners Fredrik Backman (#4 Hardcover fiction)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin (#11 Hardcover fiction)
What If? 2 Randall Munroe (#2 Hardcover nonfiction)
The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. (#2 Paperback nonfiction)
How to Focus Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (#11 Paperback nonfiction)
The Book of Delights: Essays Ross Gay (#15 Paperback nonfiction)
Heartstopper: Volumes 1 and 3: A Graphic Novel Alice Oseman (#2 and 3 Young Adult)
