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.

We’ve seen a lot of Barbie-pink displays lately, but this week’s bestseller display naturally has lots of pops of red to tie things together visually. Maybe it’s the American Prometheus effect? If so, there’s one true Barbenheimer cover!

Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver (#1 Hardcover fiction)

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride (#3 Hardcover fiction)

The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese (#4 Hardcover fiction)

Sun House David James Duncan (Hardcover fiction)

Crook Manifesto Colson Whitehead (#12 Hardcover fiction)

A Fever in the Heartland Timothy Egan (#11 Hardcover nonfiction)

Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury Drew Gilpin Faust (#15 Hardcover nonfiction)

Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston (#5 Paperback fiction)

This Is How You Lose the Time War Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone (#7 Paperback fiction)

The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman (#9 Paperback fiction)

Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann (#1 Paperback nonfiction)

American Prometheus Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin (#3 Paperback nonfiction)

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner (#4 Paperback nonfiction)

All About Love: New Visions bell hooks (#6 Paperback nonfiction)

On Island Time Chandler O’Leary (#9 Paperback nonfiction)

Prisoners of the Castle Ben Macintyre (#10 Paperback nonfiction)

Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd ( Illus.) (#3 Children’s illustrated)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle (#9 Children’s illustrated)

If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin (#3 Young adult)

Hell Followed with Us Andrew Joseph White (#4 Young adult)

Girl in Pieces Kathleen Glasgow (#6 Young adult)

Legendborn Tracy Deonn (#8 Young adult)