Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books.
The latest bestseller list features some books that sold through their most recent print runs in the holiday lead-up, so some readers have been preordering for the next printing, tracking down copies at stores that were lucky enough to still have copies, or jumping on fresh-off-the-presses deliveries. Below are some of the very in-demand/ hard-to-find/ backordered titles from the weeks leading up to Christmas that wound up as bestsellers last week.
Fourth Wing Special Edition, Rebecca Yarros (#12 Hardcover fiction) [This was a limited printing, so will not be reprinted.]
North Woods, Daniel Mason (#14 Hardcover fiction)
The Bee Sting, Paul Murray (#15 Hardcover fiction)
The Wager, David Grann (#1 Hardcover nonfiction)
Oath and Honor, Liz Cheney (#5 Hardcover nonfiction)
The Art Thief, Michael Finkel (#12 Hardcover nonfiction)
Why We Love Baseball, Joe Posnanski (#13 Hardcover nonfiction)
Fire Weather, John Vaillant (#14 Hardcover nonfiction)
The Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown (#2 Paperback nonfiction)
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?, Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.) (#4 Children’s Illustrated)
The Shortest Day, Susan Cooper, Carson Ellis (Illus.) (#8 Children’s Illustrated)
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!, Mo Willems (#10 Children’s Illustrated)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins (#4 Young adult)