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.

This week, let’s enjoy birds on bestsellers. The #1 books on the Hardcover Fiction, Hardcover Nonfiction, and Paperback Nonfiction lists all have birds on the cover!

Somewhere Beyond the Sea TJ Klune (#1 Hardcover Fiction)

Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout (#2 Hardcover Fiction)

Death at the Sign of the Rook Kate Atkinson (#12 Hardcover Fiction)

Nexus Yuval Noah Harari (#1 Hardcover Nonfiction)

The Comfort of Crows Margaret Renkl (#8 Hardcover Nonfiction)

The Nightingale Kristin Hannah (#11 Paperback Fiction)

The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan (#1 Paperback Nonfiction)

What an Owl Knows Jennifer Ackerman (#3 Paperback Nonfiction)

Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.) (#5 Children’s Illustrated)

Hey! Look at You! Sandra Boynton (#9 Children’s Illustrated)

Out of My Dreams Sharon M. Draper (#6 Early & Middle Readers)

Wildwood Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illus.) (#8 Children’s Series)