Thursday Themes

Bestseller Spotlight: Give Books!

December 12, 2024

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, we notice a bevy of books from the PNBA Give Books Holiday Catalog on the bestseller list.

Playground by Richard Powers (an underwater scene with a stingray)

Playground Richard Powers (#6 Hardcover fiction)

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Somewhere Beyond the Sea TJ Klune (#13 Hardcover fiction)

book cover of "The Mighty Red" by Louise Erdrich (black background, stylized white image with red text for title and gold text for author. Has a Read with Jenna sticker

The Mighty Red Louise Erdrich (#15 Hardcover fiction)

The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.) (Hardcover nonfiction)

Book cove of "Ingrained: The Making of a Craftsman." Warm wood tones and images of carpenter's tools

Ingrained Callum Robinson (#6 Hardcover nonfiction)

The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan cover (cream background, four bird illustrations, including a hummingbird and a chickadee)

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

Birding for Boomers Sneed B. Collard III (#8 Paperback nonfiction)

The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 2 Bill Watterson (#9 Paperback nonfiction)

My First 100 Pacific Northwest Animals Little Bigfoot (10 Children’s illustrated)

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell cover showing illustration of two kids, a griffin, a ship, and a dragon

Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.) (#1 Early & Middle readers)

Library Girl Polly Horvath (#2 Early & Middle readers)

The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin cover showing an illlustration of a figure on a motorcycle

The Bletchley Riddle Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin (#2 Early & Middle readers)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney book cover with red checkered background and an illustration of Greg and big plate of spaghetti and meatballs (book 19)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess Jeff Kinney (#3 Children’s series)

Book cover of Narwhals Sweet Tooth by Ben Clanton with Narwhal holding ice cream, lollipop and donuts stacked on horn. Jelly looks on in surprise. Background looks like a candy yellow and pink rays

Narwhal’s Sweet Tooth (A Narwhal and Jelly Book, #9) Ben Clanton (#10 Children’s series)

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