On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller List is published. Every week, we love to see what books have 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.

W is for winter and witches and women and water and walls and wings and webs…

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix (#1 Hardcover fiction)

Water Moon Samantha Sotto Yambao (#6 Hardcover fiction)

Wind and Truth Brandon Sanderson (#7 Hardcover fiction)

The Women Kristin Hannah (#8 Hardcover fiction)

The Wedding People Alison Espach (#10 Hardcover fiction)

The Heart of Winter Jonathan Evison (#11 Hardcover fiction)

The City and Its Uncertain Walls Haruki Murakami (#15 Hardcover fiction)

The Wide Wide Sea Hampton Sides (#7 Hardcover nonfiction)

The Wager David Grann (#9 Hardcover nonfiction)

Want Gillian Anderson (#10 Hardcover nonfiction)

Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros (#4 Paperback fiction)

North Woods Daniel Mason (#7 Paperback fiction)

Wicked Gregory Maguire (#13 Paperback fiction)

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Rashid Khalidi (#6 Paperback nonfiction)

Fire Weather John Vaillant (#12 Paperback nonfiction)

Love in a F*cked-Up World Dean Spade (#13 Paperback nonfiction)

Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman (#14 Paperback nonfiction)

Warriors: The Prophecies Begin Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.) (#1 Early & Middle Readers)

Charlotte’s Web E. B. White (#7 Early & Middle Readers)

Wings of Fire: Escaping Peril Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.) (#2 Children’s series)

The Wild Robot Peter Brown  (plus The Wild Robot Escapes and The Wild Robot Protects) (#3, 4, & 5 Children’s series)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess Jeff Kinney (#6 Children’s series)

Percy Jackson: Wrath of the Triple Goddess Rick Riordan (#7 Children’s series)