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.

Some parts of our region got a lot of snow this week with the bomb cyclone. Some readers’ thoughts have already turned to winter, judging by the number of wintery, holiday titles (and Give Books holiday catalog titles, designated with an asterisk) on the bestseller list.

Small Things Like These Claire Keegan (#3 Hardcover fiction)

Somewhere Beyond the Sea* TJ Klune (#4 Hardcover fiction)

Playground* Richard Powers (#6 Hardcover fiction)

The Wood at Midwinter* Susanna Clarke (#9 Hardcover fiction)

The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon (#4 Paperback fiction)

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

The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 3* Bill Watterson (#11 Paperback non?fiction)

The Mitten Jan Brett (#1 Children’s illustrated)

How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.) (#3 Children’s illustrated)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Dr. Seuss (#5 Children’s illustrated)

Santa’s First Christmas Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.) (#6 Children’s illustrated)

All the Books* Hayley Rocco, John Rocco (Illus.) (#8 Children’s illustrated)

Impossible Creatures* Katherine Rundell (#1 Early and Middle Readers)

The Bletchley Riddle* Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin (#3 Early and Middle Readers)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess* Jeff Kinney (#1 Children’s Series)