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Jan

14

2025

Helping those impacted by CA fires

Tomorrow, January 15, 2025, Island Books in Mercer Island, WA will donate 25% of all their sales, including online sales from 9 am to 7 pm, to World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit that is providing fresh meals and clean water to people impacted by the California fires. You can also support bookstores and comic book …

Oct

31

2024

The cover of Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat featuring a cartoon cat with a magnifying glass and an ice cream cone

Bestseller Spotlight: Cats & Dogs!

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. In some parts of the region, it has been raining cats and dogs. …

Oct

10

2024

The cover of Sally Rooney's novel "Intermezzo": Yellow and gray chess board with pieces casting human shadows.

Bestseller Spotlight: Play

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’re focusing on books that feature some sort of play in titles or themes: games, …

Sep

12

2024

Book cover featuring an illustration of a grey striped cat coming out of a Rx bottle.

Bestseller Spotlight: “It Has a Cat on the Cover…”

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. Meow! Raise your paws, clean your whiskers, and enjoy these bestsellers with cats …

Jul

15

2024

Phinney Books’ 100 Bestsellers of the Last 10 Years

Sure, the New York Times released its 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. But the list we’re really excited about is Phinney Books’ 100 bestselling books from their first ten years. From Phinney Books, Seattle, WA:  You can see the top 10 displayed here, and the full top 100 on our website. Such …

Jun

8

2023

Thursday Theme: Reading Zoo

On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller list is published. Every week, we love to see what has 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. Look at all the animals in titles this week! It’s a veritable menagerie. Demon …

Mar

30

2023

Bestseller Spotlight: Cats!

On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller list is published. Every week, we love to see what has 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. On Tuesday this week, a lot of stores celebrated the release of the …

Oct

26

2021

A Round-up of Books about Long Dogs

Has anyone else noticed that wiener dogs seem to be of the moment? First there was this in Shelf Awareness on October 5 (which PNBA Executive Director Brian Juenemann commented was “thankfully… when most were too busy to notice”): In the “veeerrry long fold out book” Where’s Brian’s Bottom by Rob Jones (Pavilion Children’s, $9.95), children and …

Aug

26

2021

Bestseller Spotlight: Something Blue

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. Big thanks to Cannon Beach Books of Cannon Beach, OR for the idea. So many of the bestsellers had blue elements, I had to be a little subjective when making …

Jul

15

2021

Bestseller Spotlight: Where the Wild (and Tamed) Things Are

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. Many of this week’s list’s titles have wonderful wild and tamed animals. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy Hardcover Nonfiction #3 Broken Horses by …

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