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. If we ignore subtitles, there are many titles on this week’s list that are …
Every Thursday, we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. It’s a bit like a game of Scattergories mixed with a title-driven Rorshach test, with a dash of market research. This week, inspired by the stellar debut of Stephen King’s Fairy Tale at the #1 …
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. In both fiction and nonfiction titles, a science theme kept popping up. What are some of your favorite books with scientists as characters or authors? Sea of Tranquility Emily …
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. In celebration of this week’s Spring Pop-up gathering of booksellers, authors, and publishing professionals from the region in Bellingham, WA, we looked at the overlap between the bestseller list …
It’s time for a Thursday Theme, when we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. Mushroom season is upon us, and that’s quite evident from our bestseller list. It’s pretty interesting that four of the five highlighted here are regional bestsellers but not national bestsellers. …
On the livestreaming event celebrating the 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Award Winners, an audience member asked the authors for book recommendations. Here are some of the books that came up, some literally pulled from stacks near the authors for show and tell: Entangled Life (recommended by Silvia Morena-Garcia) The Gilded Ones (recommended by Kim Johnson. …
