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Apr

2

2026

Bestseller Spotlight: Spring Green

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. I’m grateful for everything that’s green. –Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) Something from Nothing: A Cookbook Alison Roman (#14 …

Mar

26

2026

Bestseller Spotlight: Good Night, Goodnight, Good Night

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 look for something special to showcase. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. Look at the similar start to these bestselling Children’s …

Mar

19

2026

Bestseller Spotlight: Neighborly and New

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, several books have a Pacific Northwest connection and are new to Thursday Themes. Whidbey T …

Mar

5

2026

Bestseller Spotlight: Floofs

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, I learned that when I draw a rabbit, some people think it’s a cat. How …

Feb

19

2026

Bestseller Spotlight: Alchemy

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. Whether a main plot point is spinning straw into gold, a character lives in a town called …

Feb

12

2026

Bestseller Spotlight: Be Our Book Valentine!

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 look for something special to showcase. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. We can tell people have been shopping for loved …

Feb

5

2026

Bestseller Spotlight: Timely titles

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. Two of these books were on our bestseller list in 2021, too. Nevertheless, we persist. Lessons from …

Jan

29

2026

Bestseller Spotlight: Quantitative Titles

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 look for something special to showcase. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. We discovered a math-like theme to some titles this …

Jan

23

2026

Attention: An Original Essay by 2026 PNBA Book Award Winner Omar El Akkad

In January of 2025, about a month before One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This was set to be published in North America, I received an email from my editor. He said he was worried: we’d gotten no confirmed major media at that point. By this he meant national radio, morning TV, that …

Jan

22

2026

Bestseller Spotlight: Historical Perspective and Current Events

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’s bestseller list has a Pacific Northwest Book Award winner at #1 on hardcover nonfiction. (Watch …

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