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New Releases | October 28th, 2025

October 26, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Wreck - Newman, Catherine (Author)

    • The God of the Woods - Moore, Liz (Author)

    • Tom's Crossing - Danielewski, Mark Z (Author)

    • Your Name Here - DeWitt, Helen (Author), Gridneff, Ilya (Author)

    • A Little Life Box Set (Four Volumes) - Yanagihara, Hanya (Author), Mukherjee, Neel (Afterword by)

    Biography

    • That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You - Myers, Elyse (Author)

    • The Uncool: A Memoir - Crowe, Cameron (Author)

    Board Books

    • Bluey: Hide and Seek (Bluey)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • Why Are Dogs: An Illustrated History of the Wonderful World of Dogs - Long Olsen, Brittany (Author)

    • Mushrooms and Company: How a Marvelously Moldy Network Supports Life on Earth - Roebers, Geert-Jan (Author), Panders, Wendy (Illustrator), Hutchison, Michele (Translator)

    • How to Know a Crow: The Biography of a Brainy Bird - Savage, Candace (Author), Hudson, Rachel (Illustrator)

    Cookbooks

    • Everything's Good: Cozy Classics You'll Cook Always and Forever: A Cookbook - Chapman, Toni (Author)

    • Cookies: The Best Recipes for the Perfect Anytime Treat [A Baking Cookbook] - Vreeland, Vaughn (Author), New York Times Cooking (Author)

    Dungeons & Dragons

    • Dungeons & Dragons RPG: Forgotten Realms - Heroes of Faerun

    • Dungeons & Dragons RPG: Forgotten Realms - Heroes of Faerun Alternate Hard Cover

    • Dungeons & Dragons RPG: Forgotten Realms - Adventures in Faerun Hard Cover‍ ‍

    • Dungeons & Dragons RPG: Forgotten Realms - Adventures in Faerun Alternate Hard Cover

    Graphic Novels

    • Night Chef: An Epic Tale of Friendship with a Side of Deliciousness! - Song, Mika (Author)

    • Haru Book 3: Fall - Latham, Joe (Author)

    • The Sneakiest in the World! (Tater Tales #3) - Clanton, Ben (Author) , Clanton, Ben (Illustrator)

    Great Outdoors

    • The Explorers Club Presents: Letters from the Edge: Stories of Curiosity, Bravery, and Discovery - The Explorers Club (Author), Wilser, Jeff (Author)

    History

    • Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue - Purnell, Sonia (Author)

    • The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding - Ellis, Joseph J (Author)

    • A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks - Gibbins, David (Author)

    • A Short History of the Gaza Strip - Irfan, Anne (Author), Shehada, Muhammad (Foreword by)

    • The Alien and Sedition Acts - Wang, Qian Julie (Introduction by)

    Humor Books

    • Dog Affirmations: An Illustrated Journey Through Your Dog's Thoughts - Cáceres, Andrea (Author)

    • Marvel So You've Been Bitten by a Radioactive Spider: How to Survive the Marvel Universe - Kibblesmith, Daniel (Author) , Hilton, Kyle (Artist)

    Just the Facts

    • Bittersweet: Based on the True Tale of the Berlin Candy Bombers - Mandin, Christy (Author) , Mandin, Christy (Illustrator)

    • Unreal: Can You Tell Fact from Fake? - Simpson, Kate (Author), Rudge, Leila (Illustrator)

    Literary Collections

    • Dead and Alive: Essays - Smith, Zadie (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Marvel Tales by J. Michael Straczynski - Straczynski, J Michael (Author), Robson, Will (Illustrator), Chang, Bernard (Illustrator), Casagrande, Elena (Illustrator), Yu, Leinil (Not Available)

    • Marvel & Disney: What If...? - Barbieri, Luca (Author), Secchi, Riccardo (Author), Perissinotto, Giada (Illustrator), Pastrovicchio, Lorenzo (Illustrator), Feccero, Andrea (Not Available)

    • One Piece: Law's Story (One Piece: Law's Story #4) - Oda, Eiichiro (Author), Sakagami, Shusei (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • The Bletchley Riddle - Sepetys, Ruta (Author), Sheinkin, Steve (Author)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • The Last Death of the Year (New Hercule Poirot Mystery #6) - Hannah, Sophie (Author), Christie, Agatha (Author)

    • The Bone Thief - Lillie, Vanessa (Author)

    • Battle Mountain (Joe Pickett Novel) - Box, C J (Author)

    • The Black Wolf (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #20) - Penny, Louise (Author)

    • Ask for Andrea: Deluxe Stenciled Edges - Ihli, Noelle West (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Elmore and the Big Christmas Rescue (Elmore the Moose) - Petty, Dev (Author), Boldt, Mike (Illustrator)

    • Tulip's Mess - Wilder, Anden (Author)

    • Piggypine - Morris, Richard T (Author), Santoso, Charles (Illustrator)

    • Lena the Chicken (But Really a Dinosaur!) - Bailey, Linda (Author), Steele, K-Fai (Illustrator)

    • Granny Mobile: A Bluey Storybook (Bluey)

    Political Sciences

    • Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder - McFaul, Michael (Author)

    • On Freedom - Snyder, Timothy (Author)

    Puzzle Books

    • Murdoku: 80 Murder Mystery Logic Puzzles (Murdoku) - Garand, Manuel (Author)

    Romance

    • A River Enchanted Deluxe Collector's Edition (Elements of Cadence #1) - Ross, Rebecca (Author)

    • Fall at Once (Cozy Creek Collection) - Everly, Nora (Author)

    • While It Was Snowing - London, Julia (Author)

    • Kooky Spooky Love: A Melody Bittersweet Novel (Melody Bittersweet) - Silver, Josie (Author)

    • Bonds of Hercules (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Villains of Lore #2) - Mas, Jasmine (Author)

    • The Defender (Deluxe Edition) (Gods of the Game #2) -Huang, Ana (Author)

    • The Book of Autumn - O'Sullivan, Molly (Author)

    • Mile High (Windy City #1) - Tomforde, Liz (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Chronicles of Narnia Deluxe Edition: 7 Books in 1 Hardcover (Chronicles of Narnia) - Lewis, C S (Author), Baynes, Pauline (Illustrator)

    • The Princess Bride Deluxe Limited Edition - Goldman, William (Author)

    • Witches of Dubious Origin - McKinlay, Jenn (Author)

    • The Everlasting - Harrow, Alix E (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power - Phillip, Abby (Author)

    • Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America - Carmon, Irin (Author)

    Travel

    • The Anthony Bourdain Reader: New, Classic, and Rediscovered Writing - Bourdain, Anthony (Author), Keefe, Patrick Radden (Introduction by)

    Young Adult

    • Never Ever After (Never Ever After #1) - Tan, Sue Lynn (Author)

    • Hazelthorn - Drews, Cg (Author)

    • Nightbane: Collector's Edition (the Lightlark Saga Book 2) - Aster, Alex (Author)

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  • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024

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    ONE OF NPR'S "BOOKS WE LOVE" 2024

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    "Extraordinary . . . Reminds me of Donna Tartt's 1992 debut, The Secret History . . . I was so thoroughly submerged in a rich fictional world, that for hours I barely came up for air." --Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air, NPR

    "This expertly paced thriller ...has the kineticism of a well-crafted miniseries." --The New Yorker

    When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide

    Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn't just any thirteen-year-old: she's the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region's residents. And this isn't the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara's older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

    As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.

  • The 20th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series.

    Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding.

    Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal, arresting the person behind it. A man they called the Black Wolf.

    But their relief is short-lived. In a sickening turn of events, Gamache has realized that plot, as horrific as it was, was just the beginning. Perhaps even a deliberate misdirection. One he fell into. Something deeper and darker, more damaging, is planned. Did he in fact arrest the Black Wolf, or are they still out there? Armand is appalled to think his mistake has allowed their conspiracy to grow, to gather supporters. To spread lies, manufacture enemies, and feed hatred and division.

    Still recovering from wounds received in stopping the first attack, Armand is confined to the village of Three Pines, leading a covert investigation from there. He must be careful not to let the Black Wolf know he has recognized his mistake. In a quiet church basement, he and his senior agents Beauvoir and Lacoste, pore over what little evidence they have. Two notebooks. A few mysterious numbers on a tattered map of Québec. And a phrase repeated by the person they had called the Grey Wolf. A warning...

    In a dry and parched land where there is no water.

    Gamache and his small team of supporters realize that for the Black Wolf to have gotten this far, they must have powerful allies, in law enforcement, in industry, in organized crime, in the halls of government.

    From the apparent peace of his little village, Gamache finds himself playing a lethal game of cat and mouse with an invisible foe who is gathering forces and preparing to strike.

  • "Wreck is a delight. What an absolute joy to be reunited with Rocky and her family, the characters we all fell in love with in Sandwich. Newman's prose is laugh-out-loud funny. It's also profound. I couldn't stop reading, even though I didn't want it to end."--J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of The Cliffs

    "Wreck is the kind of book that pulls up a chair, pours the wine, and dives deep--equal parts hilarious, sharp, and achingly sincere. I didn't just read it--I felt known by it. A luminous, laugh-out-loud triumph."--Alison Espach, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding People

    The acclaimed bestselling author of Sandwich is back with a wonderful novel, full of laughter and heart, about marriage, family, and what happens when life doesn't go as planned.

    If you loved Rocky and her family on vacation on Cape Cod, wait until you join them at home two years later. (And if this is your first meeting with this crew, get ready to laugh and cry--and relate.)

    Rocky, still anxious, nostalgic, and funny, is living in Western Massachusetts with her husband Nick and their daughter Willa, who's back home after college. Their son, Jamie, has taken a new job in New York, and Mort, Rocky's widowed father, has moved in.

    It all couldn't be more ridiculously normal . . . until Rocky finds herself obsessed with a local accident that only tangentially affects them--and with a medical condition that, she hopes, won't affect them at all.

    With her signature wit and wisdom, Catherine Newman explores the hidden rules of family, the heavy weight of uncertainty, and the gnarly fact that people--no matter how much you love them--are not always exactly who you want them to be.

  • From the bestselling author of House of Leaves comes a magisterial novel about two friends determined to rescue a pair of horses set for slaughter.

    "This is an amazing work of fiction. I absolutely loved it. At the heart you'll find a blood-drenched story of pursuit and two brave and resourceful children. But there's so much more. I immersed myself. Have never read anything like it." --Stephen King

    Hard to figure how so much awful horror could've started out with just them two horses and not a one yet named...

    While folks still like to focus on the crimes that shocked the small city of Orvop, Utah, back in the fall of 1982, not to mention the trials that followed, far more remember the adventure that took place beyond municipal lines.

    For sure no one expected the dead to rise, but they did. No one expected the mountain to fall either, but it did. No one expected an act of courage so great, and likewise so appalling, that it still staggers the heart and mind of anyone who knows anything about the Katanogos massif, to say nothing of Pillars Meadow.

    As one Orvop high school teacher described that extraordinary feat just days before she died, Fer sure no one expected Kalin March to look Old Porch in the eye and tell him: You get what you deserve when you ride with cowards.

  • Item descriptionRead the epic conclusion and discover the secrets of the Valley in Haru Book 3: Fall.

    Haru, Yama, and the rest of the gang return one last time for the conclusion of their exciting adventure. Discover what became of Haru after the events of Book 2, and cheer on as they face off against Blight. Secrets will be revealed (what was Haru and Goose's mother hiding?) and wills will be tested (will Herb believe in himself enough to help his friends) but together, nothing can stop this crew! With his stunningly beautiful and Tolkeinesque illustrations, author and artist Joe Latham delivers the perfect finale of his magical tale, in Haru Book 3: Fall.

New Releases | October 28th, 2025
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Why shopping local is so important.

November 25, 2024 Clare Brooks
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We'd like to take a moment to share a little holiday PSA. Sometimes it just seems easier to shop online, we get that. We've started to notice more and more predatory trends taking place online, ESPECIALLY around the holidays. It's easy to be drawn in by free shipping, high ratings, and "sales". Is it really free shipping or a "sale" when you're paying double the price for the item? An item that your local shop *cough* has for half the price? These are just a few examples out of the thousands of items we carry. We always aim for MSRP (manufacturer suggested retail price) or less. We realize we can't always have the best prices. Sometimes the juggernauts win, it's just the way things are. The important thing to remember is we at least try to get you the best prices possible. We're people too, we're locals, we want you to leave happy and we'll do everything in our power to make that happen. That means we won't jack up the price due to corporate greed. All that said, we ask that you please consider shopping local this holiday season. It's been an amazing 10 years and we look forward to serving you for years to come.

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Staff Picks | Be the Bus

April 18, 2024 Clare Brooks

"I can’t get enough of these quotes and life lessons brought to you by 'The Pigeon' and Mo Williams! Probably one of the funniest takes on the Pigeon Series." - Harper

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Happy Tolkien Reading Day!

March 25, 2024 Clare Brooks

Did you know that March 25th is universally known as Tolkien Reading Day among fans? Today, we celebrate everything Tolkien by reading his stories, watching films based upon those stories, doodling our favorite characters, playing games, & surrounding ourselves with all things Tolkien.

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Bachmann Train Sets Have Rolled Into Little Village!

December 13, 2023 Clare Brooks

“My Christmas memories with trains range from “It’s a Wonderful Life”, to a more recent memory like “The Polar Express”. I feel like the classic train set has been a staple of the American Christmas experience. After hearing from one of my toy subject matter experts… a.k.a. my kids, it seemed a no-brainer to bring some train sets into the shop. We recently acquired the HO Scale Bachmann Thoroughbred (mid century diesel engine design) and Santa Fe (1900’s steam engine design) sets right here in the shop. These sets come with a 47 x 38 inch “E-Z Track System” for easy assembly and use. The Bachmann line is a trusted American model train company that dates back to the 1830’s. Their products are time tested and Jackson (my Son) approved.” - Ken

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Small Business Saturday: Week-Long Sale!

November 28, 2020 Clare Brooks
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The Sale will run from Friday, November 27 through Friday, December 4, in hopes of encouraging safe shopping for everyone. All Melissa & Doug products will be 20% off, and all books will be 10% off.

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