Banned Books Week @ Little Village

Banned Books Week is upon us! Katherine has put together a lovely YA banned book display (look at how proud she is) and we have many more banned titles sprinkled throughout the store.

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New Releases | September 24th, 2024

• New Release List (Click to Expand)

  Adult Fiction

  • Intermezzo - Sally Rooney

  • Playground - Richard Powers

  • If We Were Villains - M.L. Rio

  • Hard Copy: A Story of Girl Meets Printer - Fien Veldman (Author), Hester Velmans (Translator)

  • Julia - Sandra Newman

  • The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story - Olga Tokarczuk (Author), Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)

  Arts & Entertainment

  • Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire - Ashley Spencer

  Biography

  • Romney: A Reckoning - McKay Coppins

  Board Books

  • Indestructibles: Sesame Street: Time for Bed!: Chew Proof - Rip Proof - Nontoxic - 100% Washable (Book for Babies, Newborn Books, Safe to Chew) (Indestructibles) - Amy Pixton (Created By)

  Body, Mind & Spirit

  • Occult: Decoding the Visual Culture of Mysticism, Magic and Divination (Religious and Spiritual Imagery #3) - Peter Forshaw

  Business

  • For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It - Mark Pendergrast

  Coloring Books

  • Brambly Hedge: Festive Coloring Book - Jill Barklem

  Cookbooks

  • The Artful Way to Plant-Based Cooking: Nourishing Recipes and Heartfelt Moments - Chloe Crane-LeRoux (Author), Trudy Crane (Author)

  • The Chinese Way: Classic Techniques, Fresh Flavors - Betty Liu

  • Pass the Plate: 100 Delicious, Highly Shareable, Everyday Recipes: A Cookbook - Carolia Gelen

  • The Mediterranean Dish: Simply Dinner: 125 Easy Mediterranean Diet-Inspired Recipes to Eat Well and Live Joyfully: A Cookbook - Suzy Karadsheh

  Current Events & Politics

  • Fools on the Hill: The Hooligans, Saboteurs, Conspiracy Theorists, and Dunces Who Burned Down the House - Dana Milbank

  • The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel's Borderlands - Amir Tibon

  • Interference: The Inside Story of Trump, Russia, and the Mueller Investigation - Aaron Zebley (Author), James Quarles (Author), Andrew Goldstein (Author)

  Early Readers

  • Ms. Rachel and the Special Surprise: Encouraging Speech and Learning Through Play and Music (Books by Ms. Rachel) - Ms. Rachel (Author), Monique Dong (Illustrator)

  Field Guides

  • Ornithography: An Illustrated Guide to Bird Lore & Symbolism Volume 2 (Hidden Languages) - Jessica Roux

  Fun & Games

  • What Do We Know about the Yeti? - Ben Hubbard (Author), Manuel Gutierrez (Illustrator)

  • A Field Guide to Autumn: Play and Learn in Nature - Gabby Dawnay (Author), Dorien Brouwers (Illustrator)

  Graphic Novels

  • Investigators: Class Action (Investigators #8) - John Patrick Green

  • Happy Narwhalidays (a Narwhal and Jelly Book #5) - Ben Clanton

  History

  • History of North America Map by Map - DK

  • America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War - H.W. Brands

  • Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II - Elyse Graham

  Horror

  • Graveyard Shift: A Novella - M.L. Rio

  • The Angel Maker - Alex North

  Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Complete Box Set: Includes Volumes 1-11 with Premium - Akira Himekawa

  • Marvel Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Marvel Comics Universe - Tim Leong

  Middle Readers

  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess - Rick Riordan

  • Spy School Goes North - Stuart Gibbs

  • Spy School Goes Wild - Stuart Gibbs

  • Spy School Entrance Exam: A Spy School Book of Devious Word Searches, Clever Crosswords, Sly Sudoku, and Other Top Secret Puzzles! - Stuart Gibbs (Author), Jeff Chen (Author)

  • From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star: A Nico Di Angelo Adventure (A Nico Di Angelo Adventure) - Rick Riordan (Author), Mark Oshiro (Author)

  My First Readers

  • Curious George: Scavenger Hunt (I Can Read Comics Level 2) - H.A. Rey

  • The Berenstain Bears: Five Away We Go Adventures! (I Can Read Level 1) - Mike Berenstain (Author & Illustrator), Jan Berenstain (Author)

  • DK Super Readers Level 4 History of Jazz - DK

  Mystery & Thriller

  • Locust Lane - Stephen Amidon

  • Brooklyn Crime Novel - Jonathan Lethem

  Personal Growth

  • Trust: Knowing When to Give It, When to Withhold It, How to Earn It, and How to Fix It When It Gets Broken - Henry Cloud

  Picture Books

  • Best in Show - Elliott, David (Author) , Espinosa, Leo (Illustrator) , Santoso, Charles (Illustrator) , Mora, Oge (Illustrator) , Chien, Cátia (Illustrator) , Raúl the Third (Illustrator) , Bay, Elaine (Illustrator) , Derby, Cindy (Illustrator) , Green, Rebecca (Illustrator) , Glenn, Ebony (Illustrator) , Flett, Julie (Illustrator) , Portis, Antoinette (Illustrator) , Stein, David Ezra (Illustrator) , Hughes, Emily (Illustrator) , Cordell, Matthew (Illustrator) , Pak, Kenard (Illustrator) , Figueroa, Raissa (Illustrator)

  • Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue! - Rinker, Sherri Duskey (Author) , Ford, Ag (Illustrator)

  • Grumpy Monkey Play All Day - Lang, Suzanne (Author) , Lang, Max (Illustrator)

  • Winter Magic - Burleigh, Robert (Author) , Minor, Wendell (Illustrator)

  • The Most Boring Book Ever - Sanderson, Brandon (Author) , Kibuishi, Kazu (Illustrator)

  Romance

  • Counting Miracles - Nicholas Sparks

  • The Slowest Burn - Sarah Chamberlain

  • Pucked - Helena Hunting

  • Hunting Adeline - H.D. Carlton

  • Rachel Weiss's Group Chat - Lauren Appelbaum

  • All I Want Is You - Falon Ballard

  • Kiss Me at Christmas - Jenny Bayliss

  • A Fire in the Sky - Sophie Jordan

  • Promises and Pomegranates (Monsters & Muses #1) - Sav R. Miller

  • One on One - Jamie Harrow

  • The Christmas You Found Me (Heart of the Wilderness #1) - Sarah Morgenthaler

  Science & Nature

  • Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet - Geo Rutherford

  Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Sapling Cage (Daughters of the Empty Throne #1) - Margaret Killjoy

  • A Tide of Black Steel (Age of Wrath #1) - Anthony Ryan

  • Wicked Collector's Edition: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory Maguire

  Social Sciences

  • Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino" - Hector Tobar

  • I'm Sorry for My Loss: An Urgent Examination of Reproductive Care in America - Little, Rebecca (Author) , Long, Colleen (Author)

  Young Adult

  • The Thirteenth Child - Erin A. Craig

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Overview (Our Top 5 Picks)

• Counting Miracles | Nicholas Sparks

  From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change--or even make our peace with--the path we've taken.

  Tanner Hughes was raised by his grandparents, following in his grandfather's military footsteps to become an Army Ranger. His whole life has been spent abroad, and he is the proverbial rolling stone: happiest when off on his next adventure, zero desire to settle down. But when his grandmother passes away, her last words to him are find where you belong. She also drops a bombshell, telling him the name of the father he never knew--and where to find him.

  Tanner is due at his next posting soon, but his curiosity is piqued, and he sets out for Asheboro, North Carolina, to ask around. He's been in town less than twenty-four hours when he meets Kaitlyn Cooper, a doctor and single mom. They both feel an immediate connection; Tanner knows Kaitlyn has a story to tell, and he wants to hear it. To Kaitlyn, Tanner is mysterious, exciting--and possibly leaving in just a few weeks.

  Meanwhile, nearby, eighty-three-year-old Jasper lives alone in a cabin bordering a national forest. With only his old dog, Arlo, for company, he lives quietly, haunted by a tragic accident that took place decades before. When he hears rumors that a white deer has been spotted in the forest--a creature of legend that inspired his father and grandfather--he becomes obsessed with protecting the deer from poachers.

  As these characters' fates orbit closer together, none of them is expecting a miracle . . . but that may be exactly what is about to alter their futures forever.

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess | Rick Riordan

  In his continuing quest to earn college recommendation letters from the gods, Percy has to pet sit the goddess Hecate's polecat and giant mastiff during Halloween week. What could go wrong?
  
  Rick Riordan's newest Percy Jackson adventure is full of hilarious set pieces, a diverse cast of gods and monsters, and many other delightful tricks and treats.

  Percy Jackson, now a high school senior, needs three recommendation letters from the Greek gods in order to get into New Rome University. He earned his first one by retrieving Ganymede's chalice. Now the goddess Hecate has offered Percy another "opportunity"--all he has to do is pet sit her polecat, Gale, and mastiff, Hecuba, over Halloween week while she is away. Piece of cake, right?

  Percy, Annabeth, and Grover settle into Hecate's seemingly endless mansion and start getting acquainted with the fussy, terrifying animals. The trio has been warned not to touch anything, but while Percy and Annabeth are out at school, Grover can't resist drinking a strawberry-flavored potion in the laboratory. It turns him into a giant frenzied goat, and after he rampages through the house, damaging everything in sight, and passes out, Gale and Hecuba escape. Now the friends have to find Hecate's pets and somehow restore the house, all before Hecate gets back on Saturday. It's going to take luck, demigod wiles, and some old and new friends to hunt down the animals and set things right again.

• Playground | Richard Powers

  Four lives are drawn together in a sweeping, panoramic new novel from Richard Powers, showcasing the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory at the height of his skills. Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world's first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane's work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough.

  They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped to feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity's next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea. But first, the island's residents must vote to greenlight the project or turn the seasteaders away.

  Set in the world's largest ocean, this awe-filled book explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can.

• Investigators: Class Action (Investigators #8) | John Patrick Green

  DING DING DING!! Is that the school bell, or is it three million readers ringing in the return of V.E.S.T.-wearing case-busting secret agents Mango and Brash for another hilarious adventure? (It's the latter, we'll solve that mystery for free.)

  The InvestiGators are back...to school?! Mango and Brash have always been a class act but can these alligator detectives convincingly go undercover as average middle-school students? Why has the super-spy organization S.U.I.T. been assigned protection detail for a small-town team mascot? Is it a coincidence that the school happens to be the same one that Agent Mango (just barely) graduated from? Is Mango's family in danger? Will Brash pass home economics? Is Friday still pizza day? Find out in Class Action, the A+ return of the New York Times bestselling series by John Patrick Green! Read up, because there just might be a pop quiz later!

• Intermezzo | Sally Rooney

  An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family--but especially love--from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.
  
  Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.

  Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties--successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women--his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.

  Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.

  For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude--a period of desire, despair, and possibility; a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.

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New Releases | September 24th, 2024

"Last Chance at Love"

Our next Blind Date with a Book selection has arrived! This month's theme, "Last Chance at Love", features well liked hardcovers from the last few years looking for a loving home as we make room on our shelves for an upcoming Fall and Winter full of exciting releases. This batch of Blind Dates are available for 25% OFF, while supplies last!

Keep an eye out here for future Blind Date with a Book announcements, including a spooky take coming in October .

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Blind Date With a Book "Last Chance at Love"

“A sinister and twisted take on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland..."

From the national bestselling author of Ghost Tree comes a mind-bending novel inspired by the twisted and wondrous works of Lewis Carroll...

In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls which echo the screams of the poor souls inside.

In the hospital, there is a woman. Her hair, once blond, hangs in tangles down her back. She doesn't remember why she's in such a terrible place. Just a tea party long ago, and long ears, and blood...

Then, one night, a fire at the hospital gives the woman a chance to escape, tumbling out of the hole that imprisoned her, leaving her free to uncover the truth about what happened to her all those years ago.

Only something else has escaped with her. Something dark. Something powerful. And to find the truth, she will have to track this beast to the very heart of the Old City, where the rabbit waits for his Alice.

“A sinister and twisted take on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Great for horror fans, and a classic retelling for fans!”

— Justine

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New Releases | September 17th, 2024

• New Release List (Click to Expand)

  Adult Art

  • Knit Wild: 21 Sweaters with Nature-Inspired Motifs in Insulating Yarns to Keep You Warm Wherever You May Roam - Anna-Sofia Vintersol

  • The Gnomes of Grimblewood: Enchanting Friends to Knit, Full of Magic and Mischief - Sarah Schira

  • Everyday Knitting - Megan Goodacre

  Adult Fiction

  • The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation - Cormac McCarthy (Author), Manu Larcenet (Illustrator)

  • The Night We Lost Him - Laura Dave

  • Rejection: Fiction - Tony Tulathimutte

  • Scaffolding - Lauren Elkin

  • Entitlement - Rumaan Alam

  • The Banned Books Club (Original) - Brenda Novak

  Adult Science

  • The Backyard Stargazer's Bible: Discover Constellations, Galaxies, Nebulae, Meteorites, and More - Ian Ridpath (Author), Mary McIntyre (Author), Rachel Federman (Author), Stephan Maran (Foreword By)

  • It's a Gas: The Sublime and Elusive Elements That Expand Our World - Mark Miodownik

  • The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie - Richard Dawkins (Author), Jana Lenzova (Illustrator)

  Arts & Entertainment

  • Everything to Play for: An Insider's Guide to How Videogames Are Changing Our World - Marijam Did

  Biography

  • Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor - Valentine Low

  • Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune - Anderson Cooper (Author), Katherine Howe (Author)

  • Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty - Hillary Rodham Clinton

  • The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir - Kelly Bishop (Author), Amy Sherman-Palladino (Foreword By)

  • Connie: A Memoir - Connie Chung

  • We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People - Nemonte Nenquimo (Author), Mitch Anderson (Author)

  Body, Mind & Spirit

  • The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft - Diana Helmuth

  Business

  • Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter - Kate Conger (Author), Ryan Mac (Author)

  Chapter Books

  • Pug the Sports Star: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #11) - Kyla May

  Children's Poetry

  • Greeking Out Heroes and Olympians - Kenny Curtis (Author), Jillian Hughes (Author)

  • The Essential Beatrix Potter Storytime Collection: The Original Classics Featuring Peter Rabbit and His Famous Friends (Children's Classic Collections) - Beatrix Potter

  Cookbooks

  • Pastabilities: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Pasta Cookbook: Simple, Speedy, and Sensational Recipes with Photos of Every Step - Jeffrey Eisner

  • Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food - Dolly Parton (Author), Rachel Parton George (Author)

  • Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves - Stephen Colbert (Author), Evie McGee Colbert (Author)

  • The Ambitious Kitchen Cookbook: 125 Ridiculously Good for You, Sometimes Indulgent, and Absolutely Never Boring Recipes for Every Meal of the Day - Monique Volz

  Current Events & Politics

  • On Freedom - Timothy Snyder

  • Stench: The Making of the Thomas Court and the Unmaking of America - David Brock

  Dungeons & Dragons

  • Dungeons & Dragons Rpg: Players Handbook Hard Cover

  Graphic Novels

  • Kristy and the Walking Disaster: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #16) - Ann M. Martin (Author), Ellen T. Crenshaw (IIlustrator)

  • Weirdo - Tony Weaver (Author), Jes Wibowo (Illustrator), Cin Wibowo (Illustrator)

  History

  • The Deadline: Essays - Jill Lepore

  • The Bible: A Global History - Bruce Gordon

  • A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire - Emma Southon

  Homestead

  • Book Nooks: Inspired Ideas for Cozy Reading Corners and Stylish Book Displays - Vanessa Dina (Author), Claire Gilhuly (Author), Antonis Achilleos (Photographer)

  Horror

  • Hampton Heights: One Harrowing Night in the Most Haunted Neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Dan Kois

  • Evil in Me - Brom

  • Dearest - Jacquie Walters

  • A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories - Mariana Enriquez (Author), Megan McDowell (Translator)

  • My Darling Girl - Jennifer McMahon

  Just the Facts

  • The Sunflowers: Vincent Van Gogh's Search for Beauty - Zahra Marwan

  Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

  • Tank Chair 1 - Manabu Yashiro

  • Detroit: Become Human -Tokyo Stories-, Vol. 1 - Quantic Dream

  • Venom: The Saga of Eddie Brock - David Michelinie (Author), Peter David (Author), Todd McFarlane (Illustrator), Marvel Various (Illustrator)

  Middle Readers

  • The Christmas Pig - J.K. Rowling (Author), Jim Field (Illustrator)

  • Mouse and His Dog: A Dogtown Book (Dogtown Book #2) - Katherine Applegate (Author), Gennifer Choldenko (Author), Wallace West (Illustrator)

  • When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary - Alice Hoffman

  • The Beautiful Game - Yamile Saied Mendez

  My First Readers

  • Adventure on the Horizon (Pokémon: Scholastic Reader, Level 2) - Maria S. Barbo

  Mystery & Thriller

  • The Butcher Game: A Dr. Wren Muller Novel - Alaina Urquhart

  • We Solve Murders - Richard Osman

  • Alex Cross Must Die: A Thriller (Alex Cross Novels #29) - James Patterson

  Personal Growth

  • Generation Anxiety: A Millennial and Gen Z Guide to Staying Afloat in an Uncertain World - Lauren Cook

  Picture Books

  • I'll Love You Till the Crocodiles Smile - Kathryn Cristaldi (Author), Kristyna Litten (Illustrator)

  • The Verts: A Story of Introverts and Extroverts - Ann Patchett (Author), Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator)

  • It's Christmas, Curious George! - H.A. Rey

  • When You Find the Right Rock - Mary Lyn Ray (Author), Felicita Sala (Artist)

  Poetry

  • A Bit Much: Poems - Lyndsay Rush

  Puzzle Books

  • New York Times Games Hello Fall Crosswords: 200 Easy to Hard Puzzles - Will Shortz (Editor)

  Romance

  • Rewitched - Lucy Jane Wood

  • Six Scorched Roses: A Crowns of Nyaxia Short Novel - Carissa Broadbent

  • My Vampire Plus-One - Jenna Levine

  • It's in His Kiss and on the Way to the Wedding: Bridgerton Collector's Edition (Bridgerton Collector's Edition #4) - Julia Quinn

  • To Sir Phillip, with Love and When He Was Wicked: Bridgerton Collector's Edition (Bridgerton Collector's Edition #3) - Julia Quinn

  • Can't Help Falling in Love - Sophie Sullivan

  • Grimstone - Sophie Lark

  • I'll Get Back to You - Becca Grischow

  • Love Story - Lindsey Kelk

  • Fear the Flames - Olivia Rose Darling

  • Fourth Wing (Empyrean #1) - Rebecca Yarros

  • A Song of Ash and Moonlight (The Middlemist Trilogy #2) - Claire Legrand

  • A Dark and Drowning Tide - Allison Saft

  Science & Nature

  • An Anthology of Exquisite Birds (DK Children's Anthologies) - Ben Hoare

  • Mountain: Go on a Grand Tour of the Highest Places on Earth (Earth's Incredible Habitats) - DK

  Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Fragile Threads of Power - V.E. Schwab

  • Alien Clay - Adrian Tchaikovsky

  • The Fellowship of the Ring Collector's Edition: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien

  • The Two Towers Collector's Edition: Being the Second Part of the Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien

  • The Return of the King Collector's Edition: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien

  Social Sciences

  • Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous - Gillian Anderson

  Spinner Rack Books

  • Peppa's Big Feelings - Lori C. Froeb

  Sports

  • Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments - Joe Posnanski

  Travel

  • Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders - Cara Giaimo (Author), Joshua Foer (Author), Atlas Obscura (Author)

  Young Adult

  • Night Owls - A.R. Vishny

  • Green Angel & Green Witch (Two Novels, One Book) - Alice Hoffman

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Overview (Our Top 5 Picks)

• Fourth Wing (Empyrean #1) Limited Edition | Rebecca Yarros

  Don't miss out on the stunning LIMITED EDITION with sprayed and stenciled edges while supplies last in the U.S. and Canada only. This incredible collectible paperback edition also features a never-before-released extra scene from the hero's point of view as well as two previously released bonus chapters for fans to enjoy. Order your copy today!

  A #1New York Timesbestseller - TV series in development at MGM Amazon Studios with Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society - Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 - Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 - Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 - NPR "Books We Love" 2023 - Audible Best Books of 2023 - Hudson Book of the Year - Google Play Best Books of 2023 - Indigo Best Books of 2023 - Waterstones Book of the Year finalist - Goodreads Choice Award Winner -NewsweekStaffers' Favorite Books of 2023 -Paste Magazine's Best Books of 2023 - TikTok Book Awards UK and Ireland Book of the Year (International) 2024

  "Suspenseful, sexy, and with incredibly entertaining storytelling, the first in Yarros' Empyrean series will delight fans of romantic, adventure-filled fantasy." ―Booklist, starred review

  "Fourth Wing will have your heart pounding from beginning to end... A fantasy like you've never read before."―#1New York Timesbestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout
  
  Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders fromNew York Timesbestselling author Rebecca Yarros

  Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general―also known as her tough-as-talons mother―has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre:dragon riders.

  But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don't bond to "fragile" humans. They incinerate them.

  With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother's daughter―like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

  She'll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

  Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

  Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda―because once you enter, there are only two ways out:graduate or die.

  The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
  Book #1 Fourth Wing
  Book #2 Iron Flame
  Book #3 Onyx Storm

• Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty | Hillary Rodham Clinton

  What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinton? In Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach.

  She describes the strength she draws from her deepest friendships, her Methodist faith, and the nearly fifty years she's been married to President Bill Clinton--all with the wisdom that comes from looking back on a full life with fresh eyes. She takes us along as she returns to the classroom as a college professor, enjoys the bonds inside the exclusive club of former First Ladies, moves past her dream of being president, and dives into new activism for women and democracy.

  From canoeing with an ex-Nazi trying to deprogram white supremacists to sweltering with salt farmers in the desert trying to adapt to the climate crisis in India, Hillary brings us to the front lines of our biggest challenges. For the first time, Hillary shares the story of her operation to evacuate Afghan women to safety in the harrowing final days of America's longest war. But we also meet the brave women dissidents defying dictators around the world, gain new personal insights about her old adversary Vladimir Putin, and learn the best ways that worried parents can protect kids from toxic technology. We also hear her fervent and persuasive warning to all American voters. In the end,Something Lost, Something Gainedis a testament to the idea that the personal is political, and the political is personal, providing a blueprint for what each of us can do to make our lives better.

  Hillary has "looked at life from both sides now." In these pages, she shares the latest chapter of her inspiring life and shows us how to age with grace and keep moving forward, with grit, joy, purpose, and a sense of humor.

• Rewitched | Lucy Jane Wood

  In this spellbinding warm and cozy debut novel, a burned-out witch will need to turn to her friends and trust in herself to find the magic in her own life again.

  Belladonna Blackthorn hasn't lost her magical spark, precisely . . . but she hasn't seen it in a while either.

  With her witchcraft under wraps and a toxic boss making her days miserable, Belle is struggling to keep her beloved Lunar Books afloat and just make it through the day. The last thing she has time for is perfecting her magic.

  So when her thirtieth birthday brings a summons from her coven and a trial that tests her worthiness as a witch, Belle fears the worst. With only the month of October left to prove herself or risk losing her magic forever, Belle will need all the help she can get--from the women in her life, from an unlikely mentor figure and even from an infuriating coven watchman who's sworn to protect her...

• We Solve Murders | Richard Osman

  "Madcap fun, with an entertaining new cast of characters and Osman's trademark wit. Delightful!" --Shari Lapena

  From the #1 bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club Series

  A brand new mystery. An iconic new detective duo. And a thrilling new murder to solve . . .

  Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He still does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar routines: the pub quiz, his favorite bench, his cat waiting for him at home. His days of adventure are over. Adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy's job now.

  Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. Working in private security, every day is dangerous. She's currently on a remote island protecting mega-bestselling author Rosie D'Antonio, until a dead body and a bag of money mean trouble in paradise. So she sends an SOS to the only person she trusts . . .

  As a thrilling race around the world begins, can Amy and Steve outrun and outsmart a killer?

  Solving murders. It's a family business.

• Kristy and the Walking Disaster: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #16) | Ann M. Martin

  A Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by National Book Award longlister and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Ellen T. Crenshaw!

  They're lean, they're mean, they're the pride of Stoneybrook. Who are they? They're Kristy's Krushers!

  When Kristy sees how much her little brothers and sister want to play on a softball team, she starts a ragtag team of her own. Maybe Kristy's Krushers aren't world champions (how could they be, with Jackie Rodowsky, walking disaster, playing for them?), but nobody beats them when it comes to team spirit.

  Now Bart's Bashers have challenged the Krushers to a game. It's bad enough that the Bashers truly are lean and mean -- but what's worse is that Kristy has a crush on the Bashers' coach!

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New Releases | September 17th, 2024

Stellar Crown is here and we're celebrating with a freebie!

The newest Pokemon TCG set has arrived @ Little Village! Stellar Crown adds 170+ new cards and features new Ace Spec, Special Illustration rares and Hyper rares! Stellar Crown also introduces a handful of cards with a brand new rainbow border… they look absolutely incredible! We’ve selected a few of our favorites for our gallery.

To celebrate the release, we’re offering a free Stellar Crown deck box box with any Pokemon TCG purchase, while supplies last.

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Stellar Crown TCG Release