A Few of My Favorite Things
Scotland
- The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
- The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Female Aviators
- The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
- Fly Girls by Keith O'Brien
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Sports (especially ice hockey)
- A Team of Their Own by Seth Berkman
- The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey
- Women in Sports by Rachel Ignotofsky
- Michigan vs. the Boys by Carrie Allen
World War II (both fiction and nonfiction)
- Molly: A Winning Spirit by Valerie Trip
- A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
- D-Day Girls by Sarah Rose
Pirates
- Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
- Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
- Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown
- A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
- Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
- The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
- Pirate Women by Laura Sook Duncombe
- Empire of Blue Water by Stephen Talty
Music
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- City of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte
- The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
- The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
- Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare
- Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
Authors Named Sarah
- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
- The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
- Upside-Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski, Emily Jenkins & Lauren Myracle
- Calm the F*ck Down by Sarah Knight
Royalty
- Rejected Princesses by Jason Porath
- Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown
- The Crown: The Official Companion by Robert Lacey
- Princesses Behaving Badly by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
- The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
- The Royal Runaway by Lindsay emory
- Royally Matched by Emma Chase
- The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Books About Books
- The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
- Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Blythell
- Word by Word by Kory Stamper
Vikings
- The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
- Eaters fo the Dead by Michael Crichton
- Orkneyinga Saga

#1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Wein delivers an exhilarating, unmissable thriller that finds three very different young adults united to decode a secret that could turn the tide of World War II.
$17.99ISBN: 9781501191428Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Atria Books - June 4th, 2019“Outlander meets Camelot” (Kirsty Logan, author of The Gracekeepers) in the first book of an exciting historical trilogy that reveals the untold story of Languoreth—a powerful and, until now, tragically forgotten queen of sixth-century Scotland—twin sister of the man who inspired the legendary character of Merlin.
Intelligent, passionate,$18.00ISBN: 9780385319959Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Delta - August 10th, 1998#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES
$18.00ISBN: 9780399588747Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Random House Trade Paperbacks - April 3rd, 2018A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia—from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY$15.99ISBN: 9781328592798Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books - March 5th, 2019A New York Times Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice * A Time Best Book for Summer
Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing.$9.99ISBN: 9781423152880Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - May 7th, 2013The beloved #1 New York Times bestseller, a "fiendishly plotted" (New York Times) "heart-in-your mouth adventure" (Washington Post), that "will take wing and soar into your heart" (Laurie Halse Anderson).
$26.99ISBN: 9781335005533Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Hanover Square Press - October 1st, 2019A December Stephen Curry Book Club Pick
One of ESPN's 25 Can't Miss Books of 2019
"A feel-good story."--New York Times Book Review
$17.00ISBN: 9781400047666Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Crown - October 25th, 2005The true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the Miracle on Ice, which Sports Illustrated called the greatest moment in sports history—with a new afterword by Ken Morrow for the fortieth anniversary of the Miracle on Ice
“An unvarnished and captivating read.”—Parade
$16.99ISBN: 9781607749783Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Ten Speed Press - July 18th, 2017Illustrated profiles of fifty pioneering female athletes, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science.
Women for the win!$17.99ISBN: 9781525301483Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Kids Can Press - October 1st, 2019When a determined girl is confronted with the culture of toxic masculinity, it's time to even the score.
Michigan Manning lives for hockey, and this is her year to shine. That is, until she gets some crushing news: budget cuts will keep the girls' hockey team off the ice this year.
If she wants colleges to notice her, Michigan has to find a way to play.$9.99ISBN: 9781683370543Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: American Girl Publishing Inc - February 19th, 2018Molly McIntire is growing up while the world is at war. Although the fighting is far away, life is full of changes and challenges. But Molly, with hope in her heart and pride in her country, is determined to make a difference. The first volume of Molly's stories shows how Americans on the home front pitched in during World War Two.
Email or call for price.ISBN: 9780375851544Availability: Special Order - Not Available for Web OrderPublished: Knopf Books for Young Readers - March 8th, 2011“There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings.”
$17.99ISBN: 9781250080400Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: St. Martin's Griffin - April 25th, 2017A #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation.
$11.99ISBN: 9780142423622Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Penguin Books - August 1st, 2017#1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal!
"A superlative novel . . . masterfully crafted."--The Wall Street Journal
Based on "the forgotten tragedy that was six times deadlier than the Titanic."--Time
Winter 1945. WWII. Four refugees. Four stories.$17.00ISBN: 9780385341004Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Dial Press Trade Paperback - May 5th, 2009#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A NETFLIX FILM • A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
“Treat yourself to this book, please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
$28.00ISBN: 9780451495082Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Crown - April 23rd, 2019NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The dramatic, untold history of the heroic women recruited by Britain’s elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory in World War II
$7.99ISBN: 9780141322575Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Puffin Books - March 5th, 2009Peter Pan and Tinkerbell lead the three Darling children over the rooftops of London and away to Neverland - the island where the lost boys play. Magic and mischief is in the air but if villainous Captain Hook has his way, before long someone will be swimming with the crocodiles . . .
$9.99ISBN: 9780786849079Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Disney-Hyperion - May 1st, 2006Best-selling authors Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson have turned back the clock and revealed a wonderful story that precedes J. M.
$18.00ISBN: 9781250050182Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Picador - June 3rd, 2014The year is 1819, and the renowned chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by a beautiful yet ruthless pirate. He will be spared, Mad Hannah Mabbot tells him, as long as he can conjure an exquisite meal every Sunday from the ship's meager supplies.
$16.99ISBN: 9780765376466Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Tor Books - January 19th, 2016A Darker Shade of Magic, from #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab
Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black.
$17.99ISBN: 9781250132130Availability: On Our Shelves Now
(This book cannot be returned.)Published: A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin - June 20th, 2017Nevernight is the first in an epic new fantasy series from the New York Times bestselling author, Jay Kristoff.
In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.$18.99ISBN: 9780062795328Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Katherine Tegen Books - October 2nd, 2018In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor—even if she has to scheme her way across Europe to do it.
$16.99ISBN: 9781641602228Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Chicago Review Press - September 3rd, 2019In the first-ever comprehensive survey of the world’s female buccaneers, Pirate Women tells of the women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside—and sometimes in command of—their male counterparts. These women came from all walks of life but had one thing in common: a desire for freedom.
$17.00ISBN: 9780307236616Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Crown - April 22nd, 2008A May 2007 Book Sense Pick
“Talty’s vigorous history of seventeenth-century pirates of the Caribbean will sate even fickle Jack Sparrow fans. . . . A pleasure to read from bow to stern.”
—Entertainment Weekly$16.95ISBN: 9780804172448Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Vintage - June 2nd, 2015An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.
A National Book Award Finalist
$17.00ISBN: 9780143122685Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Penguin Books - November 27th, 2012Cosmically fast-paced, wildly imaginative, and with City of Lost Dreams—the bewitching sequel—on shelves now, City of Dark Magic is the perfect potion of magic and suspense
$18.99ISBN: 9781524739010Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - March 3rd, 2020From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu comes a historical YA fantasy about a musical prodigy and the dangerous lengths she'll go to make history remember her--perfect for fans of Susanna Clarke and The Hazel Wood.
Two siblings. Two brilliant talents. But only one Mozart.$17.00ISBN: 9780812986563Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Random House Trade Paperbacks - November 6th, 2018“An unforgettable story of music, loss and hope. Fans of High Fidelity, meet your next quirky love story.”—People
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES (UK) AND THE WASHINGTON POST$14.99ISBN: 9781481456029Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Margaret K. McElderry Books - September 1st, 2015Magic is dangerous—but love is more dangerous still. Discover the “compulsively readable” (Booklist) first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy, prequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series—now with a gorgeous new cover, a map, a foreword, and excusive bonus content!
$17.00ISBN: 9781400033539Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Vintage - September 23rd, 2008Revised and Expanded
$11.99ISBN: 9781619630345Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Bloomsbury USA Childrens - May 7th, 2013In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien.
$17.00ISBN: 9780553385595Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Bantam - February 8th, 2011NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A dusting of magic, the aroma of sugary cakes swirling through the breeze, and a girl who unwittingly brings change to a town of misfits make for a sweet summer story filled with hope and forgiveness.”—Beth Hoffman, author of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
$5.99ISBN: 9780545800464Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Scholastic Inc. - August 30th, 2016Meet the Upside-Down Magic kids in the first topsy-turvy adventure of this New York Times bestselling series, now a Disney Channel Original Movie!
It's never easy when your magic goes wonky.
For Nory, this means that instead of being able to turn into a dragon or a kitten, she turns into both of them at the same time -- a dritten.
$19.99ISBN: 9780316529150Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Voracious - December 31st, 2018The no-f*cks-given guide to taming anxiety and taking back control of your life, from the bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck and Get Your Sh*t Together.
$27.99ISBN: 9780062405371Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Dey Street Books - October 25th, 2016Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the F**ck to Sleep, a brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history, based on the popular Tumblr blog.
Well-behaved women seldom make history. Good thing these women are far from well behaved . . .
$17.00ISBN: 9780374538392Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - May 21st, 2019“Rollicking, irresistible, un-put-downable . . . For anyone . . . who swooned to Netflix’s The Crown, this book will be manna from heaven.” —Hamish Bowles, Vogue
“Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret is a brilliant, eccentric treat.” —Anna Mundow, The Wall Street Journal
$28.00ISBN: 9781524762285Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Crown Archetype - October 17th, 2017The official companion to the Emmy-winning Netflix drama chronicling the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, and starring Claire Foy and John Lithgow, The Crown by Peter Morgan, featuring additional historical background and beautifully reproduced archival photos and show stills
Email or call for price.ISBN: 9781683690252Availability: Special Order - Not Available for Web OrderPublished: Quirk Books - March 6th, 2018This paperback edition offers true tales of these take-charge princesses plus dozens more in a fascinating read that’s perfect for history buffs, feminists, and anyone seeking a different kind of bedtime story.
$16.99ISBN: 9781455557110Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Grand Central Publishing - April 26th, 2016An American girl finds her prince in this "fun and dishy" (People) royal romance inspired by Prince William and Kate Middleton.
$16.99ISBN: 9781501196614Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Gallery Books - October 9th, 2018For fans of The Princess Diaries and The Royal We comes a fun and daring novel about a modern-day princess who teams up with a spy to find out what happened to the fiancé who left her at the altar—and who just might get her own fairytale in the process.
Princess Theodora Isabella Victoria of Drieden of the Royal House Laurent is so over this princess t
$16.99ISBN: 9781682307762Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Everafter Romance - February 21st, 2017Some men are born responsible, some men have responsibility thrust upon them. Henry John Edgar Thomas Pembrook, Prince of Wessco, just got the motherlode of all responsibility dumped in his regal lap.
He's not handling it well.
$10.99ISBN: 9780061479939Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: HarperTeen - March 25th, 2008The first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot.
Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there’s nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine, flat-chested freshman, who also happens to be flunking Algebra. Is she ever in for a surprise.
$14.99ISBN: 9780062467256Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: William Morrow Paperbacks - September 20th, 2016Nina Redmond is a librarian with a gift for finding the perfect book for her readers. But can she write her own happy-ever-after?
$17.00ISBN: 9781250037756Availability: On Our Shelves Now
(This book cannot be returned.)Published: Picador - September 24th, 2013The New York Times Bestseller
A Winner of the Alex Award, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction, named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle$14.99ISBN: 9780375842207Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Knopf Books for Young Readers - September 11th, 2007The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times.
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
When Death has a story to tell, you listen.Email or call for price.ISBN: 9781612198163Availability: Special Order - Not Available for Web OrderPublished: Melville House - July 16th, 2019A WRY AND HILARIOUS ACCOUNT OF LIFE AT A BOOKSHOP IN A REMOTE SCOTTISH VILLAGE
"Among the most irascible and amusing bookseller memoirs I've read." —Dwight Garner, The New York Times
"Warm, witty and laugh-out-loud funny..." —The Daily Mail
$16.95ISBN: 9781101970263Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Vintage - March 6th, 2018“We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love and nurture it into being, and once it gains gross motor skills, it starts going exactly where we don’t want it to go: it heads right for the goddamned electrical sockets.”
$16.99ISBN: 9780060887186Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Harper Paperbacks - January 3rd, 2006The first installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit Netflix series.
$15.95ISBN: 9780525436386Availability: Not In Stock - Usually Available in 1-5 DaysPublished: Vintage - May 1st, 2018It is 922 A.D. The refined Arab courtier Ibn Fadlan is accompanying a party of Viking warriors back to the north. Fadlan belatedly discovers that his job is to combat the terrors in the night that come to slaughter the Vikings--but just how he will do it, Fadlan has no idea....