Staff Picks

Favorites from Parnassus booksellers, updated monthly. For past staff picks, check out our blog, Musing.

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Wandering Stars: A novel By Tommy Orange Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780593318256
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Published: Knopf - February 27th, 2024

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The Great Divide: A Novel By Cristina Henriquez Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780063291324
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Published: Ecco - March 5th, 2024

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The Warm Hands of Ghosts: A Novel By Katherine Arden Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9780593128251
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Published: Del Rey - February 13th, 2024

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Women of Good Fortune By Sophie Wan Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781525804304
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Published: Graydon House - March 5th, 2024

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Anita de Monte Laughs Last: Reese's Book Club Pick (A Novel) By Xochitl Gonzalez Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250786210
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Published: Flatiron Books - March 5th, 2024

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The Tower: A Novel By Flora Carr Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780385550185
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Published: Doubleday - March 5th, 2024

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American Spirits By Russell Banks Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593536773
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Published: Knopf - March 5th, 2024

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Trouble: A Novel By Lex Croucher Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250323965
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - March 5th, 2024

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The Hunter: A Novel By Tana French Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593493434
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Published: Viking - March 5th, 2024

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An Education in Malice By S. T. Gibson Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316501453
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Published: Redhook - February 13th, 2024

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What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier #2) By T. Kingfisher Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250830852
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Published: Tor Nightfire - February 13th, 2024

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Thirst: A Novel By Marina Yuszczuk, Heather Cleary (Translated by) Cover Image
By Marina Yuszczuk, Heather Cleary (Translated by)
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593472064
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Published: Dutton - March 5th, 2024

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How You Get the Girl (Nashville Love #3) By Anita Kelly Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781538754917
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Published: Forever - February 13th, 2024

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The Book of Love: A Novel By Kelly Link Cover Image
$31.00
ISBN: 9780812996586
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Published: Random House - February 13th, 2024

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The Kamogawa Food Detectives (A Kamogawa Food Detectives Novel #1) By Hisashi Kashiwai, Jesse Kirkwood (Translated by) Cover Image
By Hisashi Kashiwai, Jesse Kirkwood (Translated by)
$25.00
ISBN: 9780593717714
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - February 13th, 2024

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The Butcher of the Forest By Premee Mohamed Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250881786
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Published: Tordotcom - February 27th, 2024

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Green Dot: A Novel By Madeleine Gray Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250890597
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - February 27th, 2024

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Love and Hot Chicken: A Delicious Southern Novel By Mary Liza Hartong Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780063304796
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Published: William Morrow - February 20th, 2024

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A Love Song for Ricki Wilde By Tia Williams Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9781538726709
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - February 6th, 2024

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The Other Valley: A Novel By Scott Alexander Howard Cover Image
$27.99
ISBN: 9781668015476
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Published: Atria Books - February 27th, 2024

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Listen for the Lie: A Novel By Amy Tintera Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250880314
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Published: Celadon Books - March 5th, 2024

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The Friendship Study By Ruby Barrett Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781335476036
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Published: Carina Adores - February 13th, 2024

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Help Wanted: A Novel By Adelle Waldman Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781324020448
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 5th, 2024

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Greta & Valdin: A Novel By Rebecca K. Reilly Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781668028049
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Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - February 6th, 2024

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The Hearing Test: A Novel By Eliza Barry Callahan Cover Image
$24.00
ISBN: 9781646222131
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Published: Catapult - March 5th, 2024

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Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story By Leslie Jamison Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316374880
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - February 20th, 2024

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Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema By Odie Henderson Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781419758416
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Published: Abrams Press - February 6th, 2024

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300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World By Seán Hewitt, Luke Edward Hall Cover Image
$22.00
ISBN: 9780593582442
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Published: Clarkson Potter - October 10th, 2023

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Grief Is for People By Sloane Crosley Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374609849
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Published: MCD - February 27th, 2024

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Momma Cusses: A Field Guide to Responsive Parenting & Trying Not to Be the Reason Your Kid Needs Therapy By Gwenna Laithland Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9781250882660
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Published: St. Martin's Essentials - March 5th, 2024

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Jimmy Breslin: Essential Writings (LOA #377) By Jimmy Breslin, Dan Barry (Editor) Cover Image
By Jimmy Breslin, Dan Barry (Editor)
$40.00
ISBN: 9781598537680
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Published: Library of America - February 27th, 2024

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Fortune Favors the Dead: A Pentecost and Parker Mystery By Stephen Spotswood Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593310755
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Published: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard - August 3rd, 2021

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This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music By Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781324065968
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 19th, 2023

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Metamorphoses: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) By Ovid, Stephanie McCarter (Translated by) Cover Image
By Ovid, Stephanie McCarter (Translated by)
$22.00
ISBN: 9780143134237
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Published: Penguin Classics - November 14th, 2023

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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet By Jamie Ford Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780345505347
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Published: Ballantine Books - October 6th, 2009

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Upstream: Selected Essays By Mary Oliver Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143130086
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Published: Penguin Books - October 29th, 2019