Tod's Picks

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Hardcover)

By David Graeber, David Wengrow

$35.00

ISBN: 9780374157357

Availability: Not in stock. At Our Partner Warehouse: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days

Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - November 9th, 2021

Add to Wish List

Reading this book totally changed my entire idea of human history and what's possible for humanity in the future. It's radical in it's look at how human societies have been organized through time and space and blows up the idea that history is a "progression" which leads us to where we are now - so much more is possible for us!
 

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One & Two (Special Rehearsal Edition Script): The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production (Hardcover)

By J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne

$29.99
Email or call for price.

ISBN: 9781338099133

Published: Arthur A. Levine Books - July 31st, 2016

There's been lots of confusion and maybe even controversy around the publication of this eighth story set in the Harry Potter Universe, but rest assured this is a worthy successor to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It's chock full of JK Rowling's amazing storytelling, and you get used to the script format in no time as the characters grab you. It's no spoiler to say that my favorite character is Draco Malfoy's son, Scorpius.  Definitely a must-read for any HP fan.

Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1) (Paperback)

By Ann Leckie

$17.99

ISBN: 9780316246620

Availability: Click Title to See Location Inventory

Published: Orbit - October 1st, 2013

Add to Wish List

Space Opera at it's best! In  a galaxy where human bodies can be
co-opted to serve as "ancillaries" of a ship-sized AI, what happens when
one of those ancillaries is the only survivor of a deadly plot and is
set on revenge? Read this debut novel to find out and also discover a
thrilling new voice in science fiction.

Graceling (Graceling Realm #1) (Paperback)

By Kristin Cashore

$12.99

ISBN: 9780547258300

Availability: Click Title to See Location Inventory

Published: Clarion Books - September 7th, 2009

Add to Wish List

At Phoenix Books we joke that new booksellers must read Graceling
- it's practically required reading!  Even folks who don't normally
read fantasy, or didn't think this was their kind of book, have come
back raving about how awesome it is!  It's simply a must-read.

Gone Girl: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Gillian Flynn

$28.99

ISBN: 9780307588364

Availability: Backordered. On Order at the Warehouse.

Published: Ballantine Books - June 5th, 2012

Add to Wish List

You can't trust anyone these days, especially not either of the narrators in Gone Girl!  Which is one of the main pleasures of this fascinating novel of a marriage gone bad (or did it?). Keeps you guessing to the very last page - I couldn't put it down.

Kraken: A Novel (Paperback)

By China Miéville

$18.00

ISBN: 9780345497505

Availability: Not in stock. At Our Partner Warehouse: Usually Ships in 4-7 Days

Published: Del Rey - March 15th, 2011

Add to Wish List

How does a 16 ton giant squid vanish from a carefully guarded museum in the center of London and why does this presage the end of the world? Only China Mieville would even think of such a premise and in Kraken the fun is in how masterfully he takes you through the underground world of weird cults, urban magic and lost history to answer those questions.  You'll think twice before ordering calimari in future!

The Windup Girl (Paperback)

By Paolo Bacigalupi

$15.99
Email or call for price.

ISBN: 9781597801584

Published: Night Shade - May 1st, 2010

Hugo Winner! And very well-deserved--one of my top 10 books. Set in an (unfortunately) all too real future, but there's hope (or is there?).