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Sunday: 11 am - 4 pm

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The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel (A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #1) By Richard Osman Cover Image
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By Richard Osman
$18.00
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The River We Remember: A Novel By William Kent Krueger Cover Image
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By William Kent Krueger
$28.99
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The Last Devil to Die: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery By Richard Osman Cover Image
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By Richard Osman
$29.00
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The Longmire Defense: A Longmire Mystery By Craig Johnson Cover Image
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By Craig Johnson
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The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery By Richard Osman Cover Image
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By Richard Osman
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The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery By Richard Osman Cover Image
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The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery By Richard Osman Cover Image
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The Last Flight: A Novel By Julie Clark Cover Image
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By Julie Clark
$16.99
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Next to Last Stand: A Longmire Mystery By Craig Johnson Cover Image
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By Craig Johnson
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Finding Nouf By Zoë Ferraris Cover Image
Finding Nouf (Paperback)
By Zoë Ferraris
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Other Stories (Leather-bound Classics) By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Michael A. Cramer, PhD (Introduction by) Cover Image
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By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Michael A. Cramer, PhD (Introduction by)
$24.99
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Ming Tea Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery #16) By Laura Childs Cover Image
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Honoring Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month

  • ChupaCarter By George Lopez, Ryan Calejo, Santy Gutierrez (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • My Papi Has a Motorcycle By Isabel Quintero, Zeke Peña (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Rafa Counts on Papá By Joe Cepeda Cover Image
  • Efrén Divided By Ernesto Cisneros Cover Image
  • Spanish Is the Language of My Family By Michael Genhart, John Parra (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • How to Speak in Spanglish By Mónica Mancillas, Olivia de Castro (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    Invisible: A Graphic Novel By Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Gabriela Epstein (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Cajas de cartón: The Circuit (Spanish Edition) (Cajas de carton #1) By Francisco Jiménez Cover Image
  • Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) By Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Barely Floating By Lilliam Rivera Cover Image
  • Witchlings By Claribel A. Ortega Cover Image
  • ChupaCarter and the Haunted Piñata By George Lopez, Ryan Calejo, Santy Gutierrez (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold) By Pam Muñoz Ryan Cover Image
  • ¡Vamos! Let's Go Read (World of ¡Vamos!) By III Raúl the Third, III Raúl the Third (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Frizzy By Claribel A. Ortega, Rose Bousamra (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Merci Suárez Changes Gears By Meg Medina Cover Image

Eerie and exciting reads!

  • The Otherwoods By Justine Pucella Winans, Justine Pucella Winans Cover Image
  • Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared By Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Dem Bones By Bob Barner Cover Image
  • Boris and Bella By Carolyn Crimi, Gris Grimly (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight By Shelly Page (Editor), Alex Brown (Editor), Kalynn Bayron, Alex Brown, Vanessa Montalban, Rebecca Kim Wells, Kosoko Jackson, Trang Thanh Tran, Maya Gittelman, Em X. Liu, Shelly Page, Tara Sim, Ayida Shonibar, Ryan Douglass, Sara Farizan Cover Image
  • Herbert's First Halloween: (Halloween Children's Books, Early Elementary Story Books, Picture Books about Bravery) By Cynthia Rylant, Steven Henry (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Hopefully the Scarecrow By Michelle Houts, Sara Palacios (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Spooky Pookie (Little Pookie) By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Wheels on the Costume By Cindy Jin, Lauren Lowen (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Halloween Fun (Holiday Fun Activity Books) By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
  • Hellaween By Moss Lawton Cover Image
  • Celebrate the Day of the Dead! By Diane de Anda, Gloria Félix (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Boo Bark! Board Book By Mudpuppy, Kathryn Selbert (By (artist)) Cover Image
  • Hidden Pictures My First Lift-the-Flap Halloween Jokes (Highlights Joke Books) By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
  • Boo Bark! Board Book By Mudpuppy, Kathryn Selbert (By (artist)) Cover Image
  • The Light Inside By Dan Misdea, Dan Misdea (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Room on the Broom By Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Not a Pumpkin! (A Lift-the-Flap Book) By Susie Lee Jin, Susie Lee Jin (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror By Erica Waters, Chloe Gong, Tori Bovalino, Hannah Whitten, Allison Saft, Olivia Chadha, Courtney Gould, Aden Polydoros, Shakira Toussaint, Alex Brown Cover Image
  • Boo! Baa, La La La! By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Happy Halloweenie By Katie Vernon, Katie Vernon (Illustrator) Cover Image

Staff Picks

How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing By KC Davis, LPC Cover Image

How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing (Hardcover)

By KC Davis, LPC
$22.00

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