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Introducing our most beloved titles! Appearing in order, this list collects Brookline Booksmith's top sellers over the past year.

The Song of Achilles: A Novel

The Song of Achilles: A Novel

By Madeline Miller

$16.99

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

By Amanda Gorman

$15.99

The Vanishing Half: A Novel

The Vanishing Half: A Novel

By Brit Bennett

$27

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents

By Isabel Wilkerson

$32

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

By Alison Bechdel

$24

Circe

Circe

By Madeline Miller

$16.99

The Midnight Library: A Novel

The Midnight Library: A Novel

By Matt Haig

$26

Klara and the Sun: A novel

Klara and the Sun: A novel

By Kazuo Ishiguro

$28

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Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass

By Robin Wall Kimmerer

$18

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel

By Taylor Jenkins Reid

$17

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

By Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

$19

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

By V. E. Schwab

$26.99

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

By Walter Isaacson

$35

Normal People: A Novel

Normal People: A Novel

By Sally Rooney

$17

Hamnet

Hamnet

By Maggie O'Farrell

$16.95

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

By George Saunders

$28

The Dutch House: A Novel

The Dutch House: A Novel

By Ann Patchett

$17

Whereabouts: A novel

Whereabouts: A novel

By Jhumpa Lahiri

$24

Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)

Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)

By Douglas Stuart

$17

Conversations with Friends: A Novel

Conversations with Friends: A Novel

By Sally Rooney

$17

Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel

Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel

By Casey McQuiston

$16.99

Detransition, Baby: A Novel

Detransition, Baby: A Novel

By Torrey Peters

$27

Untamed

Untamed

By Glennon Doyle

$28

Dog Man: Mothering Heights: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #10)

Dog Man: Mothering Heights: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #10)

By Dav Pilkey

$12.99

Interior Chinatown: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)

Interior Chinatown: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)

By Charles Yu

$16

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

Crying in H Mart: A Memoir

By Michelle Zauner

$26.95

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

By Cathy Park Hong

$18

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

By Paulo Coelho

$16.99

The Four Winds: A Novel

The Four Winds: A Novel

By Kristin Hannah

$28.99

Deacon King Kong: A Novel

Deacon King Kong: A Novel

By James McBride

$17

Anxious People: A Novel

Anxious People: A Novel

By Fredrik Backman

$28

The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)

The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)

By James Baldwin

$13.95

Rule of Wolves (King of Scars Duology #2)

Rule of Wolves (King of Scars Duology #2)

By Leigh Bardugo

$22.99

Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower

By Octavia E. Butler

$16.99

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

By Charlie Mackesy

$22.99

Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence

Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence

By Claire Saffitz

$35

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

$16.95

The Overstory: A Novel

The Overstory: A Novel

By Richard Powers

$18.95

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

By Heather McGhee

$28

The House in the Cerulean Sea

The House in the Cerulean Sea

By TJ Klune

$18.99

The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

By Viet Thanh Nguyen

$17

A Promised Land

A Promised Land

By Barack Obama

$45

Severance: A Novel

Severance: A Novel

By Ling Ma

$17

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

By Yuval Noah Harari

$24.99

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

By Mikki Kendall

$16

A Little Life

A Little Life

By Hanya Yanagihara

$18

Writers & Lovers

Writers & Lovers

By Lily King

$17

Never Let Me Go (Vintage International)

Never Let Me Go (Vintage International)

By Kazuo Ishiguro

$16

A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses

By Sarah J. Maas

$18

The Committed

The Committed

By Viet Thanh Nguyen

$27

Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy #1)

Shadow and Bone (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy #1)

By Leigh Bardugo

$10.99

In Five Years: A Novel

In Five Years: A Novel

By Rebecca Serle

$17

Three Women

Three Women

By Lisa Taddeo

$17

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

$32

The Glass Hotel

The Glass Hotel

By Emily St John Mandel

$16.95

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

By Adam Grant

$28

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

By Patrick Radden Keefe

$16.95

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

By Trevor Noah

$18

The Memory Police: A Novel

The Memory Police: A Novel

By Yoko Ogawa

$16

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Where Is the Green Sheep?

Where Is the Green Sheep?

By Mem Fox , Judy Horacek

$6.99

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Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

By Mary Oliver

$20

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

By Richard Rothstein

$17.95

Know My Name: A Memoir

Know My Name: A Memoir

By Chanel Miller

$18

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

By Jenny Odell

$17.99

The Little Book of More Calm Coloring

The Little Book of More Calm Coloring

By David Sinden , Victoria Kay

$7.99

How to Be an Antiracist

How to Be an Antiracist

By Ibram X. Kendi

$27

Claudia and the New Girl (The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novel #9) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #9)

Claudia and the New Girl (The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novel #9) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #9)

By Ann M. Martin , Ann M. Martin

$12.99

Make Way for Ducklings

Make Way for Ducklings

By Robert McCloskey

$19.99

Transcendent Kingdom: A novel

Transcendent Kingdom: A novel

By Yaa Gyasi

$27.95

Little Weirds

Little Weirds

By Jenny Slate

$16.99

Concrete Rose

Concrete Rose

By Angie Thomas

$19.99

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel

By Olga Tokarczuk

$17

Firefly Lane: A Novel

Firefly Lane: A Novel

By Kristin Hannah

$17.99

A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses #4)

A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses #4)

By Sarah J. Maas

$28

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

By Samin Nosrat

$37.5

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel

By Ocean Vuong

$17

Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

By Stacey Abrams

$18

Ninth House

Ninth House

By Leigh Bardugo

$17.99

All the World (Classic Board Books)

All the World (Classic Board Books)

By Liz Garton Scanlon

$7.99

The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love

The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love

By Sonya Renee Taylor

$18.95

Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel

Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel

By Celeste Ng

$17

Tiny Love Stories: True Tales of Love in 100 Words or Less

Tiny Love Stories: True Tales of Love in 100 Words or Less

By Daniel Jones , Miya Lee

$14.95

The Little Book of Calm Coloring: Portable Relaxation

The Little Book of Calm Coloring: Portable Relaxation

By David Sinden , Victoria Kay

$7.99

The Secret History (Vintage Contemporaries)

The Secret History (Vintage Contemporaries)

By Donna Tartt

$17

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Are Prisons Obsolete? (Open Media Series)

Are Prisons Obsolete? (Open Media Series)

By Angela Y. Davis

$15.95

Let Me Tell You What I Mean

Let Me Tell You What I Mean

By Joan Didion

$23

Dune

Dune

By Frank Herbert

$18

The Phantom Tollbooth

The Phantom Tollbooth

By Norton Juster

$8.99

The Rose Code: A Novel

The Rose Code: A Novel

By Kate Quinn

$17.99

Foundryside: A Novel (The Founders Trilogy #1)

Foundryside: A Novel (The Founders Trilogy #1)

By Robert Jackson Bennett

$17

Home Body

Home Body

By Rupi Kaur

$16.99

The Water Dancer: A Novel

The Water Dancer: A Novel

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

$18

A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

By Amor Towles

$18

My Own Words

My Own Words

By Ruth Bader Ginsburg

$18

We Were Liars

We Were Liars

By E. Lockhart

$10.99

Kink: Stories

Kink: Stories

$17

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

By Erik Larson

$32

Cat Kid Comic Club: From the Creator of Dog Man

Cat Kid Comic Club: From the Creator of Dog Man

By Dav Pilkey

$12.99

Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook

Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook

By Yotam Ottolenghi , Ixta Belfrage , Tara Wigley

$35

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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)

By N. K. Jemisin

$16.99