Staff Picks Hall of Fame

We've been doing staff picks lists for our customers for years.  Rather than including all of them here, we've created a "hall of fame" instead.  These are the books that we have most loved recommending over the years, the books that our customers let us know they love, too ("what else is like Shantaram?"), and the books we keep coming back to and are so excited to tell you about when we learn you haven't yet read them.
Shantaram: A Novel By Gregory David Roberts Cover Image

Shantaram: A Novel (Paperback)

By Gregory David Roberts
$21.99
ISBN: 9780312330538
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: St. Martin's Griffin - October 1st, 2005
The Shadow of the Wind By Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Lucia Graves (Translated by) Cover Image

The Shadow of the Wind (Paperback)

By Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Lucia Graves (Translated by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143034902
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Published: Penguin Books - January 25th, 2005
Gods in Alabama By Joshilyn Jackson Cover Image

Gods in Alabama (Paperback)

By Joshilyn Jackson
$15.99
ISBN: 9780446694537
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - June 13th, 2006
Peace Like a River By Leif Enger Cover Image

Peace Like a River (Paperback)

By Leif Enger
$14.00
ISBN: 9780802139252
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Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - August 7th, 2002
Pope Joan: A Novel By Donna Woolfolk Cross Cover Image

Pope Joan: A Novel (Paperback)

By Donna Woolfolk Cross
$17.00
ISBN: 9780307452368
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Published: Crown - June 9th, 2009
Year of Wonders: A Novel By Geraldine Brooks Cover Image

Year of Wonders: A Novel (Paperback)

By Geraldine Brooks
$18.00
ISBN: 9780142001431
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - April 30th, 2002
Water for Elephants: A Novel By Sara Gruen Cover Image

Water for Elephants: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sara Gruen
$16.99
ISBN: 9781565125605
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Published: Algonquin Books - May 1st, 2007
Astrid and Veronika By Linda Olsson Cover Image

Astrid and Veronika (Paperback)

By Linda Olsson
$16.00
ISBN: 9780143038078
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - February 6th, 2007

We also love Sonata for Miriam by the same author.

Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel By Sena Jeter Naslund Cover Image

Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sena Jeter Naslund
$17.99
ISBN: 9780060838744
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - August 2nd, 2005
The Power of One: A Novel By Bryce Courtenay Cover Image

The Power of One: A Novel (Paperback)

By Bryce Courtenay
$17.00
ISBN: 9780345410054
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ballantine Books - September 29th, 1996
Population: 485 By Michael Perry Cover Image

Population: 485 (Paperback)

By Michael Perry
$15.99
ISBN: 9780061363504
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Perennial - August 25th, 2015
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen By Christopher McDougall Cover Image

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Paperback)

By Christopher McDougall
$16.95
ISBN: 9780307279187
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Published: Vintage - March 29th, 2011
The Book Thief By Markus Zusak Cover Image

The Book Thief (Paperback)

By Markus Zusak
$14.99
ISBN: 9780375842207
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - September 11th, 2007
The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel By Yoko Ogawa Cover Image

The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel (Paperback)

By Yoko Ogawa
$16.00
ISBN: 9780312427801
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Published: Picador - February 3rd, 2009
The Sparrow: A Novel (The Sparrow Series #1) By Mary Doria Russell Cover Image

The Sparrow: A Novel (The Sparrow Series #1) (Paperback)

By Mary Doria Russell
$17.00
ISBN: 9780449912553
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Published: Ballantine Books - September 8th, 1997
Amagansett By Mark Mills Cover Image

Amagansett (Paperback)

By Mark Mills
$16.00
Not available
ISBN: 9780425205808
Published: Berkley - May 3rd, 2005
Mudbound By Hillary Jordan Cover Image

Mudbound (Paperback)

By Hillary Jordan
$15.95
ISBN: 9781565126770
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Algonquin Books - March 17th, 2009
Bel Canto: A Novel By Ann Patchett Cover Image

Bel Canto: A Novel (Paperback)

By Ann Patchett
$16.99
ISBN: 9780060838720
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Perennial - February 7th, 2023

And I just finished her newest, The State of Wonder, and loved it.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel By Kim Edwards Cover Image

The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kim Edwards
$17.00
Not available
ISBN: 9780143037149
Published: Penguin Books - May 30th, 2006
The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel By Barbara Kingsolver Cover Image

The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Paperback)

By Barbara Kingsolver
$17.00
ISBN: 9780060786502
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Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics - July 5th, 2005
Forever: A Novel By Pete Hamill Cover Image

Forever: A Novel (Paperback)

By Pete Hamill
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316735698
Availability: We can order this for you!
Published: Back Bay Books - November 3rd, 2003
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel By Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows Cover Image

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel (Paperback)

By Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
$17.00
ISBN: 9780385341004
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Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback - May 5th, 2009
Crossing to Safety (Modern Library Classics) By Wallace Stegner, Terry Tempest Williams (Introduction by), T.H. Watkins (Afterword by) Cover Image

Crossing to Safety (Modern Library Classics) (Paperback)

By Wallace Stegner, Terry Tempest Williams (Introduction by), T.H. Watkins (Afterword by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780375759314
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Published: Modern Library - April 9th, 2002
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China By Jung Chang Cover Image

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (Paperback)

By Jung Chang
$20.00
ISBN: 9780743246989
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Simon & Schuster - August 12th, 2003