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Booksellers' Picks: Catch The Year's Freshest Reads

Priscilla Nielsen for NPR

This winter, our independent booksellers have selected books that range in subject from toasters to typeface, odd bookmarks to old Volkswagens, department stores to pasta design. Whether you need a picture book for a toddler, kid lit for a young reader, or quirky nonfiction for the grown-up set, these booksellers have just the thing on their shelves.

Sift through top picks below, from Lucia Silva, the book buyer at Portrait of a Bookstore in Studio City, Calif; Rona Brinlee of The BookMark in Neptune Beach, Fla.; and Daniel Goldin of Boswell Book Co. in Milwaukee. Happy reading!

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Lucia Silva
Lucia Silva
Lucia Silva
Lucia Silva
Rona Brinlee
Rona Brinlee
Rona Brinlee
Rona Brinlee
Rona Brinlee
Rona Brinlee
Daniel Goldin
Daniel Goldin
Daniel Goldin
Daniel Goldin
Daniel Goldin
Daniel Goldin
Lucia Silva
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