Unfettered Weekly Top 3
Each week we tabulate the top selling new books from the previous 28 days (four weeks), upload them here, and feature them in our weekly countdown on Instagram. We feel this is a more community based approach instead of staff picks so you can see what your neighbors are reading and maybe join them in a good conversation.
The top three are based on sales over the last 28 days (four weeks) at Unfettered Books. This is an internal list that does not reflect national or regional lists. You can find the New York Times national list here, and the regional list from SIBA here.
If you would like to purchase one of the top 3, but are unable to visit the store, you can click on the title and follow the link to our store on Bookshop.org where you can buy the copy online. Be sure to choose Unfettered Books as your store before check out to help support the store!
Here’s what Greensboro is reading this week:
#1
by Máire Roche
#2
by Alan Levi
#3
The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Vol. 1
by Beth Brower
Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Vol. I (From the Publisher):
“I’ve arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count this as one. My existence of the last three years has been nothing but incident.”
The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighborhood of St. Crispian’s. But Emma’s plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian’s.
Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.
Readers have compared Beth Brower's writing to Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, P.G. Wodehouse, and L. M. Montgomery.
Bromantasy (From the Publisher):
Two heroes. One brain cell.
BROMANTASY is a cozy, queer fantasy about the mortifying ordeal of being known by your totally platonic best friend and the epic quest that might force you to confront the truth.
Fellas, is it gay to kiss your bff while on a quest through the forest you’re unqualified for?
Juniper O'Reilly is good at only two things: demolishing a pint of mead and finding the perfect skincare routine. Everything else—taking care of the farm, bartering for goods, any sort of manual labor—falls to Juniper’s best friend, the absurdly capable, endlessly patient Mo Elmthorn.
But when Juniper accidentally volunteers them both for a quest to kill a fearsome monster, he knows he’s finally gotten in over his head. Juniper hates camping, he hates the dark, and there’s no way all these foraged mushrooms are going to sit well in his stomach. One thing he doesn’t hate? How good Mo’s thighs look in his questing pants—he doesn’t have time to think about that, though, with a monster to hunt and their futures on the line.
But monsters come in all shapes and sizes. When Juniper and Mo realize that the terrifying beast they’ve sworn to kill is just a scared little girl torn from her family, they’re off to find not only the true villain of the story, but maybe even a happy ending.
Theo of Golden (From the Publisher):
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENOMENON
A Katie Couric Book Club Pick • A Jen Hatmaker Book Club Pick
“[A] word-of-mouth smash hit.” —The New York Times
“A treasure.” —Hoda Kotb
“To Kill a Mockingbird for this generation.” —The Dallas Morning News
One spring morning, a stranger named Theo arrives in the small Southern city of Golden. He doesn’t explain much about where he came from or why he’s there—but when he visits the local coffeehouse, where pencil portraits of the people of Golden hang on the walls, he begins purchasing them, one at a time, and giving each portrait to the person depicted. In exchange, he asks only for the person’s story. And so portrait by portrait, person by person, secrets are revealed, regrets are shared, and ordinary lives are profoundly altered.
A story of giving and receiving, of seeing and being seen, Theo of Golden is an unforgettable novel about the power of generosity, the importance of connection, and the quiet miracles that happen when we choose kindness and wonder.
The Plus 7
In addition to the top 3, here are the other 7 top selling books at Unfettered over the last 28 days - making it the Top 3 plus 7, or, the running Top 10…
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10