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
The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Vol. 1
by Beth Brower
#2
Never Whistle at Night
Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
#3
by Rebecca Yarros
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.
Never Whistle at Night (From the Publisher):
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST EDITED ANTHOLOGY • BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY • LOCUS AWARD FINALIST
A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to be un-settled?”
Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and even follow you home.
These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones, these stories are a celebration of Indigenous peoples’ survival and imagination, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon.
Threshing Day (From the Publisher):
Welcome to Threshing Day, the brutal, high-stakes trial where would-be riders at Basgiath War College fight to earn the bond of a dragon or die trying. Amid ruthless competition and dragon fire, these thirteen cadets must survive a battlefield where desperate rivals will do anything to gain an advantage and dragons decide one’s ultimate fate—and where a single choice can forge a rider…or destroy them.
Xaden Riorson, the powerful leader. Rhiannon Matthias, the clever friend. Dain Aetos, the dutiful rule-follower. Liam Mairi, the kindhearted protector. Ridoc Gamlyn, the jokester. Sawyer Henrick, the underdog. Garrick Tavis, the dependable aide. Imogen Cardulo, the impulsive fighter. Bodhi Durran, the second-in-command. Mira Sorrengail, the fearless rider. Brennan Sorrengail, the brilliant tactician. Aaric Graycastle, the restless royal. Sloane Mairi, the determined sister.
On Threshing Day, there’s only one rule: don’t die.
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
Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol III
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10