The Raven Book Store’s bestsellers for Sept. 1-18, 2026 (Sponsored post)

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Note from the Times: This bestseller list comes to us straight from The Raven Book Store in Lawrence. See other editions of the list here.


You know it’s officially fall book season when a majority of exciting new books takes over our bestseller list! 

The newest book our booksellers are excited about is Marlon James’ The Disappearers, which The New York Times called “the novel of the decade, if not the century.” It is 10% off through the month of September at the Raven Book Store.

One preorder book snuck onto the list. Bake Anything by Erin Jeanne McDowell releases Sept. 29; preorder yours through the Raven to receive a signed copy!

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1. Chain of Ideas by Ibram X. Kendi

2. The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig

3. The Disappearers by Marlon James

4. Stitched by Eli McCann

5. The Odyssey by Homer translated by Emily Wilson

6. Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

7. Guerrilla Dancer by Joan Stone

8. The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon

9. Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo

10. Bake Anything by Erin Jeanne McDowell

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Kaw Valley Almanac for Oct. 12-18, 2026

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