Raven Book Store Bestsellers

”The people of Lawrence seem to be excited for Hanif Abdurraqib’s book tour stop on April 16 at Liberty Hall: they’ve helped him debut at No. 1 with his amazing new book, ’There’s Always This Year,’” the Raven Book Store writes.

”Not even a brand new (and really good!) Tana French novel could stop ’Dune’ from its movie-driven climb to the top spot this week,” the Raven Book Store writes.

Here’s one more achievement Giselle Anatol, recently announced as director of the Hall Center for the Humanities, can add to her CV: No. 1 bestseller at the Raven Book Store.

Emily Farris, a Kansas City author and former bookseller, has written what she calls the first memoir of adult ADHD, and it’s a funny and frank read, the Raven Book Store writes.

”To nobody’s surprise, Sarah J. Maas, BookTok superstar, takes this week’s No. 1 spot,” the Raven Book Store writes.

”Nearly all of this week’s bestseller list is made up of backlist titles, which is what we bookstore folks call all books that are more than a few months old,” the Raven Book Store writes.

“Making a big debut this week is beloved KU English professor Giselle Anatol’s ’Small-Girl Toni and the Quest for Gold,’ an amazingly charming picture book about the early life of Toni Morrison,” the Raven Book Store writes.

”Britney Spears has topped the Billboard Hot 100 five times in her career. Now she can say she’s also topped the Raven 10, as folks bought her new memoir, ’The Woman in Me,’ in droves,” the Raven Book Store writes.

”Here are this week’s Raven bestsellers, a fantastic mix of new releases (#1) and older favorites (#2 and #8). Jonathan Lethem leads the pack with his excellent new ’Brooklyn Crime Novel,’” the Raven Book Store writes.

”Welcome to the first Raven bestsellers of the fourth quarter of 2023! You know what that means: big Fall new release season is here,” the Raven Book Store writes.

”The Lawrence Public Library’s month of spooky programming kicked off last week with local author Matt Kirkland launching his new book, ‘Dracula Daily,’ which lands at our No. 1 spot by a mile,” the Raven Book Store writes.

Regular readers know the story of the summer has been the bestseller chart reign of ”Embattled Lawrence 2,” leaving many of us wondering when its hold on the top spot would end. Well, folks, it almost happened this week, the Raven Book Store writes.