”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.
”In the end, there was never any doubt about which book would top our bestsellers of the year list,” the Raven Book Store writes. Here are the top 10 books of 2023.
”This week’s bestsellers, without exception, fall into three categories: local nonfiction, Indigenous studies books, or the ‘Iron Flame’ series by Rebecca Yarros. Our readers like what they like!” the Raven Book Store writes.
The Lawrence Art Guild’s annual Holiday Art Fair this year will feature fine art and crafts from 23 Guild member artists.
“Let’s have a parade!”
Those words kick off a local holiday tradition: the Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade. This year’s will be the 30th.
”We find ourselves on the cusp of any bookstore’s most exciting time of year: holiday retail! The official kickoff (at least in our case) of the holiday season is Nov. 25, known both as Small Business Saturday and Indies First,” 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.
