VBS Signature Reads

We hand sell a selection of great books, some quite consistently. Discovering gems and keeping them at the front of the store for easy browsing. Wouldn't you like to know about these outstanding titles? We've listed some below and we will always have these books in the store, ready for you to grab and enjoy.

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Circe By Madeline Miller Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316556323
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Published: Back Bay Books - April 14th, 2020

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The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel (A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #1) By Richard Osman Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781984880987
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Published: Penguin Books - August 3rd, 2021

The Secret To Superhuman Strength By Alison Bechdel, Alison Bechdel (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Alison Bechdel, Alison Bechdel (Illustrator)
$24.00
ISBN: 9780544387652
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Published: Mariner Books - May 4th, 2021

The Dutch House: A Read with Jenna Pick By Ann Patchett Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9780062963680
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Published: Harper Perennial - January 5th, 2021

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Writers & Lovers By Lily King Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780802148544
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Published: Grove Press - February 16th, 2021

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Such a Fun Age: Reese's Book Club (A Novel) By Kiley Reid Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525541912
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - April 20th, 2021

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood By Trevor Noah Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780399588198
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Published: One World - February 12th, 2019

The Boy in the Field: A Novel By Margot Livesey Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062946409
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Published: Harper Perennial - July 27th, 2021

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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel By Amor Towles Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143110439
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Published: Penguin Books - March 26th, 2019

Shuggie Bain: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) By Douglas Stuart Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802148506
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Published: Grove Press - October 13th, 2020

The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors By Maurice Isserman Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780358414247
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Published: Mariner Books - November 3rd, 2020

The Song of Achilles: A Novel By Madeline Miller Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062060624
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Published: Ecco - August 28th, 2012

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [75th Anniversary Ed] By Betty Smith Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780060736262
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Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics - November 6th, 2018

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating By Elisabeth Tova Bailey Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781616206420
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Published: Algonquin Books - September 6th, 2016

Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style By Benjamin Dreyer Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812985719
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - August 4th, 2020

Logical Family: A Memoir By Armistead Maupin Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062391254
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Published: Harper Perennial - September 4th, 2018

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Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel By Celeste Ng Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780735224315
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Published: Penguin Books - May 7th, 2019

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening By Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525467342
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Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - September 24th, 2001

The Bear By Andrew Krivak Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781942658702
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Published: Bellevue Literary Press - February 11th, 2020

When She Woke: A Novel By Hillary Jordan Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781616201937
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Published: Algonquin Books - September 18th, 2012

Afterlife By Julia Alvarez Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781643751368
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Published: Algonquin Books - April 6th, 2021

The Summer Before the War: A Novel By Helen Simonson Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812983203
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - February 21st, 2017

The Animal One Thousand Miles Long: Seven Lengths of Vermont and Other Adventures By Leath Tonino Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781595348586
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Published: Trinity University Press - September 30th, 2018

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life By Lulu Miller Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781501160349
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Published: Simon & Schuster - April 6th, 2021

Between the World and Me By Ta-Nehisi Coates Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780812993547
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Published: One World - July 14th, 2015

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The Memory Police: A Novel By Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder (Translated by) Cover Image
By Yoko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder (Translated by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9781101911815
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Published: Vintage - July 28th, 2020

Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl By Jonathan C. Slaght Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250798718
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Published: Picador - June 1st, 2021

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Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro By Rachel Slade Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062699879
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Published: Ecco - May 14th, 2019

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End By Atul Gawande Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250076229
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Published: Metropolitan Books - September 5th, 2017

On Trails: An Exploration By Robert Moor Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781476739236
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Published: Simon & Schuster - July 4th, 2017

Winter Count By Barry Lopez Cover Image
$11.95
ISBN: 9780679781417
Availability: Special Order, Hard to Find
Published: Vintage - November 2nd, 1999

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures By Merlin Sheldrake Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780525510321
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - April 13th, 2021

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography By Eric Idle Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9781984822598
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Published: Crown - October 1st, 2019

Ask Again, Yes: A Novel By Mary Beth Keane Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781982106997
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Published: Scribner - May 5th, 2020

Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss By Margaret Renkl Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781571313836
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Published: Milkweed Editions - March 30th, 2021

The Most Fun We Ever Had By Claire Lombardo Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780525564232
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Published: Vintage - April 6th, 2021

The Flight Attendant: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) By Chris Bohjalian Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525432685
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Published: Vintage - January 8th, 2019

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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming By David Wallace-Wells Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525576716
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Published: Crown - March 17th, 2020

Normal People: A Novel By Sally Rooney Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781984822185
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Published: Crown - February 18th, 2020

The Long Call: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel (Matthew Venn series #1) By Ann Cleeves Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9781250204455
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Published: Minotaur Books - July 28th, 2020

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill By Abbi Waxman Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780451491879
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Published: Berkley - July 9th, 2019

Why We Swim By Bonnie Tsui Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781643751375
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Published: Algonquin Books - April 13th, 2021

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Swimming Home: A Novel By Deborah Levy Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781620401699
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Published: Bloomsbury USA - October 16th, 2012

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The Vorrh (The Vorrh Trilogy #1) By Brian Catling Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781101873786
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Published: Vintage - April 28th, 2015

My Family and Other Animals By Gerald Durrell Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780142004418
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Published: Penguin Books - June 29th, 2004

The Audacity of Hoop: Basketball and the Age of Obama By Alexander Wolff Cover Image
$41.00
ISBN: 9781439913093
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Published: Temple University Press - November 13th, 2015

Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future By Elizabeth Kolbert Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593136270
Availability: Backordered, Available to Order
Published: Crown - February 9th, 2021

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A Little Life By Hanya Yanagihara Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780804172707
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Published: Anchor - January 26th, 2016

The Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel (Winternight Trilogy #1) By Katherine Arden Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781101885956
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Published: Del Rey - June 27th, 2017

The Mountains Wild: A Mystery (Maggie D'arcy Mysteries #1) By Sarah Stewart Taylor Cover Image
$12.00
ISBN: 9781250796141
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Published: Minotaur Books - June 15th, 2021

Radio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance By Bill McKibben Cover Image
$15.00
ISBN: 9781524743727
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Published: Blue Rider Press - November 6th, 2018

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