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Booksellers' Picks: Catch The Year's Freshest Reads

By: Lucia Silva, Lucia Silva, Lucia Silva, Lucia Silva, Rona Brinlee, Rona Brinlee, Rona Brinlee, Rona Brinlee, Rona Brinlee, Rona Brinlee, Daniel Goldin, Daniel Goldin, Daniel Goldin, Daniel Goldin, Daniel Goldin, Daniel Goldin, Susan Stamberg and Lucia Silva // December 8, 2011
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This winter, our independent booksellers have selected books that range in subject from toasters to typeface, odd bookmarks to old Volkswagens, department stores to pasta design. Whether you need a picture book for a toddler, kid lit for a young reader, or quirky non-fiction for the grown-up set, these booksellers have just the thing on their shelves.

Sift through top picks below, from Lucia Silva, the book buyer at Portrait of a Bookstore in Studio City, Calif; Rona Brinlee of The BookMark in Neptune Beach, Fla., and Daniel Goldin of Boswell Book Co. in Milwaukee, Wisc. Happy reading!

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