David Stipp’s “Why Rats Laugh & Jellyfish Sleep” celebrates the adaptive ingenuity of animals whose traits have evolved over millions of years.

Here are the top local bestsellers from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association.

Here are this week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly.

“The Sacred Stone Camp” by Seattle author Rae Rose tells the story of LaDonna BraveBull Allard and the Indigenous resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Ito spoke with The Seattle Times about reckoning with her past, the story behind the book’s title and complex trauma.

Journalist Claudia Rowe is a finalist for a 2025 National Book Award in the nonfiction category for her book “Wards of the State.”

Imbued with warmth and wit, Seattle author Sonora Jha’s new novel, “Intemperance,” reckons with serious themes.

Lauren Morrow’s smart and incisive debut is an ode to the creative process and to people everywhere who feel the pull to take a risk and try something new.

Here are this week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly.

Here are the top local bestsellers from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association.