Adam's Picks

Adam joined the Catapult in February 2022 after cutting his bookselling teeth with Barnes & Noble for many years. Here are 30 of his ALL-TIME favorites! (Alphabetical by author.)

 

 

 

 

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition By Douglas Adams Cover Image

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition (Hardcover)

By Douglas Adams
$22.00
ISBN: 9780593359440
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Del Rey - May 4th, 2021
Watership Down: A Novel By Richard Adams, Madeline Miller (Introduction by) Cover Image

Watership Down: A Novel (Paperback)

By Richard Adams, Madeline Miller (Introduction by)
$19.99
ISBN: 9780743277709
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Scribner - November 1st, 2005
Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics) By Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays (Translated by) Cover Image

Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics) (Paperback)

By Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays (Translated by)
$11.00
ISBN: 9780812968255
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Modern Library - May 6th, 2003
The Last Night of the Earth Poems By Charles Bukowski Cover Image

The Last Night of the Earth Poems (Paperback)

By Charles Bukowski
$19.99
ISBN: 9780876858639
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Ecco - May 31st, 2002
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The Master and Margarita: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) By Mikhail Bulgakov, Richard Pevear (Translated by), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translated by), Boris Fishman (Foreword by), Christopher Conn Askew (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Master and Margarita: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Paperback)

By Mikhail Bulgakov, Richard Pevear (Translated by), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translated by), Boris Fishman (Foreword by), Christopher Conn Askew (Illustrator)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143108276
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Classics - May 3rd, 2016
James and the Giant Peach By Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) Cover Image

James and the Giant Peach (Paperback)

By Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9780142410363
Availability: Out of stock. Available to order.
Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - August 16th, 2007
White Noise By Don DeLillo Cover Image

White Noise (Paperback)

By Don DeLillo
$18.00
ISBN: 9780140077025
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - January 7th, 1986
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: The inspiration for the films Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 By Philip K. Dick Cover Image

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: The inspiration for the films Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049 (Paperback)

By Philip K. Dick
$17.00
ISBN: 9780345404473
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Del Rey - May 28th, 1996
Eating Animals By Jonathan Safran Foer Cover Image

Eating Animals (Paperback)

By Jonathan Safran Foer
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316069885
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Back Bay Books - September 1st, 2010
High Fidelity By Nick Hornby Cover Image

High Fidelity (Paperback)

By Nick Hornby
$18.00
ISBN: 9781573225519
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Riverhead Books - August 1st, 1996
The Metamorphosis: A New Translation by Susan Bernofsky By Franz Kafka, Susan Bernofsky (Translated by), David Cronenberg (Introduction by) Cover Image

The Metamorphosis: A New Translation by Susan Bernofsky (Paperback)

By Franz Kafka, Susan Bernofsky (Translated by), David Cronenberg (Introduction by)
$10.95
ISBN: 9780393347098
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - January 20th, 2014
Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story By Chuck Klosterman Cover Image

Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story (Paperback)

By Chuck Klosterman
$17.99
ISBN: 9780743264464
Availability: Out of stock. Available to order.
Published: Scribner - June 13th, 2006
Into the Wild By Jon Krakauer Cover Image

Into the Wild (Paperback)

By Jon Krakauer
$16.00
ISBN: 9780385486804
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Anchor - January 20th, 1997
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions) By Harper Lee Cover Image

To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions) (Paperback)

By Harper Lee
$17.99
ISBN: 9780061120084
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics - May 23rd, 2006
The Red-Headed Pilgrim By Kevin Maloney Cover Image

The Red-Headed Pilgrim (Paperback)

By Kevin Maloney
$18.95
ISBN: 9781953387288
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Two Dollar Radio - January 24th, 2023
The Road (Vintage International) By Cormac McCarthy Cover Image

The Road (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Cormac McCarthy
$17.00
ISBN: 9780307387899
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - March 28th, 2007
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel (Vintage International) By Haruki Murakami Cover Image

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Haruki Murakami
$19.00
ISBN: 9780679775430
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - September 1st, 1998
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) By Philip Pullman Cover Image

His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) (Paperback)

By Philip Pullman
$8.99
ISBN: 9780440418320
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Yearling - May 22nd, 2001
Inherent Vice: A Novel By Thomas Pynchon Cover Image

Inherent Vice: A Novel (Paperback)

By Thomas Pynchon
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143117568
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books - July 27th, 2010
Ishmael: A Novel (Ishmael Series #1) By Daniel Quinn Cover Image

Ishmael: A Novel (Ishmael Series #1) (Paperback)

By Daniel Quinn
$18.00
ISBN: 9780553375404
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Bantam - May 1st, 1995
The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger Cover Image

The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)

By J. D. Salinger
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316450867
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Back Bay Books - November 6th, 2018
The Wes Anderson Collection By Matt Zoller Seitz, Michael Chabon (Introduction by), Max Dalton (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Wes Anderson Collection (Hardcover)

By Matt Zoller Seitz, Michael Chabon (Introduction by), Max Dalton (Illustrator)
$50.00
ISBN: 9780810997417
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Abrams - October 8th, 2013
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley, Maurice Hindle (Editor), Maurice Hindle (Introduction by), Maurice Hindle (Notes by) Cover Image

Frankenstein (Paperback)

By Mary Shelley, Maurice Hindle (Editor), Maurice Hindle (Introduction by), Maurice Hindle (Notes by)
$10.00
ISBN: 9780141439471
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Classics - May 6th, 2003
East of Eden: (Penguin Orange Collection) By John Steinbeck Cover Image

East of Eden: (Penguin Orange Collection) (Paperback)

By John Steinbeck
$19.00
ISBN: 9780143129486
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Classics - October 18th, 2016
Walden By Henry David Thoreau Cover Image

Walden (Hardcover)

By Henry David Thoreau
$14.99
ISBN: 9781509826704
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Published: Macmillan Collector's Library - November 1st, 2016
The Lord Of The Rings By J.R.R. Tolkien Cover Image

The Lord Of The Rings (Paperback)

By J.R.R. Tolkien
$28.00
ISBN: 9780618640157
Availability: Out of stock. Available to order.
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - October 12th, 2005
Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc. By Jeff Tweedy Cover Image

Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc. (Paperback)

By Jeff Tweedy
$18.00
ISBN: 9781101985274
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Dutton - October 1st, 2019
The Sirens of Titan: A Novel By Kurt Vonnegut Cover Image

The Sirens of Titan: A Novel (Paperback)

By Kurt Vonnegut
$18.00
ISBN: 9780385333498
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback - September 8th, 1998
Petty: The Biography By Warren Zanes Cover Image

Petty: The Biography (Paperback)

By Warren Zanes
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250105196
Availability: Out of Stock / Backordered
Published: St. Martin's Griffin - October 25th, 2016
A People's History of the United States By Howard Zinn Cover Image

A People's History of the United States (Paperback)

By Howard Zinn
$21.99
ISBN: 9780062397348
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics - November 17th, 2015