Twig’s Top Ten Regional Bestsellers

What are Texans reading these days, you ask? Lone Star Lit has your monthly list of trending regional titles at the Twig Book Shop, a leading independent bookseller in San Antonio. Click on any title for the Buy link.

Reported FEBRUARY 2020

1 From the Grave (An Edward Hall Case #2), Brandon, Jay, 9780727889003

2 Dragonfly, Meacham, Leila, 9781538732229 (Lone Star Blog Tour)

3 Dark Sun Rising (The Continuous War Book 1), Martinez, K. M., 9781733844314 

4 You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters, Murphy, Kate, 9781250297198 

5 Jenny Browne: New and Selected Poems (TCU Texas Poets Laureate Series), Browne, Jenny, 9780875657325

6 Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas, Harrigan, Stephen, 9780292759510

7 100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die, Bills, E. R., 9781609405779

8 Loteria Remedios, González, Xelena, no ISBN

9 The Cilantro Diaries: Business Lessons From the Most Unlikely Places, Gomez III, Lorenzo, 9781619617650

10 God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State, Wright, Lawrence, 9780525435907 (Lone Star Review)

Reported JANUARY 2020

1 Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas, Harrigan, Stephen, 9780292759510

2 Goodnight San Antonio, Drez, Jennifer Gaines, 9780988602304 

3 Manifesting Peace, Anderson, James S., 9781532670558 

4 Pearl: A History of San Antonio's Iconic Beer, Banas, Jeremy (Author), Goldsbury, Kit (Foreword by), Jones, Bill (Preface by), 9781625858283

5 Dragonfly, Meacham, Leila, 9781538732229

6 100 Things to Do in Texas Before You Die, Bills, E. R., 9781609405779

7 Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: the Texas Victory that Changed American History, Kilmeade, Brian, 9780525540533

8 The Essential J. Frank Dobie ( Wittliff Collections Literary ), Davis, Steven L, 9781623498016

9 Did You Sing Your Song?, Earle, Mary C., 978-1-947460072 

10 Meditación Fronteriza: Poems of Love, Life, and Labor (Camino del Sol), Cantú, Norma Elia, 9780816539352

Reported DECEMBER 2019

1 Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History, Kilmeade, Brian, 9780525540533

2 Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas, Harrigan, Stephen, 9780292759510 

3 A Latino Memoir: Exploring Identity, Family and the Common Good, Poyo, Gerald, 9781558858794

4 Movies (and Other Things), Serrano, Shea (Author), Torres, Arturo (Illustrator), 9781538730195

5 I Alone: Bernardo de Galvez's American Revolution, Garrigues, Eduardo (Author), Membrez, Nancy (Translator), 9781558858923

6 Mornings with Dobie's Ghost, Dameron, Chip, 9781609405779

7 The Greatest Treasure Ever, Johnson, E M, 9781733961547

8 Fault Lines: Portraits of East Austin, Langmore, John; 9781595348975

9 A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son, Troncoso, Sergio, 9781947627338 (Lone Star Review)

10 The Essential J. Frank Dobie ( Wittliff Collections Literary ), Davis, Steven L, 9781623498016

Reported NOVEMBER 2019

1 Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas, Harrigan, Stephen, 9780292759510 

2 Dragonfly, Meacham, Leila, 9781538732229 

3 The Man in the Empty Suit, Walker, Tom, 9781950015207 

4 Movies (and Other Things), Serrano, Shea, 9781538730195 

5 A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son, Troncoso, Sergio, 9781947627338 

6 San Antonio's Historic Hotels (Images of America), Peche, David L (Author), Cisneros, Henry (Foreword by), 9781467102476 

7 Luckenbach, Texas: Center of the Universe, Patterson, Becky Crouch, 9780692127285 

8 McCarthyism vs. Clinton Jencks, Caballero, Raymond (Author), Tigar, Michael E (Foreword by), 9780806163970 

9 The Cilantro Diaries, Gomez, Lorenzo, 9781619617650 

10 Tafolla Toro, Gomez, Lorenzo, 9781544505176

Reported OCTOBER 2019

1 Haunting the Graveyard: Unearthing the Story of the Coker Settlement, Spencer, Gayle Brennan (Author), Coker Cemetery Association, 9781947460089

2 Forever Frida: A Celebration of the Life, Art, Loves, Words, and Style of Frida Kahlo, Cano-Murillo, Kathy (Author), 9781507210116

3 The Testaments: The Sequel to the Handmaid's Tale, Atwood, Margaret (Author), 9780385543781

4 A Child at Heart: Unlocking Your Creativity, Curiosity, and Reason at Every Age and Stage of Life, Phillips, Christopher, 9781510729636

5 The Light Here Changes Everything: A Novella, Stockwell, Patrick (Author), 9781680031928

6 Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America, McDaniel, W Caleb (Author), 9780190846992

7 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know, Gladwell, Malcolm (Author), 9780316478526

8 Pearl: A History of San Antonio's Iconic Beer (American Palate), Banas, Jeremy (Author), Goldsbury, Kit (Foreword by), Jones, Bill (Preface by),  9781625858283

9 What's Out There San Antonio

10 Love Deeper Than A River: My Life in San Antonio, Cockrell, Lila Banks (Author) with Cooks, Catherine Nixon, Cisneros, Henry (Foreword by), 9781595348876

Reported SEPTEMBER 2019

1 What If?: A Collection of First-Person, New Testament Sermons, Brown, Kenneth F (Author), Marshall, Randy a (Foreword by), 9781532689192

2 Forever Frida: A Celebration of the Life, Art, Loves, Words, and Style of Frida Kahlo, Cano-Murillo, Kathy (Author), 9781507210116

3 Things You Save in a Fire, Center, Katherine (Author), 9781250047328

4 O'Neil Ford on Architecture, O'Rourke, Kathryn (Editor), 9781477316382

5 Home for Erring and Outcast Girls, Kibler, Julie (Author), 9780451499332 (Lone Star Review)

6 Bayard and Martin: A Historical Novel About Friendship and the Civil Rights Movement, Williams, Frederick (Author), Denton, Lane (Author), Zinsmeyer, Sterling (Author), 9780997655223

7 How to Walk Away, Center, Katherine (Author), 9781250149060 (Lone Star Review)

8 Dragonfly, Meacham, Leila (Author), 9781538732229 

9 100 Things to Do in San Antonio Before You Die, 2nd Edition, Richter, Denise (Author), 9781681061993

10 Raw Thoughts: A mindful fusion of literary and photographic art, Casey, John (Author), Hussey, Scott (Photographer), 9781951214050