Local bestsellers for the week ended Feb. 9
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Rebecca Yarros
Entangled: Red Tower Books
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Grove Press
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Henry Holt and Co.
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The Dial Press
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Rebecca Yarros
Entangled: Red Tower Books
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Tor Books
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Entangled: Red Tower Books
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Eowyn Ivey
Random House
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Mel Robbins
Hay House LL
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Geraldine Brooks
Viking
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Scribner
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Bill Gates
Knopf
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Knopf
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Neko Case
Grand Central Publishing
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Penguin Press
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Summersdale
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Avery
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Rick Steves
Rick Steves
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Vintage
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Berkley
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Vintage
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Entangled: Red Tower Books
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Grove Press
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Catapult
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Octavia E. Butler
Grand Central
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Poisoned Pen Press
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Harper Perennial
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Crown
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Knopf
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Vintage
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Milkweed Editions
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Jonathan Blitzer
Penguin
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Penguin
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Patrick Bringley
Simon & Schuster
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Morrow
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Vintage
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Penguin
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