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New in Paperback

Whether it's a hardcover reprinted in paperback, or a new book that just released in paperback, we're rounding up fiction and nonfiction titles worthy of your attention in our New in Paperback feature. Feel free to dog-ear the pages and fold back the covers!

Week of November 7, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of November 7th include 15th AFFAIR by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, a Women's Murder Club thriller that finds Detective Lindsay Boxer chasing an elusive, possibly very dangerous suspect --- her husband, Joe; THE RISE OF GERMANY, a masterful book by James Holland, who draws on his many years of research to reconsider the strategy, tactics, and economic, political and social aspects of the Second World War; and Kliph Nesteroff's THE COMEDIANS, a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped and changed American culture over the past 100 years.

Week of October 31, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of October 31st include Carly Simon's memoir BOYS IN THE TREES, which reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, and ultimately delving into her meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top 40 hits, including the #1 song "You're So Vain"; ORPHAN X, the opening installment of Gregg Hurwitz's series that introduces readers to Evan Smoak, aka the Nowhere Man, whose personal mission it is to help those with nowhere else to turn; THE GEOGRAPHY OF GENIUS, which finds Eric Weiner traveling the world to show how creative genius flourishes in specific places at specific times; and KNITTING PEARLS, a volume edited by Ann Hood in which two dozen writers write about the transformative and healing powers of knitting.

Week of October 24, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of October 24th include THE GUEST ROOM by Chris Bohjalian, the spellbinding tale of a party gone horribly wrong --- two men lie dead in a suburban living room, two women are on the run from police, and a marriage is ripping apart at the seams; THE SWANS OF FIFTH AVENUE, Melanie Benjamin's novel about New York’s “Swans” of the 1950s --- and the scandalous, headline-making and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley; THE ROAD TO LITTLE DRIBBLING, the much-anticipated follow-up to NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND, in which Iowa native Bill Bryson --- now a British citizen --- sets out again to rediscover his adopted country; and PACIFIC, Simon Winchester's biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world.

Week of October 17, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of October 17th include THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS, in which Stephen King assembles, for the first time, recent stories that have never been published in a book, and introduces each with a passage about its origins or his motivations for writing it; DESTINY AND POWER, a biography of George Herbert Walker Bush from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, who paints an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man who led the nation through tumultuous times; and YOUR HEART IS A MUSCLE THE SIZE OF A FIST, a debut novel by Sunil Yapa that asks profound questions about the power of empathy in our hyper-connected modern world, and the limits of compassion, all while exploring how far we must go for family, for justice and for love.

Week of October 10, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of October 10th include THE LAST MIDWIFE by Sandra Dallas, which tells a story of family, community, and the secrets that can destroy and unite them; Elizabeth Strout's MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON, in which a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter; HEART OF GLASS, Wendy Lawless' follow-up memoir to CHANEL BONFIRE, the darkly funny story of a girl without a roadmap for life who leaves her disastrous past to find herself in the gritty heart of 1980s New York City; and RAZZLE DAZZLE, Michael Riedel's account of the rise, fall and redemption of Broadway --- its stars, its biggest shows, its producers, and all the drama, intrigue and power plays that happened behind the scenes.

Week of October 3, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of October 3rd include FAR FROM TRUE, the second spine-chilling thriller in Linwood Barclay's Promise Falls trilogy (the final installment of the series, THE TWENTY-THREE, will be available on November 1st); LAFAYETTE IN THE SOMEWHAT UNITED STATES by Sarah Vowell, an insightful and unconventional account of George Washington’s trusted officer and friend, that swashbuckling teenage French aristocrat, the Marquis de Lafayette; TWAIN & STANLEY ENTER PARADISE, a luminous work of fiction from Oscar Hijuelos inspired by the real-life, 37-year friendship between famed writer and humorist Mark Twain and legendary explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley; and THE MISSING KENNEDY by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff, the only full-length, first-person account of John F. Kennedy's sister, Rosemary, after her lobotomy (its paperback publication has been timed perfectly for October, which is National Disability Employment Awareness Month).

Week of September 26, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of September 26th include BIG MAGIC, in which Elizabeth Gilbert, of EAT PRAY LOVE fame, digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity; WHY NOT ME?, a collection of essays from Mindy Kaling, the creator and star of "The Mindy Project," who shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life; and 1944, in which Jay Winik brings to life the year that determined the outcome of World War II and put more pressure than any other on an ailing yet determined President Roosevelt.

Week of September 19, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of September 19th include ALL DRESSED IN WHITE, the second installment in Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke's Under Suspicion series, which follows television producer Laurie Moran as she investigates the cold case of a bride who went missing days before her wedding; THE PAST by Tessa Hadley, which revolves around a dramatic family reunion, where simmering tensions and secrets come to a head over three long, hot summer weeks; and CHASING UTOPIA, a poignant collection of poetry from Nikki Giovanni that celebrates the simple pleasures of everyday life and the bonds we share with those closest to us.

Week of September 12, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of September 12th include YEAR OF YES, a poignant, intimate and hilarious memoir in which Shonda Rhimes, the creator of "Grey’s Anatomy" and "Scandal" and executive producer of "How to Get Away with Murder," reveals how saying YES changed her life --- and how it can change yours too; THE LAST MILE by David Baldacci, which marks the return of Detective Amos Decker --- the man who can forget nothing --- who readers first met last year in MEMORY MAN; and the graphic memoir CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?, Roz Chast's account of the last several years of her aging parents' lives, told through four-color cartoons, family photos and documents.

Week of September 5, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of September 5th include THE 14th COLONY by Steve Berry, a Cotton Malone thriller that poses the intriguing question: What happens if both the president and vice-president-elect die before taking the oath of office?; THE BITTER SEASON, in which Detective Nikki Liska and her old partner, Sam Kovac, take on multiple twisted cases as author Tami Hoag explores a murder from the past, a murder from the present, and a life that was never meant to be; BLACK MAN IN A WHITE COAT, Dr. Damon Tweedy's passionate and profound memoir of his experience grappling with race, bias and the unique health problems of black Americans; and SISTERS IN LAW by Linda Hirshman, the fascinating story of the intertwined lives of Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first and second women to serve as Supreme Court justices.