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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 April 11, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of April 11th include MY JOURNEY WITH MAYA, a memoir by Tavis Smiley, who shares his personal memories of his decades-long friendship with Maya Angelou, who left as indelible an imprint on American culture as she did on him; A PATTERN OF LIES by Charles Todd, in which a horrific explosion at a gunpowder mill sends Bess Crawford to war-torn France to keep a deadly pattern of lies from leading to more deaths; and WOMAN WTH A SECRET, a dark and chilling psychological thriller from Sophie Hannah in which a woman desperate to hide a devastating secret in her past is drawn into a murder investigation.

Week of April 4, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of April 4th include thrillers from James Patterson (THE MURDER HOUSE, co-written with David Ellis), Stuart Woods (NAKED GREED) and John Sandford (GATHERING PREY); THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE by Ann Packer, which explores the secrets and desires, the remnant wounds and saving graces of one California family over the course of five decades; A FINE ROMANCE, a follow-up to KNOCK WOOD, in which Candice Bergen talks about her marriage to a famous French director, the birth of her daughter, "Murphy Brown," widowhood, falling in love again, and watching her daughter blossom; and MY PARIS DREAM by former Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar editor Kate Betts, a charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris.

Week of March 28, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of March 29th include MAKE ME, the 20th installment in Lee Child's Jack Reacher series; THE ENGLISH SPY by Daniel Silva, another action-packed tale of high-stakes international intrigue featuring the inimitable Gabriel Allon; Philippa Gregory's THE TAMING OF THE QUEEN, a riveting Tudor tale featuring King Henry VIII’s sixth wife, Kateryn Parr, the first English queen to publish under her own name; and UNFORGETTABLE, a deeply moving, at times laugh-out-loud funny memoir about the colorful life of Scott Simon and his mother, who spent their last days together in a hospital ICU reflecting on their lifetime's worth of memories.

Week of March 21, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of March 21st include FINDERS KEEPERS, Stephen King's latest bestseller about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes much too far; THE GUILTY, the fourth thriller in David Baldacci's series starring Will Robie, the government's most professional, disciplined and lethal assassin; THE DREAM LOVER by Elizabeth Berg, a lush historical novel based on the sensuous Parisian life of the 19th-century writer George Sand; and DEAD WAKE, in which Erik Larson tells the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era.

Week of March 14, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of March 14th include THE MARTINI SHOT, George Pelecanos' debut collection of stories, in which all of the characters are fighting against odds, against enemies, or against themselves; A LOVE LIKE BLOOD, the first novel for adults by YA writer Marcus Sedgwick, a gripping saga of love, revenge and obsession --- and vampires; and SISTERS OF HEART AND SNOW by Margaret Dilloway, the poignant story of estranged sisters reunited when a mysterious request from their ailing mother reveals a long-buried family secret.

Week of March 7, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of March 7th include SHOPAHOLIC TO THE RESCUE, which marks the return of another laugh-out-loud Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) adventure from Sophie Kinsella --- a hilarious road trip through the American West to Las Vegas; THE FOLDED CLOCK, Heidi Julavits' meditation on time and self, youth and aging, friendship and romance, faith and fate, art and ambition; and THE RESIDENCE by Kate Andersen Brower, which reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers and others who tend to the needs of the President and First Family.

Week of February 29, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of February 29th include EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES, a stand-alone thriller from Lisa Scottoline that brings you into the grip of a true sociopath and shows you how, in the quest to survive such ruthlessness, every minute counts; BROKEN PROMISE, the opening novel in Linwood Barclay's trilogy set in the peaceful small town of Promise Falls, where secrets can always be buried --- but are never forgotten; and THE HARDER THEY COME by T.C. Boyle, which explores the volatile connections between three damaged people --- an aging ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, his psychologically unstable son, and the son's paranoid, much older lover --- as they careen towards an explosive confrontation.

Week of February 22, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of February 22nd include THE BONE TREE, the highly anticipated second installment of Greg Iles' epic trilogy of blood and race, family and justice, featuring Southern lawyer Penn Cage; ON THE MOVE, a memoir by the late Oliver Sacks, who writes about the passions that drove his life, his love affairs, his guilt over leaving his family to come to America, his bond with his schizophrenic brother, and the writers and scientists who have influenced his work; HOW I SHED MY SKIN, which chronicles award-winning novelist Jim Grimsley’s years of learning --- and then unlearning --- racism; and new installments of series by such authors as Jacqueline Winspear, M. C. Beaton, Rhys Bowen and Philip Kerr.

Week of February 15, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of February 15th include EPITAPH, a historical novel from Mary Doria Russell that continues the story she began in DOC, following Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to Tombstone, Arizona, and to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral; KNOW YOUR BEHOLDER by Adam Rapp, a hilarious and heartbreaking work of fiction about a musician climbing back from rock bottom; and KILLERS OF THE KING, a unique chronicle of Stuart England written by Charles Spencer, who tells the dramatic stories and fascinating fates of the men who signed Charles I’s death warrant.

Week of February 8, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of February 8th include GET IN TROUBLE, Kelly Link's first short story collection for adult readers in over a decade; AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST by Alan Bradley, in which Flavia de Luce takes her remarkable sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools; THE INVENTION OF FIRE, which comes courtesy of Bruce Holsinger, the author of the acclaimed historical thriller A BURNABLE BOOK, who once again brings medieval London alive in all its color and detail in a novel that imagines the beginnings of gun violence in the Western world; and 17 CARNATIONS, a meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor and Adolf Hitler before, during and after World War II.