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Curious about what books will be released in the months ahead so you can pre-order or reserve them? Then click on the months below.

Please note we have not included every book that is coming out, but rather some that caught our eye --- and that we thought should catch yours as well.

February 2021

Paperback

How to Heal Yourself from Depression When No One Else Can: A Self-Guided Program to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t by Amy B. Scher - Memoir, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Sounds True | 9781683646204 | Published February 23, 2021

If you or someone you know suffers from any form of depression --- from feeling exhausted or blue to not being able to get out of bed --- help is here. According to Amy B. Scher, depression can be confusing, but it's not as much of a mystery as you might think. Depression happens on a spectrum and can affect anyone. It is the literal depression of self. It's not all in your head. It's not all in your body, either. It happens in the whole self. But just as depression happens in every part of you, so too does healing. Amy B. Scher's bestselling books have been endorsed by prominent physicians and helped thousands of people overcome chronic illness, emotional challenges and more. And in her latest book, she's bringing her tried-and-true methods to one of the greatest challenges of our time.

It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake by Claire Christian - Fiction, Humor, Women's Fiction

Mira | 9780778331568 | Published February 23, 2021

Of all the women and men Noni Blake has pleased in her life, there’s one she’s often overlooked --- herself. After the end of a decade-long relationship, Noni decides it’s time for that to change. She’s finally going to prioritize her wants and desires and only do things (and people) that feel good in the moment. As she embarks on a pleasure-seeking quest that takes her halfway around the world, she discovers that maybe she can have everything --- and everyone --- she’s ever wanted.

Journey of the Pharaohs: A Novel from the NUMA Files by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown - Adventure, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

G.P. Putnam's Sons | 9780593083109 | Published February 23, 2021

In 1074 B.C., vast treasures disappear from the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs. In 1927, a daredevil American aviator vanishes on an attempted transcontinental flight. And in the present day, a fishing trawler --- along with its mysterious cargo --- sinks off the coast of Scotland. How are these three mysterious events connected? And, more importantly, what do they mean for Kurt Austin and his NUMA team? As they search for answers, the NUMA squad join the agents of the British MI5 to take on a wide-reaching international conspiracy. Their common enemy is the Bloodstone Group, a conglomerate of arms dealers and thieves attempting to steal ancient relics on both sides of the Atlantic.

Scratched: A Memoir of Perfectionism by Elizabeth Tallent - Memoir, Nonfiction

Harper Perennial | 9780062410399 | Published February 23, 2021

Elizabeth Tallent’s story begins in a hospital in mid-1950s suburban Washington, D.C., when her mother refuses to hold her newborn daughter, shocking behavior that baffles the nurses. Imagining her mother’s perfectionist ideal at this critical moment, Elizabeth moves back and forth in time, juxtaposing moments in the past with the present in this innovative and spellbinding narrative. She traces her journey from her early years in which she perceived herself as “the child whose flaws let disaster into an otherwise perfect family,” to her adulthood, when perfectionism came to affect everything. As she raises her son and pursues an important psychoanalysis, Elizabeth grapples with the ferocious desire for perfection, which has shaped her personal life and writing life.

The Chill by Scott Carson - Fiction, Supernatural Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Atria/Emily Bestler Books | 9781982104603 | Published February 23, 2021

Far upstate, in New York’s ancient forests, a drowned village lays beneath the dark, still waters of the Chilewaukee reservoir. Early in the 20th century, the town was destroyed for the greater good: bringing water to the millions living downstate. Or at least that’s what the politicians from Manhattan insisted at the time. The local families, settled there since America’s founding, were forced from their land, but they didn’t move far…and some didn’t move at all. Now, a century later, an inspector assigned to oversee the dam witnesses something inexplicable. It turns out that more than the village was left behind in the waters of the Chill when it was abandoned. The townspeople didn’t evacuate without a fight. A dark prophecy remained, too, and the time has come for it to be fulfilled.

The Deep by Alma Katsu - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Thriller, Supernatural Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

G.P. Putnam's Sons | 9780525537922 | Published February 23, 2021

Between mysterious disappearances and sudden deaths, the guests of the Titanic have found themselves suspended in an eerie, unsettling twilight zone. Several of them, including maid Annie Hebley, guest Mark Fletcher, and millionaires Madeleine Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim, are convinced there's something sinister --- almost otherwordly --- afoot. But before they can locate the source of the danger, disaster strikes. Years later, Annie, having survived that fateful night, goes to work as a nurse on the sixth sailing of the Britannic, newly refitted as a hospital ship. When she happens across an unconscious Mark, now a soldier fighting in World War I, she is forced to reckon with the demons of her past --- as they both discover that the terror may not yet be over.

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré - Fiction, Women's Fiction

Dutton | 9781524746094 | Published February 23, 2021

Adunni is a 14-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a “louding voice” --- the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's father sells her to be the third wife of a local man who is eager for her to bear him a son and heir. When Adunni runs away to the city, hoping to make a better life, she finds that the only other option before her is servitude to a wealthy family. As a yielding daughter, a subservient wife and a powerless slave, Adunni is told, by words and deeds, that she is nothing. But while misfortunes might muffle her voice for a time, they cannot mute it.

The Hollow Ones: The Blackwood Tapes, Vol. 1 by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan - Fiction, Horror, Supernatural Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Grand Central Publishing | 9781538761755 | Published February 23, 2021

Odessa Hardwicke's life is derailed when she's forced to turn her gun on her partner, Walt Leppo, a decorated FBI agent who turns suddenly, inexplicably violent while apprehending a rampaging murderer. The shooting, justified by self-defense, shakes the young FBI agent to her core. Devastated, Odessa is placed on desk leave pending a full investigation. But what most troubles her isn't the tragedy itself --- it's the shadowy presence she thought she saw fleeing the deceased agent's body after his death. A low-level assignment puts Odessa on the trail of a mysterious figure named Hugo Blackwood, who claims to have been alive for centuries, and who is either an unhinged lunatic, or humanity's best and only defense against unspeakable evil.

The K Team by David Rosenfelt - Fiction, Mystery

Minotaur Books | 9781250779656 | Published February 23, 2021

Corey Douglas and his K-9 partner, Simon Garfunkel, have recently retired from the police force. Not ready to give up the life yet, they come up with a proposal for fellow former cop Laurie Carpenter and her investigating partner, Marcus. Laurie and Marcus --- who help out Laurie’s lawyer husband, Andy, on cases --- have been chafing to jump back into investigating on their own, so they are in. They call themselves the K Team, in honor of Simon. Their first job as private investigators comes to them from Judge Henry Henderson, who is being blackmailed and extorted, and he doesn't want to involve the police. He needs the K Team to figure out why.

The Lost Diary of M by Paul Wolfe - Fiction, Historical Fiction

Harper Paperbacks | 9780062910677 | Published February 23, 2021

She was a longtime lover of JFK. She was the ex-wife of a CIA chief. She was the sister-in-law of the Washington Post’s Ben Bradlee. She believed in mind expansion and took LSD with Timothy Leary. She was a painter, a socialite and a Bohemian in Georgetown during the Cold War. And she ended up dead in an unsolved murder a year after JFK’s assassination. The diary she kept was never found. Until now. THE LOST DIARY OF M reimagines the extraordinary life and mysterious death of Mary Pinchot Meyer.

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave - Fiction, Historical Fiction

Back Bay Books | 9780316529235 | Published February 23, 2021

Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old Maren Magnusdatter stands on the craggy coast, watching the skies break into a sudden and reckless storm. All 40 of the village’s men were at sea, including Maren’s father and brother, and all 40 are drowned in the otherworldly disaster. For the women left behind, survival means defying the strict rules of the island. But the foundation of this new feminine frontier begins to crack with the arrival of Absalom Cornet, a man sent from Scotland to root out alleged witchcraft. Cornet brings with him the threat of danger --- and a pretty, young Norwegian wife named Ursa. As Maren and Ursa are drawn to one another in ways that surprise them both, the island begins to close in on them, with Absalom's iron rule threatening Vardø's very existence.

Who Is Alex Trebek?: A Biography by Lisa Rogak - Biography, Nonfiction

St. Martin's Griffin | 9781250798145 | Published February 23, 2021

After a contestant wrote “We love you, Alex!” as his Final Jeopardy! answer, fans around the world quickly chimed in to proclaim their own love and support for beloved “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek. In the wake of his devastating cancer diagnosis, the moment provided the perfect opportunity to reflect on what the show --- and the man --- meant to them. It was no surprise, since millions of devoted viewers have long considered Alex Trebek to be a part of their daily lives ever since he began hosting the show in 1984. Now, Lisa Rogak gives readers a look at Trebek's early life, his career and his personal life throughout the years, drawing on many sources to tell his full story for the first time.

Mass Market Paperback

Gone by Midnight: A Crimson Lake Novel by Candice Fox - Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Forge Books | 9781250317599 | Published February 9, 2021

When Sara Farrow’s son goes missing from a locked hotel room, she frantically turns for help to Crimson Lake’s unlikeliest private investigators --- disgraced cop Ted Conkaffey and convicted killer Amanda Pharrell. Just the sort of twisted puzzle that gets Amanda’s blood pumping, the disappearance couldn’t have come at a worse time for Ted. He has just this one week with Lillian, the daughter he barely knows…but the clock is ticking for the lost boy. Amanda and Ted’s search dredges up the area’s worst characters, and the danger they uncover could well put Ted’s own child in deadly peril.

Hit List: A Stone Barrington Novel by Stuart Woods - Adventure, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

G.P. Putnam's Sons | 9780593083239 | Published February 9, 2021

When Stone Barrington finds his name on a hit list, he plans to lie low until the culprit is caught. But when this foe shows no signs of stopping until his deadly objective is realized in full, Stone is left with no choice but to face the problem head-on. Armed and alert, Stone joins forces with his most savvy connections to catch the perpetrator before the next strike. But it turns out this scum is an expert at evasion in more ways than one, and the international cat-and-mouse hunt that ensues has Stone questioning if he has become the predator or the prey.

The Numbers Game by Danielle Steel - Fiction, Women's Fiction

Dell | 9780399179587 | Published February 9, 2021

Eileen Jackson was happy to set aside her own dreams to raise a family with her husband, Paul. Together they built an ordinary life in a Connecticut town, the perfect place for their kids to grow up. But when Eileen discovers that Paul’s late nights in the city are hiding an affair with a younger woman, she begins to question all those years of sacrifice and compromise. On the brink of 40 and wondering what she’s going to do with the rest of her life, is it too late for her to start over? Ultimately, Eileen decides to chase her own dreams and attend Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris. What awaits is an adventure that reinvents her life and redefines her.

Without Sanction: A Matt Drake Thriller by Don Bentley - Fiction, Political Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Berkley | 9781984805126 | Published February 9, 2021

Defense Intelligence Agency operative Matt Drake broke a promise. A promise that cost three people their lives and crippled his best friend. Three months later, he's paralyzed by survivor's guilt and haunted by the memories of the fallen. Matt may have left Syria, but Syria hasn't left him. In the midst of his self-imposed exile, Matt is dragged back into the world of espionage and assets that he tried to forget. A Pakistani scientist working for an ISIS splinter cell has created a terrifying weapon of mass destruction. The scientist offers to defect with the weapon, but he trusts just one man to bring him out of Syria alive: Matt Drake. It’s a suicide mission --- one man against an army of terrorists. Still, with stakes this high, Matt has no choice but to try.

Hidden Salem: A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel by Kay Hooper - Fiction, Supernatural Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Berkley | 9781984802903 | Published February 23, 2021

Nellie Cavendish has very good reasons to seek out her roots, and not only because she has no memory of her mother and hardly knew her father. In the eight years since her 21st birthday, very odd things have begun to happen. Crows gather near her wherever she goes, electronics short out when she touches them, and when she’s upset, really upset, it storms. At first, she chalked up the unusual happenings to coincidence, but that explanation doesn't begin to cover the vivid nightmares that torment her. She has to find out the truth. And the only starting point she has is a mysterious letter from her father delivered 10 years after his death, insisting she go to a town called Salem and risk her life to stop some unnamed evil. Before her 30th birthday.