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 October 28, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of October 28th include BROKEN TRUST, the latest installment of Robert B. Parker’s beloved Spenser series and the first penned by celebrated writer Mike Lupica; ABSOLUTION by Alice McDermott, a riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War; THE BERRY PICKERS, a rich and layered debut novel from Amanda Peters, in which a four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family and remain unsolved for nearly 50 years; Lauren Grodstein's WE MUST NOT THINK OF OURSELVES, a piercing story of love, determination and sacrifice, inspired by a little-known piece of the history of the Jewish occupants of the Warsaw Ghetto in World War II; and THE WATERS by Bonnie Jo Campbell, a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the soul of a small town.

Week of October 21, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of October 21st include Prince Harry's internationally bestselling memoir, SPARE, which is full of insight, revelation, self-examination and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief; THE WATCHMAKER’S HAND, Jeffery Deaver's twisty thriller featuring forensic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and detective Amelia Sachs, who track a criminal with a bizarre and catastrophic m.o. --- toppling the construction cranes in New York City; THE MANOR HOUSE, Gilly Macmillan's terrifying story of what can happen after all your dreams come true; SISTERS UNDER THE RISING SUN by Heather Morris, a phenomenal novel of resilience and survival, sisterhood, bravery and friendship in the darkest of circumstances; and Loren Grush's THE SIX, the remarkable true story of America’s first women astronauts --- six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle.

Week of October 14, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of October 14th include TOXIC PREY, John Sandford's sparkling gem of a thriller in which Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest project could endanger the entire world; GEORGE HARRISON by Philip Norman, a rare and revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most misunderstood and mysterious Beatle, based on decades-long research and unparalleled access to inside sources; David Rosenfelt's ’TWAS THE BITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, where all through the Carpenter house, five dogs are stirring, and not even Andy can get out of working this latest case at his door; and ONE WOMAN SHOW by Christine Coulson, a sly and stylish novel --- remarkably told through museum wall labels --- about a 20th-century woman who transforms herself from a precious object into an unforgettable protagonist.

Week of October 7, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of October 7th include BLOOD LINES, a pulse-pounding novel from Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille featuring the return of Army Criminal Investigation Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor, who are on the hunt for the cold-blooded murderer of one of their fellow agents; THE OTHER MOTHERS by Katherine Faulkner, a fresh and deftly paced thriller about murder, class and motherhood in an exclusive London community; A MAN OF TWO FACES, the highly original, blistering and unconventional memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE SYMPATHIZER, Viet Thanh Nguyen; Paul Lynch's PROPHET SONG, a terrifying and shocking vision of a country sliding into authoritarianism and a deeply human portrait of a mother’s fight to hold her family together; and holiday-themed titles from Sophie Hannah (HERCULE POIROT'S SILENT NIGHT), Susan Wiggs (THE TWELVE DOGS OF CHRISTMAS) and Danny Pellegrino (THE JOLLIEST BUNCH).

Week of September 30, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of September 30th include THE VASTER WILDS, a taut and electrifying novel from Lauren Groff about one spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive; BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CHRISTMAS by Mary Kay Andrews, a novella celebrating love and the warm, glittering charm of the holiday season; Ben Fountain's DEVIL MAKES THREE, a brilliant and propulsive novel about greed, power and American complicity set in Haiti; THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF RUDOLF DIESEL, a rich saga from Douglas Brunt that reopens the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I; and EVERYTHING I LEARNED, I LEARNED IN A CHINESE RESTAURANT, a savory coming-of-age memoir that tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980s Detroit.

Week of September 23, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of September 23rd include THE ARMOR OF LIGHT, the long-awaited sequel to Ken Follett's A COLUMN OF FIRE, which heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge, England, where progress clashes with tradition, class struggles push into every part of society, and war in Europe engulfs the entire continent and beyond; THE NIGHT HOUSE, Jo Nesbø's first-ever horror novel, which revolves around a young man who disappears when a telephone booth sucks him into the receiver; BROOKLYN CRIME NOVEL by Jonathan Lethem, a sweeping story of community, crime and gentrification, tracing more than 50 years of life in one Brooklyn neighborhood; and CHENNEVILLE, a fearless novel from Paulette Jiles about a man who, consumed with grief and driven by vengeance, undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post–Civil War frontier seeking redemption.

Week of September 16, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of September 16th include ASTOR, an unconventional, page-turning historical biography in which Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe chronicle the lives of the Astors and explore what the Astor name has come to mean in America --- offering a window onto the making of America itself; THE LEFTOVER WOMAN by Jean Kwok, an evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women; ABOMINATIONS, a striking collection of essays from novelist, cultural observer and social satirist Lionel Shriver; WANDERING THROUGH LIFE, an eye-opening memoir by Donna Leon, who, in a series of vignettes full of affection, irony and good humor, narrates a remarkable life she feels has rather more happened to her than been planned; and COLEMAN HILL by Kim Coleman Foote, the exhilarating story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in the wake of the Great Migration.

Week of September 9, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of September 9th include CLASS, Stephanie Land's gripping follow-up memoir to her New York Times bestseller, MAID, where she takes readers with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career; David Baldacci's edge-of-your-seat thriller, THE EDGE, which marks the return of the 6:20 Man, Travis Devine, who is dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew America’s dirtiest secrets; THE MUSEUM OF FAILURES, a powerful story from Thrity Umrigar about family secrets, a mother's power and the importance of forgiveness; SCATTERSHOT, the evocative, clear-eyed and revealing memoir of Bernie Taupin, the lyrical master and long-time collaborator of Elton John; and THE LIST by Yomi Adegoke, a sensational, page-turning debut novel in which a high-profile female journalist’s world is upended when her fiancé’s name turns up in a viral social media post.

Week of September 2, 2024

Paperback releases for the week of September 2nd include HOLLY, a thrilling novel that marks the return of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, Holly Gibney, who must uncover the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town; THE FRAUD by Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story --- and who gets to be believed; Jesmyn Ward's LET US DESCEND, a haunting masterpiece about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War; GOOD BAD GIRL, a drama-filled and surprising thriller from Alice Feeney in which nobody can be trusted and the twists come fast and furious; and WHILE YOU WERE OUT, Meg Kissinger's searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illness, as well as an incisive exploration of the systems that failed them and a testament to the love that sustained them.

Week of August 26, 2024

New paperback releases for the week of August 26th include DEMON COPPERHEAD, Barbara Kingsolver's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that enthralls, compels and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity; GOING INFINITE by Michael Lewis, the story of FTX’s spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center, Sam Bankman-Fried; THE SECRET HOURS, a gripping spy thriller from Mick Herron about a disastrous MI5 mission in Cold War Berlin; Anne Enright's THE WREN, THE WREN, an incandescent novel about the inheritance of trauma, wonder and love across three generations of women; and the paperback original THE BERLIN APARTMENT by Bryn Turnbull, a sweeping love story that follows a young couple whose lives are irrevocably changed when they’re separated overnight by the construction of the Berlin Wall.

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