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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 March 7, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of March 7th include HER PERFECT LIFE, a thrilling stand-alone novel from Hank Phillippi Ryan that revolves around beloved television reporter Lily Atwood, who must protect a life-changing secret in order to keep her perfect life; HOMO IRREALIS, a collection of André Aciman's thoughts on time, the creative mind, and great lives and works --- a deep reflection on the imagination’s power to forge a zone outside of time’s intractable hold; TRIO by William Boyd, an enthralling novel that asks the vital questions: What makes life worth living? And what do you do if you find it isn’t?; Tracey Enerson Wood's THE WAR NURSE, a sweeping work of historical fiction based on a true story that takes readers on an unforgettable journey through World War I France; and the paperback original MY DARLING HUSBAND, a heart-pounding thriller from Kimberly Belle in which a masked home invader reveals the cracks in a marriage.

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Week of February 28, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of February 28th include THE BEAUTY OF LIVING TWICE, Sharon Stone's intimate and candid memoir that chronicles her efforts to rebuild her life after a massive stroke cost her not only her health, but also her career, family, fortune and global fame; THE PARIS LIBRARY by Janet Skeslien Charles, an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family and the power of literature to bring us together, inspired by the real-life heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris during World War II; THE GOOD SISTER, a knock-out of a novel from Sally Hepworth about the lies that bind two sisters; WHO IS MAUD DIXON? by Alexandra Andrews, a taut, twisty and character-driven psychological thriller about a famous novelist and a small-town striver locked in a struggle for fortune and fame; and Lauren Willig's BAND OF SISTERS, a sweeping novel based on a true story about a group of young women from Smith College who risk their lives in France at the height of World War I.

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Week of February 21, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of February 21st include SOOLEY, John Grisham's first basketball novel, in which readers are introduced to Samuel “Sooley” Sooleymon, a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams --- and even bigger challenges off the court; Daniel Silva's THE CELLIST, a timely and explosive thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon, which explores one of the preeminent threats facing the West today --- the corrupting influence of dirty money wielded by a revanchist and reckless Russia; THE WOMAN THEY COULD NOT SILENCE by Kate Moore, a dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women's rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today; and Julian Sancton's MADHOUSE AT THE END OF THE EARTH, the harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry --- with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter.

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Week of February 14, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of February 14th include THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson, an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz --- an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis; NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS, an urgent, genre-defying book from Patricia Lockwood that asks a burning question: Is there life after the internet?; Karen White's THE LAST NIGHT IN LONDON, a captivating story of friendship, love and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day; ASTRID SEES ALL, Natalie Standiford's brilliantly winning novel about a smart, vulnerable young woman taking a deep dive into her dark side in the glittering, decadent downtown club scene of 1980s New York; and THE GOOD AMERICAN by Robert D. Kaplan, a sweeping yet intimate story of the most influential humanitarian you’ve never heard of --- Bob Gersony, who spent four decades in crisis zones around the world.

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Week of February 7, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of February 7th include Tara Westover's EDUCATED, an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University; GOLDEN GIRL, a beach book unlike any other from Elin Hilderbrand, whose protagonist is a Nantucket novelist who has one final summer to protect her secrets while her loved ones on earth learn to live without their golden girl; THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEAR, the 16th installment in Jacqueline Winspear's mystery series featuring Maisie Dobbs, who investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts as Europe buckles under Nazi occupation; Alex Berenson's THE POWER COUPLE, a supercharged thriller about marriage and the dangerous secrets spouses keep; and SPARKS LIKE STARS, a brilliant and compelling novel in which an Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives.

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Week of January 31, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of February 1st include Jeanine Cummins' AMERICAN DIRT, a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope; Lisa Scottoline's first work of historical fiction, ETERNAL, the tale of a love triangle that unfolds in the heart of Rome...in the creeping shadow of fascism; THE VANISHING HALF, Brit Bennett's stunning novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds --- one Black and one white; Elizabeth McCracken's short story collection, THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM, in which the mysterious bonds of family are tested, transformed, fractured and fortified; and WHEN HARRY MET MINNIE, "CBS Sunday Morning News" correspondent and Emmy Award winner Martha Teichner's memoir of love and loss, being in the right place at the right time, and the mysterious ways that a beloved pet can bring people together.

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Week of January 24, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of January 24th include HOUR OF THE WITCH, a riveting and propulsive novel of historical suspense from Chris Bohjalian, in which a young Puritan woman --- faithful and resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul --- plots her escape from a violent marriage; LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN, a timeless collection that reveals what would become Joan Didion's subjects, including the press, politics, California robber barons, women and her own self-doubt; THE BULLET, the 27th installment in Iris Johansen's fast-paced thriller series starring Eve Duncan, who, along with her husband, Joe Quinn, must protect the life of a brilliant scientist (who happens to be Joe's ex-wife) so that she can live long enough to bring her discovery to the world; and WHAT'S MINE AND YOURS by Naima Coster, a sweeping novel of legacy, identity, the American family --- and the ways that race affects even our most intimate relationships.

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Week of January 17, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of January 17th include THE BLACK CHURCH by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a powerful new history of the Black church as a foundation of Black life and a driving force in the larger freedom struggle in America; LAND, in which Simon Winchester explores the notion of property --- our proprietary relationship with the land --- through human history, how it has shaped us and what it will mean for our future; THE DOCTORS BLACKWELL, a richly researched biography from Janice P. Nimura that celebrates two complicated pioneers --- Elizabeth Blackwell and her younger sister, Emily --- who exploded the limits of possibility for women in medicine; and Mateo Askaripour's BLACK BUCK, a crackling, satirical debut novel about a young man given a shot at stardom as the lone Black salesman at a mysterious, cult-like and wildly successful startup where nothing is as it seems.

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Week of January 10, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of January 10th include THE CHILDREN’S BLIZZARD by Melanie Benjamin, a story of courage on the prairie, inspired by the devastating storm that struck the Great Plains in 1888, threatening the lives of hundreds of immigrant homesteaders, especially schoolchildren; THE SURVIVORS, a thrilling mystery from Jane Harper in which coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets for Kieran Elliott, whose life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences; A FATAL LIE, the 23rd installment in Charles Todd's series starring Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge, who must delve deep into a dead man’s life and his past to find a killer determined to keep dark secrets buried; and THREE-MARTINI AFTERNOONS AT THE RITZ, Gail Crowther's vividly rendered and empathetic exploration of how two of the greatest poets of the 20th century --- Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton --- became bitter rivals and, eventually, friends.

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Week of January 3, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of January 3rd include THE COAST-TO-COAST MURDERS, an intense thriller from James Patterson and J.D. Barker about a detective and FBI agent who join forces on what seems like an open-and-shut case --- but a new rash of killings sends them on a pulse-pounding race against time; THE PUSH by first-time novelist Ashley Audrain, a tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family, and a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped for --- and everything she feared; Gabriela Garcia's OF WOMEN AND SALT, a sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter's fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born; and THE NATURE OF FRAGILE THINGS, a gripping novel about the bonds of friendship and mother love, from the acclaimed author of THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR and AS BRIGHT AS HEAVEN.

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