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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 December 27, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of December 27th include SUNFLOWER SISTERS, the final installment in Martha Hall Kelly’s trilogy of novels about Caroline Ferriday’s family, following LILAC GIRLS and LOST ROSES; FORGOTTEN IN DEATH, J. D. Robb's 53rd In Death mystery starring homicide detective Eve Dallas, who sifts through the wreckage of the past to find a killer; PRODIGAL SON, the sixth installment in Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X series featuring Evan Smoak, who, despite being forced into retirement, gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed; Wendy Walker's DON'T LOOK FOR ME, a compelling and emotionally powerful novel about a daughter's desperate search to find her mother before it's too late; and YELLOW WIFE by Sadeqa Johnson, the harrowing story of an enslaved woman who is forced to barter love and freedom while living in the most infamous slave jail in Virginia.

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Weeks of December 13 and 20, 2021

Paperback releases for the weeks of December 13th and 20th include WILD THING, Philip Norman's vivid reconstruction of Jimi Hendrix’s remarkable career, from playing segregated clubs on the Chitlin’ Circuit to achieving stardom in Swinging London; DOMINION, the fifth volume of Peter Ackroyd’s masterful History of England, which begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to a post-war depression and ends with the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901; THE HOUSE UPTOWN by Melissa Ginsburg, an emotional coming-of-age novel about a young girl who goes to live with her eccentric grandmother in New Orleans after the death of her mother; and Kwei Quartey's SLEEP WELL, MY LADY, which finds PI Emma Djan investigating the death of a Ghanaian fashion icon and social media celebrity, Lady Araba.

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Week of December 6, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of December 6th include NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE, actor and advocate Michael J. Fox's moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives; Alexander McCall Smith's PIANOS AND FLOWERS, a delightful collection of stories and photographs from the bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, imagining the lives and loves of everyday people in the 20th century; MOZART, acclaimed composer and biographer Jan Swafford's definitive biography of one of the most lauded musical geniuses in history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; and DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, the much-anticipated final installment in the popular Mistress of the Art of Death historical mystery series, finished by Ariana Franklin’s daughter, Samantha Norman, after her death.

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Week of November 29, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of November 29th include THE KAISER'S WEB, Steve Berry's 16th Cotton Malone adventure, in which a secret dossier from a World War II-era Soviet spy comes to light containing information that, if proven true, would not only rewrite history --- it could impact Germany's upcoming national elections and forever alter the political landscape of Europe; MOONFLOWER MURDERS, a brilliantly complex literary thriller featuring Anthony Horowitz's famous literary detective Atticus Pünd and retired publisher Susan Ryeland; Jeff Lindsay's FOOL ME TWICE, a wildly entertaining caper starring an antihero you’ll root for, thief extraordinaire Riley Wolfe; and MANTEL PIECES, a stunning collection of reviews, essays and pieces of memoir from two-time Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, whose subjects range far and wide.

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Week of November 22, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of November 22nd include LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND by Rumaan Alam, a magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong; WAR LORD, the final installment in Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon Tales series, chronicling the epic story of the making of England --- the basis for the hit Netflix series "The Last Kingdom"; and TWENTY, a provocative and timely thriller from Harper Lee Prize winner James Grippando, in which Jack Swyteck and his family are caught in the crossfire after a deadly school shooting claims 20 casualties --- Florida’s fifth mass shooting in as many years.

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Week of November 15, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of November 15th include THE LUCKIEST MAN, a deeply personal and candid remembrance of the late Senator John McCain from one of his closest and most trusted confidants, friends and political advisors, Mark Salter; A GALWAY EPIPHANY, the 15th installment in Ken Bruen's thrilling series featuring ex-cop turned private eye Jack Taylor, who is pulled out of his quiet new life on a farm by three mysteries that soon prove dangerously linked; and THE WRITER'S LIBRARY, an intimate, moving and insightful collection from "America's Librarian" Nancy Pearl and noted playwright Jeff Schwager that celebrates the power of literature and reading to connect us all --- as 23 of today's living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami and Michael Chabon, reveal the books that made them think, brought them joy and changed their lives.

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Week of November 8, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of November 8th include UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLACK MAN, an urgent primer on race and racism from Emmanuel Acho, the host of the viral hit video series “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man”; IS THIS ANYTHING?, the first book in 25 years from Jerry Seinfeld, which features his best work across five decades in comedy; READY PLAYER TWO by Ernest Cline, the highly anticipated sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller READY PLAYER ONE, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film; and ALL THE YOUNG MEN, the true story of Ruth Coker Burks, a young single mother in Hot Springs, Arkansas, who finds herself driven to the forefront of the AIDS crisis and becoming a pivotal activist in America's fight against AIDS.

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Week of November 1, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of November 1st include Tana French's THE SEARCHER, a masterful, atmospheric tale of suspense that asks what we sacrifice in our search for truth and justice, and what we risk if we don't; YOU LOVE ME, the third installment in Caroline Kepnes’ compulsively readable thriller series, with an all-new plot not seen in the blockbuster Netflix show, "You"; PERESTROIKA IN PARIS by Jane Smiley, a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals --- and a young boy --- whose lives intersect in Paris; LOCAL WOMAN MISSING, a smart and chilling thriller in which Mary Kubica takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried; and QUEENS OF THE CRUSADES, an epic narrative history from Alison Weir chronicling the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over 300 years.

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Week of October 25, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of October 25th include Linwood Barclay's FIND YOU FIRST, a riveting thriller in which the possible heirs of a dying tech millionaire are mysteriously being eliminated, one by one; I’LL BE SEEING YOU, a beautifully written memoir by Elizabeth Berg, who tells the poignant love story of caring for her parents in their final years; ROBERT B. PARKER’S SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME by Ace Atkins, a new Spenser mystery that finds the legendary Boston PI and his young protégé, Mattie Sullivan, taking on a billionaire money manager running a network of underaged girls for his rich and powerful clients; and Bryan Washington's debut novel, MEMORIAL, a funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms, joyful and hard-won vulnerability, becoming who you're supposed to be, and the limits of love.

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Week of October 18, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of October 18th include WIN, a thrilling story from Harlan Coben that shows what happens when a dead man's secrets fall into the hands of a vigilante antihero --- drawing him down a dangerous road; ELEANOR, David Michaelis' breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America’s longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist and humanitarian made her one of the world’s most widely admired and influential women; GOODNIGHT BEAUTIFUL by Aimee Molloy, an irresistible psychological thriller about a newly married woman whose life is turned upside down when her husband goes missing; and Michael Riedel's SINGULAR SENSATION, the extraordinary story of a transformative decade on Broadway, featuring behind-the-scenes accounts of shows such as "Rent," "Angels in America," "Chicago," "The Lion King" and "The Producers" --- shows that changed the history of the American theater.

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