Skip to main content

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 28, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of December 28th include SHADOWS IN DEATH, the 51st installment in J. D. Robb’s In Death series featuring Lt. Eve Dallas, who is about to walk into the shadows of her husband’s dangerous past; THE WARSAW PROTOCOL, the 15th entry in Steve Berry's series featuring former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone, who must determine why the seven precious relics of the Arma Christi --- the weapons of Christ --- are disappearing from sanctuaries across the globe; THE BLACK SWAN OF PARIS by Karen Robards, an exquisite WWII novel that illuminates the strength of three women in occupied Paris and showcases the extraordinary lengths one goes to save their family from a German prison; and LINCOLN ON THE VERGE, in which Ted Widmer draws on new research to reveal President-Elect Abraham Lincoln as a work in progress, showing him on the verge of greatness, foiling an assassination attempt and forging an unbreakable bond with the American people.

Read more »

Weeks of December 14 and 21, 2020

Paperback releases for the weeks of December 14th and 21st include BOMBSHELL by Stuart Woods and Parnell Hall, which finds Teddy Fay back in Hollywood and caught in two tricky situations, which means he will need to leverage every bit of his undercover skills and fearless daring to stay one step ahead of his foes...or he will find himself one foot in the grave; A SMALL TOWN, a shocking and twisty thriller from Thomas Perry about an ingenuous jailbreak and the manhunt it unleashes; WE, THE SURVIVORS by Tash Aw, a compelling depiction of a man’s act of violence, set against the backdrop of an Asia in flux; and REVOLUTION, the fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England, beginning in 1688 with a revolution and ending in 1815 with a famous victory.

Read more »

Week of December 7, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of December 7th include SEARCHING FOR SYLVIE LEE by Jean Kwok, a poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women --- two sisters and their mother --- in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears and a series of family secrets emerge; NAKED CAME THE FLORIDA MAN, an insanely entertaining tale from Tim Dorsey in which the inimitable Serge A. Storms sees dead people and investigates a creepy urban myth that may be all too real; PAPER SON, S. J. Rozan's fifth Lydia Chin/Bill Smith mystery, which takes the acclaimed detective duo into the Deep South to investigate a murder within the Chinese community; and LIFE ISN'T EVERYTHING, Ash Carter and Sam Kashner's up-close-and-personal portrait of legendary filmmaker, theater director and comedian Mike Nichols, which draws on candid conversations with his closest friends in show business and the arts.

Read more »

Week of November 30, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of November 30th include INTO THE FIRE, the fifth installment in Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X series featuring Evan Smoak, who this time is facing his deadliest job yet; IN THE DREAM HOUSE, Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse; LONG BRIGHT RIVER by Liz Moore, a gripping suspense novel that is also a moving story of sisters, addiction and the formidable ties that persist between place, family and fate; DISNEY'S LAND, a propulsive history chronicling the conception and creation of Disneyland, the masterpiece California theme park, as told like never before by popular historian Richard Snow; and AFRICAVILLE, Jeffrey Colvin's stunning debut novel that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood, faith, time and fate.

Read more »

Week of November 23, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of November 23rd include SWORD OF KINGS, the 12th installment in Bernard Cornwell’s series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England; CARRIE FISHER: A Life on the Edge, in which Sheila Weller traces Carrie Fisher’s life from her Hollywood royalty roots to her untimely and shattering death after Christmas 2016; LITTLE WEIRDS, actress and stand-up comedian Jenny Slate’s quirky collection about love, heartbreak and being alive; and 36 RIGHTEOUS MEN by Steven Pressfield, a futuristic noir thriller that finds the fate of the world hanging in the balance, as two New York homicide detectives join forces with a rabbinical scholar and a renowned anthropologist to confront a murderer who won’t stop until he has killed everyone.

Read more »

Week of November 16, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of November 16th include THE WATER DANCER, National Book Award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates' dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men and children --- the violent and capricious separation of families --- and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved; INSIDE OUT, actress Demi Moore’s bold memoir that lays bare the trials and traumas of her youth in an effort to better understand herself and her damaged family’s history; TOUCHED BY THE SUN, Carly Simon's loving chronicle of the late friendship that she and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis shared --- an intimate, vulnerable and insightful portrait of the bond that grew between these iconic and starkly different American women; and THE BIG LIE by James Grippando, which finds Miami attorney Jack Swyteck fighting for a “faithless elector,” caught between a corrupt president and his manipulative opponent.

Read more »

Week of November 9, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of November 9th include NANAVILLE, a bighearted book of wisdom, wit and insight, celebrating the love and joy of being a grandmother, from beloved author Anna Quindlen; THE FALL OF RICHARD NIXON, Tom Brokaw’s up-close and personal account of the fall of an American president; TELL ME A STORY, in which Cassandra King Conroy considers her life and the man she shared it with, paying tribute to her husband, Pat Conroy, the legendary figure of modern Southern literature; A GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY, a riveting work by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss, who captures the pervasive fear and paranoia that gripped America during the Red Scare of the 1950s through the chilling yet affirming story of his family’s ordeal, from blacklisting to vindication; and FOLLOWERS by Megan Angelo, an electrifying story of two ambitious friends and the dark choices they make to become internet famous.

Read more »

Week of November 2, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of November 2nd include OLIVE, AGAIN, in which Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions; EDISON by Edmund Morris, the first major life of Thomas Alva Edison in more than 20 years, which portrays the unknown Edison --- the philosopher, the futurist, the chemist, the botanist, the wartime defense adviser, the founder of nearly 250 companies --- as fully as it deconstructs the Edison of mythological memory; POSTSCRIPT, the long-awaited sequel to Cecelia Ahern's PS, I LOVE YOU, which follows Holly Kennedy as she helps strangers leave their own messages behind for loved ones; and WHEN TIME STOPPED, a remarkably moving memoir from Ariana Neumann, who dives into the secrets of her father’s past --- years spent hiding in plain sight in war-torn Berlin, the annihilation of dozens of family members in the Holocaust, and the courageous choice to build anew.

Read more »

Week of October 26, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of October 26th include ME, the first and only official autobiography of music icon Elton John, who reveals the truth about his extraordinary life --- from his rollercoaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman, to becoming a living legend; Jeff Lindsay's JUST WATCH ME, which introduces readers to Riley Wolfe --- a master thief and an expert at disguise who is not averse to violence when it’s needed --- as he plots an impossible crime: stealing the Iranian Crown Jewels; THE MUSEUM OF DESIRE by Jonathan Kellerman, which finds psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis struggling to make sense of a seemingly inexplicable massacre; Nancy Thayer's LET IT SNOW, in which a Nantucket shopkeeper discovers that Christmas is the perfect occasion to make unexpected friendships, warm the coldest of hearts, and maybe even find love; and THE QUEENS OF ANIMATION by Nathalia Holt, the untold story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations.

Read more »

Week of October 19, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of October 19th include THE BOY FROM THE WOODS, a shocking thriller from Harlan Coben about a man with a mysterious past who must find a missing teenage girl; NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite; THE OLD SUCCESS, the 25th mystery in Martha Grimes' Richard Jury series, in which an unlikely trio of detectives teams up to solve three puzzling murders that span three counties across England; MAKE IT SCREAM, MAKE IT BURN, an essay collection from Leslie Jamison that explores the oceanic depths of longing and the reverberations of obsession; and ATTICUS FINCH, in which historian Joseph Crespino draws on exclusive sources to reveal how Harper Lee's father provided the central inspiration for each of her books.

Read more »