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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 28, 2015

Releases for the week of December 28th include THE PATRIOT THREAT by Steve Berry, in which an individual has unearthed a secret that calls into question the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, and it's up to Cotton Malone to learn the truth; LAST ONE HOME, an inspiring stand-alone novel from Debbie Macomber about the enduring bond between sisters, the power of forgiveness, and a second chance at love; and Read more »

Weeks of December 14 and 21, 2015

Releases for the weeks of December 14th and 21st include THE PRESIDENT'S SHADOW, the third book in Brad Meltzer's political thriller series, Culper Ring (following THE INNER CIRCLE and THE FIFTH ASSASSIN); THE POCKET WIFE, a psychological thriller from Susan Crawford in which a woman suffering from bipolar disorder cannot remember if she murdered her friend; and I'LL BE BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS, a memoir by Pat O'Brien, who reveals the highs and lows of the life of a radio and TV broadcaster, spent sharing the mic with the world's rich and famous while battling an infamous public scandal and demons that nearly killed him.

Week of December 7, 2015

Releases for the week of December 7th include THE SKELETON ROAD by Val McDermid, a gripping stand-alone novel about a cold case that links back to the Balkan Wars of the 1990s; THE GIRL FROM HUMAN STREET, in which award-winning New York Times columnist Roger Cohen tracks his family’s story of repeated upheaval, four generations of wandering from pre-Shoah Lithuania to apartheid-era South Africa, and then to England, the United States and Israel; and HER BRILLIANT CAREER by Rachel Cooke, an exuberant group biography that follows 10 women in 1950s Britain whose pioneering lives paved the way for feminism and laid the foundation of modern women's success.

Week of November 30, 2015

Releases for the week of November 30th include FACEOFF, an unprecedented collaboration edited by David Baldacci in which 23 of the world’s bestselling and critically acclaimed thriller writers have paired their series characters --- such as Harry Bosch, Jack Reacher and Lincoln Rhyme --- in an 11-story anthology curated by the International Thriller Writers; THE BODY SNATCHERS AFFAIR, book three in Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini's Carpenter and Quincannon historical mystery series set in 1890s San Francisco; and THE PRECIOUS ONE by Marisa de los Santos, a captivating novel about friendship, family, second chances and the redemptive power of love.

Week of November 23, 2015

Releases for the week of November 23rd include PEGASUS by Danielle Steel, a story of courage, friendship and fate as two families face the challenges of war...and the magnificent stallion that will link them forever; ROCK WITH WINGS, Anne Hillerman's Southwestern mystery in which Navajo Tribal cops Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito, and their mentor, the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, investigate two perplexing cases; and THE SIEGE WINTER, a powerful historical novel by the late Ariana Franklin and her daughter, Samantha Norman, told by two courageous young women whose fates are intertwined in 12th-century England’s devastating civil war.

Week of November 16, 2015

Releases for the week of November 16th include THE SLOW REGARD OF SILENT THINGS by Patrick Rothfuss, which brings us into the world of one of The Kingkiller Chronicle’s most enigmatic characters, a broken girl trying to live in a broken world; Helene Tursten's THE BEIGE MAN, in which a dead pedestrian and the discovery of a young girl's corpse in a cellar leads to an investigation by Detective Inspector Irene Huss, who is drawn into the chilling world of sex trafficking; and BILLY JOEL, acclaimed music journalist Fred Schruers' unprecedented look at the life, career and legacy of the pint-sized kid from Long Island who became a rock icon.

Week of November 9, 2015

Releases for the week of November 9th include AT THE WATER'S EDGE by Sara Gruen, a gripping and poignant love story about a privileged young woman’s awakening as she experiences the devastation of World War II in a tiny village in the Scottish Highlands; THE NEWS SORORITY, Sheila Weller's lively and exhilarating narrative that reveals the hard struggles and inner strengths that shaped Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric and Christiane Amanpour, and powered their success; and I STAND CORRECTED, Eden Collinsworth's unforgettable story of the year she spent living among the Chinese while writing a book featuring advice on such topics as the rules of the handshake, making sense of foreigners, and behavior that is considered universally rude.

Week of November 2, 2015

Releases for the week of November 2nd include SAINT ODD, the conclusion to Dean Koontz's supernatural thriller series featuring Odd Thomas; JACQUELINE BOUVIER KENNEDY ONASSIS by Barbara Leaming, the first book to document Jackie's 31-year struggle with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); and TIGHTROPE, an historical thriller from Simon Mawer that brings back Marian Sutro, ex-Special Operations agent (from TRAPEZE), and traces her romantic and political exploits in post-World War II London, where the Cold War is about to reshape old loyalties.

Week of October 26, 2015

Releases for the week of October 26th include RED TIDE, the long-awaited sequel to Jeff Lindsay's debut novel, TROPICAL DEPRESSION, featuring ex-cop Billy Knight; WHEN LIONS ROAR, the first comprehensive history of the deeply entwined personal and public lives of the Churchills and the Kennedys, and what their “special relationship” meant for Great Britain and the United States; and DON'T GIVE UP, DON'T GIVE IN, a powerful and inspiring book in which American hero Louis Zamperini shares his wisdom, values, lessons, secrets and other insights gleaned from his remarkable experiences.

Week of October 19, 2015

Releases for the week of October 19th include AFTER THE WIND, in which Lou Kasischke (a consultant on the movie Everest) tells the harrowing story of what went wrong on Mount Everest the day that eight climbers died, the worst tragedy in the mountain's history; THE SACRIFICE, a novel by Joyce Carol Oates that illuminates the tragic impact of sexual violence, racism, brutality and power on innocent lives, and probes the persistence of stereotypes, the nature of revenge, the complexities of truth, and our insatiable hunger for sensationalism; and Andrew Roberts' NAPOLEON: A Life, the first one-volume biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon’s 33,000 letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation.