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!

November 2016

Our New in Paperback roundup for November takes us on a trip in the world, around the world and even into outer space! So get ready to blast off with our first title DINOSAUR BOY SAVES MARS, in which Sawyer, Elliot and Sylvie travel to Mars to find her missing father, but they find even bigger trouble. Then, brace yourself for impact as we come back down to Earth with Jon Chad's SCIENCE COMICS: Volcanoes: Fire and Life where we get to explore the inside of the Earth's crust. After you've dusted yourself off, pack your bags because a world of advanture awaits in TICKET TO INDIA, where sisters Maya and Zara travel from Delhi to their grandmother’s childhood home of Aminpur, a small town in Northern India, to find a chest full of family treasures.

Week of November 7, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of November 7th include 15th AFFAIR by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, a Women's Murder Club thriller that finds Detective Lindsay Boxer chasing an elusive, possibly very dangerous suspect --- her husband, Joe; THE RISE OF GERMANY, a masterful book by James Holland, who draws on his many years of research to reconsider the strategy, tactics, and economic, political and social aspects of the Second World War; and Kliph Nesteroff's THE COMEDIANS, a narrative exploration of the way comedians have reflected, shaped and changed American culture over the past 100 years.

November 2016

This month's New in Paperback roundup includes SOUNDLESS by Richelle Mead, in which sound becomes Fei's greatest weapon to save her village; STRANDED by Melinda Braun, where Emma must use her own survival instincts to safely venture through the forest to Lake Superior with her lost camping group; and Charlotte Huang's FOR THE RECORD, which follows Chelsea as she navigates the treacherous waters of fame and rock stardom on one unforgettable summer tour.

Week of October 31, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of October 31st include Carly Simon's memoir BOYS IN THE TREES, which reveals her remarkable life, beginning with her storied childhood as the third daughter of Richard L. Simon, the co-founder of publishing giant Simon & Schuster, and ultimately delving into her meteoric solo career that would result in 13 top 40 hits, including the #1 song "You're So Vain"; ORPHAN X, the opening installment of Gregg Hurwitz's series that introduces readers to Evan Smoak, aka the Nowhere Man, whose personal mission it is to help those with nowhere else to turn; THE GEOGRAPHY OF GENIUS, which finds Eric Weiner traveling the world to show how creative genius flourishes in specific places at specific times; and KNITTING PEARLS, a volume edited by Ann Hood in which two dozen writers write about the transformative and healing powers of knitting.

October 2016

Our New in Paperback roundup this month includes BROWN GIRL DREAMING by Jacqueline Woodson, the author's bestselling collection of poems about growing up and finding her place; THE SEVENTH MOST IMPORTANT THING by Shelley Pearsall, where Arthur T. Owens is given a second chance in the form of 120 hours of community service; and Matthew Cody's THE SECRETS OF THE PIED PIPER 1: The Peddler's Road, the first book of a wild fantasy adventure in which Max and Carter are led on a mysterious quest on the Summer Isle by the Piper.

October 2016

This month's New in Paperback roundup includes WOLF BY WOLF, Ryan Graudin's historical fiction novel that shows a world that could have been if the Nazis won WWII; THE ROSE SOCIETY, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu comes the greatly-anticipated sequel in her The Young Elites trilogy; and SPINDLE, Shonna Slayton's unique retelling of the Briar Rose fairytale.

Week of October 24, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of October 24th include THE GUEST ROOM by Chris Bohjalian, the spellbinding tale of a party gone horribly wrong --- two men lie dead in a suburban living room, two women are on the run from police, and a marriage is ripping apart at the seams; THE SWANS OF FIFTH AVENUE, Melanie Benjamin's novel about New York’s “Swans” of the 1950s --- and the scandalous, headline-making and enthralling friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and peerless socialite Babe Paley; THE ROAD TO LITTLE DRIBBLING, the much-anticipated follow-up to NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND, in which Iowa native Bill Bryson --- now a British citizen --- sets out again to rediscover his adopted country; and PACIFIC, Simon Winchester's biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world.

Week of October 17, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of October 17th include THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS, in which Stephen King assembles, for the first time, recent stories that have never been published in a book, and introduces each with a passage about its origins or his motivations for writing it; DESTINY AND POWER, a biography of George Herbert Walker Bush from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, who paints an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man who led the nation through tumultuous times; and YOUR HEART IS A MUSCLE THE SIZE OF A FIST, a debut novel by Sunil Yapa that asks profound questions about the power of empathy in our hyper-connected modern world, and the limits of compassion, all while exploring how far we must go for family, for justice and for love.

Week of October 10, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of October 10th include THE LAST MIDWIFE by Sandra Dallas, which tells a story of family, community, and the secrets that can destroy and unite them; Elizabeth Strout's MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON, in which a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter; HEART OF GLASS, Wendy Lawless' follow-up memoir to CHANEL BONFIRE, the darkly funny story of a girl without a roadmap for life who leaves her disastrous past to find herself in the gritty heart of 1980s New York City; and RAZZLE DAZZLE, Michael Riedel's account of the rise, fall and redemption of Broadway --- its stars, its biggest shows, its producers, and all the drama, intrigue and power plays that happened behind the scenes.

Week of October 3, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of October 3rd include FAR FROM TRUE, the second spine-chilling thriller in Linwood Barclay's Promise Falls trilogy (the final installment of the series, THE TWENTY-THREE, will be available on November 1st); LAFAYETTE IN THE SOMEWHAT UNITED STATES by Sarah Vowell, an insightful and unconventional account of George Washington’s trusted officer and friend, that swashbuckling teenage French aristocrat, the Marquis de Lafayette; TWAIN & STANLEY ENTER PARADISE, a luminous work of fiction from Oscar Hijuelos inspired by the real-life, 37-year friendship between famed writer and humorist Mark Twain and legendary explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley; and THE MISSING KENNEDY by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff, the only full-length, first-person account of John F. Kennedy's sister, Rosemary, after her lobotomy (its paperback publication has been timed perfectly for October, which is National Disability Employment Awareness Month).

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