New in Paperback

Week of August 22, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of August 22nd include A GIRL'S GUIDE TO MOVING ON by Debbie Macomber, in which a mother and her daughter-in-law bravely leave their troubled marriages and face the challenge of starting over; MY LIFE ON THE ROAD, a candid account of Gloria Steinem's life as a traveler, a listener, and a catalyst for change; and DICTATOR, the final volume of Robert Harris’ Ancient Rome Trilogy, which encompasses some of the most epic events in ancient history --- the collapse of the Roman Republic and the subsequent civil war, the murder of Pompey, and the assassination of Julius Caesar.

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Week of August 15, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of August 15th include MRS. GRANT AND MADAME JULE by Jennifer Chiaverini, the first novel to chronicle the singular relationship between Julia Grant, beloved First Lady, and the courageous woman who was her slave and namesake; THE RACE FOR PARIS, a World War II novel by Meg Waite Clayton about two American journalists and an Englishman, who together race the Allies to Occupied Paris for the scoop of their lives; and THE GRATITUDE DIARIES, in which Janice Kaplan spends a year living gratefully and transforms her marriage, family life, work and health.

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Week of August 8, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of August 8th include THE HEART GOES LAST by Margaret Atwood, a vivid, urgent vision of development and decay, freedom and surveillance, struggle and hope --- and the timeless workings of the human heart; COMETH THE HOUR, the sixth and penultimate book in Jeffrey Archer's Clifton Chronicles series; FINALE, a work of fiction from Thomas Mallon that captures the crusading ideologies, blunders and glamour of the still-hotly-debated Ronald Reagan years; SHOWDOWN, a biography by Wil Haygood that details the life and career of Thurgood Marshall, one of the most transformative legal minds of the past hundred years; and GOLDENEYE, in which Matthew Parker explores the huge influence of Jamaica on the creation of Ian Fleming’s iconic post-war hero, James Bond.

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Week of August 1, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of August 1st include X, Sue Grafton's 24th Kinsey Millhone mystery that features a remorseless serial killer who leaves no trace of his crimes; PURITY by Jonathan Franzen, a grand story of youthful idealism, extreme fidelity and murder; A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN, which compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin; THE PINE TAR GAME, Filip Bondy's account of the infamous baseball game between the Yankees and Royals in which a game-winning home run was overturned and set off one of sports history’s most absurd and entertaining controversies; and KL, Nikolaus Wachsmann's unprecedented, integrated account of the Nazi concentration camps from their inception in 1933 through their demise in the spring of 1945.

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September 2016

Our New in Paperback roundup this month includes GONE CRAZY IN ALABAMA by Rita Williams-Garcia, which chronicles the summer of a lifetime with the Gaither sisters in the rural South; Read more »

September 2016

This month’s New in Paperback roundup includes THE BOY MOST LIKELY TO, Huntley Fitzpatrick's highly acclaimed romantic companion to MY LIFE NEXT DOOR; THE SILENCE OF SIX, E.C. Myers' thrilling tale of hacktivists, government conspiracy and tons of suspense; and A MADNESS SO DISCREET, a haunting story from Mindy McGinnis in which a ruthless and brutal killer shakes the foundation of teen Grace's sanity.

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August 2016

This month’s New in Paperback roundup includes THE ACCIDENT SEASON by Moïra Fowley-Doyle, in which a girl and her family become unavoidably accident-prone every October. Also featured are WE ALL LOOKED UP by Tommy Wallach, which follows four high schoolers reflecting on their lives and futures as an asteriod hurtles towards Earth and SHADOWSHAPER by Daniel José Older, wherein a girl named Sierra Santiago discovers shadowshaping, a thrilling magic that infuses ancestral spirits into different forms of art.

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August 2016

Our New in Paperback roundup this month includes A BLIND GUIDE TO STINKVILLE by Beth Vrabel, which explores many different issues --- albinism, blindness, depression, dyslexia, growing old, and more; THE LEAGUE OF UNEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN by Gitty Danesharvi, where a covert network uses the nation's most average, normal and utterly unexceptional children as spies; and UPSIDE-DOWN

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Week of July 25, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of July 25th include ROGUE LAWYER, John Grisham's latest legal thriller that introduces readers to Sebastian Rudd, an attorney who believes that everyone is entitled to a fair trial --- even if he has to bend the law to secure one; CITY ON FIRE, Garth Risk Hallberg's much-talked-about debut novel that revolves around a mystery --- namely, a shooting in Central Park on New Year’s Eve --- that will open up even the loneliest-seeming corners of 1970s New York City; YES, MY ACCENT IS REAL, a collection of humorous autobiographical essays from Kunal Nayyar, best known as Raj on "The Big Bang Theory"; and the continuations of such popular series as Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache mysteries (THE NATURE OF THE BEAST) and James Rollins' Sigma Force novels (THE BONE LABYRINTH).

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Week of July 18, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of July 18th include AFTER YOU, the sequel to Jojo Moyes' ME BEFORE YOU, which poses the questions: How do you move on after losing the person you loved? How do you build a life worth living?; THE TSAR OF LOVE AND TECHNO, Anthony Marra's collection of interwoven stories about family, sacrifice, the legacy of war and the redemptive power of art; and LAST RAGGED BREATH by Julia Keller, which finds prosecutor Bell Elkins facing her toughest challenge yet in a haunting story of vengeance, greed and the fierce struggle for social justice.

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