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Week of July 11, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of July 11th include THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins, the debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives (and is soon to be a major motion picture starring Emily Blunt); TWO YEARS EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY-EIGHT NIGHTS, another spellbinding work of fiction from Salman Rushdie that blends history, mythology and a timeless love story; and HOW TO BE A GROWN-UP by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, an irresistible comedy about a forty-something wife and mother thrust back into the workforce, where she finds herself at the mercy of a #BossHalfHerAge.

Week of July 4, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of July 4th include AFTER ALICE by Gregory Maguire, a magical new twist on ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, which was published in hardcover last year to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s beloved classic; SILVER LININGS, Debbie Macomber's fourth novel set in Cedar Cove’s charming Rose Harbor Inn, which finds innkeeper Jo Marie welcoming two new guests as they seek healing and comfort; THE JAPANESE LOVER by Isabel Allende, a love story and multigenerational epic that stretches from San Francisco in the present-day to Poland and the United States during World War II; and A WINDOW OPENS, Elisabeth Egan's debut novel in which a wife and mother of three leaps at the chance to fulfill her professional destiny --- only to learn that every opportunity comes at a price.

July 2016

Our New in Paperback roundup this month includes KNIGHTLEY AND SON, Rohan Gavin's fun new mystery series featuring a father and son duo; RIVER RUNS DEEP by Jennifer Bradbury, where an ill boy discovers runaways hiding in the secret tunnels within Mam

July 2016

This month's New in Paperback roundup includes SUICIDE NOTES FROM BEAUTIFUL GIRLS by Lynn Weingarten, in which June investigates the suspicious suicide of her ex-best friend and finds herself in grave danger; COURT OF FIVES by Kate Elliott, where Jessamy teams up with Kalliarkos to save her family from the schemes of Kal's powerful uncle; and NEVER ALWAYS SOMETIMES by Adi Alsaid, in which two best friends decide to cross things off their "Never" list and discover that they've been missing out on high school.

June 2016

Our New in Paperback roundup this month includes THE LAND OF STORIES: Beyond the Kingdoms by Chris Colfer, in which the Bailey twins and their friends travel beyond the kingdom to stop the Masked Man's scheme; MOONPENNY ISLAND by Tricia Springstubb, where a girl grows to see the truth about herself and her loved ones as she learns about fossils; and SERAFINA AND THE BLACK CLOAK by Robert Beatty, in which a 12-year-old girl races to uncover the Man in the Black Cloak's identity before he kidnaps all the children.

Week of June 27, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of June 27th include OUR SOULS AT NIGHT by Kent Haruf, a bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future; Preston and Child's CRIMSON SHORE, in which a seemingly straightforward private case turns out to be much more complicated --- and sinister --- than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated; GOLDEN AGE, the final volume of Jane Smiley's Last Hundred Years Trilogy that brings the Langdon family into our present times and beyond; and FIND A WAY, a riveting memoir from Diana Nyad in which she shares a spirited account of what it takes to face one’s fears, engage one’s passions and never ever give up.

Week of June 20, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of June 20th include THE GAP OF TIME, Jeanette Winterson's cover version of "The Winter's Tale," one of Shakespeare's "late plays"; Patti Callahan Henry's novel, THE IDEA OF LOVE, which poses the question, "Can two people come together for all the wrong reasons and still make it right?"; SECOND LIFE, a psychological thriller from S. J. Watson about a woman with a secret identity that threatens to destroy her; and two books by David Rosenfelt --- WHO LET THE DOG OUT?, an Andy Carpenter mystery, and LESSONS FROM TARA, a collection of essays all about the inspirational canine who taught Rosenfelt everything he knows.

Week of June 13, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of June 13th include DEAR MR. YOU, which renders the singular arc of a woman’s life through letters Mary-Louise Parker composes to the men, real and hypothetical, who have informed the person she is today; DOES THIS BEACH MAKE ME LOOK FAT?, a collection of funny stories and true confessions from the mother-daughter team of Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella, who tackle the quirks, absurdities and wonders of everyday life with wit and warmth; THE FATEFUL LIGHTNING, the riveting final installment in Jeff Shaara's Civil War series that began with A BLAZE OF GLORY and continued in A CHAIN OF THUNDER and THE SMOKE AT DAWN; and THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US by Annie Barrows, which brings to life an inquisitive young girl, her beloved aunt, and the alluring visitor who changes the course of their destiny forever.

Week of June 6, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of June 6th include THE MARRIAGE OF OPPOSITES by Alice Hoffman, a forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro --- the Father of Impressionism; DEVIL'S BRIDGE, the 17th Alexandra Cooper thriller by Linda Fairstein, who takes readers where they have never been before: inside the mind of NYPD Detective Mike Chapman; TWAIN'S END, Lynn Cullen's fictionalized imagining of the personal life of America’s most iconic writer: Mark Twain; and Robert Weintraub's NO BETTER FRIEND, which tells the story of Air Force technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met in World War II and were POWs in a camp in the Pacific.

June 2016

Our New in Paperback roundup for June includes SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA, a debut novel by Becky Albertalli, in which a closeted gay teen struggles to come out before he is forced to; RED QUEEN, Victoria Aveyard's debut novel where a Red-blooded girl discovers she has magical abilities that only Silver-blooded elites should have, leaving her split between two worlds; and ALL THE RAGE, a timely and poignant novel about the cost of silence in an unjust world.

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