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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 July 27, 2015

Releases for the week of July 27th include THE SHORT AND TRAGIC LIFE OF ROBERT PEACE by Jeff Hobbs, a heartfelt and riveting biography of the short life of a talented young African-American man who escapes the slums of Newark for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets --- and of one’s own nature --- when he returns home; THE LONG WAY HOME, the 10th installment in Louise Penny's mystery series starring Armand Gamache, now the former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the Sûreté du Québec; and NO SAFE HOUSE, the follow-up to Linwood Barclay's NO TIME FOR GOODBYE, in which a family’s troubled past is about to return in more ways than one --- and this time, they may not be able to escape.

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Week of July 20, 2015

Releases for the week of July 20th include LOVE LETTERS, Debbie Macomber's latest novel set at Cedar Cove’s cozy Rose Harbor Inn, a celebration of the power of love --- and a well-timed love letter --- to inspire hope and mend a broken heart; THE ROSIE EFFECT by Graeme Simsion, the highly anticipated sequel to THE ROSIE PROJECT, starring the same extraordinary couple now living in New York and unexpectedly expecting their first child; and I MUST SAY, Martin Short's witty, wise and heartfelt memoir of how a showbiz-obsessed kid from Canada transformed himself into one of Hollywood's favorite funnymen.

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Week of July 13, 2015

Releases for the week of July 13th include THE GIRLS OF AUGUST, Anne Rivers Siddons' New York Times bestselling novel about four friends whose lives are forever changed by the events of one summer; MADEMOISELLE, Rhonda K. Garelick's biography of Coco Chanel, whose life offers one of the most fascinating tales of the 20th century; HOUNDED, David Rosenfelt's12th legal thriller starring New Jersey lawyer Andy Carpenter; and BLUE-EYED BOY, acclaimed journalist Robert Timberg’s long-awaited memoir of his struggle to reclaim his life and find his calling after being severely burned as a young Marine lieutenant in Vietnam.

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Week of July 6, 2015

Releases for the week of July 6th include Anne Rice's PRINCE LESTAT, a long-awaited novel that picks up where THE VAMPIRE LESTAT left off more than a quarter of a century ago; WATCH ME, a follow-up memoir to A STORY LATELY TOLD, in which Academy Award-winning actress Anjelica Huston chronicles her 17-year love affair with Jack Nicholson, her rise to stardom, and her mastery of the craft of acting; LANDLINE, Rainbow Rowell's novel that asks if two people are ever truly on the same path, or whether love just means finding someone who will keep meeting you halfway, no matter where you end up; and DOUBLE AGENT by Peter Duffy, the never-before-told tale of the German-American who infiltrated New York’s Nazi underground in the days leading up to World War II.

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Week of June 29, 2015

Releases for the week of June 29th include FLESH AND BLOOD by Patricia Cornwell, in which master forensic sleuth Kay Scarpetta finds herself in the unsettling pursuit of a serial sniper who leaves no incriminating evidence except fragments of copper; BLUE LABYRINTH, a continuation of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's Pendergast series, in which a long-buried family secret has come back to haunt the Special Agent; HER LAST WHISPER, Karen Robards'  third paranormal romantic thriller featuring Dr. Charlotte “Charlie” Stone; and Martin Dugard's THE EXPLORERS, which shares the rich saga of the Burton and Speke expedition and guides readers through the seven traits that history’s most legendary explorers called on to survive their impossible journeys.

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Week of June 22, 2015

Releases for the week of June 22nd include DARING: MY PASSAGES, a chronicle of Gail Sheehy's trials and triumphs as a groundbreaking “girl” journalist in the 1960s, to iconic guide for women and men seeking to have it all, to one of the premier political profilers of modern times; DANCING FISH AND AMMONITES, a memoir by Penelope Lively, who offers a glimpse into her influences and formative years, as well as a view of what life looks like from the vantage point of 80 years; and DOLLBABY, Laura Lane McNeal's big-hearted coming-of-age debut set in civil rights-era New Orleans --- a novel of Southern eccentricity and secrets.

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Week of June 15, 2015

Releases for the week of June 15th include THE BONE CLOCKS, David Mitchell's latest bestseller in which a 15-year-old girl's lost weekend is merely the prelude to a shocking disappearance that leaves her family irrevocably scarred; HAVE A NICE GUILT TRIP, Lisa Scottoline and her daughter, Francesca Serritella's, fourth volume of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman; and ALL DAY AND A NIGHT by Alafair Burke, in which a new murder case with ties to a convicted serial killer leads Detective Ellie Hatcher into a twisting investigation with explosive and deadly results.

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Week of June 8, 2015

Releases for the week of June 8th include SAVING GRACE by Jane Green, a powerful and riveting novel about a woman whose life begins to unravel in the face of infidelity and addiction; Sophie Hannah's THE MONOGRAM MURDERS, which marks the first time ever that the Agatha Christie estate has approved a brand-new novel featuring Dame Agatha's most beloved creation, Hercule Poirot; THE MAGICIAN'S LAND, the stunning conclusion to Lev Grossman's bestselling Magicians trilogy; and SELECTED LETTERS OF NORMAN MAILER, which features the most fascinating of Mailer’s missives from 1940 to 2007, compiled by his authorized biographer, J. Michael Lennon, and organized by decade.

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Week of June 1, 2015

Releases for the week of June 1st include WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART’S BLOOD, the highly anticipated continuation of Diana Gabaldon’s classic Outlander series; A DEADLY WANDERING by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Matt Richtel, an exploration of technology’s vast influence on the human mind and society, told through the lens of a tragic “texting-while-driving” car crash that claimed the lives of two rocket scientists in 2006; and THE VACATIONERS, Emma Straub’s novel about the secrets, joys and jealousies that rise to the surface over the course of an American family’s Mediterranean holiday.

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Week of May 25, 2015

Releases for the week of May 25th include TOP SECRET TWENTY-ONE, book #21 in Janet Evanovich's bestselling Stephanie Plum series, featuring death threats, highly trained assassins, highly untrained assassins, and Stark Street being overrun by a pack of feral Chihuahuas; THE SMOKE AT DAWN, the third novel in Jeff Shaara's Civil War in the West series that started with A BLAZE OF GLORY and A CHAIN OF THUNDER; and THE LION'S GATE by Steven Pressfield, which tells the story of the Six Day War in the voices of the young men and women who battled not only for their lives, but also for the survival of a Jewish state and for the dreams of their ancestors.

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