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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!

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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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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