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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 March 7, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of March 7th include SHOPAHOLIC TO THE RESCUE, which marks the return of another laugh-out-loud Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) adventure from Sophie Kinsella --- a hilarious road trip through the American West to Las Vegas; THE FOLDED CLOCK, Heidi Julavits' meditation on time and self, youth and aging, friendship and romance, faith and fate, art and ambition; and THE RESIDENCE by Kate Andersen Brower, which reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers and others who tend to the needs of the President and First Family.

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Week of February 29, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of February 29th include EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES, a stand-alone thriller from Lisa Scottoline that brings you into the grip of a true sociopath and shows you how, in the quest to survive such ruthlessness, every minute counts; BROKEN PROMISE, the opening novel in Linwood Barclay's trilogy set in the peaceful small town of Promise Falls, where secrets can always be buried --- but are never forgotten; and THE HARDER THEY COME by T.C. Boyle, which explores the volatile connections between three damaged people --- an aging ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, his psychologically unstable son, and the son's paranoid, much older lover --- as they careen towards an explosive confrontation.

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Week of February 22, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of February 22nd include THE BONE TREE, the highly anticipated second installment of Greg Iles' epic trilogy of blood and race, family and justice, featuring Southern lawyer Penn Cage; ON THE MOVE, a memoir by the late Oliver Sacks, who writes about the passions that drove his life, his love affairs, his guilt over leaving his family to come to America, his bond with his schizophrenic brother, and the writers and scientists who have influenced his work; HOW I SHED MY SKIN, which chronicles award-winning novelist Jim Grimsley’s years of learning --- and then unlearning --- racism; and new installments of series by such authors as Jacqueline Winspear, M. C. Beaton, Rhys Bowen and Philip Kerr.

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Week of February 15, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of February 15th include EPITAPH, a historical novel from Mary Doria Russell that continues the story she began in DOC, following Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to Tombstone, Arizona, and to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral; KNOW YOUR BEHOLDER by Adam Rapp, a hilarious and heartbreaking work of fiction about a musician climbing back from rock bottom; and KILLERS OF THE KING, a unique chronicle of Stuart England written by Charles Spencer, who tells the dramatic stories and fascinating fates of the men who signed Charles I’s death warrant.

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Week of February 8, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of February 8th include GET IN TROUBLE, Kelly Link's first short story collection for adult readers in over a decade; AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST by Alan Bradley, in which Flavia de Luce takes her remarkable sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools; THE INVENTION OF FIRE, which comes courtesy of Bruce Holsinger, the author of the acclaimed historical thriller A BURNABLE BOOK, who once again brings medieval London alive in all its color and detail in a novel that imagines the beginnings of gun violence in the Western world; and 17 CARNATIONS, a meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor and Adolf Hitler before, during and after World War II.

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Week of February 1, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of February 1st include FRICTION by Sandra Brown, a gripping story of family ties and forbidden attraction; Nick Hornby's FUNNY GIRL, a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingénue to television starlet; PRETTY BABY, a stunning psychological thriller from Mary Kubica in which a chance encounter sparks an unrelenting web of lies; and PUBLISHING, a personal story of author Gail Godwin's hunger to be published, the pursuit of that goal, and then the long haul.

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February 2016

In paperback titles this month, we have TOM GATES: Excellent Excuses (and Other Good Stuff) by Liz Pichon, in which two weeks off of school doesn’t prevent Tom from getting into some hilarious mischief; PERCY JACKSON'S GREEK GODS by Rick Riordan and John Rocco, where readers can learn about the classic myths in Percy’s signature sarcastic tone; and HENRY DAVID THOREAU FOR KIDS: His Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities by Corinne Hosfeld Smith, where kids can discover the contributions of this great American thinker, writer and naturalist in an interactive way.

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January 2016

In paperback titles this month, we have APOLLO: The Brilliant One, the latest installment in George O’Connor’s graphic novel series featuring the Greek gods, The Olympians, this time focusing on the god of the sun; HENRY FORD FOR KIDS: His Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities (For Kids series) by Ronald A.

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Week of January 25, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of January 25th include GOD HELP THE CHILD, the first book by Toni Morrison to be set in our current moment, a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape --- and misshape --- the life of the adult; SPEAKING IN BONES by Kathy Reichs, in which forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan finds herself drawn into a world of dark secrets and dangerous beliefs, where good and evil blur; DEVOTED IN DEATH, the 41st installment in J. D. Robb's In Death series, in which Lieutenant Eve Dallas tracks a young couple whose heated passion for each other is fueled by cold brutality; and HUCK FINN’S AMERICA, award-winning biographer Andrew Levy's investigation into Mark Twain’s writing of HUCKLEBERRY FINN, which turns on its head everything we thought we knew about America’s favorite icon of childhood.

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Week of January 18, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of January 18th include RADIANT ANGEL, a John Corey novel from Nelson DeMille that takes readers into the heart of a new Cold War with a clock-ticking plot that has Manhattan in its crosshairs; James Hannaham's DELICIOUS FOODS, in which a widow, held captive by her employers --- and by her own demons --- on a mysterious farm, struggles to reunite with her young son; and GATEWAY TO FREEDOM by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner, the dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom.

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