Week of October 13, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of October 13th include THE DROWNED by John Banville, a richly atmospheric mystery about a woman’s sudden disappearance in a small coastal town in Ireland, where nothing is as it seems; Kelley Armstrong's I'LL BE WAITING,   a spellbinding tale of supernatural horror involving a haunted house, seances, lost loved ones and a sinister spirit out for blood;  SHOCK INDUCTION by Chuck Palahniuk, a dark, satirical parable about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face of an uncertain future; LIFEFORM, a wild, soulful, hilarious collection of genre-bending essays from Jenny Slate depicting the journey into motherhood as you’ve never seen it before; and the paperback original THE TOURISTS by Christopher Reich, a heart-stopping thriller about a man who returns to a life of espionage to save the woman he loves and the City of Light.

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Week of October 6, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of October 6th include TO DIE FOR, David Baldacci's third 6:20 Man thriller, in which Travis Devine is sent to the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case --- and he’s about to come face to face with his nemesis, the girl on the train; SAFE ENOUGH, a collection of 20 pulse-pounding stories from Lee Child that are intimate portraits of humanity at its best and worst; PRECIPICE by Robert Harris, a spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue and betrayal set in England in the months leading up to the Great War; JOHN LEWIS, David Greenberg’s profoundly insightful biography of the Civil Rights icon, which draws on interviews with Lewis and approximately 275 others who knew him at various stages of his life, as well as never-before-used FBI files and documents; and Wade Rouse's MAGIC SEASON, an unforgettable story of love, family and forgiveness set against the backdrop of America's favorite pastime.

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The 2025 Kirkus Prize

The winners of the 2025 Kirkus Prize in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction and Young Readers’ Literature were announced on October 8th in an in-person ceremony at the Tribeca Rooftop in New York that also was livestreamed on Kirkus's YouTube channel.

Tom Beer, the editor-in-chief of Kirkus, said, “This year’s Kirkus Prize winners bring us vital messages for our time --- messages about the joys of community, the power of self-transformation, and the mutability of historical events --- all conveyed through exhilarating prose and pictures.”

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The National Book Awards 2025

The finalists for this year’s National Book Awards have been announced in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature.

The winners will be revealed on November 19th at the 76th National Book Awards Ceremony, which will be livestreamed for all to see. You can sign up to watch it for free by clicking here.

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Macavity Awards 2025

The winners of this year’s Macavity Awards have been announced. The Macavity Award is named for the “mystery cat” of T.S. Eliot (OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS). Each year the members of Mystery Readers International nominate and vote for their favorite mysteries in five categories.

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Jane Hamilton, author of The Phoebe Variations

Seventeen-year-old Phoebe was never interested in her birth family. But on the cusp of her high school graduation, her adoptive mother, Greta, insists on a visit to meet her biological parents and siblings. The encounter is a jolt, a revelation that derails Phoebe. With the help of her best friend, Luna, Phoebe runs away --- as far as their friend Patrick O’Connor’s chaotic home, where she hopes to go unnoticed among his 13 siblings. But when Phoebe asks Patrick to chop off her hip-length hair, she’s suddenly transformed. Patrick’s older brothers can’t help but notice the striking, Peter Pan–like stranger who suddenly has appeared in their midst. What starts as an adolescent rebellion soon spirals into a whirlwind of self-discovery and unexpected connections.

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