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Jeff VanderMeer, author of Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel

When the Southern Reach trilogy was first published a decade ago, it was an instant sensation. Each volume climbed the bestseller list; awards were won; the books made the rare transition from paperback original to hardcover; the movie adaptation became a cult classic. And yet, for Jeff VanderMeer, there was never full closure to the story of Area X. There were a few mysteries that had gone unsolved, some key points of view never aired. There were stories left to tell. Structured in three parts, each recounting a new expedition, ABSOLUTION is a brilliant, beautiful and ever-terrifying plunge into unique and fertile literary territory. There are some long-awaited answers here, to be sure, but also more questions and profound new surprises.

Week of October 20, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of October 20th include THIS BOOK WILL BURY ME by Ashley Winstead, a chilling, compulsive story of five amateur sleuths, whose hunt for an elusive killer catapults them into danger as the world watches; Mark Haddon's DOGS AND MONSTERS, a collection of eight mesmerizingly imaginative, deeply humane stories that use Greek myths and contemporary dystopian narratives to examine mortality, moral choices and the many variants of love; ROMAN YEAR, a deeply romantic memoir of André Aciman's time in Rome while on the cusp of adulthood; Tom Clavin's BANDIT HEAVENthe thrilling true story of the most infamous hangout for bandits, thieves and murderers of all time --- and the lawmen tasked with rooting them out; and the paperback original THE DEADLY BOOK CLUB by Lyn Liao Butler, a twisty thriller in which a virtual book club listens in horror when the screen freezes and one of their members is murdered.