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Week of September 18, 2017

Paperback releases for the week of September 18th include MOONGLOW by Michael Chabon, a novel of truth and lies, family legends and existential adventure --- and the forces that work to destroy us; THE SLEEPING BEAUTY KILLER, Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke's third Under Suspicion novel, which follows television producer Laurie Moran as she tries to help a woman she believes was wrongfully convicted of killing her fiancé; SOUL AT THE WHITE HEAT, a collection of critical and personal essays on writing, obsession and inspiration from National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates; and MOSCOW NIGHTS by Nigel Cliff, which tells the dramatic story of Van Cliburn, a remarkable young Texan pianist who played his way through the wall of fear built by the Cold War, won the hearts of the American and Russian people, and eased tensions between two superpowers on the brink of nuclear war.

September 2016

September's roundup of History titles includes KILLING THE RISING SUN, the new book in Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard's Killing series, in which the authors recount "how America vanquished World War II Japan"; Candice Millard's HERO OF THE EMPIRE, a thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little-known exploits during the Boer War; PEARL HARBOR, Craig Nelson's gripping and definitive account of the event that changed 20th-century America, published in time for the 75th anniversary; GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SECRET SPY WAR by John A. Nagy, the untold story of how George Washington took a disorderly, ill-equipped rabble and defeated the best trained and best equipped army of its day in the Revolutionary War; and THE BIRTH OF A NATION, the official tie-in to the highly acclaimed film of the same name, which surveys the history and legacy of Nat Turner, the leader of one of the most renowned slave rebellions on American soil, while also exploring his relevance to contemporary dialogues on race relations.

The National Book Critics Circle Awards 2016

The winners of the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced on March 16, 2017 at the New School in New York.