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Jason Mott, author of People Like Us

Two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence. One is on a global book tour after a big prize win; the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting. As their two storylines merge, truths and antics abound in equal measure: characters drink booze out of an award trophy; menaces lurk in the shadows; tiny French cars putter around the countryside; handguns seem to hover in the air; and dreams endure against all odds.

Week of August 3, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of August 3rd include John Grisham's first-ever whodunit, THE WIDOW, in which a small-time lawyer accused of murder races to find the real killer to clear his name; THE ELEVENTH HOUR by Salman Rushdie, a spellbinding exploration of life, death and what comes into focus at the proverbial 11th hour of life; Philippa Gregory's BOLEYN TRAITOR, a dazzling historical novel of ambition, betrayal and survival in the court of Henry VIII; THE BREAK-IN by Katherine Faulkner, a gripping domestic thriller in which a wealthy London mother must unravel a terrifying mystery filled with twists and turns after killing an intruder in self-defense; and FLESH, David Szalay's Booker Prize-winning novel about a man whose life veers off course due to a series of unforeseen circumstances.