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Week of January 24, 2022

Paperback releases for the week of January 24th include HOUR OF THE WITCH, a riveting and propulsive novel of historical suspense from Chris Bohjalian, in which a young Puritan woman --- faithful and resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul --- plots her escape from a violent marriage; LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN, a timeless collection that reveals what would become Joan Didion's subjects, including the press, politics, California robber barons, women and her own self-doubt; THE BULLET, the 27th installment in Iris Johansen's fast-paced thriller series starring Eve Duncan, who, along with her husband, Joe Quinn, must protect the life of a brilliant scientist (who happens to be Joe's ex-wife) so that she can live long enough to bring her discovery to the world; and WHAT'S MINE AND YOURS by Naima Coster, a sweeping novel of legacy, identity, the American family --- and the ways that race affects even our most intimate relationships.

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction 2022

Congratulations to Tom Lin and Hanif Abdurraqib, the 2022 winners of the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. Lin won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for his novel, THE THOUSAND CRIMES OF MING TSU, published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group. Abdurraqib won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction for his book, A LITTLE DEVIL in America: In Praise of Black Performance, published by Random House, a division of Penguin Random House.