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Week of August 11, 2025

Paperback releases for the week of August 11th include TELL ME EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Strout, a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world; THE BIG EMPTY, a twisty, satisfying thriller from Robert Crais in which private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, face a cryptic case and a terrifying, unpredictable killer; Louis Bayard's THE WILDES, a vivid and poignant story of secrets, loss and love that brings Oscar Wilde’s wife, Constance, and two sons out from the shadows of history; MEN HAVE CALLED HER CRAZY by Anna Marie Tendler, a powerful memoir that reckons with mental health, as well as the insidious ways that men impact the lives of women; and the paperback original THE HARVEY GIRLS, Juliette Fay's big-hearted tale of two very different women who must learn to trust each other as one tries to save her family and the other to save herself.

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Juliette Fay, author of The Harvey Girls

Charlotte Crowninshield was born into one of the finest Boston society families. Now she’s on the run from a brutal husband. Billie MacTavish is the oldest of nine children born to Scottish immigrants in Nebraska. She quit school in the sixth grade to help with her mother’s washing and mending business, but even that isn’t enough to keep the family afloat. Desperate, both women join the ranks of the Harvey Girls, waitresses who serve in America’s first hospitality chain on the Santa Fe railroad. Hired on the same day, they share three things: a room, a heartfelt dislike of each other…and each has a secret that certainly will get them fired. But when they’re sent to work at the luxurious El Tovar hotel at the Grand Canyon, Billie struggles to hide her young age from would-be suitors, and Charlotte discovers the little-known dark side of the national park’s history.

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