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New in Paperback

Whether it's a hardcover reprinted in paperback, or a new book that just released in paperback, we're rounding up fiction and nonfiction titles worthy of your attention in our New in Paperback feature. Feel free to dog-ear the pages and fold back the covers!

Week of August 30, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of August 30th include HOME BEFORE DARK by Riley Sager, the story of a house with long-buried secrets and a woman’s quest to uncover them --- even if the truth is far more terrifying than any haunting; Liese O’Halloran Schwarz's WHAT COULD BE SAVED, in which a woman must confront her family’s closely guarded secrets when a mysterious man claims to be her long-missing brother; ELI'S PROMISE, a masterful work of historical fiction from Ronald H. Balson that spans three eras --- Nazi-occupied Poland, the American Zone of post-war Germany, and Chicago at the height of the Vietnam War; and THE MYSTERY OF CHARLES DICKENS by A. N. Wilson, a lively and insightful biographical celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his death.

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Week of August 23, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of August 23rd include ROBERT B. PARKER’S FOOL’S PARADISE by Mike Lupica, which revolves around the murder of an unknown man in Paradise and Police Chief Jesse Stone's investigation into who he was --- and what he was seeking; Emily Gray Tedrowe's THE TALENTED MISS FARWELL, an electrifying page-turner of greed and obsession, survival and self-invention, that is a piercing character study of one unforgettable female con artist; SISTERS, a one-two punch of wild fury and heartache --- a taut, powerful and deeply moving account of sibling love and what happens when two sisters must face each other’s darkest impulses; and DEAR CHILD by Romy Hausmann, a twisty and psychologically clever thriller that the publisher describes as "GONE GIRL meets ROOM," in which a woman held captive finally escapes --- but can she ever really get away?

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Week of August 16, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of August 16th include SHOW THEM YOU'RE GOOD by Jeff Hobbs, a brilliant and transcendent work that closely follows four Los Angeles high school boys as they apply to college; CRY BABY, a prequel to Mark Billingham’s acclaimed debut, SLEEPYHEAD, which highlights the case that shaped the career of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne; CROSSHAIRS, Catherine Hernandez's unforgettable and timely dystopian tale about a near-future, where a queer Black performer and his allies join forces to rise up when an oppressive regime gathers those deemed “Other” into concentration camps; and KILLER, COME BACK TO ME, a deluxe illustrated commemorative collection of Ray Bradbury's finest crime stories --- tales as strange and wonderful as his signature fantasy.

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Week of August 9, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of August 9th include THE RETURN by Nicholas Sparks, in which an injured Navy doctor meets two extremely important women whose secrets will change the course of his life; BROKEN, a collection of tales from Don Winslow that are connected by the themes of crime, corruption, vengeance, justice, loss, betrayal, guilt and redemption; Gilly Macmillan's TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, a serpentine thriller that cleverly blends atmosphere, tarnished memories, mystery and twisty secrets from the past into a potent, intense read that will leave you questioning everything you believe; and THE SOCRATES EXPRESS, which finds Eric Weiner embarking on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history’s greatest thinkers and showing us how each --- from Epicurus to Gandhi, Thoreau to Beauvoir --- offers practical and spiritual lessons for today’s unsettled times.

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Week of August 2, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of August 2nd include THE GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley, a deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller reminiscent of Agatha Christie about a wedding celebration that turns dark and deadly; AFTERSHOCKS, a deeply felt memoir from Whiting Award winner Nadia Owusu about the push and pull of belonging, the seismic emotional toll of family secrets, and the heart it takes to pull through; C. J. Box's DARK SKY, which finds Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett accompanying a Silicon Valley CEO on a hunting trip --- but he soon learns that he himself may be the hunted; V2, Robert Harris' WWII thriller about a German rocket engineer, a former actress turned British spy, and the Nazi rocket program; and THE SMALLEST LIGHTS IN THE UNIVERSE, a probing and invigoratingly honest book from Sara Seager, an MIT astrophysicist who must reinvent herself in the wake of tragedy and discovers the power of connection on this planet, even as she searches our galaxy for another Earth.

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Week of July 26, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of July 26th include FAITHLESS IN DEATH, the 52nd installment in J. D. Robb's series starring NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas, which revolves around a supposed lover’s quarrel turned fatal that has larger --- and more terrifying --- motives behind it; WHITE IVY by debut novelist Susie Yang, in which a young woman’s crush on a privileged former classmate becomes a story of love, lies and dark obsession, offering stark insights into the immigrant experience; THE KINGDOM, a tense and atmospheric stand-alone thriller from Jo Nesbø about two brothers, one small town and a lifetime of dark secrets; Liz Nugent's LITTLE CRUELTIES, a biting and masterful novel of psychological suspense that explores the many ways families can wreak emotional havoc across generations; and AGENT SONYA, Ben Macintyre's page-turning history of a legendary secret agent, a woman who influenced the course of the Cold War and helped plunge the world into a decades-long standoff between nuclear superpowers.

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Week of July 19, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of July 19th include THE WIFE WHO KNEW TOO MUCH by Michele Campbell, a decadent summer thriller about the lives of those who will do anything for love and money; HEAVEN AND EARTH, a powerful, epic novel of four friends as they grapple with desire, youth, death and faith in a sweeping story by Paolo Giordano, the international bestselling author of THE SOLITUDE OF PRIME NUMBERS; THE BONES OF WOLFE, James Carlos Blake's fifth Wolfe family adventure, in which Rudy and Frank Wolfe are engaging in routine miscellaneous business --- some legitimate and some less so --- for their family when they stumble upon a stash of high-quality pornographic films in a raid; and Rachel Cohn's AUSTEN YEARS, a deeply felt and sensitive examination of a writer’s relationship to reading, and to her own family, winding together memoir, criticism and biographical and historical material about Jane Austen herself.

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Week of July 12, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of July 12th include SPIN, a heart-pounding thriller from Patricia Cornwell, in which Captain Calli Chase races against time to thwart a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in the balance; Lisa Unger's CONFESSIONS ON THE 7:45, a riveting work of psychological suspense about a chance encounter that unravels a shocking web of lies; A VERY PUNCHABLE FACE, a collection of hilarious essays from "Saturday Night Live" head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor Colin Jost, who learns how to take a beating; BETTY, a stunning, lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians about a young girl and the family truths that will haunt her for the rest of her life; and ELIOT NESS AND THE MAD BUTCHER by Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz, the haunting story of Eliot Ness' forgotten final case --- his years-long hunt for "The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run," a serial killer who terrorized Cleveland through the Great Depression.

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Week of July 5, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of July 5th include MIGRATIONS, Charlotte McConaghy's ode to a disappearing world and a breathtaking page-turner about the possibility of hope against all odds; ANXIOUS PEOPLE by Fredrik Backman, a charming, poignant novel about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find that they have more in common than they ever imagined; Christina Baker Kline's THE EXILES, an ambitious, emotionally resonant work of historical fiction that captures the hardship, oppression, opportunity and hope of a trio of women’s lives --- two English convicts and an orphaned Aboriginal girl --- in 19th-century Australia; and YALE NEEDS WOMEN, Anne Gardiner Perkins' unflinching account of how a group of young women fought against the backward-leaning traditions of a centuries-old institution and created the opportunities that would carry them into the future.

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Week of June 28, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of June 28th include John Grisham's latest legal thriller, A TIME FOR MERCY, in which Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a deeply divisive trial when the court appoints him attorney for Drew Gamble, a timid 16-year-old boy accused of murdering a local deputy; ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE, the 16th entry in Louise Penny's series starring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Quebec, who this time is investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light; THE EVENING AND THE MORNING, the thrilling prequel to Ken Follett's THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH, which is set in England at the dawn of a new era --- the Middle Ages; DADDY, a remarkable story collection from Emma Cline, who portrays moments when the ordinary is disturbed and daily life buckles, revealing the perversity and violence pulsing under the surface; and THE BOOK OF LOST FRIENDS by Lisa Wingate, a dramatic account of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post-Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her students’ lives.

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