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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 February 15, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of February 15th include THE ORDER, the 20th installment in Daniel Silva's riveting thriller series featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon; Emily St. John Mandel's THE GLASS HOTEL, an exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events --- the exposure of a massive criminal enterprise and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at sea; ALL THE WAYS WE SAID GOODBYE by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White, a glorious historical adventure that moves from the dark days of two World Wars to the turbulent years of the 1960s, in which three women with bruised hearts find refuge at Paris’s legendary Ritz hotel; THE QUEEN’S FORTUNE, a sweeping novel from Allison Pataki about the extraordinary woman who captured Napoleon’s heart, created a dynasty and changed the course of history; and AMERICAN SHERLOCK, Kate Winkler Dawson's gripping historical true crime narrative that recounts the story of the birth of modern criminal investigation.

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Week of February 8, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of February 8th include 28 SUMMERS, Elin Hilderbrand's novel that explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches her characters' lives, and the lives of the people they love; MASKED PREY, the 30th installment in John Sandford's Prey series, in which Lucas Davenport investigates a vitriolic blog that seems to be targeting the children of U.S. politicians; HIT LIST, which finds Stuart Woods' protagonist, Stone Barrington, facing down a vengeful miscreant who has put a hit out on him --- leading to an international cat-and-mouse hunt that has Stone questioning if he has become the predator or the prey; OONA OUT OF ORDER by Margarita Montimore, a remarkably inventive novel that explores what it means to live a life fully in the moment, even if those moments are out of order; and WASHINGTON'S END, the astonishing true story of George Washington’s forgotten last years, as told by popular historian and former White House speechwriter Jonathan Horn.

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Week of February 1, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of February 1st include one of the most talked-about books of 2020, DEAR EDWARD, Ann Napolitano's novel about a 12-year-old boy who struggles with the worst kind of fame --- as the sole survivor of a notorious plane crash; MY DARK VANESSA, Kate Elizabeth Russell's debut novel that explores the psychological dynamics of the relationship between a precocious yet naïve teenage girl and her magnetic and manipulative teacher; FAIR WARNING by Michael Connelly, in which Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar --- until now; A CONSPIRACY OF BONES, a Temperance Brennan mystery from Kathy Reichs that finds the forensic anthropologist having to use all her skills to discover the identity of a faceless corpse and its connection to a decade-old missing child case; and FACEBOOK: The Inside Story, Steven Levy's definitive history --- packed with untold stories --- of one of America’s most controversial and powerful companies.

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Week of January 25, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of January 25th include THE LAST TRIAL, the 11th book in Scott Turow's series set in fictional Kindle County, Illinois, about celebrated criminal defense lawyer Sandy Stern and the prosecution of his lifelong friend --- a doctor accused of murder; THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS by Stephen Graham Jones, which follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives; THE WIFE STALKER, a twisty psychological thriller from Liv Constantine about a woman fighting to hold onto the only family she’s ever loved --- and how far she’ll go to preserve it; Sandra Dallas' WESTERING WOMEN, an inspiring celebration of sisterhood on the perilous Overland Trail; and THE BODY, Bill Bryson's head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body --- how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail.

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Week of January 18, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of January 18th include WESTWIND, a timeless cat-and-mouse classic from Edgar Award winner Ian Rankin that examines political tensions in an era of espionage; NEVER ASK ME by Jeff Abbott, a riveting tale of the dangerous secrets one family has concealed --- and what happens when the question each family member hoped they'd never be asked threatens to expose their darkest truths; FIGHT OF THE CENTURY, an anthology of essays curated by authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman about landmark cases in the 100-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union; and Emma Copley Eisenberg's THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL, a stunning, complex narrative about the fractured legacy of a decades-old double murder in rural West Virginia --- and the writer determined to put the pieces back together.

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Week of January 11, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of January 11th include BLINDSIDE by James Patterson and James O. Born, which revolves around a deal that has been struck between the mayor of New York, whose daughter is missing and in danger, and Detective Michael Bennett, whose son is in prison; THE MOMENT OF LIFT, a timely and necessary call to action for women's empowerment from Melinda Gates, who shares lessons she’s learned from the inspiring people she’s met during her work and travels around the world; TROUBLE IS WHAT I DO, which marks the return of Walter Mosley’s morally ambiguous P.I. Leonid McGill, who continues to investigate crimes against society's most downtrodden; and WHERE REASONS END by Yiyun Li, a novel composed in the months after a mother loses her child to suicide, which trespasses into the space between life and death as they talk, free from old images and narratives.

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Week of January 4, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of January 4th include THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett, a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go; Anna Wiener’s memoir, UNCANNY VALLEY, a rare first-person glimpse into high-flying, reckless startup culture at a time of unchecked ambition, unregulated surveillance, wild fortune and accelerating political power; HITTING A STRAIGHT LICK WITH A CROOKED STICK, an outstanding collection of stories from Zora Neale Hurston about love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African American folk culture; THE FIRST TO LIE, Hank Phillippi Ryan's twisty, thrilling, cat-and-mouse novel of suspense that will have you guessing, and second-guessing, and then gasping with surprise; and BIG LIES IN A SMALL TOWN by Diane Chamberlain, a novel of chilling intrigue, a decades-old disappearance, and one woman’s quest to find the truth.

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Week of December 28, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of December 28th include SHADOWS IN DEATH, the 51st installment in J. D. Robb’s In Death series featuring Lt. Eve Dallas, who is about to walk into the shadows of her husband’s dangerous past; THE WARSAW PROTOCOL, the 15th entry in Steve Berry's series featuring former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone, who must determine why the seven precious relics of the Arma Christi --- the weapons of Christ --- are disappearing from sanctuaries across the globe; THE BLACK SWAN OF PARIS by Karen Robards, an exquisite WWII novel that illuminates the strength of three women in occupied Paris and showcases the extraordinary lengths one goes to save their family from a German prison; and LINCOLN ON THE VERGE, in which Ted Widmer draws on new research to reveal President-Elect Abraham Lincoln as a work in progress, showing him on the verge of greatness, foiling an assassination attempt and forging an unbreakable bond with the American people.

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Weeks of December 14 and 21, 2020

Paperback releases for the weeks of December 14th and 21st include BOMBSHELL by Stuart Woods and Parnell Hall, which finds Teddy Fay back in Hollywood and caught in two tricky situations, which means he will need to leverage every bit of his undercover skills and fearless daring to stay one step ahead of his foes...or he will find himself one foot in the grave; A SMALL TOWN, a shocking and twisty thriller from Thomas Perry about an ingenuous jailbreak and the manhunt it unleashes; WE, THE SURVIVORS by Tash Aw, a compelling depiction of a man’s act of violence, set against the backdrop of an Asia in flux; and REVOLUTION, the fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd's enthralling History of England, beginning in 1688 with a revolution and ending in 1815 with a famous victory.

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Week of December 7, 2020

Paperback releases for the week of December 7th include SEARCHING FOR SYLVIE LEE by Jean Kwok, a poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women --- two sisters and their mother --- in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears and a series of family secrets emerge; NAKED CAME THE FLORIDA MAN, an insanely entertaining tale from Tim Dorsey in which the inimitable Serge A. Storms sees dead people and investigates a creepy urban myth that may be all too real; PAPER SON, S. J. Rozan's fifth Lydia Chin/Bill Smith mystery, which takes the acclaimed detective duo into the Deep South to investigate a murder within the Chinese community; and LIFE ISN'T EVERYTHING, Ash Carter and Sam Kashner's up-close-and-personal portrait of legendary filmmaker, theater director and comedian Mike Nichols, which draws on candid conversations with his closest friends in show business and the arts.

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