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  • Book Jacket: The Almost Sisters
    The Almost Sisters
    Joshilyn Jackson
    Published 7/11/17

    Superheroes have always been Leia Birch Briggs' weakness. One tequila-soaked night at a comics ...
  • Book Jacket: The Necklace
    The Necklace
    Claire McMillan
    Published 7/4/17

    Always the black sheep of the tight-knit Quincy clan, Nell is cautious when she's summoned to the ...
  • Book Jacket: Happiness
    Happiness
    Heather Harpham
    Published 8/1/17

    Happiness begins with a charming courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites: Heather, a world-...

Publishing Soon

  • Book Jacket: Careers for Women
    Careers for Women
    Joanna Scott
    Published 7/25/17

    Maggie Gleason is looking toward the future. Part of a midcentury wave of young women seeking new ...
  • Book Jacket: The Painted Queen
    The Painted Queen
    Elizabeth Peters, Joan Hess
    Published 7/25/17

    Arriving in Cairo for another thrilling excavation season, Amelia is relaxing in a well-earned ...
  • Book Jacket: LoveMurder
    LoveMurder
    Saul Black
    Published 7/25/17

    When she's called to the murder scene, the last thing San Francisco Homicide detective Valerie Hart ...

Featured This Week

  • Book Jacket: Smoke
    Smoke
    Dan Vyleta
    Published 6/27/17

    "Smoke is an addictive combination of thriller, fantasy, and historical novel, with a dash of horror...
  • Book Jacket: Behold the Dreamers
    Behold the Dreamers
    Imbolo Mbue
    Published 6/26/17

    Oprah Winfrey's Summer 2017 Book Club Pick

    In the vein of Amy Tan and Khaled Hosseini comes a ...
  • Book Jacket: The Force
    The Force
    Don Winslow
    Published 6/20/17

    The acclaimed, award-winning, bestselling author of The Cartel - voted one of the Best Books of the ...

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New in Hardcover

  • Book Jacket: Reading with Patrick
    Reading with Patrick
    Michelle Kuo
    Published 7/11/17

    A memoir of race, inequality, and the power of literature told through the life-changing friendship ...
  • Book Jacket: The Graybar Hotel
    The Graybar Hotel
    Curtis Dawkins
    Published 7/4/17

    In this stunning debut collection, Curtis Dawkins, an MFA graduate and convicted murderer serving ...
  • Book Jacket: The Confusion of Languages
    The Confusion of Languages
    Siobhan Fallon
    Published 6/27/17

    A searing debut novel from the award-winning author of You Know When the Men are Gone, about ...

New in Paperback

  • Book Jacket: All Is Not Forgotten
    All Is Not Forgotten
    Wendy Walker
    Published 7/18/17

    It begins in the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut, where everything seems picture ...
  • Book Jacket: Underground Airlines
    Underground Airlines
    Ben H. Winters
    Published 7/18/17

    It is the present-day, and the world is as we know it: smartphones, social networking and Happy ...
  • Book Jacket: The Velveteen Daughter
    The Velveteen Daughter
    Laurel D. Huber
    Published 7/11/17

    The Velveteen Daughter reveals for the first time the true story of two remarkable women: Margery ...

Top Recommendations for Book Clubs

  • Book Jacket: Lily and the Octopus
    Lily and the Octopus
    Steven Rowley
    Published 5/30/17

    Combining the emotional depth of The Art of Racing in the Rain with the magical spirit of The Life ...
  • Book Jacket: This Must Be the Place
    This Must Be the Place
    Maggie O'Farrell
    Published 5/16/17

    A dazzling novel from bestselling writer Maggie O'Farrell, winner of the Costa Novel Award—an ...
  • Book Jacket: Feast of Sorrow
    Feast of Sorrow
    Crystal King
    Published 4/25/17

    Set amongst the scandal, wealth, and upstairs-downstairs politics of a Roman family, Crystal King's ...

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