1.
Series:
She Lies in Wait
A Novel
Hardcover
Gytha Lodge
9781984817358
$36.00
FICTION
Jan 08, 2019
Six friends. One killer. Who do you trust? A teen girl goes missing after a night of partying; thirty years later, the discovery of her body reopens a cold case in a gripping thriller for readers of Tana French, The Woman in Cabin 10, and the Lynley series.If you go down to the woods today…On a scorching July night in 1983, a group of teenagers goes camping in the forest. Bright and brilliant, they are destined for great things, and the youngest of the group—Aurora Jackson—is delighted to be allowed to tag along. The evening starts like any oth...
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2.
Series:
That Churchill Woman
A Novel
Hardcover
Stephanie Barron
9781524799564
$37.00
FICTION
Jan 29, 2019
The Paris Wife meets PBS’s Victoria in this enthralling novel of the life and loves of one of history’s most remarkable women: Winston Churchill’s scandalous American mother, Jennie Jerome.Wealthy, privileged, and fiercely independent New Yorker Jennie Jerome took Victorian England by storm when she landed on its shores. As Lady Randolph Churchill, she gave birth to a man who defined the twentieth century: her son Winston. But Jennie—reared in the luxury of Gilded Age Newport and the Paris of the Second Empire—lived an outrageously modern life ...
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3.
Series:
Reproduction
Hardcover
Ian Williams
9780735274051
$35.00
FICTION
Jan 22, 2019
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEA hilarious, surprising and poignant love story about the way families are invented, told with the savvy of a Zadie Smith and with an inventiveness all Ian Williams’ own, Reproduction bangs lives together in a polyglot suburb of Toronto.Felicia and Edgar meet as their mothers are dying. Felicia, a teen from an island nation, and Edgar, the lazy heir of a wealthy German family, come together only because their mothers share a hospital room. When Felicia’s mother dies and Edgar’s “Mutter” does not, Felic...
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4.
Series:
We Cast a Shadow
A Novel
Hardcover
Maurice Carlos Ruffin
9780525509066
$36.00
FICTION
Jan 29, 2019
“An incisive and necessary” (Roxane Gay) debut for fans of Get Out and Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, about a father’s obsessive quest to protect his son—even if it means turning him white“Stunning and audacious . . . at once a pitch-black comedy, a chilling horror story and an endlessly perceptive novel about the possible future of race in America.”—NPRLONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE, THE PEN/OPEN BOOK AWARD, AND THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE WASHINGTON POST “You can be beau...
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5.
Series:
The Plotters
A Novel
Paperback
Un-su Kim
9780735276765
$24.95
FICTION
Jan 29, 2019
A fantastical crime novel set in an alternate Seoul where assassination guilds compete for market dominance, for fans of Han Kang, Patrick DeWitt and Kill Bill.Reseng is an assassin, and behind every assassination, there is an anonymous mastermind--a plotter--working in the shadows. Raised by a philosophical and cantankerous killer named Old Raccoon in his crime headquarters, The Library, Reseng has always been surrounded by plots--and by books that no one ever reads. But, when Reseng steps out of line on a job, he risks his future. And when he...
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6.
Series: The Dark Star Trilogy
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Hardcover
Marlon James
9780385690324
$36.50
FICTION
Feb 05, 2019
"A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made." —Neil Gaiman"Gripping, action-packed....The literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesIn this epic, internationally bestselling novel from Marlon James, the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings, myth, fantasy and history merge in the stunning story of a mercenary's quest to find a missing child. Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Hired to find a mysterious bo...
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7.
Series:
Finding Dorothy
A Novel
Hardcover
Elizabeth Letts
9780525622109
$37.00
FICTION
Feb 12, 2019
This richly imagined novel tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book that inspired the iconic film, through the eyes of author L. Frank Baum’s intrepid wife, Maud.“A breathtaking read that will transport you over the rainbow and into the heart of one of America’s most enduring fairy tales.”—Lisa Wingate, author of Before We Were Yours Hollywood, 1938: As soon as she learns that M-G-M is adapting her late husband’s masterpiece for the screen, seventy-seven-year-old Maud Gage Baum sets about trying to finagle her way onto the se...
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8.
Series:
Into That Fire
Paperback
M. J. Cates
9780735273764
$24.95
FICTION
Feb 19, 2019
Fans of Ian McEwan and Paula McLain will fall for this absorbing novel about love and madness, the toll of the First World War and family secrets, and an extraordinary woman's struggle to succeed in a man's world.Imogen is going to hurt Quentin, and she can't bear it. He has been her only friend and confidant during her time at medical school in Chicago, but he wants more than friendship and she doesn't. Unlike most well-brought-up young women in 1916, Imogen does not want to be a wife--she wants to become one of the country's first female psyc...
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9.
Series: The Women's War
The Women's War
A Novel
Hardcover
Jenna Glass
9781984817204
$37.00
FICTION
Mar 05, 2019
In a feminist fantasy epic, a revolutionary spell gives women the ability to control their own fertility—with consequences that rock their patriarchal society to its core.“A compulsive read, riveting characters, life-or-death stakes . . . a smashing book!”—Tamora PierceWhen a nobleman’s first duty is to produce a male heir, women are treated like possessions and bargaining chips. But as the aftereffects of a world-altering spell ripple out physically and culturally, women at last have a bargaining chip of their own. And two women in particular ...
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10.
Series:
Daisy Jones & The Six
A Novel
Paperback
Taylor Jenkins Reid
9780385692175
$24.95
FICTION
Mar 05, 2019
A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of a world-famous 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer—and the secret reasons behind their dramatic break up.Daisy Jones is a beautiful, broken girl growing up in L.A. with rich parents who barely know she exists…. But when she sings in a crowded, smoky club, you can hear a pin drop. All she wants is to write her own songs, but the record studio has its own ideas. It’s the early 1970s and free love and drugs are everywhere, and Daisy wants to experience it all.Billy Dunne and his brother hav...
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11.
Series:
Oksana, Behave!
A Novel
Hardcover
Maria Kuznetsova
9780525511878
$35.00
FICTION
Mar 19, 2019
“[The] Ukrainian American heroine of this sweet-bitter debut is a wisecracking fatalist who can be counted on to say the inappropriate thing, a tendency that becomes more pronounced as doomed crushes and family crises pile up on the road to adulthood.”—O: The Oprah Magazine When Oksana and her family move from the Ukraine to Florida to begin a new American life, her physicist father delivers pizza at night to make ends meet, her cranky mother sits at home all day worrying, and her flamboyant grandmother relishes the attention she gets from men....
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12.
Series:
The Old Drift
A Novel
Hardcover
Namwali Serpell
9781101907146
$37.00
FICTION
Mar 26, 2019
An electrifying debut from the winner of the 2015 Caine Prize for African writing, The Old Drift is the Great Zambian Novel you didn’t know you were waiting forOn the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there was once a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. Here begins the epic story of a small African nation, told by a mysterious swarm-like chorus that calls itself man’s greatest nemesis. The tale? A playful panorama of history, fairytale, romance and science fiction. The moral? To err is human.In 1904...
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13.
Series:
Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss
A Novel
Paperback
Rajeev Balasubramanyam
9781784742546
$25.00
FICTION
Mar 26, 2019
Follow the eccentric, cantankerous, utterly charming Professor Chandra as he tries to answer the biggest question of all: What makes us happy? “Searingly funny, uplifting, and wonderful…Professor Chandra is as unbending a curmudgeon as one could wish to find scowling from the pages of a novel.”—Helen Simonson, New York Times bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand and The Summer Before the War Professor Chandra is an internationally renowned economist, divorced father of three (quite frankly baffling) children, recent victim of a bic...
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14.
Series:
Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss
A Novel
Hardcover
Rajeev Balasubramanyam
9781784742539
$34.00
FICTION
Mar 26, 2019
Follow the eccentric, cantankerous, utterly charming Professor Chandra as he tries to answer the biggest question of all: What makes us happy? “Searingly funny, uplifting, and wonderful…Professor Chandra is as unbending a curmudgeon as one could wish to find scowling from the pages of a novel.”—Helen Simonson, New York Times bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand and The Summer Before the War Professor Chandra is an internationally renowned economist, divorced father of three (quite frankly baffling) children, recent victim of a bic...
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15.
Series:
Normal People
A Novel
Hardcover
Sally Rooney
9780735276475
$29.95
FICTION
Apr 16, 2019
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE: A wondrously wise, genuinely unputdownable new novel from Sally Rooney, winner of the 2017 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award (at 26, tied with Zadie Smith for the youngest-ever recipient)—the quintessential coming-of-age love story for our time.Connell Waldron is one of the most popular boys in his small-town high school—he is a star of the football team, an excellent student, and never wanting for attention from girls. The one thing he doesn’t have is money. Marianne Sheridan, a classmate of Conne...
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16.
Series:
Wunderland
A Novel
Hardcover
Jennifer Cody Epstein
9780525576907
$36.00
FICTION
Apr 23, 2019
USA TODAY BESTSELLER • “Searing . . . a heartbreaking page-turner.”—People “Both heartbreaking and hopeful, this story of a daughter searching for the truth about her mother’s secret past, tangled up in old secrets and terrible lies, kept me up late turning pages.”—Martha Hall Kelly, bestselling author of Lilac Girls NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE Once inseparable, Berlin teenagers Ilse Fischer and Renate Bauer find their friendship ripped apart by their nation’s abrupt swing into fascism. Ilse, a so-called Aryan, throws...
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17.
Series:
Children of the Moon
Hardcover
Anthony De Sa
9780385685979
$32.95
FICTION
May 07, 2019
From celebrated author Anthony De Sa comes a raw and compelling novel of love, war and the heartbreaking effects of memory.“’You must listen to my words. You must promise to tell my story the way I have shared it with you.’”Tanzania, 1956. A Maasai woman gives birth to a child with albinism. The child is seen as a curse upon her tribe, and so begins Pó’s tumultuous story. As Pó navigates the world, she must claim her life in the face of violence and ostracism.Further south, in Portuguese-controlled Mozambique, Ezequiel struggles for acceptance ...
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18.
Series:
The Red Daughter
A Novel
Hardcover
John Burnham Schwartz
9781400068463
$35.00
FICTION
Apr 30, 2019
Running from her father’s brutal legacy, Joseph Stalin’s daughter defects to the United States during the turbulence of the 1960s. For fans of We Were the Lucky Ones and A Gentleman in Moscow, this sweeping historical novel and unexpected love story is inspired by the remarkable life of Svetlana Alliluyeva. “The Red Daughter does exactly what good historical fiction should do: It sends you down the rabbit hole to read and learn more.”—The New York Times Book Review In one of the most momentous events of the Cold War, Svetlana Alliluyeva, the on...
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19.
Series:
The Farm
A Novel
Paperback
Joanne Ramos
9780385693219
$24.95
FICTION
May 07, 2019
NATIONAL BESTSELLERNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Globe and Mail • Glamour • TIME • Real Simple • Good Housekeeping • Marie Claire • Town & Country • Bustle"[Joanne] Ramos's debut novel couldn't be more relevant or timely." —O: The Oprah MagazineLife is a lucrative business, as long as you play by the rules.Nestled in New York's Hudson Valley is a luxury retreat boasting every amenity: organic meals, personal fitness trainers, daily massages—and all of it for free. In fact, you're paid big money to stay here—more than you've eve...
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20.
Series:
Bina
A Novel in Warnings
Hardcover
Anakana Schofield
9780735273214
$29.95
FICTION
May 14, 2019
The extraordinary bestselling novel from the acclaimed writer whose previous book, Martin John, was shortlisted for the Giller Prize, and whose debut, Malarky, won the Amazon First Novel Award."My name is Bina and I'm a very busy woman. That's Bye-na, not Beena. I don't know who Beena is, but I expect she's having a happy life. I don't know who you are, or the state of your life. But if you've come all this way here to listen to me, your life will undoubtedly get worse. I'm here to warn you ..."So begins this "novel in warnings"--an unforgettab...
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21.
Series:
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
Hardcover
Alicia Elliott
9780385692380
$25.00
HISTORY
Mar 26, 2019
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 BY THE GLOBE AND MAIL • CBC • CHATELAINE • QUILL & QUIRE • THE HILL TIMES • POP MATTERSA bold and profound meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America from award-winning Haudenosaunee writer Alicia Elliott.In an urgent and visceral work that asks essential questions about the treatment of Native people in North America while drawing on intimate details of her own life and experience with i...
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22.
Series:
To Stop a Warlord
My Story of Justice, Grace, and the Fight for Peace
Hardcover
Shannon Sedgwick Davis
9780812995923
$36.00
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Apr 02, 2019
One woman’s inspiring true story of an unlikely alliance to stop the atrocities of a warlord, proving that there is no limit to what we can do, even in the face of unspeakable injustice and impossible odds“This compelling and inspiring book beautifully moves each of us to take action to help the most vulnerable among us.”—Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu Late one night in the summer of 2010, Shannon Sedgwick Davis, a lawyer, human rights advocate, and Texas mom to two young boys, first met a Ugandan general to discuss an unconventional plan to...
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23.
Series:
A Sin by Any Other Name
Reckoning with Racism and the Heritage of the South
Hardcover
Robert W. Lee
9780525576389
$34.00
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Apr 02, 2019
A descendant of Confederate General Robert E. Lee chronicles his story of growing up with the South's most honored name, and the moments that forced him to confront the privilege, racism, and subversion of human dignity that came with it. With a foreword by Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King. The Reverend Robert W. Lee was a little-known pastor at a small church in North Carolina until the Charlottesville protests, when he went public with his denunciation of white supremacy in a captivating speech at the MTV Video Music Awards. Support poured in from ar...
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24.
Series:
La Passione
How Italy Seduced the World
Hardcover
Dianne Hales
9780451499165
$35.00
HISTORY
Apr 16, 2019
A jubilant celebration of Italy’s outsize impact on culture, from literature to art, music to movies, that “masterfully examines the multitude of reasons why so many people fall in love with Italy and the Italian lifestyle” (Forbes)Can you imagine painting without Leonardo, opera without Verdi, fashion without Armani, food without the signature tastes of pasta, gelato, and pizza? The first universities, first banks, first public libraries? All Italian.New York Times bestselling author Dianne Hales attributes these landmark achievements to la pa...
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25.
Series:
The Fate of Food
What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
Hardcover
Amanda Little
9780804189033
$36.00
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Jun 04, 2019
WINNER OF THE 2019 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD In the fascinating story of the sustainable food revolution, an environmental journalist and professor asks the question: Is the future of food looking bleak—or better than ever? “In The Fate of Food, Amanda Little takes us on a tour of the future. The journey is scary, exciting, and, ultimately, encouraging.”—Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth ExtinctionClimate models show that global crop production will decline every decade for the rest of this century due to drought, heat, an...
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