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New Releases | July 21st, 2026

July 20, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy) - Whitehead, Colson (Author)

    • Pan - Clune, Michael (Author)

    • The Story Keeper: A New Novel from the Author of the Things We Cannot Say (Original) - Rimmer, Kelly (Author)

    • Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar - Yee, Katie (Author)

    • My Friends - Backman, Fredrik (Author)

    • Practical Magic: Deluxe Edition (Special) (Practical Magic) - Hoffman, Alice (Author)

    Biography

    • Dad, Love, Me: A Memoir - Quick, Matthew (Author)

    Board Books

    • How Many Babies? - Xiao, Forest (Author), Xiao, Forest (Illustrator)

    • The Very Clumsy Click Beetle - Carle, Eric (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    • The Cranky Cranberry: A Thanksgiving Story about Gratitude and Friendship (First Seasonal Stories)

    Graphic Novels

    • Pia in the Forest - Bruggink, David (Author), Bruggink, David (Illustrator)

    • Pizza and Taco: Scariest Sleepover Ever!: (A Graphic Novel) (Pizza and Taco) - Shaskan, Stephen (Author)

    History

    • The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism, 1818-1915 - Kelly, Joseph (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • The Lost Women of Science (Theâ Lost Women of Science) - Bellows, Melina Gerosa (Author), Hafner, Katie (Author), Lee, Karyn (Illustrator)

    • History Smashers: The Space Race (History Smashers) - Messner, Kate (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 4: One Last Day (Ultimate Spider-Man) - Hickman, Jonathan (Author), Checchetto, Marco (Illustrator), Messina, David (Illustrator), Checchetto, Marco (Not Available)

    • Bug Ego, Vol. 2 (Bug Ego #2) - One (Author), Shitara, Kiyoto (Illustrator)

    • Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi, Vol. 2 (Ultimate Exorcist Kiyoshi #2) - Usui, Shoichi (Author)

    • Solo Leveling: Ragnarok, Vol. 1 (Comic) (Solo Leveling: Ragnarok (Comic) #1) - Jin(redice Studio) (Artist), Brix(redice Studio) (Adapted by), Daul (Based on a Book by), Torres, J (Translator), Noon, Tansy Noon (Letterer), Im, Hye Young (Translator)

    • Gachiakuta 11 (Gachiakuta) - Urana, Kei (Author), Andou, Hideyoshi (Designed by)

    Middle Readers

    • Artemis Fowl 25th Anniversary Edition - Colfer, Eoin (Author)

    My First Readers

    • DK Super Readers Level 2 Lego Star Wars: Meet Grogu!

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • The Hamptons Lawyer: A Jane Smith Thriller (A Jane Smith Thriller) - Patterson, James (Author), Lupica, Mike (Author)

    • The Killer Question - Hallett, Janice (Author)

    • The Mortons - Larbalestier, Justine (Author), Westerfeld, Scott (Author)

    Nature

    • This Patch of Earth: Observations on a Rural Life - Hoffstot, Daryln Brewer (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Cow in the Dark at Night - Hannigan, Jess (Author), Hannigan, Jess (Illustrator)

    • The Magician's Nephew Picture Book - Lewis, C S (Author), Phuong, Thai My (Illustrator)

    • The Bats on the Bus - Jackson, Alison (Author), Magoon, Scott (Illustrator)

    • The Haunted Playground - Palacio, R J (Author), Helquist, Brett (Illustrator)

    Political Sciences

    • Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America - Phillips-Fein, Kim (Author)

    • This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy - Wikler, Ben (Author)

    Romance

    • If Books Could Kill - Eberle, Kate (Author)

    • Prince of Swords (Arcana Academy) - Kova, Elise (Author)

    • Ready or Not: A Dark Stalker Romance (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Hide and Seek #2) - Anne, Sheridan (Author

    Young Adult

    • How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House - Howe, Jenny L (Author)

    • Salvage: A Graphic Novel - Nault (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • #1 New York Times bestseller, more than 1 million copies sold!

    Winner of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction A Fallon Book Club Pick USA TODAY Best Books of the Year NPR Best Books of the Year Marie Claire 25 Best Novels of the Year BookPage Best Fiction of the Year Real Simple Best Books of the Year * Libby Audiobook of the Year

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life twenty-five years later.

    Most people don't even notice them--three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it's just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise, and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures.

    Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier, telling silly jokes, sharing secrets, and committing small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love.

    Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into eighteen-year-old Louisa's care. She embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it. The closer she gets to the painting's birthplace, the more nervous she becomes about what she'll find. Louisa is proof that happy endings don't always take the form we expect in this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art.

  • A picture book retelling of C. S. Lewis's classic story The Magician's Nephew, abridged for the youngest fans! Introduce readers to the magic of Narnia with this all-new picture book featuring illustrations by Thai My Phuong.

    This is how it happened--the glorious birth of the land of Narnia. It didn't begin with a wardrobe or a lamp-post. It began with a lion's song and two children named Polly and Digory. What happens when they touch some magic rings is beyond anything they could have imagined. Their adventure opens the doorway to Narnia, where animals speak and trees walk. Where the great lion, Aslan, sings life into a new world. But they have brought evil with them, and now Polly and Digory must find a way to save them all. Begin one of the greatest adventures of all time and explore a world that has become as real as our own.

    The Magician's Nephew can also be read as a novel and it is one of the seven books in C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, which has been drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over seventy-five years.

  • From #1 New York Times bestselling author and two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead, an exuberantly entertaining novel that brings to life 1980s New York in the magnificent final volume of his Harlem Trilogy

    1981. New York City is beginning to emerge from financial ruin and decline, energized by rampant real estate development and a Wall Street unchained by Reagan-era predatory capitalism. Up in Harlem, successful business owner/master fence Ray Carney has just been named Sterling Furniture's Dealer of the Month. When the banks won't give his beloved wife Elizabeth a loan for her new travel agency, however, Carney gambles on one last heist, and finds himself entangled with a legendary criminal mastermind.

    1983. To some, Carney's friend and partner in crime, Pepper, is a stone-cold sociopath. To others, a top thief with questionable people skills. Either way, he's feeling his age in his troubled gut and his aching bones. When he takes on a bodyguard gig as a favor to Elizabeth, he's plunged into the alien territory of the East Village art and club scene. Luckily for him, whether you're uptown or down, everyone speaks the same language of violence--Pepper is a native speaker.

    1986. Carney has always been haunted by his inability to save his cousin Freddie. Now, twenty years after Freddie's death, he has a chance to rescue Freddie's son from the violent forces of the city. But coming out of retirement and teaming up with Pepper again will mean risking the safety and security he's spent decades building for his family, with only one shot to get it right.

    With his usual pitch-perfect prose, Whitehead paints a portrait of a city in transition, where shimmering skyscrapers rise to the heavens as displaced people huddle in abandoned tunnels below. In a dazzling display of protean imagination, Cool Machine roves all over the city, from Windows on the World to the Meadowlands, to show that in New York, and in the lives of Whitehead's vivid characters, it's what's below the surface that reveals the truth.

  • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder and the illustrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events comes a spine-tingling Halloween picture book adventure!

    I cast the spell that brings to life this playground of the night.

    Here my phantoms come--but not to spook or fright.

    They're here because they want to laugh, to frolic and be merry.

    They're here because they need to take a break from being scary.

    When all the trick-or-treating is done and children are tucked in, ghosts are drawn to one special place: the Haunted Playground! Ruled by Rex Magnificus, ghosts arrive not to haunt but to play. But will the appearance of two human children interrupt their revelry?

    From two master storytellers, this Halloween story is a modern classic!

  • A NOVEL LOVE STORY meets LOVE IN THE TIME OF SERIAL KILLERS in this rom-com following Roxie Mitchell, an adventure-loving romance reader who finds herself trapped in a meet-cute turned murderous

    When Roxie makes a tongue-in-cheek wish to live out the plot of her favorite author's next novel, she has romance in mind--namely, the sweet, safe, swoon-worthy storylines Anna Matthews is known for. It should be a dream come true when her wish is granted and she finds herself swept into a first date with a handsome stranger who seems designed to take her breath away.

    Except for one little hiccup: That handsome stranger tries to take her breath away. Literally. With a knife. The thing is, Roxie may be the new Anna Matthews protagonist--but this time, Anna is writing a crime thriller.

    Thrown into a perilous genre she's never read, Roxie is desperate for help. So when her escape takes her straight into the path of Grant Hoffman, an anxious English professor with a convenient love of crime novels, she decides that kidnapping a grown man is a small price to pay for her own survival. Together, Roxie and Grant navigate a madcap story in which the lines between fiction and reality blur. They'll find out if they have what it takes to make it to The End--or maybe even Happily Ever After.

Tags Indie Bookstore, little village toy & Book Shop, booktok, bookstagram, Colson Whitehead, Star Wars, Fredrik Backman, Artemis Fowl, James Patterson, Elise Kova, Practical Magic, Eric Carle, Narnia

New Releases | July 7th, 2026

July 3, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Activity Books

    • Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie: Official Activity Book - Golden Books (Author), Golden Books (Illustrator)

    Adult Fiction

    • Men in Love - Welsh, Irvine (Author)

    • An Infinite Love Story - Cleeton, Chanel (Author)

    • Bitter Sweet - Williams, Hattie (Author)

    • Finding Grace - Rothschild, Loretta (Author)

    • The Great Wherever - Sanders, Shannon (Author)

    • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero - Sethi, Roshan (Author)

    • Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt - Reeves, Ben (Author)

    • Country People - Mason, Daniel (Author)

    • We Were Forbidden - Harpman, Jacqueline (Author), Schwartz, Ros (Translator)

    Chapter Books

    • The Princess in Black and the Trick-Or-Treating Trouble (Princess in Black) - Hale, Shannon (Author), Hale, Dean (Author), Pham, Leuyen (Illustrator)

    Children’s Art Books

    • Mega How to Draw (Pokémon)

    Coloring Books

    • Spooky Cutie: Coloring Book for Adults and Kids (Cozy Spaces Coloring) - Wyo, Coco (Author)

    • Wings of Fire Glow-In-The-Dark Coloring Book (Media Tie-In) - Sutherland, Tui T (Author), Walsh, Brianna C (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • A Super Scary Narwhalloween (a Narwhal and Jelly Book #8) (Narwhal and Jelly Book) - Clanton, Ben (Author)

    • Wolf's Belly - August, John (Author), Estrada, Simón (Illustrator)

    • My Tokyo Summer: A Graphic Novel - Denson, Abby (Author), Utomaru (Illustrator)

    • Offside: A Graphic Novel - Gonzalez, Christina Diaz (Author), Costa, Mari (Illustrator)

    • Unico: Lost (Volume 3): An Original Manga (Unico Awakening) - Tezuka, Osamu (Created by), Sattin, Samuel (Author), Gurihiru (Illustrator)

    • I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived Graphic Novel #14) (I Survived Graphix) - Tarshis, Lauren (Author), Wartman, Peter (Illustrator)

    • Exit Elsewhere (Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly #13) - Quinn, Jordan (Author), Glass House Graphics (Illustrator)

    Horror

    • Fabulous Bodies - Tingle, Chuck (Author)

    • You Weren't Meant to Be Human - White, Andrew Joseph (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Who Was Lizzie Borden? (Who Was?) - Belviso, Meg (Author), Who Hq (Author), Marchesi, Stephen (Illustrator)

    Literary Collections

    • I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays - Kreizman, Maris (Author)

    Manga & Graphic Novels

    • Amazing Spider-Man: Torn (Amazing Spider-Man: Torn) - Straczynski, J Michael (Author), Perez, Pere (Illustrator), Hughes, Adam (Not Available)

    • Spider-Men: Worlds Collide [Marvel Premier Collection] - Bendis, Brian Michael (Author), Pichelli, Sara (Illustrator), Bagley, Mark (Illustrator), Pichelli, Sara (Not Available)

    • The Credits Roll Into the Sea Volume 1 (The Credits Roll Into the Sea) - Tarachine, John (Author), Tarachine, John (Illustrator), Allen, Jocelyne (Translator)

    • Batgirl of Burnside: DC Compact Comics Edition (DC Compact Comics) - Stewart, Cameron (Author), Fletcher, Brenden (Author), Koh, Irene (Illustrator), Tarr, Babs (Illustrator)

    • Batman and the Monster Men (New Edition) - Wagner, Matt (Author), Wagner, Matt (Illustrator)

    • One Piece, Vol. 112 - Oda, Eiichiro (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • The Chime Seekers - Montgomery, Ross (Author)

    • Sleepless - Korman, Gordon (Author)

    • The Trouble with Heroes - Messner, Kate (Author)

    • The Frog Princess and Peter Pan (Or, Wendy Darling and the Secret Prince) (Princess Swap) - Bussing, Kim (Author)

    My First Readers

    • DK Super Readers Level 1 Pokémon Pumpkin Party

    • DK Super Readers Level 2 Pokémon Explore Paldea

    Mystery and Thrillers

    • Stolen in Death (In Death #62) - Robb, J D (Author)

    • Billion-Dollar Ransom: A Thriller - Patterson, James (Author), Swierczynski, Duane (Author)

    • The Woman in Suite 11 - Ware, Ruth (Author)

    • Helpless - Knoll, Jessica (Author)

    • The Man - Sims, Laura (Author)

    Nature

    • Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature - Kaishian, Patricia Ononiwu (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Skeleton and the Cat - Scott, Brandon James (Author), Scott, Brandon James (Illustrator)

    • The Teacher's Pet - Rissi, Anica Mrose (Author), Ohora, Zachariah (Illustrator)

    • Vampurr - Colón, Justin (Author), Wen, Lenny (Illustrator)

    • Fritz: A Mushroom Story - Garrity-Riley, Kelsey (Author)

    • We Are Lock, Shock, and Barrel (Disney Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas) (Little Golden Book) - Gilbert, Matthew J (Author), Robinson, Bill (Illustrator)

    • Mysterious Mittens: A Moontime Cats Halloween Story(Moontime Cats) - Morris, Jordan (Author), Mylie, Charlie (Illustrator)

    • Just for Today (a Maybe Tomorrow Book) - Agell, Charlotte (Author), Ramírez González, Ana (Illustrator)

    • How to Draw a Zombie - Abbott, Zoey (Author), Wagner, August (Author), Abbott, Zoey (Illustrator), Wagner, August (Illustrator)

    • A Day Off School - Jeffers, Oliver (Author), Waldron, Kevin (Illustrator)

    • All the Ways We Learn - Ito Ward, Chloe (Author), Apollonova, Yaroslava (Illustrator)

    • The Pup That Never Gives Up (Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie) (Little Golden Book) - Roth, Megan (Author), Golden Books (Illustrator)

    • Illumination's Minions & Monsters Little Golden Book (Little Golden Book) - Golden Books (Author), Golden Books (Illustrator)

    • Millie Fleur's Pumpkin Problem (Millie Fleur) - Mandin, Christy (Author), Mandin, Christy (Illustrator)

    Poetry

    • The Acrobat: Essential Poems - Szymborska, Wislawa (Author), Cavanagh, Clare (Introduction by)

    Romance

    • Manor of Decay (Threadmender Chronicles #2) - Martineau, Maxym M (Author)

    • The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed) - Knightley, Brigitte (Author)

    • The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk: Book 2 of the Shadowborn Duet (The Crowns of Nyaxia #4) - Broadbent, Carissa (Author)

    • Most Ardently Yours - Sampson, Freya (Author)

    • The Farewitch of Foxe Holler - Goff, Ellen Pauley (Author)

    • The MASH Up - Meyers, Laura Marie (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 1: Outworlder (He Who Fights with Monsters #1) - Deverell, Travis (Author), Shirtaloon (Author)

    • Dune: Deluxe Trade Paperback Edition (Special) (Dune) - Herbert, Frank (Author)

    Spinner Rack Books

    • How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words - Galer, Sophia Smith (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words - Galer, Sophia Smith (Author)

    Spinner Rack

    • Big Dinosaur Adventure (Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie) (Pictureback) - Roth, Megan (Author), Random House (Illustrator)

    • Peppa Pig: Peppa Loves Unicorns and Mermaids

    Young Adult

    • Shadow Over the Pumpkin Queen (Pumpkin Queen) - Shepherd, Megan (Author)

    • Coming Out Perfect #1: A Graphic Novel - Mercado, Richard (Author), Mercado, Richard (Illustrator)

    • Heartstopper #6: A Graphic Novel (Heartstopper) - Oseman, Alice (Author), Oseman, Alice (Illustrator)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • New York Times and Sunday Times Bestselling Author

    Heartstopper Forever movie coming soon from Netflix

    Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The final installment in the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series about life, love, and everything that happens in between.

    Everyone in school knows Nick and Charlie. Everyone knows they're going to be together forever. But Charlie's busy with his bid to become Head Boy. And while Nick is preparing to leave for college, he's starting to wonder who he'll be... without Charlie.

    Contains discussions around mental health and eating disorders, and sexual references.

  • An instant New York Times bestseller!

    A USA Today bestseller!

    Read with Jenna Jr. Summer Reading List Pick!

    "Genuinely moving." --The New York Times Book Review

    "Explores the healing power of hiking." --NPR's All Things Considered

    Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year: Middle Grade The Week Jr. Best Book of the Year Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year An NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book The Week Jr.'s Book Club Pick

    Bestselling and award-winning author Kate Messner takes readers on a heart-filling journey as a boy finds his path to healing.

    One summer.

    46 mountain peaks.

    A second chance to make things right.

    Finn Connelly is nothing like his dad, a star athlete and firefighter hero who always ran toward danger until he died two years ago. Finn is about to fail seventh grade and has never made headlines . . . until now.

    Caught on camera vandalizing a cemetery, he's in big trouble for knocking down some dead old lady's headstone. Turns out that grave belongs to a legendary local mountain climber, and her daughter makes Finn an unusual offer: she'll drop all the charges if he agrees to climb all forty-six Adirondack High Peaks in a single summer. And there's just one more thing--he has to bring along the dead woman's dog.

    In a wild three months of misadventures, mountain mud, and unexpected mentors, Finn begins to find his way on the trails. At the top of each peak, he can see for miles and slowly begins to understand more about himself and his dad. But the mountains don't care about any of that, and as the clock ticks down to September, they have more surprises in store. Finn's final summit challenge may be more than even a hero can face.

  • A year in the life of a family as they strike out into the unknown (aka Vermont), leaving all the comforts of home behind--a rollicking, lyrical novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason, the bestselling author of North Woods and one of America's greatest living writers

    Miles Krzelewski is a devoted husband, a doting father beloved for his outlandish bedtime stories, and the proud owner of a truffle-hunting dog in a land with no truffles. He is also a bit lost, twelve years late with his PhD on Russian folktales and increasingly haunted by a sense that he's become a disappointment to his family. So when his wife, Kate, accepts a visiting professorship at a prestigious college in the faraway forests of Vermont, he decides that this will be the year to finally move forward with his life.

    But Miles is a man of many enthusiasms, one who possesses, in Kate's words, a great capacity "to fall in with anyone, anywhere." And no sooner does he arrive than he finds himself entangled with a cast of characters as colorful as those of any of his folktales, from a ghostly tree surgeon to a scythe-mad biochemist, from a Shakespearean temptress to a photographer of snowflakes obsessed with chronicling, on thousands of index cards, the world's delusions in an Inventory of Wrong Ideas.

    The new friends, the enchanted woods, the histories: sure, no PhD, but all good fun. Until Miles stumbles upon a bizarre--perhaps ridiculous--local legend, which, he soon suspects, might not be just a legend after all.

    Joyous, absurd, and life-affirming, Country People is a luminous exploration of marriage and parenthood, the nature of belief and the power of stories, and the ways in which we find connection in an increasingly fragmented world.

  • New York Times bestselling character Millie Fleur has a BIG problem in this compact storybook perfect for the season! Includes stickers!

    Autumn has arrived, and the residents of Garden Glen are feeling dreary thinking about the gray months ahead. Lucky for them, Millie Fleur has a plan to bring color back to town. Her unusual pumpkin patch is sure to delight her neighbors.

    But when Millie Fleur's growing gourds take on a life of their own, she'll have to find a way out of this pumpkin problem!

    A new compact storybook featuring kid-favorite character Millie Fleur, Millie Fleur's Pumpkin Problem is the perfect pick for fall! Includes stickers!

  • PRAISED BY ANA REYES, MONA AWAD, ANDREA BARTZ, VANESSA CHAN, DANIELLE TRUSSONI, AND MORE!

    "Fiercely intelligent and deeply chilling. . . . The perfect book club read." --Ana Reyes, New York Times bestselling author of The House in the Pines

    From the highly acclaimed author of How Can I Help You, a New York Times Best Thriller of the Year: a singular take on the psychological suspense novel that follows a 1960s housewife turned amateur photographer who begins to fear for her life when she notices the dark silhouette of a man in the background of her self-portraits.

    The photos Judith Stanley takes are just for her, a private passion to fill her suburban days. But when she shares them with Paul Sorenson, her new photography instructor, she's unprepared to hear his astonished praise. "Stunning," he calls her photos. "Extraordinary." She has an uncanny eye, he says, and should consider publication. He could help. Except Judith has no interest in sharing her work; in fact, the mere idea of it frightens her.

    Still, emboldened by Paul's encouragement, Judith ventures out beyond her quiet neighborhood to the city in search of increasingly striking images. When she starts to notice the dark shape of a man in the corner of her self-portraits, Judith is certain he's an attacker from her past. She doesn't know why he has returned, but she's sure of his presence: the hoarse sound of his breathing, his hard grip on her elbow. Perhaps it would appease the man if she were to put her camera down and give up her private passion. But she can't; she refuses. Until one night when the man finally emerges from the shadows, and Judith's story suddenly and irrevocably becomes his own.

    Chilling and heart-poundingly propulsive, The Man is a phenomenal and timely novel exploring the inescapable fear of living as a woman, the tantalizing seduction of artistic freedom, and the very real dangers that lurk both inside and outside the confines of the mind. The Man marks Laura Sims as an extraordinary talent at the top of her game; and this, her third novel, is her greatest achievement yet.

Tags Shop Local, indiebookshop, Bookstagram, little village toy & Book Shop, James Patterson, Minions, JD Robb, Peppa Pig, Pokemon, Spiderman, Oliver Jeffers, Batman, Paw Patrol, Wings of Fire

New Releases | June 16th, 2026

June 12, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • Creepy Critters Glow-In-The-Dark Crochet (Crochet Kits) - Rull, Anne Margaux (Author)

    • How to Look, Draw & Paint - Rice, Matthew (Author)

    • Care Bears Cross-Stitch Kit: Includes 4 Patterns (Rp Minis) - Caetano, Sosae (Author

    Adult Fiction

    • The Lowe Job - Alexander, Grace (Author)

    • The Frenzy: Stories - Oates, Joyce Carol (Author)

    • The Emilys - Abel, Heather (Author)

    • A Year of Marvelous Ways - Winman, Sarah (Author)

    Adult Science

    • In Defense of Sunlight: The Surprising Science of Sun Exposure - Jacobsen, Rowan (Author)

    Award Winners

    • Buffalo Dreamer - Duncan, Violet (Author)

    Biography

    • Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith - Vance, J D (Author)

    Board Books

    • I'll Love You Till the Sloths Start School (I'll Love You Till #4) - Cristaldi, Kathryn (Author), Litten, Kristyna (Illustrator)

    Children's Classics

    • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Deluxe Collector's Edition (Chronicles of Narnia #2) - Lewis, C S (Author), Baynes, Pauline (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • Boss of the Underworld (Underworld #1) - Freeman, Tor (Author), Freeman, Tor (Illustrator)

    • Haven and the Fallen Giants - Xu, Jen (Author), Rhodes, Kate (Author), Xu, Jen (Illustrator), Rhodes, Kate (Illustrator)

    Homestead

    • How to Grow Medicinal Herbs: An Illustrated Beginner's Guide to Growing, Harvesting, and Making Herbal Remedies at Home - Minton, Vanessa (Author)

    Horror

    • The Summer Fun Massacre (Slasher Season #1) - Dilouie, Craig (Author)

    • The Library at Hellebore - Khaw, Cassandra (Author)

    Humor Book

    • Renaissance Dogs: A Litter of Hilarious Pups, Mutts, and Hounds - Wagmore, Taylor (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • The Big Book of Birthdays: How Birthdays Are Celebrated Around the World - Feunekes, Anna Lena (Author)

    • The Long Hike: The True Story of the First Appalachian Thru-Hike - McCarthy, Meghan (Author), McCarthy, Meghan (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • The Superior Foes of Spider-Man - Spencer, Nick (Author), Asmus, James (Author), Lieber, Steve (Illustrator), Ellis, Rich (Illustrator), Martin, Marcos (Not Available)

    • Spider-Man: The Other - David, Peter (Author), Hudlin, Reginald (Author), Lee, Pat (Illustrator), Wieringo, Mike (Illustrator), Quesada, Joe (Not Available)

    • Superman: Action Comics Vol. 1: Boy of Steel - Waid, Mark (Author)

    • Batman: Under the Red Hood: DC Compact Comics Edition (DC Compact Comics) - Winick, Judd (Author), Starlin, James (Author), Aparo, Jim (Illustrator), Davis, Shane (Illustrator)

    • Assassin's Creed Shadows: Tales of Iga, Vol. 1 (Assassin's Creed Shadows: Tales of IGA #1) - Regujie (Author)

    • Cocoon (Cocoon #1) - Kyo, Machiko (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade (Last Kids on Earth) - Brallier, Max (Author), Holgate, Douglas (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • She Didn't See It Coming - Lapena, Shari (Author)

    • Strangers in Time: A World War II Novel - Baldacci, David (Author)

    • Choke Point: A Thriller (Scot Harvath #25) - Thor, Brad (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Turtle with a Toolbox (Turtle with a Toolbox) - Ferry, Beth (Author), Dudolf (Illustrator)

    • Cats in Conductor Hats: A Train Adventure (Cats in Hats) - Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta (Author), Hernandez, Leeza (Illustrator)

    • Toad on the Go (Towed by Toad) - Awan, Jashar (Author)

    • Welcome to Our Classroom! (an All Are Welcome Book) (All Are Welcome) - Penfold, Alexandra (Author), Kaufman, Suzanne (Illustrator)

    • Nighty Night, Dinos: A Bedtime Picture Book about Dinosaurs - Holt Williams, Deborah (Author), Doherty, Anna (Illustrator)

    Political Sciences

    • The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy - Webber, Jonathan (Editor), Webber, Jonathan (Introduction by)

    Romance

    • Tropesick - Okie, Lauren (Author)

    • Romantic Hero - Greenwood, Kirsty (Author)

    • The Someday Garden - Poston, Ashley (Author)

    • Credence: Deluxe Edition (Special) - Douglas, Penelope (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Hemlock & Silver - Kingfisher, T (Author)

    • Songs of the Dead (Strata Wars #1) - Sanderson, Brandon (Author), Orullian, Peter (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America - Ellis, Justin (Author)

    Stickers

    • Don't Let the Pigeon Sticker This Book! - Mo Willems Workshop (Author)

    True Crime

    • Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story: Ten Years Later (James Patterson True Crime #1) - Patterson, James (Author), Connolly, John (Author), Malloy, Tim (With)

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  • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls comes a novel set in 1940s London about a bereaved bookshop owner and two teenagers scarred by the Second World War, and the healing and hope they find in one another.

    "A masterpiece of a historical thriller." --Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of Eternal

    Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he's old enough to enlist to fight the Germans. After barely surviving the Blitz, Charlie knows there's no telling when a falling bomb might end his life.

    Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield has just returned to a nearly unrecognizable London. One of millions of children to have been evacuated to the countryside Molly has been away from her home for nearly five years. Her return, however, is not the homecoming she'd hoped for as she's confronted by a devastating reality: neither of her parents are there.

    Without guardians and stability, Charlie and Molly find an unexpected ally and protector in Ignatius Oliver, and solace at his bookshop, The Book Keep. Mourning the recent loss of his wife, Ignatius forms a kinship with both children, and in each other they rediscover the spirit of family each has lost.

    But Charlie's escapades in the city have not gone unnoticed, and someone's been following Molly since she returned to London. And Ignatius is harboring his own secrets, which could have terrible consequences for all of them. As bombs continue to bear down on the city, Charlie, Molly, and Ignatius learn that while the perils of war rage on, their coming together and trusting one another may be the only way for them to survive.

    "Oliver Twist meets the Blitz. A beautiful read." --Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network

  • The Pigeon REALLY wants to sticker this book! He will sticker when required! He will sticker when optional! He will sticker responsibly! So, what is the sticking point!?!

    This fun-filled sticker-scene activity books features The Pigeon, Duckling, The Bus Driver, and more special guests. Decorate the bus with bumper stickers, sneak a peek at The Pigeon's baby album, and make loop-de-loops on the roller coaster! Includes over 250 stickers to puzzle and play with!

    Do YOU think The Pigeon should sticker this book?

  • The new head gardener at the enchanting Lilymoor House stumbles upon a secret garden . . . with a mysterious man trapped inside, in the next magical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Sounds Like Love and The Seven Year Slip.

    When Sophie Drear plans her escape to coastal Maine for the summer--for a temporary job revitalizing the storied grounds at Lilymoor House--she doesn't expect to fall in love.

    But she does: With the beguiling land, the fragrant flowers, and the towering hedge maze. With the quirky staff and the enigmatic woman who owns the place.

    And then, the door appears. Never in the same place twice, it leads her to a secret, and unfinished, garden with a frustrated thundercloud of a man trapped inside.

    This mysterious garden is not the only sign that the future of Lilymoor is unstable: the foliage resists Sophie's careful nurturing, vines threaten to strangle the hedges, and the manor's owner has wild ideas about who will take over when she retires--including her inconveniently attractive nephew who is also there just for the summer.

    Despite herself, Sophie has come to care for the residents of Lilymoor just as much as she cares for its grounds. With the help of one man on the outside of the secret garden, and one man on the inside, she might be the only person who can figure out exactly what Lilymoor needs to bloom once more.

  • An instant New York Times bestseller!

    "Stunning. Fiendishly plotted with whiplash twists and turns -- Shari Lapena is at the very top of her game here. [She Didn't See It Coming] might be my favorite yet!" --Lucy Foley

    The new gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door

    When a beloved wife and mother disappears, a luxurious condo building transforms into a potential crime scene, and the investigation begins: can the detectives find her before it's too late?

    Bryden and Sam have it all: thriving careers, a smart apartment in a luxury condominium, supportive friends and a cherished daughter. The perfect life for the perfect couple.

    Then Sam receives a call at his office. Bryden - working from home that day - has failed to collect their daughter from daycare. Arriving home with their little girl, he finds his wife's car in the underground garage. Upstairs in their apartment her laptop is open on the table, her cell phone nearby, her keys in their usual place in the hall.

    Except Bryden is nowhere to be seen. It's as if she just walked out.

    How can she have disappeared from her own home? And did she even leave the building at all?

    With every minute that passes - and as questions swirl around their community - Bryden and Sam's past seems a little less perfect, their condominium less safe, their friends, neighbors and relatives no longer quite so reliable . . .

  • An Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller

    DELUXE EDITION--a gorgeous paperback edition featuring bright green sprayed edges.

    Now in paperback, a dark reimagining of "Snow White" steeped in poison, intrigue, and treason of the most magical kind, from New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher

    Healer Anja regularly drinks poison.

    Not to die, but to save--seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on.

    But a summons from the King interrupts her quiet, herb-obsessed life. His daughter, Snow, is dying, and he hopes Anja's unorthodox methods can save her.

    Aided by a taciturn guard, a narcissistic cat, and a passion for the scientific method, Anja rushes to treat Snow, but nothing seems to work. That is, until she finds a secret world, hidden inside a magic mirror. This dark realm may hold the key to what is making Snow sick.

    Or it might be the thing that kills them all.

Tags shop local, little village toy & Book Shop, James Patterson, Dinosaurs, T Kingfisher, Minneapolis, Chronicles of Narnia, Brandon Sanderson, Hiking, David Baldacci, Spiderman, assassins creed, Crochet

New Releases | June 9th, 2026

June 4, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • The Poppy Fields - Erlick, Nikki (Author)

    • Children of the Wild - Powers, Kevin (Author)

    • Villa Coco - Greer, Andrew Sean (Author)

    • Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Love Story - Reid, Taylor Jenkins (Author)

    • Cat Love - Morín, Tomás Q (Author)

    • Contrapposto - Eggers, Dave (Author)

    • Pool House - Choi, Mary H K (Author)

    • The Girl I Was (Reissue) - Rose, Jeneva (Author)

    • Daughters of the Sun and Moon - See, Lisa (Author)

    Biography

    • A Voice Like Mine: A Memoir - Haaland, Deb (Author)

    • Transcendent: A Memoir - Cox, Laverne (Author)

    • Jane Austen: The Biography - Elizabeth (Author)

    Board Books

    • Little Owl's Opposites (Little Owl) - Srinivasan, Divya (Author), Srinivasan, Divya (Illustrator)

    • I'm a Digger (I'm A... Shaped Board Book) - Symons, Ruth (Author), Scott, Matthew (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Faery Wheel Tarot - Robertson, Leeza (Author), Fiegenschuh, Emily (Author)

    • Disney Fairies Tarot Deck and Guidebook - Silverman, Linzi (Author), Visirin, Lia (Illustrator)

    Children's Science & Nature

    • 5-Minute Dinosaur Stories (5-Minute Discovery Stories) - Dawnay, Gabby (Author), K, Mona (Illustrator)

    Cookbook

    • Soph's 30 in 30 Plant Kitchen: Delicious Plant-Based Recipes with 30g of Protein in 30 Minutes or Less from the Sunday Times Bestselling Author - Macfie, Sophie (Author)

    • What I Made for Dinner: A Memoir - Belc, Krys Malcolm (Author)

    Fun & Game Books

    • Where's Waldo? the Mighty Magical Mix-Up (Where's Waldo?) - Handford, Martin (Author), Handford, Martin (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • 100 Cupboards: The Graphic Novel - Wilson, N D (Author), Dickison, Forrest (Illustrator)

    History

    • Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America - Reynolds, David S (Author)

    • The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück: How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler's All-Female Concentration Camp - Olson, Lynne (Author)

    • Centennial: The Great Fair of 1876 and the Invention of America's Future - Bordewich, Fergus M (Author)

    • Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawai'i - Goo, Sara Kehaulani (Author)

    • Thomas Jefferson Survives: American Independence in His Time and Ours - Onuf, Peter S (Author), Cogliano, Francis D (Author), Gordon-Reed, Annette (Foreword by)

    • Tyrants and Rogues: Understanding the Declaration of Independence - Parkinson, Robert G (Author)

    • 1,000 Days in America: An Illustrated History of the Moments That Defined a Nation - National Geographic (Author), Rubenstein, David M (Foreword by), Treuer, David (Prologue by), Beschloss, Michael (Contribution by), Brinkley, Douglas (Contribution by), Gordon-Reed, Annette (Contribution by), Isaacson, Walter (Contribution by)

    Horror

    • The Way It Haunted Him - Samotin, Laura R (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Punisher: Red Band - Brain Bleed (Punisher: Red Band) - Percy, Benjamin (Author), Ohta, Julius (Illustrator), Checchetto, Marco (Not Available)

    • Absolute Green Lantern Vol. 2: Sojourner (Absolute Universe) - Ewing, Al (Author), Lindsay, Jahnoy (Illustrator)

    • Kamudo, Vol. 2 (Kamudo #2) - Himekawa, Akira (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • Youngest Faircrest and the Search for a Sorcerer (Youngest Faircrest) - Clark, Ollie George (Author), Knight, Tom (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Rocket's Red Glare: A Thriller - Patterson, James (Author), Eversmann, Matthew (Author)

    • Red Sheet - Ellroy, James (Author)

    • Heather - Mullen, Caitlin (Author)

    • Gone Before Goodbye - Coben, Harlan (Author), Witherspoon, Reese (Author)

    Nature

    • The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss - MacFarlane, Robert (Author), Morris, Jackie (Author)

    • Is a River Alive? - MacFarlane, Robert (Author)

    Picture Books

    • I Used to Be a Dinosaur - Lyall, Casey (Author), Keller, Laurie (Illustrator)

    • Searching for Wocks - Knisley, Lucy (Author), Knisley, Lucy (Illustrator)

    • I Am the Mountain - Weinberg, Steven (Author), Weinberg, Steven (Illustrator)

    • What Do We Do in Preschool? - Wanless, Kathryn (Author)

    • The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever - Sima, Jessie (Author), Sima, Jessie (Illustrator)

    Political Sciences

    • The Fourth Branch: How State Government Can Save Our Union - Squadron, Daniel (Author)

    Romance

    • You Won't Forget Me - Eddings, Mazey (Author)

    • The Kings of Kearny - Allen, Navessa (Author)

    • Harvest Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy) - Weaver, Brynne (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones - Croucher, Lex (Author)

    • The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin (Reissue) - Le Guin, Ursula K (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • A Pox on Fools: The True Believers, Grifters, and Cynics Who Convinced Us to Reject Vaccines - Levenson, Thomas (Author)

    Stickers

    • Disney Pixar Toy Story 5 Ultimate Sticker Book (Ultimate Sticker Book)

    Travel

    • Fodor's Montreal & Quebec City (Full-Color Travel Guide) (33RD ed.) - Fodor's Travel Guides (Author)

    True Crime

    • Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers - Fraser, Caroline (Author)

    Young Adult BK

    • Skyshade: Collector's Edition (the Lightlark Saga Book 3) - Aster, Alex (Author)

    • Honor - McClelland, Susan (Author), Mariichyn, Nataliia (Author), Buchwald, Leon (Author)

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  • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK - From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.

    The first edition paperback of Atmosphere features stenciled edges with a ​sunset cloud pattern!

    "Thrilling . . . heartbreaking . . . uplifting . . . the fast-paced, emotionally charged story of one ambitious young woman, finding both her voice and her passion."--Kristin Hannah, author of The Women

    "NASA? Space missions? The '80s? This is a collection of all the things I love."--Andy Weir, author of Project Hail Mary and The Martian

    Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA's space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space.

    Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston's Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, who are kind and easygoing even when the stakes are highest; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald, who is navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer, who can fix any engine and fly any plane.

    As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe.

    Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant.

    Fast-paced, thrilling, and emotional, Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places, creating complex protagonists, and telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love--this time among the stars.

  • From the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit The Measure--a runaway bestseller and a Read with Jenna TODAY Show pick--a stunning new speculative story of healing, self-discovery, forgiveness, and found friendship.

    "A masterful, tender exploration of love, loss, and the poignant echoes of memory... A profoundly moving read." --Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author

    What if there were a cure for grief?

    Welcome to the Poppy Fields, where there's hope for even the most battered hearts to heal.

    Here, in a remote stretch of the California desert, lies an experimental and controversial treatment center that allows those suffering from the heartache of loss to sleep through their pain...and keep on sleeping. After patients awaken from this prolonged state of slumber, they will finally be healed. But only if they're willing to accept the potential shadowy side effects.

    On a journey to this mystical destination are four very different strangers and one little dog: Ava, a book illustrator; Ray, a fireman; Sasha, an occupational therapist; Sky, a free spirit; and a friendly pup named PJ. As they attempt to make their way from the Midwest all the way to the Poppy Fields--where they hope to find Ellis, its brilliant, enigmatic founder--each of their past secrets and mysterious motivations threaten to derail their voyage.

    A high-concept speculative novel about heartache, hope, and human resilience, The Poppy Fields poses the question: How far are we willing to go in order to be healed?

  • An Edgar Award winner for True Crime - A National Bestseller - A Washington Post Notable Book - Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Forbes, NPR, Vulture, Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, Newsweek, New York Post, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews, and The Nerve - A finalist for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

    "Scorching, seductive . . . A superb and disturbing vivisection of our darkest urges." --Los Angeles Times

    "This is about as highbrow as true crime gets." --Vulture

    "Fraser has outdone herself, and just about everyone else in the true-crime genre, with Murderland." --Esquire

    From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Prairie Fires comes a terrifying true-crime history of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond

    Caroline Fraser grew up in the shadow of Ted Bundy, the most notorious serial murderer of women in American history, surrounded by his hunting grounds and mountain body dumps, in the brooding landscape of the Pacific Northwest. But in the 1970s and '80s, Bundy was just one perpetrator amid an uncanny explosion of serial rape and murder across the region. Why so many? Why so weirdly and nightmarishly gruesome? Why the senseless rise and then sudden fall of an epidemic of serial killing?

    As Murderland indelibly maps the lives and careers of Bundy and his infamous peers in mayhem--the Green River Killer, the I-5 Killer, the Night Stalker, the Hillside Strangler, even Charles Manson--Fraser's Northwestern death trip begins to uncover a deeper mystery and an overlapping pattern of environmental destruction. At ground zero in Ted Bundy's Tacoma stood one of the most poisonous lead, copper, and arsenic smelters in the world, but it was hardly unique in the West. As Fraser's investigation inexorably proceeds, evidence mounts that the plumes of these smelters not only sickened and blighted millions of lives but also warped

    young minds, including some who grew up to become serial killers.

    A propulsive nonfiction thriller, Murderland transcends true-crime voyeurism and noir mythology, taking readers on a profound quest into the dark heart of the real American berserk.

  • AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    In this unforgettable suspense novel that combines the storytelling talents of Academy Award-winning actor Reese Witherspoon and internationally bestselling author Harlan Coben, a woman is trapped in a deadly conspiracy--where uncovering the truth could cost her everything.

    "Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben have delivered a winner. Gone Before Goodbye is a dynamic, riveting and twisty thriller--complete with a heroine that you'll absolutely love." --Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me

    Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan ... until it wasn't. Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion.

    Halfway across the globe, sequestered in the lap of luxury and cutting-edge technology, one of the world's most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself--or she will be the next one who is ... Gone Before Goodbye.

    "A tour de force thriller that delivers a killer premise and thundering plot with serious emotional punch. Maggie is flawed, compelling and utterly real. Coben and Witherspoon are a dream team! " --Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List

  • "Displays Handford's knack for layering his cacophonous crowd scenes with humor." --The New York Times Book Review

    Wizard Whitebeard has lost his magic staff, and it's stirring up mischief everywhere. Dragons are making a spectacle at the seaside, robots have crash-landed in the Stone Age, dinosaurs are wandering in the Wild West, there's a sticky situation at a castle made of cake . . . The magical mayhem seems unstoppable! Follow Waldo and his friends on a quest to find the sneaky staff and unravel this mighty mess. With twelve marvelously mixed-up scenes and hundreds more things to look for, Where's Waldo? The Mighty Magical Mix-Up is a truly mesmerizing search adventure.

Tags ShopLocal, little village toy & Book Shop, GMA Book Club, Reese's book club, New York Times Bestseller, History, Hawaii, James Patterson, Dinosaurs, Disney, Montreal, Fairies, Laverne Cox, Toy Story 5

New Releases | March 24th, 2026

March 20, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Activity Books

    • Diary of a Wimpy Kid Poster Book: Includes 40 Pull-Out Posters - Kinney, Jeff (Author)

    Adult Art

    • The Bright and Bold Granny Square Card Deck: - 50 Mix and Match Designs - Morgan, Leonie (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • Python's Kiss: Stories - Erdrich, Louise (Author)

    • We Do Not Part - Kang, Han (Author), Yaewon, E (Translator), Morris, Paige Aniyah (Translator)

    • Daughter of Egypt - Benedict, Marie (Author)

    Adult Science

    • The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck - Riskin, Jessica (Author)

    Biography

    • Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry - Streitfeld, David (Author)

    Board Books

    • Leo Lionni's 100 First Words - Lionni, Leo (Author)

    • Baby Sees Farm Animals: A High-Contrast Board Book for Babies (Baby Sees) - Steagall, Janna (Author)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Love Thy Stranger: How the Teachings of Jesus Transformed the Moral Conscience of the West - Ehrman, Bart D (Author)

    Cookbooks

    • Hello, Home Cooking: Do-Able Dishes for Every Day: A Cookbook - El-Waylly, Ham (Author)

    Great Outdoors

    • Women Who Hike National Parks: Walking with America's Most Inspiring Adventurers - Rochfort, Heather Balogh (Author)

    Horror

    • Wolf Worm - Kingfisher, T (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Who Was Cleopatra? (Who Was?) - Waterfield, Kathryn (Author), Who Hq (Author), Gutierrez, Manuel (Illustrator)

    • Who Is Weird Al Yankovic? (Who Was?) - Locher, Wes (Author), Who Hq (Author), Squier, Robert (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Imperial (The Imperial) - Hickman, Jonathan (Author), MacKay, Jed (Author), Coello, Iban (Illustrator), Vicentini, Federico (Illustrator), Checchetto, Marco (Not Available)

    • Statues: Junji Ito Story Collection: Junji Ito Story Collection (Junji Ito) - Ito, Junji (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • All Ears (Funjungle 9) - Gibbs, Stuart (Author)

    • Ape Escape (Funjungle 10) - Gibbs, Stuart (Author)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • ‍Exit Strategy: A Reacher Novel (Jack Reacher) - Child, Lee (Author), Child, Andrew (Author)

    • Nobody's Fool - Coben, Harlan (Author)

    • 25 Alive: A Women's Murder Club Thriller (A Women's Murder Club Thriller) - Patterson, James (Author), Paetro, Maxine (Author)

    Nature

    • How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World - Tapper, Ethan (Author)

    Picture Books

    • While We're Here - Wynter, Anne (Author), Archer, Micha (Illustrator)

    • The God of Sleep - Grossman, Lev (Author), Liên, Huynh Kim (Illustrator)

    • We All Belong - Marino, Gianna (Author), Marino, Gianna (Illustrator)

    • Where Do Race Cars Sleep at Night? (Where Do...Series) - Sayres, Brianna Caplan (Author), Slade, Christian (Illustrator)

    • Into the Wilderness - Iverson, Haven (Author), Zhang, August (Illustrator)

    • Our Home, Our Only Home (Wondrous World) - Bauer, Marion Dane (Author), Diao, Sophie (Illustrator)

    • Go Bananas! - Peele, A B (Author), Watkins, Lala (Illustrator)

    • Judgy Bunny and the Terrible Beach - Rothman, Scott (Author), Hunter, Linzie (Illustrator)

    • I Love Earth with the Very Hungry Caterpillar - Carle, Eric (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    Political Sciences

    • Stand - Booker, Cory (Author)

    • Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare - Manson, Katrina (Author)

    Romance

    • The Night We Met (Deluxe Edition) - Jimenez, Abby (Author)

    Sidelines

    • Shakespeare Talking Bust [With Battery] (Rp Minis) - Running Press (Author), Tamphanon, Meel (Illustrator)

    Spinner Rack Books

    • Pete the Cat and the Missing Shoes: Includes Over 30 Stickers (Pete the Cat) - Dean, James (Author), Dean, Kimberly (Author), Dean, James (Illustrator)

    Young Adult

    • Silver Wolves - Charyn, Jerome (Author)

    • The Danger of Small Things - Lewis, Caryl (Author)

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  • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. The "blockbuster" (Esquire) new Jack Reacher thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child, featuring "the best villain yet" (USA Today)!

    Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher!

    First--a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. Black coffee, two refills, no messing around. A minor interruption from two of the customers, but nothing he can't deal with swiftly. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively Reacher checks the pocket holding his cash and passport. There's no problem. Nothing is missing.

    Second--a store to buy a coat. Nothing fancy. Something he can ditch when he heads to warmer climates. Large enough to fit a man the size of a bank vault. As he pulls out his cash, he finds something new in his pocket. A handwritten note. A desperate plea for help.

    Third--wherever this bend in the road takes him. Impressed by the guy's technique and intrigued by the message, Reacher makes it his mission to find out more . . .

  • Winner of the New England Book Award

    Finalist for the Vermont Book Award

    A tender, fearless exploration by a forester writing in the tradition of Suzanne Simard, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Robert Macfarlane.

    Only those who love trees should cut them, writes forester Ethan Tapper. In How to Love a Forest, he asks what it means to live in a time when ecosystems are in retreat and extinctions rattle the bones of the earth. How do we respond to the harmful legacies of the past? How do we use our species' incredible power to heal rather than to harm?

    Tapper walks us through the fragile and resilient community that is a forest. He introduces us to wolf trees and spring ephemerals, and to the mysterious creatures of the rhizosphere and the necrosphere. He helps us reimagine what forests are and what it means to care for them. This world, Tapper writes, is degraded by people who do too much and by those who do nothing. As the ecosystems that sustain all life struggle, we straddle two worlds: a status quo that treats them as commodities, and opposing claims that the only true expression of love for the natural world is to leave it alone.

    Proffering a more complex vision, Tapper argues that the actions we must take to protect ecosystems are often counterintuitive, uncomfortable, even heartbreaking. With striking prose, he shows how bittersweet acts--like loving deer and hunting them, loving trees and felling them--can be expressions of compassion. Tapper weaves a new land ethic for the modern world, reminding us that what is simple is rarely true, and what is necessary is rarely easy.

  • WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD IN FICTION

    FINALIST FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION

    LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE NBCC BARRIOS BOOK IN TRANSLATION PRIZE

    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

    ONE OF THE ATLANTIC'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

    ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S 25 BEST BOOKS OF THE CENTURY (SO FAR)

    A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORKER, TIME, THE ECONOMIST, THE GUARDIAN, SLATE, VULTURE, ELLE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, BOOK RIOT, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, PEN AMERICA, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, BBC - ONE OF BOOKPAGE'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

    Han Kang's most revelatory book since The Vegetarian, We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history--"[A] masterpiece" (The Boston Globe)

    "A haunting exploration of friendship amid historical trauma."--Time

    "A novel that is both disquieting and entrancing."--The Economist

    One winter morning in Seoul, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at the hospital. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet--a white bird called Ama. A snowstorm hits the island when Kyungha arrives. She must reach Inseon's house at all costs, but the icy wind and squalls slow her down as night begins to fall. She wonders if she will arrive in time to save the animal--or even survive the terrible cold that envelops her with every step. Lost in a world of snow, she doesn't yet suspect the vertiginous plunge into darkness that awaits her at her friend's house.

    Blurring the boundaries between dream and reality, We Do Not Part powerfully brings to light the lost voices of the past to save them from oblivion. Both a hymn to an enduring friendship and an argument for remembering, it is the story of profound love in the face of unspeakable pain--and a celebration of life, however fragile it might be.

  • In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by Drew Cukor, an unyielding Marine Corps colonel driven by the deaths of US troops and the prospect of war with an AI-equipped China, the Project Maven team raced to send AI into combat, igniting controversy and forever changing the US military.

    Summoning the mayhem of a tech startup, the Maven team wrestled Pentagon bureaucrats and each other. They enlisted an initially reluctant Silicon Valley, supercharged the growth of Palantir, and sent algorithms made by Amazon, Microsoft, and others into hot wars. Maven fielded technology to identify targets at speed and scale, developed AI-infused command systems, and learned where AI fails.

    The prospect of machines making independent decisions about life and death alarmed members of the military across all ranks and the project sparked a revolt among thousands of tech workers at Google. Yet today, Maven's AI-enabled systems operate in every branch of the US military, and its lessons are folded into developing autonomous technology set to be on the front lines of future war.

    Project Maven and its legacy sit at the intersection of colliding trends: America's insecurity about declining global power, the technological revolution driving AI into every aspect of society, the dominance of Big Tech, all-encompassing surveillance, and the ambitions of China's growing military. As the second Trump administration pours money into military AI and autonomy while the UN Secretary-General clamors for a ban on killer robots, this book investigates whether AI will improve accuracy and save lives or if a fundamentally unreliable black-box technology will unleash mistakes and atrocities at scale.

    Drawing on more than 200 interviews with insiders and opponents, this compelling narrative tells the definitive story of how AI warfare, once the stuff of apocalyptic science fiction, has become a reality.

  • Children! Quiet your engines! Zoom off to sleep with a new "things that go" bedtime story about race cars--from the creators of the bestselling Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? series.

    Race cars, hot rods, and many more speedy vehicles are getting ready for bed in their own special ways. Whether it be by taking one last victory lap or getting tucked in by their parent pit crew, these cars are ready for a good night's sleep. Race car lovers and their families will love this new addition to their bedtime story bookshelf!

    Children who can't get enough vehicles will love all the books in the bestselling Where Do...series. Look for these...and more!

    Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?

    Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night?

    Where Do Diggers Celebrate Christmas?

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New Releases | March 10th, 2026

March 6, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • Bookish Crafts: 40 Fun, Easy Projects for Book Lovers - Butler, Kanlin (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • It Girl - Pataki, Allison (Author)

    • Westward Women - Martin, Alice (Author)

    • Once and Again - Serle, Rebecca (Author)

    • The Natural Way of Things - Wood, Charlotte (Author)

    Animals

    • The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love - Hoffman, Alice (Author)

    Biography

    • Judy Blume: A Life - Oppenheimer, Mark (Author)

    • William and Catherine: The Monarchy's New Era: The Inside Story - Myers, Russell (Author)

    Board Books

    • ABCD . . . Earth!: An Alphabet Book with Spinning Earth Cover (Our Little Universe) - McAnulty, Stacy (Author), Chou, Joey (Illustrator)

    • See, Touch, Feel Busy Book: The Ultimate Sensory Book for Kids! (See, Touch, Feel) - Priddy Books (Author)

    • Little Cottage Frog: Finger Puppet Book - Huang, Yu-Hsuan (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Llewellyn's Little Book of Pendulums - Webster, Richard (Author)

    • Shadow Magick Spellbook: Spells, Charms & Rituals for Positive Change - Digitalis, Raven (Author)

    • Nero and Paul: How the Gospel of Grace Defeated the Ruler of Rome - Gifford, Kathie Lee (Author), Litfin, Bryan M (With)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • Shapes of Nature: A Kaleidoscope of the Natural World - Hoare, Ben (Author)

    Great Outdoors

    • Out There: An Uncomplicated Field Guide to Outdoor Photography - Burkard, Chris (Author)

    History

    • The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War - Larson, Erik (Author)

    • Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus - Pagels, Elaine (Author)

    • The History Book (DK Big Ideas)

    Just the Facts

    • Blast Off!: Look Inside Spectacular Spacecraft - Elcomb, Ben (Author), D'Hipolito, Romolo (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank [Marvel Premier Collection] (Marvel Premier Collection) - Ennis, Garth (Author), Dillon, Steve (Illustrator), Dillon, Steve (Not Available), Bernthal, Jon (Foreword by), Ennis, Garth (Introduction by)

    • One Piece, Vol. 111 (One Piece #111) - Oda, Eiichiro (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • Big Nate: Code Red!: Volume 34 - Peirce, Lincoln (Author)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • Judge Stone - Patterson, James (Author), Davis, Viola (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Wake Up, Grouchy Bear! - Stein, David Ezra (Author), Stein, David Ezra (Illustrator)

    Romance

    • The Wings That Bind (Deluxe Edition) (Bloodwing Academy #3) - Boleyn, Briar (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Book That Held Her Heart (The Library Trilogy) - Lawrence, Mark (Author)

    • Voidverse - Ober, Damien (Author)

    Young Adult

    • They All Had a Fear (They All Had a Reason #3) - Leathers, Michele (Author)

    • Armaveni: A Graphic Novel of the Armenian Genocide - Takvorian, Nadine (Author)

    • Erase Me - Silver, Josh (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • Bursting with color and charm, this adorable frog finger puppet book lets babies and inquisitive toddlers touch, feel, and explore their growing world.

    Newborns and toddlers will love snuggling up with Little Cottage Frog! A tad reminiscent of Frog and Toad, this cottagecore frog lives in a little cottage log, and he is the perfect friend to help children experience woodland magic and wonder. In these pages, Little Cottage Frog hops, skips, and jumps through a mushroom forest to get to a frog party on the pond!

    Featuring a plush finger puppet that peeks into each lovingly illustrated page, this addition to the bestselling Finger Puppet board book series offers parents and children a fun, interactive way to play and read together as little ones build a lifelong love of books (and nature!).

    MORE THAN 9 MILLION COPIES SOLD IN THE SERIES: The Finger Puppet books are a trusted, go-to series for new parents and gift-givers.

    LEARNING PLUS PLAYTIME: A simple storyline celebrates pond life, while a bright and colorful cloth finger puppet offers a chance for little hands to play and build motor skills.

    IRRESISTIBLE ANIMAL: Frogs are wildly popular for their silliness and sliminess! This board book is perfect for lovers of this adorable amphibian.

    NEW BABY GIFT: Just the thing for baby showers, birthdays, and stocking stuffers! Pair with a cute frog plush toy or set of frog stickers to create an adorably memorable gift.

    STURDY AND SECURE: Never worry about losing this soft plush finger puppet, which is permanently attached to the back cover of the book.

    Perfect for:

    Parents and caregivers looking for an interactive and educational way to entertain little ones

    Gift-givers searching for cute, distinctive presents for birthday parties, baby showers, or holidays

    Fans of frogs, newts, salamanders, axolotls, and other amphibians

    Nature lovers of all ages

    Fans of finger puppet books for babies and toddlers

    Fans of the Frog and Toad and Froggy series

  • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From a renowned National Book Award-winning scholar, an extraordinary new account of the life of Jesus that explores the mystery of how a poor young man inspired a religion that reshaped the world.

    "This is a brilliant and necessary book. Sober, wise, respectful, and fearless." --Jon Meacham, author of The Soul of America

    "Pagels's story is for believers and non-believers alike." --Tara Westover, author of Educated

    "The depth of spirituality she uncovers is profound." --The New York Times Book Review

    Early in her career, Elaine Pagels changed our understanding of the origins of Christianity with her work in The Gnostic Gospels. Now, in the culmination of a decades-long career, she explores the biggest subject of all, Jesus. In Miracles and Wonder she sets out to discover how a poor young Jewish man inspired a religion that shaped the world.

    The book reads like a historical mystery, with each chapter addressing a fascinating question and answering it based on the gospels Jesus's followers left behind. Why is Jesus said to have had a virgin birth? Why do we say he rose from the dead? Did his miracles really happen and what did they mean?

    The story Pagels tells is thrilling and tense. Not just does Jesus comes to life but his desperate, hunted followers do as well. We realize that some of the most compelling details of Jesus's life are the explanations his disciples created to paper over inconvenient facts. So Jesus wasn't illegitimate, his mother conceived by God; Jesus's body wasn't humiliatingly left to rot and tossed into a common grave--no, he rose from the dead and was seen whole by his followers; Jesus isn't a failed messiah, his kingdom is a metaphor: he lives in us. These necessary fabrications were the very details and promises that electrified their listeners and helped his followers' numbers grow.

    In Miracles and Wonder, Pagels does more than solve a historical mystery. She sheds light on Jesus's enduring power to inspire and attract.

  • Academy Award winning actress Viola Davis and the world's #1 bestselling author James Patterson's Judge Stone " delivers first-class courtroom drama, small-town excitement, and strong characters all wrapped in a moral dilemma. Tense, readable, and relevant." ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review)

    "Talk about a power combo! ... With Davis's razor-sharp emotional insight and Patterson's mastery of rocket-fuel pacing, this is the dream team to deliver an up-all-night read that will keep the group chat buzzing." --Oprah Daily

    "Wonderfully satisfying ... This legal thriller from [a] superstar duo ... demands attention from its opening pages and never lets go." --Booklist, starred review

    All rise ... for Judge Stone.

    The most respected citizen in Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), is Judge Mary Stone. She holds two responsibilities sacred: running her family farm and presiding over her courtroom. It's there she draws the most controversial case in the history of the South.

    Criminally, it's open-and-shut.

    Ethically, there is no middle ground. Essentially, it's a choice between life and death.

    No judge can satisfy everyone. It would be dangerous to try. But Judge Stone is willing to fight to bring justice to the people and place she loves.

  • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this "riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult" (Los Angeles Times).

    "A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an irresistible thriller."--The Wall Street Journal

    A PARADE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

    On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter.

    Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln's election and the Confederacy's shelling of Sumter--a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were "so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them."

    At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter's commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardor at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between them. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous secretary of state, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable--one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans.

    Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink--a dark reminder that we often don't see a cataclysm coming until it's too late.

  • A sweeping, sensational novel of America's first "It Girl," whose dramatic journey to center stage echoes through the decades--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

    "As stunning as the incomparable leading lady who inspired it . . . unputdownable, with a twist that will leave you breathless."--Emily Giffin

    At the dawn of the twentieth century, New York's streets teem with change: electricity, automobiles, the brash young President Teddy Roosevelt--and the It Girls. As artists' muses and working models, these independent young women soar to stardom not because of their pedigrees or inherited wealth, but because of their talent, charisma, and irresistible beauty. Pop culture is born, and in a world alight with Mr. Edison's new bulbs, no one shines brighter than America's sweetheart, Evelyn Talbot.

    But the journey to stardom is not simple or straight. While working as a shopgirl, the young Evelyn is recruited as a studio model and soon catches the eye of the preeminent artists of the age. When Broadway comes calling, Evelyn solidifies her status as the first self-made American female celebrity: the iconic Gibson Girl, the most sought-after figure and face of her time. Enter a parade of powerful and power-hungry men, from world-famous architect Stanley Pierce, the visionary behind Manhattan's mansions and iconic landmarks, to Hal Thorne, the shockingly wealthy railroad heir and premier "playboy" of high society. Each man promises comfort, glamour, security--even love. But fame and fortune are cruel teachers, and Evelyn learns that the only person she can rely on is herself.

    When Evelyn finds herself at the center of a murder of passion declared "the Crime of the Century," she is blamed for the acts of the men in her life. In the media frenzy that spirals around her, Evelyn realizes that to survive, she will have to write her own ending. But can this artists' muse turned showgirl pull off the greatest act of her life?

    It Girl is a breathtaking ride inspired by a singular artist and icon who captured the collective imagination of American society. Allison Pataki has crafted yet another unforgettable leading lady, a heroine who must find the power to change not only the world around her but her own destiny.

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