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The 2025 - 2026 Great Stone Face Award Winner

May 8, 2026 Clare Brooks

The Great Stone Face Book Award is sponsored by the Children's Librarians of New Hampshire (CHILIS) and is given each year to an author whose book receives the most votes from fifth and sixth graders throughout the state. Each year a committee chooses 15 recently published titles, which children then use as a guide for voting. The vote takes place every April during National Library Week, and the winner is announced in May. The purpose of the award is to promote reading enjoyment, to increase awareness of contemporary writing, and to allow children to honor their favorite author.

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From the #1 bestselling author of Restart, the story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition.

Trey knows the drill: His dad gets him into a school full of kids with rich parents. Trey makes friends, and his dad makes connections. Soon, there's the con, where Trey's dad suckers the other parents into investing in one of his schemes. Once the money's in the bank, Trey, his sister, and their dad are on the run... until they set up somewhere else and start again.

Trey believes his father when he says no one's getting hurt. After all, these parents have money to spare.

But Trey's starting to get tired of running... and lying... and never having a friend for longer than a few months. But how do you get your family to stop lying when your lives depend on it?

Tags Great Stone Face Award, Middle Readers, Gordon Korman, Faker, Shop Local, Little Village Toy & Book Shop, Littleton NH, Indiebookshop, awards, New Hampshire

New Releases March 31st, 2026

March 27, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Activity Books

    • It's the Pigeon Party Book! - Mo Willems Workshop (Author)

    • Kpop Demon Hunters: Official Activity Book

    Adult Art

    • Colorwork Knitting from Head to Toe: 20 Stranded Knitting Patterns for Colorful Accessories - Jorissen, Carmen (Author)

    • Stumpwork Studio--Mastering 3-D Embroidery: 15 Realistic Nature-Inspired Projects to Stitch - Zaniewski, Megan (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • Upward Bound - Brown, Woody (Author)

    • Son of Nobody - Martel, Yann (Author)

    • The News from Dublin: Stories - Toibin, Colm (Author)

    • American Han - Lee, Lisa (Author)

    • The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau - Harmel, Kristin (Author)

    • Small Great Things (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - Picoult, Jodi (Author)

    Biography

    • How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay: Tips and Tricks That Kept Me Alive, Happy, and Creative in Spite of Myself - Lawson, Jenny (Author)

    Board Books

    • Grumpy Monkey Party Time! (Grumpy Monkey) - Lang, Suzanne (Author), Lang, Max (Illustrator)

    • Thank You, Mom! from Baby Bear and Friends (World of Eric Carle) - Carle, Eric (Author), Odd Dot (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    • Ten Little Butterflies: A Counting Storybook (Counting Storybooks) - Sobotka, Amanda (Author), Jarzabek, Ela (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Fortunate Frogs: Tarot Deck and Guidebook - Short, Devon (Author)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • My Encyclopedia of Very Important Animals: For Little Animal Lovers Who Want to Know Everything (My Very Important Encyclopedias)

    • When Twilight Comes: The Animals and Plants That Bring Dawn and Dusk to Life - Atkins, Marcie Flinchum (Author), Morin, Michelle (Illustrator)

    Cookbooks

    • Ohana Style: Food from Hawai'i, for Your Family - Simeon, Sheldon (Author), Snyder, Garrett (With)

    • The Complete Grilling and Barbecue Cookbook: 400+ Recipes Plus Techniques, Tools, and Science - America's Test Kitchen (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Inbetweens - Hicks, Faith Erin (Author)

    Great Outdoors

    • To Catch a Fish: Essays on the Joy, Frustration, Curiosity, and Allure of Fishing - Kurlansky, Mark (Author)

    History

    • The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier - Nelson, Megan Kate (Author)

    Horror

    • Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng (First Time Trade) - Baker, Kylie Lee (Author)

    • The Eyes Are the Best Part: Deluxe Limited Edition - Kim, Monika (Author)

    Humor Books

    • At Least You're Not an English Major: And Other Comforting Sentiments for the New Graduate - Boozan, Glenn (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • How a Bear Became a Book: The Collaboration That Created Winnie-The-Pooh - Pimentel, Annette Bay (Author), Pray, Faith (Illustrator)

    • Cowboys at the Ballet: The Story of Choreographer Agnes de Mille - Bobrow, Claire Wrenn (Author), Urbinati, Ilaria (Illustrator)

    • The Aztecs: The Rise and Fall of a Mighty Empire (DK Ancient Histories)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Supergirl Vol. 1: Misadventures in Midvale - Campbell, Sophie (Author), Campbell, Sophie (Illustrator)

    • Batman: Dark Patterns - Watters, Dan (Author), Sherman, Hayden (Illustrator)

    Middle Readers

    • Worst in Show - Gardner, Pj (Author), Jessell, Tim (Illustrator)

    • Tested - Monders, Anna (Author)

    • Wilderness Hacks (Wilderness Hacks) - Brorsen, Joslin (Author)

    • The Green Kingdom: New York Times Bestseller - Funke, Cornelia (Author), Hartung, Tammi (Author), Castrillon, Melissa (Illustrator)

    My First Readers

    • Fox Catches a Wave (My First I Can Read #478) - Tabor, Corey R (Author), Tabor, Corey R (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • The Keeper - French, Tana (Author)

    • King of Ashes - Cosby, S a (Author)

    Nature

    • When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World - Simard, Suzanne (Author)

    • Tree Lore: Magic, Myth, and Wisdom from Root to Bough - Nelson, Dawn (Author), Asenbaum, Julia (Illustrator)

    Personal Growth

    • The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness - Brooks, Arthur C (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Little O Wanted to Know: A Fable about Finding Your True Self - Sarason, Rhea (Author), Barroux (Illustrator)

    • Get Ready for Kindergarten, Curious George (Curious George) - Rey, H A (Author), Rey, H A (Illustrator)

    • Flowers for Mama - Freedman, Deborah (Author), Freedman, Deborah (Illustrator)

    • Serafina Makes Waves - Burgess, Matthew (Author), Rosenthal, Robin (Illustrator)

    • Grumpy Monkey Father's Day Fuss: Includes Fun Stickers! (Grumpy Monkey) - Lang, Suzanne (Author), Lang, Max (Illustrator)

    • Danny Go's Volcano Adventure: A Picture Book (Danny Go!) - Danny Go! (Author), Zolotic, Aleksandar (Illustrator)

    • It's My Bird-Day! - Willems, Mo (Author)

    • Shrinking Violet - Snyder, Laurel (Author), Pham, Leuyen (Illustrator)

    Romance

    • Starside (Deluxe Limited Edition) - Aster, Alex (Author)

    • This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying #1) - Andrews, Ilona (Author)

    • Game on (Into Darkness) - Allen, Navessa (Author)

    Young Adult

    • We're a Bad Idea, Right? - Walther, K L (Author)

    • The Faraway Inn - Durst, Sarah Beth (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    New York Times bestselling author Kristin Harmel returns with a "dazzling diamond of a novel" (Hazel Gaynor, New York Times bestselling author of Before Dorothy) about two jewel thieves, a priceless bracelet that disappears in 1940s Paris, and a quest for answers in a decades-old murder.

    Colette Marceau has been stealing jewels for nearly as long as she can remember, following the centuries-old code of honor instilled in her by her mother, Annabel: take only from the cruel and unkind, and give to those in need. Never was their family tradition more important than seven decades earlier, during the Second World War, when Annabel and Colette worked side by side in Paris to fund the French Resistance.

    But one night in 1942, it all went wrong. Annabel was arrested by the Germans, and Colette's four-year-old sister, Liliane, disappeared in the chaos of the raid, along with an exquisite diamond bracelet sewn into the hem of her nightgown for safekeeping. Soon after, Annabel was executed, and Liliane's body was found floating in the Seine--but the bracelet was nowhere to be found.

    Seventy years later, Colette--who has "redistributed" $30 million in jewels over the decades to fund many worthy organizations--has done her best to put her tragic past behind her, but her life begins to unravel when the long-missing bracelet suddenly turns up in a museum exhibit in Boston. If Colette can discover where it has been all this time--and who owns it now--she may finally learn the truth about what happened to her sister. But she isn't the only one for whom the bracelet holds answers, and when someone from her childhood lays claim to the diamonds, she's forced to confront the ghosts of her past as never before. Against all odds, there may still be a chance to bring a murderer to justice--but first, Colette will have to summon the courage to open her own battered heart.

  • From #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author and illustrator Mo Willems, comes the highly anticipated annual event, The Pigeon's BIRD-DAY!

    The Pigeon has the hat. And the hot dog cake! He is ready for the presents! But ... do YOU think The Pigeon can handle his BIG bird-day surprise!?!

    Get ready for a very special birthday celebration from three-time Caldecott honoree Mo Willems.

  • Book three in the #1 New York Times bestselling Into Darkness Series, following the dark rom-com sensations Lights Out and Caught Up. The game is on for these enemies-to-lovers with laugh-out-loud banter and scorching-hot brat play.

    I hate that woman.

    Tyler Neumann has spent years looking for his father, and not because he wants to meet the man. No, he wants to destroy him. And he'll manipulate whoever he can to exact his revenge.

    Including Stella McCormick. She's everything Tyler hates. Her wealth and privilege have protected her for her entire life, and Tyler thinks it's time she finally paid the price. Whether she's ready to or not.

    I hate that man.

    Stella might not believe in love at first sight, but loathing at first sight--no question. From the moment she sets eyes on Tyler in her tattoo parlor, she knows he's the devil planning to make her life hell.

    Forced to play the part of his girlfriend and invite him into her family's glittering circles, Stella quickly clocks Tyler's ulterior motives. But love and hate are two sides of the same coin, and soon she doesn't know which is worse: being blackmailed by a man who wants to ruin her, or that they can't seem to keep their hands off each other.

    This is an enemies-to-lovers dark romance with morally grey characters. Some themes and scenes may be disturbing to readers. Please check the content warning at the beginning of the book.

  • Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Oprah Daily, Today, BookPage, Goodreads, and more

    From the iconic crime writer who "inspires cultic devotion in readers" (The New Yorker) and has been called "incandescent" by Stephen King, comes the third and final book in the million-copy-bestselling Cal Hooper trilogy.

    On a cold night in the remote Irish village of Ardnakelty, a girl goes missing. Sweet, loving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged to the son of the local big shot. Instead, she's dead in the river.

    In a close-knit small town, a death like this isn't simple. It comes wrapped in generations-old grudges and power struggles, and it splits the townland in two. Retired Chicago detective Cal Hooper has friends here now, and he owes them loyalty, but his fiancée Lena wants nothing to do with Ardnakelty's tangles. As the feud becomes more vicious, their settled peace starts to crack apart. And when they uncover a scheme that casts a new light on Rachel's death and threatens the whole village, they find themselves in the firing line.

    "One of the greatest crime novelists writing today" ( Vox) crafts a masterwork of atmospheric suspense that brings the story of one of her most beloved characters to a spellbinding conclusion.

  • From Colm Tóibín, "one of the world's best living literary writers" (The Boston Globe), comes a brilliant collection of nine short stories, many never-before-published, set across Ireland, Spain, and America--about the complexities of family, longing, loss, and love.

    Celebrated as "his generation's most gifted writer of love's complicated, contradictory power" ( Los Angeles Times), Colm Tóibín is a master of short fiction as well as the novel, able to summon an extraordinary intensity of emotion in a brief tale. The eleven stories transport readers across continents and eras.

    In "The Journey to Galway," a mother who has learned of the death of her son, a fighter pilot in World War I, travels to Galway to inform his wife and their three now fatherless children. "Sleep," originally published in The New Yorker, explores the rift between two lovers as one of them cannot reckon with his grief and fear after the death of his brother. Death, again, is a central character in the title story, "The News from Dublin," as Maurice Webster travels to Dublin to try to save his younger brother who is dying of tuberculosis. Maurice must petition the health minister for access to a new experimental drug, and this is the only hope.

    Tóibín's stories are rich with the complexities of family dynamics, the haunting pull of the past, and the quiet revelations that define our lives. His characters, whether navigating the aftermath of war, or forbidden love, or the desires of a girl in Catalan, or the quiet struggles mundane life, are rendered with illuminating, unforgettable empathy and insight.

    The News from Dublin is an exquisite introduction to Tóibín's short fiction for new readers who may have discovered Tóibín with the publication of Long Island, and a glorious new collection for longtime fans of this "achingly beautiful writer...with infinite compassion" ( The Miami Herald).

Tags Shop Local, Indiebookstore, Little Village Toy and Book, Littleton nh, Mo WIllems, Winnie the Pooh, Dystopian, Graduate, America's Test Kitchen, Curious George, Father's Day, Kristin Harmel, Fishing

New Releases | February 17th, 2026

February 13, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • The Astral Library (Deluxe Limited Edition) - Quinn, Kate (Author)

    • Rebel English Academy - Hanif, Mohammed (Author)

    • So Old, So Young - Ginder, Grant (Author)

    • Laws of Love and Logic (Thousand Voices) - Curtis, Debra (Author)

    • Ashland - Simon, Dan (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live - Morrison, Susan (Author)

    Biography

    • Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour - Haddon, Mark (Author)

    • A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides - Pelicot, Gisèle (Author), Lehrer, Natasha (Translator), Diver, Ruth (Translator)

    Board Books

    • The Pigeon Won't Say the Abcs! - Mo Willems Workshop (Author)

    • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Sheepy: A Sleepy Sheepy Story (Sleepy Sheepy) - Cummins, Lucy Ruth (Author), Oswald, Pete (Illustrator)

    • 123s of Kindness at Bedtime: A Touch & Feel Board Book (Books of Kindness) - Hegarty, Patricia (Author), Macon, Summer (Illustrator)

    • The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First Poems - Ghigna, Charles (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • Unfathomable: 20 Wild (But True) Stories about the Ocean - Boone, Mary (Author), Temescu, Max (Illustrator)

    Field Guides

    • How to Forage for Medicinal Plants Without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 32 Healing Wild Herbs - Ruiz, Brandon (Author)

    Fun & Games

    • Basketball Encyclopedia - Kingfisher (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble (Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T. #4) - Green, John Patrick (Author), Hastings, Christopher (Author), Lewis, Pat (Illustrator)

    • Huck 'n' Hairball and the Litterbox Time Machine - Moyer, Rich (Author)

    • Minecraft: Heart of Cobblestone Volume 2 (Minecraft) - Clemson, Andrew (Author), Lawson, Jeremy (Illustrator)

    History

    • American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology - Meacham, Jon (Author)

    • The First to Go West: American Ambition, Bloody Conquest, and the Fateful Journey of Jedediah Smith - Clavin, Tom (Author), Drury, Bob (Author)

    • Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance - Targoff, Ramie (Author)

    Homestead

    • Chasing Lewis's Monkeyflower: The Amazing Afterlife of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's Wild Plants - Adelman, Elizabeth (Author)

    • Don't Throw It, Grow It, 2nd Edition: 68 Windowsill Plants from Kitchen Scraps - Peterson, Deborah (Author), Selsam, Millicent (Author), Martin, Laurelynn G (Foreword by), Martin, Byron E (Foreword by)

    Literary Collections

    • On Morrison - Serpell, Namwali (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Ultimate Incursion (Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion) - Camp, Deniz (Author), Ziglar, Cody (Author), Scharf, Jonas (Illustrator), Pichelli, Sara (Not Available)

    • Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 2: As My Mothers Made Me - Thompson, Kelly (Author), Sherman, Hayden (Illustrator)

    • Parasyte Paperback Collection 3 - Iwaaki, Hitoshi (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • The Cursed Spotlight: Adventure Stories for K-Pop Fans (K-Pop Academy #2) - Finch, Mina (Author)

    • Pirate Academy: New Kid on Deck (Pirate Academy 1) - Somper, Justin (Author), Skaffa, Teo (Illustrator)

    • Pirate Academy: Missing at Sea(Pirate Academy 2) - Somper, Justin (Author), Skaffa, Teo (Illustrator)

    My First Readers

    • Uni and the Magic Paintbrush (Step Into Reading) - Krouse Rosenthal, Amy (Author), Barrager, Brigette (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • Paranoia: A Michael Bennett Thriller (A Michael Bennett Thriller) - Patterson, James (Author), Born, James O (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Dream - Sterer, Gideon (Author), Henderson, Nik (Illustrator)

    • Leave the Trees, Please - Zephaniah, Benjamin (Author), Castrillón, Melissa (Illustrator)

    • All That Glimmers - Baker, Laura (Author), Kaulitzki, Ramona (Illustrator)

    • Exca-Gator! - Hartman, Brooke (Author), Slack, Michael (Illustrator)

    • The Great Escape - Marcero, Deborah (Author), Marcero, Deborah (Illustrator)

    • Duck Delivers - Tinn-Disbury, Tom (Author)

    Poetry

    • Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry - Plunkett, Adam (Author)

    Political Sciences

    • On Democracy - Whitman, Walt (Author), Bromwich, David (Introduction by)

    Puzzle Books

    • New York Times Games Rookie Crosswords: 200 Easy Puzzles - New York Times (Author), Shortz, Will (Editor)

    Romance

    • Firebird (Fire That Binds #1) - Cross, Juliette (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Martian Chronicles - Bradbury, Ray (Author)

    • Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter - Fawcett, Heather (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth - Hernández, Daisy (Author)

    True Crime

    • Mafia: A Global History - Gingeras, Ryan (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath - Toalson, R L (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • "When I'm faced with a Pilkey fan looking to branch out, this graphic novel is the first book I reach for... If eight books aren't enough, the spinoff series, Agents of S.U.I.T., continues the fun." ―The New York Times

    More than four million copies in print!

    InvestiGators fans, get ready to dive into the fourth volume of Agents of S.U.I.T. with the weirdest mystery yet!

    Someone has stolen the Notorious P.I.G. food truck, and with it, Piggy Smalls's special BBQ sauce! But before Bongo and Marsha can solve the case, they need to solve the problems they're having with each other. To help them realize what a great team they truly are, General Inspector decides to split them up. He assigns Marsha to work with Cilantro on a super-secret pilot program, and Bongo to work with Sven on a not so-secret reality competition: "Sew You Think You Can Sew!"

    But here's the rub: This season includes a chef challenge, and underground sources say Piggy Smalls's notorious sauce was stolen to help one of the contestants win!

  • The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.

    "Jon Meacham has done it again. If there is a soul in American history, it emerges--indeed, explodes--from these pages."--David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

    In a polarized era, history can become a subject of political contention. Many see America as perfect; many others argue that the national experiment is fundamentally flawed. The truth, Meacham shows, likely lies between these extremes. America has had shining hours, and also dark ones.

    In American Struggle, Jon Meacham illuminates the nation's complicated past. This rich and diverse collection covers a wide spectrum of history, from 1619 to the twenty-first century, with primary-source documents that take us back to critical moments in which Americans fought over the meaning and the direction of the national experiment. From the founders to Lincoln to Obama, from Andrew Jackson to Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, from Seneca Falls to the March on Washington, this chorus--sometimes discordant and always fascinating--tells the story of the country and of its people. As clashes over liberty and slavery, inclusion and exclusion, play out, these voices, brilliantly framed by Meacham's singular commentary, remind us that contentious citizenship and fair-minded observations are essential to bringing about the more perfect union envisioned in the Preamble to the Constitution, which Frederick Douglass called a "glorious liberty document."

    Conflict is nothing new in our democracy; rather, as Meacham and these texts show, tensions are inherent, stubborn, and perennial. And American Struggle teaches us anew that to know what has come before, to watch as long-running disputes rise and fall, is to be armed against despair.

  • From Mo Willems Workshop, the team behind the #1 bestselling Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, comes this hilarious and engaging alphabet early-learning concept board book with touch-and-trace features throughout.

    The Pigeon won't say the ABCs! He has at least 26 reasons and excuses why not! From absolutely no way to zero chance!

    The Pigeon WON'T Say the ABCs! is part of a collection of original board books featuring the beloved character: The Pigeon.

    Ideal for babies, toddlers, and fans of the picture book series.

  • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America's most beloved comedy show

    "The kind of biographical monument usually consecrated to founding fathers, canonical authors and world-historical scientific geniuses."--The New York Times (Editors' Choice)

    "Readers are treated to the Holy Grail for any journalist hoping to crack the show: a warts-and-all week in the life of SNL, where Morrison gets to see the real process of putting the thing together."--Variety

    LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, The New Yorker, Elle, Kirkus Reviews, Denver Public Library

    Over the fifty years that Lorne Michaels has been at the helm of Saturday Night Live, he has become a revered and inimitable presence in the entertainment world. He's a tastemaker, a mogul, a withholding father figure, a genius spotter of talent, a shrewd businessman, a name-dropper, a raconteur, the inspiration for Dr. Evil, the winner of more than a hundred Emmys--and, essentially, a mystery. Generations of writers and performers have spent their lives trying to figure him out, by turns demonizing and lionizing him. He's "Obi-Wan Kenobi" (Tracy Morgan), the "great and powerful Oz" (Kate McKinnon), "some kind of very distant, strange comedy god" (Bob Odenkirk).

    Lorne will introduce you to him, in full, for the first time. With unprecedented access to Michaels and the entire SNL apparatus, Susan Morrison takes readers behind the curtain for the lively, up-and-down, definitive story of how Michaels created and maintained the institution that changed comedy forever.

    Drawn from hundreds of interviews--with Michaels, his friends, and SNL's iconic stars and writers, from Will Ferrell to Tina Fey to John Mulaney to Chris Rock to Dan Aykroyd-- Lorne is a deeply reported, wildly entertaining account of a man singularly obsessed with the show that would define his life and have a profound impact on American culture.

  • A STUNNING DEBUT NOVEL FROM JENNA BUSH HAGER'S NEW VENTURE, THOUSAND VOICES

    A woman finds herself torn between her first love and her devoted husband in this extraordinary debut novel that asks the question: Can one heart hold two great loves?

    "A magnificent, spellbinding love story."--Clare Leslie Hall, New York Times bestselling author of Broken Country

    In the serene town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Lily Webb is deeply in love with a charismatic boy, a college-bound quarterback whose spectacular athletic talents are matched only by his fierce devotion. But their dreams of a life together are cut short when his passionate protectiveness leads to an irrevocable choice--one that tears them apart and leads Lily down a path of heartbreak from which she may never recover.

    Lily already knows the sting of loss, beginning with the death of her mother, a tragedy that left deep scars on both her and her gifted younger sister, Jane. Jane seeks escape in the abstract world of mathematics and quantum mechanics--when she can keep the demons that fuel her addictions at bay. As the years pass, Lily buries her twin griefs deep in her heart, finding solace and a new beginning with Marshall Middleton, a renowned ornithologist whose love is as steadfast as the migration patterns he studies. Yet the shadows of her past linger.

    When the boy who was once everything to Lily reappears in her life, she struggles with questions around that terrible night in high school. Can she reconcile the wild wonderment of her first love with the comfort and safety of her second? Laws of Love and Logic explores love's enduring power and the human spirit's capacity for forgiveness and redemption.

Tags Shop Local, Little Village Toy and Book, littletonnh, foraging, minecraft, jon meacham, shakespeare, Kpop Demon Hunters, Robert Frost, Ray Bradbury, Saturday Night Live, The Pigeon, Sylvia Plath

New Releases | January 27th, 2026

January 25, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Vigil - Saunders, George (Author)

    • This Is a Love Story: A Read with Jenna Pick - Soffer, Jessica (Author)

    • Heartwood (a Read with Jenna Pick) - Gaige, Amity (Author)

    • Fire Exit - Talty, Morgan (Author)

    Board Books

    • Peter Rabbit: A Fluffy Easter Tale: A Touch-And-Feel Book - Potter, Beatrix (Author)

    • Chicka Chicka You You: A Mirror Book (Chicka Chicka Book) - Martin Jr, Bill (Author), Archambault, John (Author), Roode, Daniel (Illustrator)

    • I've Got a Dog!: A Happy Little Tune - Boynton, Sandra (Author), Boynton, Sandra (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • Serendipity - Benda, Gabbie (Author), Benda, Gabbie (Illustrator)

    • Run Home: A Graphic Memoir - Bermudez, Alyssa (Author), Bermudez, Alyssa (Illustrator)

    • The Haunted House Next Door the Graphic Novel (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol: The Graphic Novel #1) - Miedoso, Andres (Author), Glass House Graphics (Illustrator)

    History

    • Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island - Pitts, Mike (Author)

    • Nuclear War: A Scenario - Jacobsen, Annie (Author)

    • Neptune's Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire - Sancton, Julian (Author)

    • Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space - Higginbotham, Adam (Author)

    Homestead

    • The Regenerative Gardener's Handbook: Essential Techniques for Growing a Garden That Leaves the Land Healthier Than You Found It - Bosch, Briana Selstad (Author)

    Literary Collections

    • Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend - Romney, Rebecca (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Princess Mononoke Film Comic: All-In-One Edition (Princess Mononoke Film Comic: All-In-One Edition #3) - Miyazaki, Hayao (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • Disney/Pixar Hoppers: The Junior Novelization

    • The Stage of Shadows (K-Pop Academy #1) - Finch, Mina (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Dear Debbie - McFadden, Freida (Author)

    • Pendergast: The Beginning (Agent Pendergast) - Preston, Douglas (Author), Child, Lincoln (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Disney/Pixar Hoppers Little Golden Book

    Political Sciences

    • Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage - Thompson, Heather Ann (Author)

    Puzzle Books

    • Minute Cryptic: Over 160 Wordplay Puzzles to Decipher, Unlock, and Untangle - Tiernan, Angas (Author), Runnalls, Liam (Author)

    Romance

    • The Re-Do List - Williams, Denise (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • To Ride a Rising Storm: The Second Book of Nampeshiweisit - Blackgoose, Moniquill (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • The Great Shadow: A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy - Bauer, Susan Wise (Author)

    Workbooks

    • Big Feelings, Little Feelings: Get to Know Your Emotions - Mills, Andrea (Author), Scriven, Luke (Illustrator)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • Winner of the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction - Winner of the 2024 Kirkus Nonfiction Prize - Shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction - A New York Times Notable Book of 2024

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Stunning...A heart-pounding thriller...Challenger is a remarkable book." --The Atlantic - "Devastating...A universal story that transcends time." --The New York Times - "Dramatic...a moving narrative." --The Wall Street Journal

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, "compelling, and exhaustively researched" (The Washington Post) minute-by-minute account of the Challenger disaster, based on fascinating and new archival research--a riveting history that reads like a thriller.

    On January 28, 1986, just seventy-three seconds into flight, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all seven people on board. Millions of Americans witnessed the tragic deaths of the crew, which included New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Like the assassination of JFK, the Challenger disaster is a defining moment in 20th-century history--one that forever changed the way America thought of itself and its optimistic view of the future. Yet the full story of what happened, and why, has never been told.

    Based on extensive archival research and metic-ulous, original reporting, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space follows a handful of central protagonists--including each of the seven members of the doomed crew--through the years leading up to the accident, and offers a detailed account of the tragedy itself and the inves-tigation afterward. It's a compelling tale of ambition and ingenuity undermined by political cynicism and cost-cutting in the interests of burnishing national prestige; of hubris and heroism; and of an investigation driven by leakers and whistleblowers determined to bring the truth to light. Throughout, there are the ominous warning signs of a tragedy to come, recognized but then ignored, and later hidden from the public.

    Higginbotham reveals the history of the shuttle program and the lives of men and women whose stories have been overshadowed by the disaster, as well as the designers, engineers, and test pilots who struggled against the odds to get the first shuttle into space. A masterful blend of riveting human drama and fascinating and absorbing science, Challenger identifies a turning point in history--and brings to life an even more complex and astonishing story than we remember.

  • "The best thriller of 2025." --The Boston Globe * "Genius." --The Washington Post

    "A literary thriller of the highest order" (Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Couple), Heartwood takes you on a gripping journey as a search and rescue team race against time after a woman mysteriously disappears on the Appalachian Trail.

    Deep in the Maine woods, an experienced hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping.

    At the heart of the investigation is Beverly, the determined Maine State Game Warden tasked with finding Valerie, who leads the search on the ground. Meanwhile, Lena, a seventy-six-year-old birdwatcher in a Connecticut retirement community, becomes an unexpected armchair detective. Roving between these compelling narratives, a puzzle emerges, intensifying the frantic search, as Valerie's disappearance may not be accidental.

    Heartwood is a "gem of a thousand facets--suspenseful, transporting, tender, and ultimately soul-mending," (Megha Majumdar, New York Times bestselling author of A Burning) that tells the story of a lost hiker's odyssey and is a moving rendering of each character's interior journey. The mystery inspires larger questions about the many ways in which we get lost, and how we are found. At its core, Heartwood is an "unputdownable" ( Real Simple) and redemptive novel, written with both enormous literary ambition and love.

  • "A perfectly plotted, diabolically fun revenge story. Debbie is such an endearing psychopath -- I couldn't stop reading!" -- Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door

    A brand new twisted thriller that will have you cheering "good for her!" from the #1 New York Times bestselling and global sensation Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid!

    Sometimes, enough is enough...

    Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women who are ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands. And Debbie does her best to guide them in the right direction.

    Or at least, she did.

    These days, Debbie's life seems to be spiraling out of control. She just lost her job. Something strange is happening with her teenage daughters. And her husband is keeping secrets, according to the tracking app she installed on his phone. Now, Debbie's done being the bigger person. She's done being reasonable and practical. It's time to take her own advice.

    And now it's time for payback against all the people in her life who deserve it the most.

    From #1 New York Times and international bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a biting, subversive thriller about what happens when women finally choose to take justice into their own hands - with killer results.

  • An electric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life as he is ferried from this world into the next

    Not for the first time, Jill "Doll" Blaine finds herself hurtling toward earth, reconstituting as she falls, right down to her favorite black pumps. She plummets towards her newest charge, yet another soul she must usher into the afterlife, and lands headfirst in the circular drive of his ornate mansion.

    She has performed this sacred duty 343 times since her own death. Her charges, as a rule, have been greatly comforted in their final moments. But this charge, she soon discovers, isn't like the others. The powerful K. J. Boone will not be consoled, because he has nothing to regret. He lived a big, bold, epic life, and the world is better for it. Isn't it?

    Vigil transports us, careening, through the wild final evening of a complicated man. Visitors begin to arrive (worldly and otherworldly, alive and dead), clamoring for a reckoning. Birds swarm the dying man's room; a black calf grazes on the love seat; a man from a distant, drought-ravaged village materializes; two oil-business cronies from decades past show up with chilling plans for Boone's postdeath future.

    With the wisdom, playfulness, and explosive imagination we've come to expect, George Saunders takes on the gravest issues of our time--the menace of corporate greed, the toll of capitalism, the environmental perils of progress--and, in the process, spins a tale that encompasses life and death, good and evil, and the thorny question of absolution.

  • This Little Golden Book is based on Disney and Pixar's Hoppers, releasing in theaters Spring 2026!

    What if you could talk to animals and understand what they're saying? In Disney and Pixar's all-new feature film Hoppers, scientists have discovered how to "hop" human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals! The adventure introduces Mabel, an animal lover who seizes an opportunity to use the technology, uncovering mysteries within the animal world that are beyond anything she could have imagined. This Little Golden Book retelling of the film is perfect for children ages 2 to 5, as well as Disney Little Golden Book collectors of all ages!

    Little Golden Books enjoy nearly 100% consumer recognition. They feature beloved classics, hot licenses, and new original stories . . . the classics of tomorrow.

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New Releases | December 16th, 2025

December 14, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Coloring Book

    • Where's Waldo? the Official Coloring Book (Where's Waldo?) - Handford, Martin (Author), Handford, Martin (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Batman and Robin: Year One - Waid, Mark (Author), Samnee, Chris (Illustrator)

    • Parasyte Paperback Collection 1 - Iwaaki, Hitoshi (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • The #1 Lawyer: A Thriller - Patterson, James (Author), Allen, Nancy (Author)

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  • Put your eagle eye to a new challenge in this official coloring book featuring iconic scenes from the globally best-selling Where's Waldo? adventures!

    Bring busy Where's Waldo? scenes to life by coloring them in and search as you go. What colors will you choose? Can you find Waldo and his lost pencils in every scene? (The hunt is even trickier in black and white!) When you reach the end of the book, read the checklists for even more things to find! Wow! With quality art paper, this book can be enjoyed by young and old artists alike! And it features over sixty pages to color that will take you on an adventure from the saloons of the Wild West to the bright lights of a Broadway stage.

  • Biloxi's best criminal defense attorney has never lost a case -- then his client's beautiful wife is murdered, and America's #1 lawyer suddenly becomes its #1 suspect in this thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author.

    Stafford Lee Penney is a small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation for winning every case he tries. In his sharp suits and polished Oxford shoes, Penney is Biloxi, Mississippi's #1 Lawyer and top local celebrity. Just as Penney notches his latest courtroom victory, his wife is scandalously killed. He spirals into a legal and personal losing streak, damaging his reputation and ruining his career.

    That's when Penney makes a bold decision. He stops trading on his power-lawyer identity and creates a new one: lawyer lifeguard. Moonlighting at the beach, showing up to court in flip-flops, mentoring a law student, the new Penney is at first unrecognizable.

    It's said that a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. But when Penney is accused of murder, the #1 Lawyer will find a way to triumph.

  • Billionaire Bruce Wayne is grappling with his new role as guardian to orphaned Dick Grayson, while Batman faces the challenge of unleashing Robin on Gotham's ruthless underworld!

    Join superstars Mark Waid and Chris Samnee as they explore the earliest days of the Dynamic Duo!

    The early years of Batman and Robin were anything but smooth sailing. Join fan-favorite creative duo Mark Waid and Chris Samnee as they explore the first year of Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson's partnership, both as a newly minted father and son in the eyes of the public and as the crime-fighting Batman and Robin to the criminal underworld of Gotham City! Dick may be capable and enthusiastic, but does he have what it takes to stand up against the deadliest costumed villains the city has to offer? And Batman may be prepared for anything--but is he prepared to be responsible for the life and safety of a teenage sidekick?

  • Experience the immortal horror manga as it was originally meant to be read! For the first time in more than a decade, the Parasyte Paperback Collection pairs Hitoshi Iwaaki's original, black-and-white art with a revised translation and updated interior and cover design.

    Teenager Shinichi wakes up one night to discover a creature crawling under the skin of his right arm. This is a Parasite, a creature that takes control of a person's body and turns it into a shapeshifting monstrosity hungry for human flesh. Shinichi has managed to stop his parasite with a tourniquet, and as a result, it takes over only his arm, leaving two consciousnesses sharing one body and dependent on each other to survive. As parasites take control of more and more people, rumors spread of brutal murders committed by terrible abominations--heads splitting open to reveal mouths of sharp teeth, batlike wings erupting from backs, blades tearing through soft bellies. Only Shinichi knows for sure that these rumors are all true. But can he find a way to live without destroying everyone he cares about, much less save the rest of humanity?

    Complete in eight volumes, Parasyte Paperback Collection features the translation, lettering, and size of the recent, acclaimed hardcover Parasyte Full Color Collection. This timeless manga inspired the global smash hit anime Parasyte -the maxim- and the live-action TV drama from the director of Train to Busan, Parasyte: The Grey.

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New Releases | November 18th, 2025

November 16, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • P.S. You're the Worst - Seager, Chloe (Author)

    • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) - Balle, Solvej (Author), Russell (Translator)

    • The Ferryman and His Wife - Grytten, Frode (Author), McCullough, Alison (Translator)

    Adult Science

    • Nightmare Obscura: A Dream Engineer's Guide Through the Sleeping Mind - Carr, Michelle (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Point Blank: (Quick Studies) - Dylan, Bob (Author)

    Biography

    • Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much - Erivo, Cynthia (Author)

    • 100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life - Van Dyke, Dick (Author)

    • I'm Glad My Mom Died - McCurdy, Jennette (Author)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • Knowledge Encyclopedia Dinosaur! (DK Knowledge Encyclopedias)

    Cookbook

    • Rooted in Fire: A Celebration of Native American and Mexican Cooking - DeSpain, Pyet (Author)

    Great Outdoors

    • Favorite Flies for Vermont: 50 Essential Patterns from Local Experts - Price, Drew (Author)

    History

    • The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind - Winchester, Simon (Author)

    • Three Roads to Gettysburg: Meade, Lee, Lincoln, and the Battle That Changed the War, the Speech That Changed the Nation - McGrath, Tim (Author)

    • The Greatest Sentence Ever Written - Isaacson, Walter (Author)

    Homestead

    • The Goth Garden: The Mystery, Beauty, and Lore of Dark Gardening - Feaster, Felicia (Author)

    Horror

    • The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings: Poems, Tales, Essays, and Reviews (Penguin Clothbound Classics) - Poe, Edgar Allan (Author), Galloway, David (Editor), Galloway, David (Introduction by), Galloway, David (Notes by), Bickford-Smith, Coralie (Not Available) v

    Just the Facts

    • What Are Taylor Swift's Eras? (What Was?) - Catherine, Niki (Author), Who Hq (Author), Conley, Laurie A (Illustrator)

    Literary Collections

    • Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth -Century Novel - Frank, Edwin (Author)

    • Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times (A Norton Short) - Smith, Tracy K (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • How a Game Lives - Geller, Jacob (Author)

    • We3: DC Compact Comics Edition (DC Compact Comics) - Morrison, Grant (Author), Quitely, Frank (Illustrator)

    • Absolute Martian Manhunter Vol. 1: Martian Vision (Absolute Universe) - Camp, Deniz (Author), Rodriguez, Javier (Illustrator)

    • Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple, Vol. 1 (Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple #1) - ARC (Author) , Tabii (Artist)

    Middle Readers

    • Dork Diaries 1 Full-Color Edition: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life - Russell, Rachel Renée (Author), Russell, Rachel Renée (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • Return of the Spider: An Alex Cross Thriller (Alex Cross Novels #31) - Patterson, James (Author)

    • Along Came a Spider: An Alex Cross Thriller (Special) - Patterson, James (Author)

    Poetry

    • Dog Show: Poems - Collins, Billy (Author), Sztybel, Pamela (Illustrator)

    • New and Selected Poems - Howe, Marie (Author)

    • The Quiet After: Poems of Healing Silence (The Healing Verses) - Sin, R H (Author)

    Romance

    • The Color of Hope - Steel, Danielle (Author)

    • And Then There Was You - Cousens, Sophie (Author)

    • I, Medusa - Gray, Ayana (Author)

    • Secret Nights and Northern Lights - Oliver, Megan (Author)

    • Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore - Krempholtz, Emily (Author)

    • The Bond That Burns (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Original) (Bloodwing Academy #2) - Boleyn, Briar (Author)- Boleyn, Briar (Author)

    • The Seven Rings: The Lost Bride Trilogy, Book 3 - Roberts, Nora (Author)

    • Brimstone (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Fae & Alchemy #2) - Hart, Callie (Author)

    • Heat of the Everflame - Cole, Penn (Author) - Grace, Hannah (Author)

    • Daydream: Deluxe Edition Hardcover (The Maple Hills #3) - Grace, Hannah (Author)

    • People We Meet on Vacation: Collector's Edition (Netflix Tie-In): Collector's Edition - Henry, Emily (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Bovadium Fragments: Together with the Origins of Bovadium - Tolkien, JRR (Author)

    • The Shadow of the Gods (Deluxe Limited Hardcover Edition) (The Bloodsworn Trilogy #1) - Gwynne, John (Author)

    • This Is How You Lose the Time War (Deluxe Edition) - El-Mohtar, Amal (Author), Gladstone, Max (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century - Marx, W David (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Mindworks: An Uncanny Compendium of Short Fiction - Shusterman, Neal (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD!

    A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor--including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother--and how she retook control of her life.

    Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, "Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn't tint hers?" She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.

    In I'm Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail--just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly, she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi ("Hi Gale!"), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.

    Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I'm Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.

  • America's bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who we are as Americans--and explains how it should shape our politics today.

    To celebrate America's 250th anniversary, Walter Isaacson takes readers on a fascinating deep dive into the creation of one of history's most powerful sentences: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

    Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and edited by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, this line lays the foundation for the American Dream and defines the common ground we share as a nation.

    Isaacson unpacks its genius, word by word, illuminating the then-radical concepts behind it. Readers will gain a fresh appreciation for how it was drafted to inspire unity, equality, and the enduring promise of America. With clarity and insight, he reveals not just the power of these words but describes how, in these polarized times, we can use them to restore an appreciation for our common values.

  • Return of the Spider is the stunning companion to Along Came a Spider, the New York Times bestselling series debut that introduced Detective Alex Cross, "the real deal, a character who matters" (Rolling Stone).

    The suspense classic Along Came a Spider introduced an unsurpassed rivalry:
    Detective Alex Cross; the "human superhero" ( New York Times) versus Gary Soneji; the "most deliciously wicked character since Hannibal Lecter" ( Lexington Herald-Leader).
    But that wasn't their first meeting...
    Police discover that Soneji kept a murder book, Profiles in Homicidal Genius, detailing his transformation from substitute teacher to hardened serial killer--including clues that imply missteps that Alex Cross may have made a rookie homicide detective.
    Now, Alex must retrace the steps of that long-ago investigation and face...the Return of the Spider.

  • The deluxe limited edition of The Bond That Burns features stenciled edges, custom endpapers, and a jacket with metallic effects! This breathtaking hardcover edition is available only on the first printing and is a must-have for any book lover while supplies last in the US and Canada.

    At Bloodwing Academy, blood is currency, but a dragon's legacy is priceless--and as dangerous as fire.

    I thought surviving my first year in Bloodwing's deadly halls would be enough. I was wrong.

    I accidentally woke a dragon--a creature of myth, of death, of fire.

    Now every highblood house wants control over me and the dragon's legacy I carry. But here's the truth: I have no control. I'm bluffing my way through every encounter, trying to keep everyone from realizing that I'm not the one pulling the dragon's strings.

    And then there's Blake Drakharrow. I thought he was on my side, that I might even be able to trust him. But he betrayed me. Now I'm his only blood source. How messed up is that? In a place like Bloodwing, where power and survival are everything, this bond may well be the death of us both. Unless I can find a way to end it.

    In this world of vampires, dragons, and lies, there are no happy endings. Just legends--and the darkness it takes to make them.

  • This limited deluxe edition with metallic edges, gorgeous cover effects, designed endpapers, and a stamped foil case continues the epic story begun in runaway bestseller and global phenomenon Quicksilver.

    Duty. Blood. Honor. Power.

    Saeris Fane doesn't want power. The very last thing she needs is her name whispered on an entire court's lips, but now that she's been crowned queen of the Blood Court, she's discovering that a queen's life is not her own. A heavy weight rests upon her shoulders. Her ward--and her brother--need her back in her homeland...but the changes that have strengthened Saeris have also made her weak. Born under blazing suns, Saeris will surely die if she makes her way home through the Quicksilver. Which means that, once again, she must send someone else in her stead...

    "Keep your mouth shut. Stick to the shadows. And for the love of all seven Gods, do NOT crack any jokes."

    Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate has defeated armies and survived all manner of horrors, but traveling back to Zilvaren with Carrion Swift might just be the death of him. The male just will not shut up. Hidden dangers await them down the narrow alleyways of the Silver City. Unfolding secrets pose impossible threats. Fisher must wrangle the smuggler and accomplish his goals quickly if he wants to see his mate again.

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