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New Releases | July 22nd, 2025

July 21, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Burn (Vintage Contemporaries) - Heller, Peter (Author)

    • Pan - Clune, Michael (Author)

    • Greenwich - Broad, Kate (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Didion and Babitz - Anolik, Lili (Author)

    Board Books

    • The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Halloween - Carle, Eric (Author) , Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    • Bluey and Bingo's Book of Scary Things: A Lift-The-Flap Book - Moon, Charlie (Author)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • 1001 Magical Plants: The Complete Book of Botanicals for Every Purpose - Eason, Cassandra (Author)

    Calendars

    • Sierra Club Wilderness Calendar 2026

    • Sierra Club Engagement Calendar 2026

    • Studio Ghibli My Neighbor Totoro 2026 12-Month Weekly Planner

    • This Is My Bookstore 2026 Wall Calendar

    Children’s Art

    • Disney How to Draw Favorite Characters

    • Marvel How to Draw Awesome Characters

    Children’s Classics

    • Legendary Heroes: Epic Characters from Across the Ages

    Coloring Books

    • What's Inside a Garden?: Science and Nature Coloring Book: 40 Drawings to Color - Ignotofsky, Rachel (Author)

    Fun & Games

    • Pokémon Halloween: The Official Sticker Book: Over 700 Stickers!

    Graphic Novels

    • Wagnificent: A New Dog in the Den (Wagnificent #2) - Murguia, Bethanie (Author) , Murguia, Bethanie (Illustrator)

    History

    • The Boys in the Light: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and Brotherhood - Willner, Nina (Author)

    Homestead

    • Naturally: The Herbalist's Guide to Health and Transformation - Robinett, Rachelle (Author)

    Horror

    • Red Rabbit Ghost - Julian, Jen (Author)

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

    • It Was Her House First - Priest, Cherie (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • West Coast Avengers Vol. 1: The Gospel of Ultron - Duggan, Gerry (Author) , Kim, Danny (Illustrator) , Harvey, Ben (Not Available)

    • Ponyo Film Comic All-In-One Edition - Miyazaki, Hayao (Created by)

    • Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible, Complete Edition - Kui, Ryoko (Author) , Blackman, Abigail (Letterer) , Engel, Taylor (Translator)

    Middle Readers

    • Another - Tremblay, Paul (Author)

    • How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing (How to Train Your Dragon School #1) - Cowell, Cressida (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Not Quite Dead Yet - Jackson, Holly (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • The Little Book of Success: Sixteen Steps to the Prosperity You Deserve and Desire - Hill, Napoleon (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Island Storm - Floca, Brian (Author) , Smith, Sydney (Illustrator)

    • Recess: A Picture Book - Smith, Lane (Author)

    Romance

    • Love Is a War Song - Nava, Danica (Author)

    • Arcana Academy - Kova, Elise (Author)

    Science & Nature

    • The Escape Artist: A True Story of Octopus Adventure - Hanson, Thor (Author) , Bernstein, Galia (Illustrator)

    • Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles: A Curious Counting Book - Jenkins, Steve (Author) , Page, Robin (Author)

    Sticker Books

    • What's Inside a Garden? Stickerology: 500+ Stickers of Blooms, Butterflies, Birds, and More; Stickers for Gardeners, Nature-Lovers, and More; Stickers - Ignotofsky, Rachel (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars and The Last Ranger, a novel about two men--friends since boyhood--who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country racked by bewildering violence

    Every year, Jess and Storey have made an annual pilgrimage to the most remote corners of the country, where they camp, hunt, and hike, leaving much from their long friendship unspoken. Although the state of Maine has convulsed all summer with secession mania--a mania that has simultaneously spread across other states--Jess and Storey figure it's a fight reserved for legislators or, worst-case scenario, folks in the capital.

    But after weeks hunting off the grid, the men reach a small town and are shocked by what they find: a bridge blown apart, buildings burned to the ground, and bombed-out cars abandoned on the road. Trying to make sense of the sudden destruction all around them, they set their sights on finding their way home, dragging a wagon across bumpy dirt roads, scavenging from boats left in lakes, and dodging armed men--secessionists or U.S. military, they cannot tell--as they seek a path to safety. Then, a startling discovery drastically alters their path and the stakes of their escape.

    Drenched in the beauty of the natural world and attuned to the specific cadences of male friendship, even here at the edge of doom, Burn is both a blistering warning about a divided country's political strife and an ode to the salvation found in our chosen families.

  • Relive the story of Ponyo and Sosuke in this full-color film comic!

    Ponyo is a sweet-faced goldfish from a magical realm under the sea. One day, Ponyo's curiosity takes her far from home. After accidentally hitching a ride on a jellyfish, Ponyo washes up on the shore and is found by Sosuke, a kindly human boy. Sosuke takes her home and does his best to make sure she's happy and well-fed in the human world. But Ponyo's father, a powerful underwater sorcerer, has sent out mysterious tidal forces to locate his daughter. Ponyo and Sosuke may be torn apart just when they've become best friends!

    Experience the dynamic imagination of Hayao Miyazaki in this heartwarming love story!

  • "With prose as strange as it is hypnotizing, Pan will leave you breathless and wanting for more." --Harper's Bazaar

    "Brilliant . . . A mind-bending, psychologically bending, really thrilling, interesting book." --Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies

    A strange and brilliant teenager's first panic attacks lead him down the rabbit hole in this wild, highly anticipated debut novel from one of our most distinctive literary minds

    Nicholas is fifteen when he forgets how to breathe. He had plenty of reason to feel unstable already: He's been living with his dad in the bleak Chicago suburbs since his Russian-born mom kicked him out. Then one day in geometry class, Nicholas suddenly realizes that his hands are objects. The doctor says it's just panic, but Nicholas suspects that his real problem might not be a psychiatric one: maybe the Greek god Pan is trapped inside his body. As his paradigm for his own consciousness crumbles, Nicholas; his best friend, Ty; and his maybe-girlfriend, Sarah, hunt for answers why--in Oscar Wilde and in Charles Baudelaire, in rock and roll and in Bach, and in the mysterious, drugged-out Barn, where their classmate Tod's charismatic older brother Ian leads the high schoolers in rituals that might end up breaking more than just the law.

    Thrilling, cerebral, and startlingly funny, Pan is a new masterpiece of the coming-of-age genre by Guggenheim fellow and literary scholar Michael Clune, whose memoir of heroin addiction, White Out--named one of The New Yorker's best books of the year--earned him a cult readership. Now, in Pan, the great novel of our age of anxiety, Clune drops us inside the human psyche, where we risk discovering that the forces controlling our inner lives could be more alien than we want to let ourselves believe.

  • "Magical from nail-biting beginning to shocking end!"--Danielle L. Jensen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Fate Inked in Blood

    A woman who wields magical tarot cards lands herself in a false engagement with the headmaster of a mysterious academy in this first installment of an enthralling fantasy romance series from the bestselling author of A Deal with the Elf King.

    The dazzling first edition hardcover of Arcana Academy will feature gold foil page edges, designed endpapers, two interior black-and-white maps, a custom-stamped case, and a premium dust jacket with foil--while supplies last!

    Clara Graysword has survived the underworld of Eclipse City through thievery, luck, and a whole lot of illegal magic. After a job gone awry, Clara is sentenced to a lifetime in prison for inking tarot cards--a rare power reserved for practitioners at the elite Arcana Academy.

    Just when it seems her luck has run dry, the academy's enigmatic headmaster, Prince Kaelis, offers her an escape--for a price. Kaelis believes that Clara is the perfect tool to help him steal a tarot card from the king and use it to re-create an all-powerful card long lost to time.

    In order to conceal her identity and keep her close, Kaelis brings Clara to Arcana Academy, introducing her as the newest first-year student and his bride-to-be.

    Thrust into a world of arcane magic and royal intrigue, where one misstep will send her back to prison or worse, Clara finds that the prince she swore to hate may not be what he seems. But can she risk giving him power over the world--and her heart? Or will she take it for herself?

  • Prepare for adventure!Delve into the depths of Delicious in Dungeon with a smorgasbord of illustrations, never-before-seen secret tales, a monster encyclopedia, and detailed information about all your favorite characters--including their age, BMI, and even the first time they died! Featuring more than seventy new pages, this updated edition covering the complete series is packed with all you need to know to explore the deepest of labyrinths!

New Releases | July 22nd, 2025
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New Releases | July 8th, 2025

July 7, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • The Briar Club - Quinn, Kate (Author)

    • Ordinary Human Failings - Nolan, Megan (Author)

    • The View from Lake Como - Trigiani, Adriana (Author)

    • Finding Grace - Rothschild, Loretta (Author)

    • Daikon - Hawley, Samuel (Author)

    • Culpability - Holsinger, Bruce (Author)

    Biography

    • A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck - Elmhirst, Sophie (Author)

    Board Books

    • The Scariest Kitten in the World - Messner, Kate (Author) , Haley, MacKenzie (Illustrator)

    • Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! - Willems, Mo (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Warriors: Tigerstar and Sasha: 3 Full-Color Warriors Books in 1 - Hunter, Erin (Author)

    History

    • Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations - Kean, Sam (Author)

    • 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America - Dawsey, Josh (Author) , Pager, Tyler (Author) , Arnsdorf, Isaac (Author)

    Horror

    • How to Survive a Horror Story (Deluxe Edition) - Arnold, Mallory (Author)

    • How to Survive a Horror Story (Standard Edition) - Arnold, Mallory (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • What Do We Know About the Curse of King Tut's Tomb? (What Do We Know About?) - Hubbard, Ben (Author) , Gutierrez, Manuel (Illustrator) , Who Hq (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Muted: Volume 1 - Mundt, Miranda (Author)

    • Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated. a Magic: The Gathering Manga, Vol. 4: Limited Edition Magic: The Gathering Card Included in First Print - Ise, Katsura (Author) , Yokota, Takuma (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thriller

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

    Personal Growth

    • How We Grow Up: Understanding Adolescence - Richtel, Matt (Author)

    • Proof of Life: Let Go, Let Love, and Stop Looking for Permission to Live Your Life - Pastiloff, Jennifer (Author)

    • The Happiness Experiment: A Revolutionary Way to Increase Happiness - Barney, Carl B (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Embarrassed Ferret - Riddiough, Lisa Frenkel (Author)

    • Axolotl and Axolittle - Hitchman, Jess (Author) , Rebar, Sarah (Illustrator)

    Poetry

    • Climate - Hanson, Whitney (Author)

    Political Science

    • Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch - Freeman, Andrea (Author)

    Romance

    • Totally and Completely Fine - Sussman, Elissa (Author)

    • The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy: Book 1 of the Dearly Beloathed Duology - Knightley, Brigitte (Author)

    • Never the Roses - Lambert, Jennifer K (Author)

    • Terror at the Gates (Blood of Lilith #1) - St Clair, Scarlett (Author)

    • Rose in Chains (Deluxe Limited Edition) (The Evermore Trilogy #1) - Soto, Julie (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • Reinventing Love: How the Patriarchy Sabotages Heterosexual Relations - Chollet, Mona (Author) , Emanuel, Susan (Translator)

    • It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know about Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told) - Tang Karen (Author)

    Spinner Rack

    • Bluey: Cricket

    Young Adult

    • Predatory Natures - Goldsmith, Amy (Author)

    • Difficult Girls - Bane, Veronica (Author)

    • Hour of the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas - Shepherd, Megan (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • In this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware's multi-million copy mega-hit The Woman in Cabin 10, Lo Blacklock returns to attend the opening of a luxury hotel, only to find herself in a white-knuckled race across Europe.

    When the invitation to attend the press opening of a luxury Swiss hotel--owned by reclusive billionaire Marcus Leidmann--arrives, it's like the answer to a prayer. Three years after the birth of her youngest child, Lo Blacklock is ready to reestablish her journalism career, but post-pandemic travel journalism is a very different landscape from the one she left ten years ago.

    The chateau on the shores of Lake Geneva is everything Lo's ever dreamed of, and she hopes she can snag an interview with Marcus. Unfortunately, he proves to be even more difficult to pin down than his reputation suggests. When Lo gets a late-night call asking her to come to Marcus's hotel room, she agrees despite her own misgivings. She's greeted, however, by a woman claiming to be Marcus's mistress, and in life-or-death jeopardy.

    What follows is a thrilling cat-and-mouse pursuit across Europe, forcing Lo to ask herself just how much she's willing to sacrifice to save this woman...and if she can even trust her?

  • "Quinn evocatively balances the outward cheerfulness of the 1950s with historical observations exploring racism, misogyny, homophobia and political persecution in this sharply drawn, gripping novel." - People Magazine

    The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.

    Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation's capital where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic room, she draws her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship: poised English beauty Fliss, whose facade of perfect wife and mother covers gaping inner wounds; policeman's daughter Nora, who finds herself entangled with a shadowy gangster; frustrated baseball star Beatrice, whose career has come to an end along with the women's baseball league of WWII; and poisonous, gung-ho Arlene, who has thrown herself into McCarthy's Red Scare.

    Grace's weekly attic-room dinner parties and window-brewed sun tea become a healing balm on all their lives, but she hides a terrible secret of her own. When a shocking act of violence tears the house apart, the Briar Club women must decide once and for all: who is the true enemy in their midst?

    Capturing the paranoia of the McCarthy era and evoking the changing roles for women in postwar America, The Briar Club is an intimate and thrilling novel of secrets and loyalty put to the test.

    A beautiful, foil cover, first edition.

  • This beautiful DELUXE EDITION hardcover featuring gorgeous stenciled edges, designed endpapers, and a stamped foil case is only available for a limited first print run and while supplies last. This is a stunning special edition you will want to add to your collection.

    New York Timesbestselling author Julie Soto crafts a lush and dark romantic fantasy that's filled with intrigue, magic, and an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance.

    The war is over, the dark forces have won, and the hero who was supposed to save them is dead.

    Captured as her castle is overrun by the enemy, the world as Briony Rosewood knows it is changed forever. Evil has won, and her people face imminent servitude, imprisonment, or death.

    Stripped of her Magic and her freedom, Briony and the other survivors are quickly sold off to the highest bidders in an auction--and as Evermore's princess, she fetches the highest price. After a fierce bidding war, she's sold to none other than Toven Hearst, scion of a family known for their cruelty.

    Yet despite the horrors of her new world and the role she must learn to play within it, all is not lost. Help--and hope--may yet arise in the most unlikely of places...

  • Seven authors enter the manor

    Can they survive the story within?

    When legendary horror author Mortimer Queen passes, a group of writers find themselves invited to his last will and testament reading expecting a piece of his massive fortune. Each have their own unique connection to the literary icon, some known, some soon to be discovered, and they've been waiting for their chance to step into the author's shoes for some time.

    Instead, they arrive at his grand manor and are invited to play a game. The rules are simple, solve the riddle and progress to the next room. If they don't, the manor will take one of them for itself.

    You see, the Queen estate was built on the bones of Mortimer's family, and like any true horror story, the house is still very, very hungry.

    With the clever, locked-room thrills of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone with the ghostly horror of The Fall of the House of Usher, How to Survive a Horror Story is a bright, biting, thrill-ride that begs us to contemplate how the best horror stories come to be.

  • In 2024, award-winning reporters Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf bring us the definitive, inside story of the most tumultuous and consequential presidential campaign in our history.

    "An immersive and philosophical tour of an election whose outcome, [the authors] argue, was anything but inevitable." --The New York Times

    "The whole world was against me, and I won," said Donald Trump in an exclusive interview, ten days before his second inauguration. Nearly four years after Trump's first turbulent presidency concluded in a violent attempt to overturn the election, he made a political comeback on a scale that stunned the nation. How did the first U.S. president to become a convicted felon regain control of the White House? And at what cost? 2024 is the explosive account of how Trump and his advisers overcame a dozen primary challengers, four indictments, two assassination attempts, and his own past mistakes to defeat the Democrats, and pave the way for a second term that would be far more aggressive and ruthless than the first.

    Drawing on extraordinary access to the Trump, Biden, and Harris teams, 2024 takes readers beyond the speeches, rallies, and debates to reveal the innermost workings of the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns. Beginning in August 2022 with the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago for classified documents, and Trump's subsequent decision to run once again for president, Dawsey, Pager, and Arnsdorf chart how Trump stifled the rise of Republican opponents, including Ron DeSantis, and how his campaign, led by Susie Wiles, landed on a winning strategy. They reveal in unrivaled detail how Joe Biden and his team brushed off concerns about his age, ignored polling numbers, and held off the next generation of eager Democratic hopefuls--even as Biden was dealing with his own special counsel investigation and the trial of his son Hunter. After his disastrous debate performance forced him to withdraw, Biden anointed Vice President Kamala Harris as the candidate and tasked her with running the shortest presidential campaign in modern U.S. history. With only 107 days to distinguish herself from the past four years, Harris lacked the time or space to outrun Biden's shadow--a challenge in and of itself, but one which Biden would make even more difficult. On November 5th, 2024, Trump was elected the nation's forty-seventh president, and would return to power vindicated, emboldened, unrestrained, and burning for revenge.

    Gripping, revelatory, and deeply reported, 2024 is the shocking inside story of the election that tested American democracy and would go on to shape the future of the free world.

New Releases | July 8th, 2025
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