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New Releases | October 14th, 2025

October 12, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Remain: A Supernatural Love Story - Sparks, Nicholas (Author) , Shyamalan, M Night (Author)

    • Boleyn Traitor - Gregory, Philippa (Author)

    • The Wayfinder - Johnson, Adam (Author)

    • Minor Black Figures - Taylor, Brandon (Author)

    • A Guardian and a Thief - Majumdar, Megha (Author)

    • Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming - Krasznahorkai, László (Author) , Mulzet, Ottilie (Translator)

    • Workhorse - Palmer, Caroline (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Vagabond: A Memoir - Curry, Tim (Author)

    • Taylor Swift All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track (All the Songs) - Somville, Damien (Author) , Benoit, Marine (Author)

    • Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum - Fox, Michael J (Author) , Fortenberry, Nelle (Author)

    • The Beatles Anthology (25th Anniversary Edition) - Beatles (Author)

    Biography

    • Unseen: How I Lost My Vision But Found My Voice - Burke, Molly (Author)

    • Joyride: A Memoir - Orlean, Susan (Author)

    Board Books

    • Me (Emma Dodd's Love You Books) - Dodd, Emma (Author), Dodd, Emma (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Jesus Listens: Prayers for Every Season: A 365-Day Illustrated Prayer Book - Young, Sarah (Author)

    • How to Love: Hardcover Gift Edition (Mindfulness Essentials) - Nhat Hanh, Thich (Author) , Deantonis, Jason (Illustrator)

    Business

    • 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History - And How It Shattered a Nation - Sorkin, Andrew Ross (Author)

    Chapter Books

    • Beast Mode Unleashed (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol #26) - Miedoso, Andres (Author) , Rivas, Victor (Illustrator)

    Children’s Poetry

    • Walt Disney's Cinderella: 75th Anniversary Edition - Mazique, Brittany (Author) , Vee, Maxine (Illustrator)

    Children’s Reference

    • All You Can Be with ADHD - Holderness, Penn (Author) , Holderness, Kim (Author) , Vogel, Vin (Illustrator)

    Cookbooks

    • Milk Street Shorts: Recipes That Pack a Punch - Kimball, Christopher (Author)

    • My Harvest Kitchen: 100+ Recipes to Savor the Seasons - Bullock-Prado, Gesine (Author)

    • Snoop Dogg's Treats to Eat: 55 Baking Recipes--Baking with (or Without) Weed (Snoop Dogg Presents) - Dogg, Snoop (Author) , Achilleos, Antonis (Photographer)

    Family Issues

    • We're Having a Baby: Adapting to a New Baby (Campbell Big Steps) - Cocklico, Marion (Illustrator) , Books, Campbell (Author)

    • Overcoming School Avoidance: What to Do When Your Kid Won't Go to School - Demsky, Jayne (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics: The Graphic Novel (Mr. Lemoncello's Library) - Grabenstein, Chris (Author) , Holgate, Douglas (Illustrator)

    • Muted: Volume 2 (Muted) - Mundt, Miranda (Author)

    • Kindred Dragons (Book 1): A Graphic Novel - Mensinga, Sarah (Author)

    • Not-So-Sweetie Pie (Weenie Featuring Frank and Beans Book #3) - Fergus, Maureen (Author) , Bye, Alexandra (Illustrator)

    History

    • The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II - Nasaw, David (Author)

    • The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery - Kara, Siddharth (Author)

    Homestead

    • Little Woodchucks: Offerman Woodshop's Guide to Tools and Tomfoolery - Offerman, Nick (Author) , Buchanan, Lee (Author)

    • Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden: A Guide to Creating Sustainable Outdoor Spaces - Wilson, Kendra (Author) , Editors of Gardenista (Author) , Atkinson, Caitlin (Photographer)

    Horror

    • The Graceview Patient - Starling, Caitlin (Author)

    • Ring Shout - Clark, P Djèlí (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Rock Star: How Ursula Marvin Mapped Moon Rocks and Meteorites - Wallace, Sandra Neil (Author) , Carpenter, Nancy (Illustrator)

    • Taylor Swift: A Who HQ Illustrated Biography (Who HQ Illustrated Biographies) - Mayer, Kirsten (Author) , Mariana, Yenna (Illustrator) , Who Hq (Author)

    • Michael Jordan: A Who HQ Illustrated Biography (Who HQ Illustrated Biographies) - Labrecque, Ellen (Author) , Badiu, Alexandra (Illustrator) , Who Hq (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm - Mackesy, Charlie (Author)

    • Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated. a Magic: The Gathering Manga, Vol. 5 - Ise, Katsura (Author) , Yokota, Takuma (Artist)

    Middle Readers

    • A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning (Deluxe Limited Edition) - Snicket, Lemony (Author)

    • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, Book 4) (Interactive Illustrated Edition) - Rowling, J K (Author) , Mountford, Karl James (Illustrator) , Tice-Gilbert, Jess (Not Available)

    • Dragonborn - Murray, Struan (Author)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • The Picasso Heist: A Thriller - Patterson, James (Author), Roughan, Howard (Author)

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

    Nature

    • In the Circle of Ancient Trees: Our Oldest Trees and the Stories They Tell - Trouet, Valerie (Author) , Cyan, Blaze (Illustrator)

    Personal Growth

    • All about Love: The Deluxe Collector's Edition: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation #1) - Hooks, Bell (Author)

    • Year of Yes: 10th Anniversary Edition - Rhimes, Shonda (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Knight Owl's Little Christmas (The Knight Owl) - Denise, Christopher (Author)

    • A Dance with Santa Claus - Boynton, Sandra (Author)

    • Llama Llama: A Gift for Mama: A Christmas Book for Kids and Toddlers - Dewdney, Anna (Author) , Morrow, Jt (Illustrator)

    • Nunu and the Sea - Kung, Isabella (Author)

    • The Bears' Christmas (the Berenstain Bears) (Beginner Books) - Berenstain, Stan (Author) , Berenstain, Jan (Author)

    • The Five Wolves - McCarty, Peter (Author)

    • And They Walk on - Maillard, Kevin (Author) , López, Rafael (Illustrator)

    • Broken - Fang, X (Author)

    • I Am Fiyero (Universal Pictures Wicked) (Little Golden Book) - Man-Kong, Mary (Author) , Mengert, Hollie (Illustrator)

    • We Are Shiz (Universal Pictures Wicked) (Little Golden Book) - Man-Kong, Mary (Author) , Mengert, Hollie (Illustrator)

    • I Am Elphaba: Ultimate Fan Edition (Universal Pictures Wicked): 22 Bonus Pages! Stickers! (Little Golden Book) - Man-Kong, Mary (Author), Chang, Elsa (Illustrator)

    • I Am Glinda: Ultimate Fan Edition (Universal Pictures Wicked): 22 Bonus Pages! Stickers! (Little Golden Book) - Man-Kong, Mary (Author) , Chang, Elsa (Illustrator)

    Poetry

    • Soon It Will Be Sunday - Leav, Lang (Author)

    Political Sciences

    • The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World - Chomsky, Noam (Author) , Robinson, Nathan J (Author)

    • Life, Law & Liberty: A Memoir (Not for Online) - Kennedy, Anthony (Author)

    Romance

    • Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon - Norman, Matthew (Author)

    • Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts #1) - Broadbent, Carissa (Author)

    • Sawyer (Deluxe Edition) (Lucky River Ranch #3) - Peterson, Jessica (Author)

    • Wolf.E (Deluxe Edition) (The Soldiers of Bedlam #1) - Hope, Paisley (Author)

    • Lights Out Collector's Edition: An Into Darkness Novel - Allen, Navessa (Author)

    • Conform (Thousand Voices) - Sullivan, Ariel (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Polostan: Volume One of Bomb Light (Bomb Light #1) - Stephenson, Neal (Author)

    • The Keeper of Magical Things - Leong, Julie (Author)

    • Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition) (Red Rising #1) - Brown, Pierce (Author)

    • Red City (New Alchemists #1) - Lu, Marie (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • We Survived the Night - Noisecat, Julian Brave (Author)

    • Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025 - Cobb, Jelani (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • 'One day you'll look back and realise how hard it was, and just how well you did'

    Charlie Mackesy's four unlikely friends are wandering through the wilds again. They're not sure what they are looking for. They do know that life can be difficult, but that they love each other, and cake is often the answer.

    When the dark clouds come, can the boy remember what he needs to get through the storm?

    The hugely anticipated new book from Charlie Mackesy, revisiting the much-loved world of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - the internationally bestselling book, with over ten million readers around the world.

    This beautiful paper-over-board hardcover includes a dark blue satin ribbon, textured blue quarter bind, illustrated endpapers, and cream sketchbook-quality paper.

  • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new series--an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.

    The first installment in Neal Stephenson's Bomb Light cycle, Polostan follows the early life of the enigmatic Dawn Rae Bjornberg. Born in the American West to a clan of cowboy anarchists, Dawn is raised in Leningrad after the Russian Revolution by her Russian father, a party line Leninist who re-christens her Aurora. She spends her early years in Russia but then grows up as a teenager in Montana, before being drawn into gunrunning and revolution in the streets of Washington, D.C., during the depths of the Great Depression. When a surprising revelation about her past puts her in the crosshairs of U.S. authorities, Dawn returns to Russia, where she is groomed as a spy by the organization that later becomes the KGB.

    Set against the turbulent decades of the early twentieth century, Polostan is an inventive, richly detailed, and deeply entertaining historical epic, and the start of a captivating new series from Neal Stephenson.

  • Celebrate the winter season with Knight Owl and friends as they gather for a special Christmas celebration in this festive board book bursting with holiday cheer, featuring beloved characters from the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

    Knight Owl and Early Bird are counting down the days until Christmas! They have many festive activities planned, such as wrapping presents, baking cookies, and singing carols. With help from good friends, and with a cup of holiday cheer, their Christmas is sure to be merry and bright!

    Featuring the loveable characters from the series, this original board book follows Knight Owl and his friends as they perform all the special activities associated with the winter season, proving that the best way to celebrate the holidays is with loved ones.

  • A one-of-a-kind novel that grapples with the supernatural mysteries of life, death, and human connection--an unprecedented collaboration between the globally bestselling author of love stories like The Notebook and the renowned writer and director of blockbuster thrillers like The Sixth Sense

    COMING SOON AS A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN AND STARRING JAKE GYLLENHAAL AND PHOEBE DYNEVOR

    The stunning hardcover of Remain features a premium dust jacket, beautiful endpapers, and a deluxe case stamped with replica images of the authors' signatures! These stamped "signatures" are reproduced in gold foil.

    When New York architect Tate Donovan arrives in Cape Cod to design his best friend's summer home, he is hoping to make a fresh start. Recently discharged from an upscale psychiatric facility where he was treated for acute depression, he is still wrestling with the pain of losing his beloved sister. Sylvia's deathbed revelation--that she can see spirits who are still tethered to the living world, a gift that runs in their family--sits uneasily with Tate, who struggles to believe in more than what reason can explain. But when he takes up residence at a historic bed-and-breakfast on the Cape, he encounters a beautiful young woman named Wren who will challenge every assumption he has about his logical and controlled world.

    Tate and Wren find themselves forging an immediate connection, one that neither has ever experienced before. But Tate gradually discovers that below the surface of Wren's idyllic small-town life, hatred, jealousy, and greed are festering, threatening their fragile relationship just as it begins to blossom. Tate realizes that in order to free Wren from an increasingly desperate fate, he will need to unearth the truth about her past before time runs out . . . a quest that will make him doubt whether we can ever believe the stories we tell about ourselves, and the laws that govern our existence. Love--while transformative--can sometimes be frightening.

    A story about the power of transcendent emotion, Remain asks us all: Can love set us free not only from our greatest sorrows, but even from the boundaries of life and death?

  • In this new cookbook, Gesine Bullock-Prado invites her fans into her kitchen, where the harvest is local. Whether she's picked the lettuce from her own garden, visited a farmers' market, or shopped at the local grocery store, her seasonal cooking is accessible to all readers. Delicious recipes share the page with fan-favorite family stories and tips on growing food, understanding the soil, and more, for aspirational (and actual) gardeners. Bullock-Prado once dreamed of homesteading--living off the land, cooking pies with scavenged berries, keeping bees and savoring the honey, and foraging all things wild--but was not wholly successful. Her hybrid approach is on display here, and she encourages readers to be realistic and celebrate fresh ingredients wherever they were grown. From Zucchini Waffles to Pickled Peaches, Green Mountain Carbonara to Key Lime Ice Cream Pie, Peony Jelly to Preserved Lemons, these are dishes to make time and again.

New Releases | October 14th, 2025
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Monthly Staff Pick | October, 2025

October 1, 2025 Clare Brooks

Romance is back on the Monthly Staff Pick menu with our selection for Adults this month, Mazey Eddings’s ‘Well, Actually’. Filled with favorite tropes like second chances, enemies to lovers, and black cat & golden retriever energy all while tackling toxic masculinity, trauma, and forgiveness; this recent release from the fan-favorite author features all of the witty dialogue, strong characters, and a dash of spice that make it a perfect pick for Romance readers of all types.

Middle-grade readers, it’s time to journey to the Archipelago! Katherine Rundell’s ‘Impossible Creatures’ is now available in paperback in a special Griffin Edition featuring sprayed edges, while supplies last. This launch of a new fantasy series was an immediate favorite, and with the next entry ‘The Poisoned King’ just a few short weeks away, there’s no better time to pick up a copy.

‘Sync’, the latest novel in verse from Ellen Hopkins, is our Young Adult selection this month. Using her trademark voice and deft handling of topics that have resonated with readers for decades, ‘Sync’ follows twins separated in the foster care system on their own journeys as told through their unsent letters to each other.

Our picture book selection needs little introduction, the all-ages Classic ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ by Maurice Sendak is our pick this September in celebration of this month’s release of ‘Hansel and Gretel’, the collaboration between the late Sendak and horror icon Stephen King (available tomorrow, September 2nd).

All four of our Monthly Staff Picks this September are available for 20% off, while supplies last!

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New Releases | September 23rd, 2025

September 21, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • Dollar Origami Kit: 7 Easy Models, 60 Practice Dollar Bills - Kirschenbaum, Marc (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story - Tokarczuk, Olga (Author), Lloyd-Jones, Antonia (Translator)

    • Will There Ever Be Another You - Lockwood, Patricia (Author)

    • We Love You, Bunny - Awad, Mona(Author)

    • What We Can Know - McEwan, Ian (Author)

    • Intermezzo - Rooney, Sally (Author)

    • Circle of Days - Follett, Ken (Author)

    • The Handmaid's Tale (Deluxe Edition): 40th Anniversary Edition -Atwood, Margaret (Author)

    • The Phoebe Variations - Hamilton, Jane (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • The Book of Bill Limited Collector's Edition - Hirsch, Alex (Author)

    Award Winners

    • Popcorn - Harrell, Rob (Author)

    Board Books

    • Frog and Toad: Two Together: Original Board Book - Lobel, Arnold (Author) , Lobel, Arnold (Illustrator)

    • Construction Site Hanukkah Lights: A Hanukkah Lift-The-Flap Book - Rinker, Sherri Duskey (Author) , Tenney, Shawna J C (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • The Comfy Cozy Witch Oracle - Blonde, Jennie (Author)

    Children’s Poetry

    • The Raven: The Classic Poem - Bristol, Chloe (Illustrator), Poe, Edgar Allan (Author)

    • A Poem for Every Day of Christmas - Esiri, Allie (Author)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • What Goes on Inside a Wolf Pack: Follow the Adventures of a Wolf Family in Yellowstone National Park - Yale, Kathleen (Author) , Shryock, Carrie (Illustrator) , International Wolf Center (With)

    Fun & Game Books

    • Where's Waldo? the Magnificent Movie Spotlight Search - Handford, Martin(Author) , Handford, Martin (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • Scarlet Morning, Book 1: Scarlet Morning - Stevenson, ND (Author) , Stevenson, ND (Illustrator)

    • Folk Remedy: Book 1 - Yoshioka, Jem (Author)

    History

    • McNamara at War: A New History - Taubman, William (Author), Taubman, Philip (Author)

    • The Eastern Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918 - Lloyd, Nick (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Outside in and the Inside Out: A Story about Arnold Lobel - Kastner, Emmy (Author) , Kastner, Emmy (Illustrator)

    • Everything But Typical: Influential Neurodivergent People Who Have Shaped the World - Weston, Margeaux (Author), Cruickshank, Jessica (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale: Hulk - Loeb, Jeph (Author) , Sale, Tim (Illustrator) , Sale, Tim (Not Available)

    • Dur-An-KI - Miura, Kentaro (Producer) , Studio Gaga (Illustrator) , Miura, Kentaro (Created by)

    • Beasts of the Four Nations: Creatures from Avatar: The Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra - Koneitzko, Bryan (Created by) , DiMartino, Michael Dante (Created by) , Nickelodeon (Producer) , O'Bryan, John (Author) , Various (Illustrator)

    • Supergirl: Universe Ends - Tamaki, Mariko (Author), Patridge, Skylar (Illustrator)

    • Metamorpho: The Element Man -Ewing, Al (Author), Lieber, Steve (Illustrator)

    Middle Readers

    • Rocket Arm - Green, Tim (Author)

    • From the World of Percy Jackson: The Court of the Dead: A Nico Di Angelo Adventure 2 - Riordan, Rick (Author), Oshiro, Mark (Author)

    My First Readers

    • Frog and Toad: 4 Classic Stories of Friendship - Lobel, Arnold (Author) , Lobel, Arnold (Illustrator)

    Personal Growth

    • Still Bobbi: A Master Class in Leading an Authentic Life - Brown, Bobbi (Author)

    • Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit (A Dare to Lead Book) - Brown, Brené (Author)

    Picture Books

    • If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone - Sterer, Gideon (Author), Hughes, Emily (Illustrator)

    • Curious George Storybook Favorites - Rey, H A (Author), Rey, Margret (Author)

    • Happy Friendsgiving: A Thanksgiving Celebration of Found Families - Colleen, Marcie (Author), Herrera, Laura Sandoval (Illustrator)

    • Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Hanukkah Party! - Kimmelman, Leslie (Author) , Brannon, Tom (Illustrator)

    • Calico Critters: A Treasury of Tales: 15 Stories of Family and Friendship

    • Holly Jolly Kitty-Corn: A Picture Book - Hale, Shannon (Author), Pham, Leuyen (Illustrator)

    • Body Beautiful: A Picture Book - Verde, Susan (Author) , Littlebird, Steph (Illustrator)

    Political Sciences

    • Equality Is a Struggle: Bulletins from the Front Line, 2021-2025 - Piketty, Thomas (Author)

    • U.S. Government and Politics Simplified: A Comprehensive Guide to the American Political System - Scardino, Franco (Author)

    • 107 Days - Harris, Kamala (Author)

    Romance

    • Two Twisted Crowns (Deluxe Limited Hardcover Edition) - Gillig, Rachel (Author)

    • One Dark Window (Deluxe Limited Hardcover Edition) - Gillig, Rachel (Author)

    • I'll Be Home for Christmas - Bayliss, Jenny (Author)

    • Road Trip with a Vampire - Levine, Jenna (Author)

    • Alchemised - SenLinYu (Author)

    • Swordcrossed - Marske, Freya (Author)

    • Anathema (Deluxe Edition) (The Eating Woods #1) - Lake, Keri (Author)

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

    • Regretting You - Hoover, Colleen (Author)

    • The Primal of Blood and Bone: A Blood and Ash 6 - Armentrout, Jennifer L (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Cat Dragon - Birch, Samantha (Author)

    • The Narrow Road Between Desires (Kingkiller Chronicle) - Rothfuss, Patrick (Author)

    • The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles #1) - Klune, Tj (Author)

    • Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles #2) - Klune, Tj (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • Goliath's Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse - Kemp, Luke (Author)

    • When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life - Pinker, Steven (Author)

    Young Adult

    • When the World Tips Over - Nelson, Jandy (Author)

    • A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea #2) - Faizal, Hafsah (Author)

    • The Guardians of Dreamdark: Windwitch Collector's Edition - Taylor, Laini (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A National Indie Bestseller
    Short-listed for the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year
    Finalist for the Barnes and Noble Book of the Year
    Named a Best Book of the Year and a Critics' Pick by The New York Times

    Named an Essential Read by The New Yorker
    Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Time, Financial Times, Vogue, The Guardian, Harper's Bazaar, Vox, The Times (UK), Apple Books, and more

    A USA Today, People, and Associated Press Top 10 Book of the Year
    One of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2024

    One of Chicago Public Library's Favorite Books of the Year

    An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family--but especially love--from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.

    Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.

    Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties--successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women--his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.

    Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother. Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined.

    For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude--a period of desire, despair, and possibility; a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.

  • For the first time, and with surprising and revealing insights, former Vice President Kamala Harris tells the story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history.

    Your Secret Service code name is Pioneer.
    You are the first woman in history to be elected vice president of the United States.
    On July 21, 2024, your running mate, Joe Biden, announces that he will not be seeking reelection.
    The presidential election will occur on November 5, 2024.
    You have 107 days.

    From the chaos of campaign strategy sessions to the intensity of debate prep under relentless scrutiny and the private moments that rarely make headlines, Kamala Harris offers an unfiltered look at the pressures, triumphs, and heartbreaks of a history-defining race. With behind-the-scenes details and a voice that is both intimate and urgent, this is more than a political memoir--it's a chronicle of resilience, leadership, and the high stakes of democracy in action.

    Written with candor, a unique perspective, and the pace of a page-turning novel, 107 Days takes you inside the race for the presidency as no one has ever done before.

  • A stunning deluxe edition for the fortieth anniversary of an unparalleled cornerstone of feminist literature, featuring the original cover art and a short, unpublished essay penned in 1986 by Margaret Atwood, "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (The New York Times).

    In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead's commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid's Tale is a modern classic.

  • In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy--and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.

    This stunning hardcover edition features a deluxe jacket with gold foil on the front and a full-color illustration on the reverse, gorgeous designed endpapers, a gold foil case stamp, and, from acclaimed artist Avendell, a black-and-white interior illustration.

    " What is it you think you're protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There's no one left for you to save."

    Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner--of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed.

    In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia's new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile undead creatures helped bring about their victory, holds Helena captive.

    According to Resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up to her capture, making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears, or are her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance's final gambit?

    To uncover the memories buried deep within her mind, Helena is sent to the High Reeve, one of the most powerful and ruthless necromancers in this new world. Trapped on his crumbling estate, Helena's fight--to protect her lost history and to preserve the last remaining shreds of her former self--is just beginning. For her prison and captor have secrets of their own . . . secrets Helena must unearth, whatever the cost.

  • "The undisputed queen of dark rom-coms is back with a new swoony, one-of-a-kind banger, and the book world better get ready for it!" --Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brynne Weaver comes a wickedly delicious new series where dark romantic comedy meets thrilling suspense--and where falling in love can be a killer.

    Welcome to Cape Carnage! Visit Once, Stay Forever.

    You can hide in the farthest reaches of the deepest hell, and I will still drag you out. Even the devil can't save you from me.

    Cape Carnage is a seaside town of colorful houses, quirky shops, and an unusually high body count. With tourists comes trouble, and Harper Starling won't let anyone ruin her picture-perfect home. A skilled gardener with killer instincts, Harper protects her sanctuary--and her aging mentor with a fading memory--at any cost. Troublesome tourists don't check out of Carnage. They compost beneath Harper's award-winning flowerbeds.

    But Nolan Rhodes isn't your average tourist. Devilishly handsome, disarmingly charming, and skilled with a blade, Nolan is relentless in the pursuit of revenge. On every anniversary of the hit-and-run accident that fractured his life, Nolan slays another target. And he's saved the best for last: the undeniably beautiful Harper Starling. The problem? Harper isn't the monster he expected. And she won't go down without a fight.

    When an amateur true crime investigator comes to Cape Carnage on the trail of a long-lost serial killer, Harper and Nolan strike an uneasy truce. If Nolan helps Harper protect her town, she'll keep quiet about his hunting habits . . . for now. But their alliance soon spirals into obsession, one that threatens to shatter every secret in Carnage--including their fragile love.

    Tourist Season is a darkly funny, slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romance where destruction and desire are balanced on the edge of a blade-- and where love is the most dangerous battleground of all.

New Releases | September 23rd, 2025
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Monthly Staff Pick | September, 2025

September 7, 2025 Clare Brooks

Romance is back on the Monthly Staff Pick menu with our selection for Adults this month, Mazey Eddings’s ‘Well, Actually’. Filled with favorite tropes like second chances, enemies to lovers, and black cat & golden retriever energy all while tackling toxic masculinity, trauma, and forgiveness; this recent release from the fan-favorite author features all of the witty dialogue, strong characters, and a dash of spice that make it a perfect pick for Romance readers of all types.

Middle-grade readers, it’s time to journey to the Archipelago! Katherine Rundell’s ‘Impossible Creatures’ is now available in paperback in a special Griffin Edition featuring sprayed edges, while supplies last. This launch of a new fantasy series was an immediate favorite, and with the next entry ‘The Poisoned King’ just a few short weeks away, there’s no better time to pick up a copy.

‘Sync’, the latest novel in verse from Ellen Hopkins, is our Young Adult selection this month. Using her trademark voice and deft handling of topics that have resonated with readers for decades, ‘Sync’ follows twins separated in the foster care system on their own journeys as told through their unsent letters to each other.

Our picture book selection needs little introduction, the all-ages Classic ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ by Maurice Sendak is our pick this September in celebration of this month’s release of ‘Hansel and Gretel’, the collaboration between the late Sendak and horror icon Stephen King (available tomorrow, September 2nd).

All four of our Monthly Staff Picks this September are available for 20% off, while supplies last!

Monthly Staff Pick | September, 2025
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Show 'Em No Mercy!

May 10, 2025 Clare Brooks

UNO Show 'em No Mercy game adds 56 more cards, special rules and super-tough action cards for the most brutal edition of UNO ever!

Tougher action cards, such as Skip Everyone, Wild Draw 6 and even Wild Draw 10 make game play merciless!

The Stacking Rule lets players pass the penalty (Draw +2, +4, +6, +10) to the next player until whoever can't play has to take all the cards combined!

Whenever a '7' or a '0' card is played, players must swap hands with another player!

The Mercy Rule means that if any player gets 25+ cards in their hand, they are out of the game!

More cards mean more chances to show opponents absolutely no mercy!

Now available at the shop

Product Highlight | Uno No Mercy
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Let's Make Some Changes for Earth Day!

April 22, 2025 Clare Brooks
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Happy Earth Day! Celebrate the world we live in, celebrate nature and celebrate the beauty in all things. We need to strive to keep our little space rock in top top shape and to do that, sometimes we need to re-evaluate our daily activities and make some changes.

Any changes big or small create an impact. You may not see it right away but it's there, we promise. We've done an assessment on ourselves and made a few changes as well.

- No more plastic cutlery in the break room. We've provided cutlery built to last and able to be reused by the team. This eliminates a TON of plastic waste.

- We recycle! If you ask to toss a coffee cup in out trash bin and we say "oh I'll take that for you" we aren't just being weird and hoarding coffee cups (we promise), we rinse it clean and toss it in the recycling bin.

- No more single use mop pads! Yes, they are incredibly convenient BUT the planet is worth more than a slight inconvenience. We're happy to drag out the ol' mop bucket if it means less waste.

These are just a few examples but again, any changes big or small make a world of difference. Happy Earth Day!

Earth Day 2025
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