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New Releases | January 13th, 2026

January 11, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Lost Lambs - Cash, Madeline (Author)

    • The Jackal's Mistress - Bohjalian, Chris (Author)

    • The Last of Earth - Anappara, Deepa (Author)

    • The School of Night - Knausgaard, Karl Ove (Author), Aitken, Martin (Translator)

    • Tartufo - Buxton, Kira Jane (Author)

    • John - Williams, Niall (Author)

    Adult Science

    • 99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them - Alker, Ashely (Author)

    Biography

    • Nothing Random: Bennett Cerf and the Publishing House He Built - Feldman, Gayle (Author)

    Board Books

    • Tiny T. Rex and the Itty-Bitty Bun-Bun: An Easter and Springtime Story - Stutzman, Jonathan (Author), Fleck, Jay (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Glimmerings: Letters on Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian - Volf, Miroslav (Author), Wiman, Christian (Author)

    • Enough: Your Health, Your Weight, and What It's Like to Be Free - Jastreboff, Ania M (Author), Winfrey, Oprah (Author)

    Children’s Classics

    • Wuthering Heights (Puffin in Bloom) - Brontë, Emily (Author), Bond, Anna (Illustrator)

    Children’s Poetry

    • Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance - Grimes, Nikki (Author)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • How to Hatch: A Gosling's Guide to Breaking Free - Ackerman, Sara Holly (Author), Bernstein, Galia (Illustrator)

    Cookbooks

    • Eat Yourself Healthy: Food to Change Your Life [American Measurements] - Oliver, Jamie (Author)

    Fun & Games

    • Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game (American Sports Histories #2) - Nelson, Kadir (Author), Nelson, Kadir (Illustrator)

    History

    • Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great - Kousser, Rachel (Author)

    • Carthage: A New History - MacDonald, Eve (Author)

    • Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History - Burstein, Andrew (Author)

    Homestead

    • Clean in 15: Create a Clean & Happy Home in Minutes - Carrington, Iwan (Author)

    Horror

    • Witchcraft for Wayward Girls - Hendrix, Grady (Author)

    • I Was a Teenage Slasher - Jones, Stephen Graham (Author)

    Humor Books

    • Still Smitten: Short-Form Comics about Long-Term Love - Chetwynd, Catana (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Foote Was First!: How One Curious Woman Connected Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change - Bryant, Jen (Author), Bates, Amy June (Illustrator)

    • The Gift of Freedom: How Harriet Tubman Rescued Her Brothers - Turner, Glennette Tilley (Author), Freeman, Laura (Illustrator)

    Local Fiction

    • Why Did God Make the Tree?: A Patrick Denny Novel - Gregg, Tammy (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Batman R.I.P. (New Edition) - Morrison, Grant (Author), Garbett, Lee (Illustrator), Daniel, Tony (Illustrator)

    • Parasyte Paperback Collection 2 (Parasyte Paperback Collection) - Iwaaki, Hitoshi (Author)

    My First Readers

    • The Wild Stallion: Ready-To-Read Level 2 - Farley, Terri (Author), Fagan, Kirbi (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • Darkrooms - Hannigan, Rebecca (Author)

    • Anatomy of an Alibi - Elston, Ashley (Author)

    • Private Rome: A Private Novel (Private Novel) - Patterson, James (Author), Hamdy, Adam (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • The Other Side of Change: Who We Become When Life Makes Other Plans - Shankar, Maya (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Bath Time for the Crayons (The Crayons Celebrate) -Daywalt, Drew (Author), Jeffers, Oliver (Illustrator)

    • Tiny Worlds: A Story about Appreciating the Small Things (a Gentle Picture Book That Celebrates Imagination and Grandparent Bonds - For Kids Ages 3-7) - Cicchese, Brittany (Author), Cicchese, Brittany (Illustrator)

    Poetry

    • Love Poems - Kaur, Rupi (Author)

    Romance

    • Graceless Heart - Ibañez, Isabel (Author)

    • Woman Down - Hoover, Colleen (Author)

    • A Vow in Vengeance (Immortal Desires) - Rodriguez, Jaclyn (Author)

    • From Blood and Ash Special Edition (Blood and Ash #1) - Armentrout, Jennifer L (Author)

    • A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire Special Edition (Blood and Ash #2) - Armentrout, Jennifer L (Author)

    • The Crown of Gilded Bones Special Edition (Blood and Ash #3) - Armentrout, Jennifer L (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Bones Beneath My Skin - Klune, Tj (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous - Anderson, Gillian (Author)

    • The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential of Getting in the Way - Ahmed, Sara (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • In this twisty thriller from New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, a frustrated author looks for her muse in a remote hideaway, but what she finds defies all expectations...and reality.

    Her words used to set the page on fire. But a viral backlash over her latest film adaptation forced Petra Rose to take a hiatus, resulting in missed deadlines and an overdue mortgage. Branded a fraud and fame-hungry opportunist, she learned the hard way what happens when the internet turns on you. And she's been uninspired to write ever since.

    Now, with her next suspense novel outlined and savings nearly gone, she retreats to a secluded lakeside cabin, hoping to find inspiration. It's Petra's last-ditch attempt to save her career--and herself.

    Then he shows up.

    Detective Nathaniel Saint arrives with disturbing news, his presence igniting a creativity in her she thought long since burned out. Petra's words return in a rush, and her fictional cop character begins to mirror the very real cop who's becoming her muse.

    Their "research" sessions blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Each glance, every touch pulls Petra deeper into a world she thought she'd never lose herself in again. She's never felt more alive. But inspiration this powerful comes at a cost.

    When Saint starts taking his role in her career a little too seriously, Petra's forced to confront the chaos she created. But doing so could cost her more than the reputation she's been trying to salvage. The reputation the world wrote for her--the reputation only she can reclaim.

  • The hilarious Crayons from the #1 New York Times bestseller The Day the Crayons Quit are ready to make a splash in the bath in this mini hardcover book perfect for bath time, bedtime, or any time!

    Bath time is an adventure for the Crayons! Red likes to relax in the bath. Esteban likes to pretend to be a pirate. And Beige actually prefers a shower! Make bath time the best part of the day with this laugh-out-loud mini hardcover book from the bestselling team behind the international Crayons sensation.

    Featuring Drew Daywalt's giggle-inducing characters and bold, bright illustrations from Oliver Jeffers, Bath Time for the Crayons is squeaky-clean fun that's sure to keep children--and grown-ups--laughing.

  • Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Vulture, Bustle, Good Housekeeping, The Times (UK), Our Culture, and Harper's Bazaar

    "I can't remember the last time a novel made me laugh so hard or feel so much tenderness for its characters." --Leslie Jamison, author of Splinters

    "Madeline Cash is a voice like no other." --Lena Dunham

    "I've read entire books that contain less wit and inventiveness than a single one of Cash's sentences." --Eric Puchner, New York Times-bestselling author of Dream State

    "With a big surge of energy, Lost Lambs splits the nucleus of the American family." --Tony Tulathimutte, author of Rejection

    Rippling with humor, warmth, and style, Lost Lambs is a new vision of the charms and pitfalls of family dysfunction.

    The Flynn family is coming undone. Catherine and Bud's open marriage has reached its breaking point as their daughters spiral in their own chaotic orbits: Abigail, the eldest, is dating a man in his twenties nicknamed War Crime Wes; Louise, the middle child, maintains a secret correspondence with an online terrorist; the brilliant youngest, Harper, is being sent to wilderness reform camp due to her insistence that someone--or something--is monitoring the town's citizens.

    Casting a shadow across their lives, and their small coastal town, is Paul Alabaster, a billionaire shipping magnate. Rumors of corruption circulate, but no one dares dig too deep. No one except Harper, whose obsession with a mysterious shipping container sends the family hurtling into a criminal conspiracy--one that may just bring them closer together.

    Irreverent and addictive, pinging between the voices of the Flynn family and those of the panorama of characters around them, Madeline Cash's Lost Lambs is a debut novel of quick-witted observation and surprising tenderness. With it, Cash has crafted a family saga for the twenty-first century, all held together with crazy glue.

  • USA TODAY Bestseller Alex Award Winner *

    From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a "viciously clever" (The New York Times Book Review) classic slasher story with a twist--perfect for fans of Adam Cesare and Grady Hendrix.

    1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small town driven by oil and cotton--and a place where everyone knows everyone else's business. So it goes for Tolly Driver, a good kid with more potential than application, seventeen, and about to be cursed to kill for revenge. Here Stephen Graham Jones explores the Texas he grew up in, and shared sense of unfairness of being on the outside through the slasher horror Jones loves, but from the perspective of the killer, Tolly, writing his own autobiography. Find yourself rooting for a killer in this "playful, self-aware, and remarkably gory horror novel" ( The New York Times).

  • The story of the legendary Random House founder, whose seemingly charmed life at the apogee of the American Century afforded him a front-row seat to literary and cultural history in the making

    "A stunning achievement . . . a sweeping intellectual history with a stunning cast of characters that reveals the inner struggles of a great publishing house."--Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    At midcentury, everyone knew Bennett Cerf: witty, beloved, middle-aged panelist on What's My Line? whom TV brought into America's homes each week. But they didn't know that the handsome, driven, paradoxical young man of the 1920s had vowed to become a great publisher and, a decade later, was. By then, he'd signed Eugene O'Neill, Gertrude Stein, and William Faulkner, and had fought the landmark censorship case that gave Americans the freedom to read James Joyce's Ulysses.

    With his best friend and lifelong business partner Donald Klopfer, and other young Jewish entrepreneurs like the Knopfs and Simon & Schuster, Cerf remade the book business: what was published, and how. In 1925, he and Klopfer bought the Modern Library and turned it into an institution, then founded Random House, which eventually became a home to Truman Capote, Ralph Ellison, Ayn Rand, Dr. Seuss, Toni Morrison, James Michener, and many more.

    Even before TV, Cerf was a bestselling author and columnist as well as publisher; the show super-charged his celebrity, bringing fame--but also criticism. A brilliant social networker and major influencer before such terms existed, he connected books to Broadway, TV, Hollywood, and politics. A fervent democratizer, he published "high," "low," and wide, and from the Roaring Twenties to the Swinging Sixties collected an incredible array of friends, from George Gershwin to Frank Sinatra, having a fabulous time along the way.

    Using interviews with more than two hundred individuals, deeply researched archival material, and letters from private collections not previously available, this book brings Bennett Cerf to vibrant life, drawing book lovers into his world, finally laying open the page on a quintessential American original.

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New Releases | January 6th, 2026

January 2, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Activity Books

    • Where's Bluey? at Easter: A Search-And-Find Book

    Adult Fiction

    • Last Twilight in Paris (First Time Trade) - Jenoff, Pam (Author)

    • Meet the Newmans - Niven, Jennifer (Author)

    • The Pacifist - Bixby, Lyn (Author)

    • Skylark - McLain, Paula (Author)

    Board Books

    • The Goodnight Train Baby on Board - Sobel, June (Author), Huliska-Beith, Laura (Illustrator)

    • Bunny in the Middle - Denise, Anika A (Author), Denise, Christopher (Illustrator)

    • Your Truck: (A Board Book with Minimalist Illustrations That Explores Ownership, Imagination, and Perspective) - Klassen, Jon (Author), Klassen, Jon (Illustrator)

    • Like So - Forman, Ruth (Author), Figueroa, Raissa (Illustrator)

    • The Cat in the Hat's Super-Dee-Dooper Seek and Find!: With Over 100 Silly Things to Find (Dr. Seuss Seek and Find Board Books) - Random House (Author), Brannon, Tom (Illustrator)

    • Say Peekaboo! Chick's Easter Egg Hunt - Forni, Anne (Author), Braun, Sebastien (Illustrator)

    • Pop-Up Peekaboo!

    • Bluey: Where's the Easter Egg?: A Search-And-Find Book

    • There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover! - Colandro, Lucille (Author), Lee, Jared (Illustrator)

    • Leprechauns Everywhere! - Yav, Yuli (Author), Smietanka, Ela (Illustrator)

    Chapter Books

    • Sea Otter Sunrise (Magic Tree House 40) - Osborne, Mary Pope (Author), Ford, Ag (Illustrator)

    Children’s Reference

    • Zenguin - Smith, Danna (Author), Hanson, Sydney (Illustrator)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • Explore the National Parks with Dr. Seuss's Lorax: A Dr. Seuss's the Lorax Nonfiction (Dr. Seuss's the Lorax Books) - Worth, Bonnie (Author), Ruiz, Aristides (Illustrator)

    Fun & Games Book

    • Mega Evolution Handbook (Pokémon)

    Graphic Novels

    • Pizza and Taco: Go Viral!: (A Graphic Novel) (Pizza and Taco) - Shaskan, Stephen (Author)

    Great Outdoors

    • The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering - Light, Daniel (Author)

    History

    • Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder - Pearl, Matthew (Author)

    • Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age of Disaster - Soboroff, Jacob (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Carlotta's Special Dress: How a Walk to School Changed Civil Rights History - Walls Lanier, Carlotta (Author), Frazier Page, Lisa (Author), Brantley-Newton, Vanessa (Illustrator)

    • Who Is Jenna Ortega? (Who HQ Now) - Anderson, Kirsten (Author), Who Hq (Author), Malan, David (Illustrator)

    • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Picture Book Edition - Kamkwamba, William (Author), Mealer, Bryan (Author), Zunon, Elizabeth (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow: DC Compact Comics (DC Compact Comics) - King, Tom (Author), Evely, Bilquis (Illustrator)

    Middle Readers

    • Magicalia: Thief of Shadows - Bell, Jennifer (Author)

    • Love Rolls in (Just Like Home, Book One) - Downing, Erin Soderberg (Author)

    • Kitten Delivery (Just Like Home, Book Two) - Downing, Erin Soderberg (Author)

    My First Readers

    • Big Dog and Little Dog: 5 Tales of Adventure: 5 My First I Can Reads in One! Big Dog and Little Dog, Big Dog and Little Dog Getting Trouble, Big Dog a (My First I Can Read #475) - Pilkey, Dav (Author), Pilkey, Dav (Illustrator)

    • Camping Trip! (Disney Stitch) (Step Into Reading)

    • Search for the Snowy Wolf (Minecraft) (Step Into Reading) - Shawish Dutka, Nada (Author), Batson, Alan (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • The Invisible Woman: A Thriller - Patterson, James (Author), DiLallo, Susan (Author)

    • The First Time I Saw Him - Dave, Laura (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • Penguin Select Classics: How to Win Friends and Influence People: (Original, Unabridged Classic, Premium Hardbound Collector's Edition, Ideal for Gift (1ST ed.) - Carnegie, Dale (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Momo Sees the Sea: A Seuss Studios Book (Beginner Books) - Dwivedi, Avani (Author)

    • There's a Shark in the Park! (Dr. Seuss's Red Fish, Blue Fish) (Little Golden Book)

    • I Am Maleficent (Disney Villains) (Little Golden Book) - Owens, Mary Ellen (Author), Érica, Nathanna (Illustrator)

    • Bored - Sala, Felicita (Author), Sala, Felicita (Illustrator)

    • Arctic Adventure: A Tundra Tale - Gopal, Jyoti Rajan (Author), Cook, Alexandra (Illustrator)

    • The Most Wonderful Gift in the World - Obradors, Mireia Olivé (Author), Wessex, Anastasia (Illustrator), Yuen-Killick, Angus (Translator)

    • A Book of Loves - Rylant, Cynthia (Author), Rylant, Cynthia (Illustrator)

    • The Wildest Thing - Martin, Emily Winfield (Author), Martin, Emily Winfield (Illustrator)

    • Happy Birthday, Wonderful You!: Encouraging Imaginative Play and Social Skills (Ms. Rachel): Includes 25 Stickers - MS Rachel (Author), Dong, Monique (Illustrator)

    • Mummy Pig's Baby Shower (Peppa Pig) (Little Golden Book)

    • If It Were My Birthday Party--By the Cat in the Hat (Beginner Books)

    • Dolly Parton Ultimate Fan Edition Little Golden Book Biography: 22 Bonus Pages! Stickers! (Little Golden Book Biographies) - Hopkinson, Deborah (Author), Dong, Monique (Illustrator)

    Political Sciences

    • The Storm Is Here: The Path to January Sixth - Mogelson, Luke (Author)

    • Storm at the Capitol: An Oral History of January 6th - Jalonick, Mary Clare (Author)

    Romance

    • Rings of Fate (Deluxe Limited Edition) - de la Cruz, Melissa (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • American Reich: A Murder in Orange County, Neo-Nazis, and a New Age of Hate - Lichtblau, Eric (Author)

    • The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality - Montell, Amanda (Author)

    Spinner Rack Books

    • Elmo's Cookie Challenge (Sesame Street) (Pictureback)

    • Peppa Pig: Big Brother George

    Young Adult

    • A War of Wyverns (Language of Dragons #2) - Williamson, S F (Author)

    • Dragon Cursed - Kova, Elise (Author)

    • My Throat an Open Grave - Bovalino, Tori (Author)

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This Week’s Top 5 Picks

  • Celebrate Easter with Bluey, Bingo, and all their friends and family in this search-and-find activity book, based on the wildly successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+!

    Hooray, it's Easter! The Heeler family has so many plans to celebrate. But with the chaos of the holidays, it's easy for things--and family members--to get lost. Help Bluey and her family search for painted eggs, baskets, sweet treats, and more in this colorful and exciting activity book that's perfect for celebrating Easter! Filled with fun surprises and an answer key in the back, this interactive seek-and-find is Easter fun the whole family can enjoy.

  • From New York Times bestselling author​ James Patterson, an undercover FBI agent investigates a family with suspected ties to organized crime--by posing as their live-in nanny.

    No one sees her, but she sees everything. Elinor Gilbert was once a young woman with a thriving career at the FBI.

    Now decades past solving crimes with the bureau, she is personally and professionally forgettable.

    Which is exactly what her former FBI boss needs. He disguises Elinor as a middle-aged nanny, and casts her as an agent on the inside of his investigation into a New York art dealer suspected of ties to organized crime.

    But as Elinor pushes toward the truth, her superpower--anonymity--morphs into a fatal flaw.

    The more the invisible woman integrates into her "host" family, the more dangerously memorable she becomes.

  • From the bestselling author of The Taking of Jemima Boone, the unbelievable true story of a real-life Swiss Family Robinson (and their dog) who faced sharks, shipwreck, and betrayal.

    On December 10, 1887, a shark fishing boat disappeared. On board the doomed vessel were the Walkers--the ship's captain Frederick, his wife Elizabeth, their three teenage sons, and their dog--along with the ship's crew. The family had spotted a promising fishing location when a terrible storm arose, splitting their vessel in two and leaving those onboard adrift on the perilous sea.

    When the castaways awoke the next morning, they discovered they had been washed ashore--on an island inhabited by a large but ragged and emaciated man who introduced himself as Hans. Hans appeared to have been there for a while and could quickly educate the Walkers and their crew on the island's resources. But Hans had a secret . . . and as the Walker family gradually came to learn more, what seemed like a stroke of luck to have the mysterious man's assistance became something ominous, something darker.

    Like David Grann and Stacy Schiff, Matthew Pearl unveils one of the most incredible yet little-known historical true stories, and the only known instance in history of an actual family of castaways. Save Our Souls asks us to consider who we might become if we found ourselves trapped on a deserted island.

  • Splash into a fun-filled adventure with Red and Blue! This adorable Little Golden Book, based on Netflix's new series Dr. Seuss's Red Fish, Blue Fish, teaches the littlest readers about opposites.

    Red Fish and Blue Fish drank tea in the park,

    But swimming nearby was an awfully big shark!

    Follow Red Fish and Blue Fish as they try to avoid a big, scary shark and learn along the way that he might not be so dangerous after all! This playful, rhyming Little Golden Book features a story from Netflix's preschool show Dr. Seuss's Red Fish, Blue Fish, based on the beloved Dr. Seuss classic One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.

    Little ones will giggle while they learn that you should never judge others based on their looks!

  • Laura Dave continues Hannah Hall's pulse-pounding journey in the riveting and deeply moving sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster and Apple TV+ show, The Last Thing He Told Me.

    How far would you go for a second chance?

    Five years after her husband, Owen, disappeared, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey, have settled into a new life in Southern California. Together, they've forged a relationship with Bailey's grandfather Nicholas and are putting the past behind them.

    But when Owen shows up at Hannah's new exhibition, she knows that she and Bailey are in danger again.

    Hannah and Bailey are forced to go on the run in a relentless race to keep their past from catching up with them. As a thrilling drama unfolds, Hannah risks everything to get Bailey to safety--and finds there just might be a way back to Owen and their long-awaited second chance.

    A gripping, rich, and deeply moving novel about the power of forgiveness, The First Time I Saw Him picks up right where the epilogue for the "genuinely moving" ( The New York Times) The Last Thing He Told Me left off, giving readers the eagerly awaited and absolutely exhilarating sequel to Dave's global blockbuster.

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Monthly Staff Pick | January, 2026

January 1, 2026 Clare Brooks

To kick things off this January, our selection for adults is the fan-favorite and addictive ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ (now in paperback!); join Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive an intergalactic game show in this wildly fun adventure full of humor and heart.

For YA readers this month we are featuring ‘My Life with the Walter Boys’. The romance novel from Ali Novak that inspired the hit series, sees teenager Jackie move across the country following a tragic accident to live with the Walters… and their eleven sons and daughter.

We’ve got a Classic retold for Middle & Chapter Book Readers with ‘A Winter’s Tale (Peter Rabbit)’, this retelling of Beatrix Potter’s ‘The Tale of Mr. Tod’ follows beloved characters through the snowy woods in a perfect wintry read for all ages.

And speaking of wintry reads, ‘Frostfire’ is our Picture Book selection this month. This playful adventure from writer and illustrator Elly MacKay follows two fox sisters on a winter walk as they discover the magic in nature after hearing, what could only be, the roar of a snow dragon.

Visit us this January for 20% off all of this month’s selections, while supplies last, and start your year off with a great read!

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New Releases | December 30th, 2025

December 28, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • Book Lover's Embroidery: Stitch 50+ Iron-On Designs - Ray, Aimee (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • The Rest of Our Lives - Markovits, Ben (Author)

    Biography

    • Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton - Ackmann, Martha (Author)

    Chapter Books

    • Vortex of the Chaos Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #30) - West, Tracey (Author), Howells, Graham (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • Talons of Power: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #9) (Wings of Fire Graphix) - Sutherland, Tui T (Author), Holmes, Mike (Illustrator)

    • A Waffle Lot of Love! (a Narwhal and Jelly Book #10) - Clanton, Ben (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World - Haidt, Jonathan (Author), Price, Catherine (Author), Cheng, Cynthia Yuan (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale: Captain America (Captain America: White) - Loeb, Jeph (Author), Sale, Tim (Illustrator), Sale, Tim

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Beautiful Ugly - Feeney, Alice (Author)

    • Run Away - Coben, Harlan (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • Eight Million Ways to Happiness: Wisdom for Inspiration and Healing from the Heart of Japan - Yoda, Hiroko (Author)

    • Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time - Beattie, Melody (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Valentines Are the Worst! - Willan, Alex (Author), Willan, Alex (Illustrator)

    Romance

    • To Bleed a Crystal Bloom (Crystal Bloom #1) - Parker, Sarah A (Author)

    • An Arcane Inheritance (Deluxe Edition) - Cole, Kamilah (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl 1) - Dinniman, Matt (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy 1) - Roberts, Lauren (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series--now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition.

    You know what's worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what's worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That's what.

    Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend's cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world--or just get to the next level--in a video game-like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that's actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain't your ordinary game show.

    Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not.

    Includes part one of the exclusive bonus story "Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret."

  • The graphic novel adaptations of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series continue to set the world on fire!

    For every villain, there is a hero ...

    Turtle isn't one of the heroes he reads about in stories. If he were, he'd use his animus powers to help Pyrrhia -- instead of keeping his abilities a secret, even from his own sister. Now that Darkstalker, the sinister and impossibly old dragon from Pyrrhia's most notorious legends, has returned, Turtle knows his own role is simple: hide. And stay hidden.

    The more he watches Darkstalker from the shadows, the more Turtle knows that someone needs to stop the powerful dragon. A real hero. But Turtle is running out of time to find one, which means ... he might have to try to save the day himself.

    The #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars to new heights in the ninth graphic novel adaptation, with art by Mike Holmes.

  • INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    "Her best book yet." -- Harlan Coben

    The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage. . .

    . . . and revenge.

    Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.

    Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared.

    A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can't sleep, and he can't write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible - a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.

    Wives think their husbands will change but they don't.

    Husbands think their wives won't change but they do.

    "Magnetic and jaw-dropping." --Mary Kubica, bestselling author

    "Unforgettable." --Chris Whitaker, bestselling author

  • "The most lovable duo since Frog and Toad." --Dav Pilkey, bestselling creator of Dog Man and Captain Underpants

    The funny and adorable New York Times bestselling kids graphic novel series starring happy-go-lucky, waffle-loving Narwhal and somewhat cynical sidekick, Jelly.

    In this hilarious 10th book, Narwhal's PALentine's Day celebrations for Jelly go a little overboard! Includes bonus fun facts!

    Dive into three new stories with best buds Narwhal and Jelly! It's PALentine's Day and Jelly gives Narwhal a whaley nice card -- but now Narwhal has no idea what to give him! One card isn't nearly enough, and soon Narwhal is flooding Jelly with gifts galore: waffles, a book about Jelly, more waffles, a song about Jelly . . . MORE waffles!

    Jelly is grateful, but would prefer the present of Narwhal's presence more than all of Narwhal's over-the-top displays of friendship. Can Narwhal realize what true friendship means before they go off the deep end trying to please their pal?w heights in the ninth graphic novel adaptation, with art by Mike Holmes.

  • FINALIST FOR THE 2025 BOOKER PRIZE

    "Feels less like reading a novel and more like sitting in a car beside a dear friend as he navigates the road up ahead. A profoundly moving experience." --Ann Patchett

    "Deeply human...a beautifully quiet and devastating book." --Sarah Jessica Parker

    A triumphantly life-affirming road trip novel about marriage, middle-age, and a man at a crossroads in his life.

    When Tom Layward's wife had an affair twelve years ago, he resolved to leave her as soon as his youngest child left the nest. Now, while driving his college-bound daughter to Pittsburgh, he remembers his promise to himself. He is also on the run from his own health issues and a forced leave from work.

    So, rather than returning to his wife in Westchester, Tom keeps driving west, with the vague plan of visiting people from his past--an old college friend, his ex-girlfriend, his brother, his son--en route, maybe, to California. He's moving towards a future he hasn't even envisioned yet while he considers his past and the choices he's made that have brought him to this particular present. Pitch-perfect, tender, and keenly observed, The Rest of Our Lives is a story about what to do when the rest of your life is only just the beginning of your story.

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New Releases | December 23rd, 2025

December 19, 2025 Clare Brooks
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  • Watch a tiny seed grow into a leafy apple tree in this interactive pop-up book. Hands-on, tactile elements and delightful imagery will encourage the development of motor skills and early learning.

    Bold, brightly colored pictures, lift-the-flap pages, and entertaining rhymes bring Pop-Up Peekaboo! Tree to life, and provide lots of opportunities for parent-and-child interaction and hours of nature-themed fun. Learn all about trees and their lifecycles here!

    Babies and toddlers will love lifting the big flaps to find five peekaboo surprises pop up from the pages: a single shoot emerging from a tiny seed, a sapling growing roots under the ground where worms and beetles burrow, bugs and birds making homes in the leafy tree, flower buds bursting into bloom, and fuzzy fruit buds growing into crisp and juicy apples.

    Find out how trees grow and where apples come from in this board book that teaches your little ones about nature and wildlife.

    Inside the pages of this adventure pop-up book, you'll find:

    Hands-on play elements that build a wide range of learning skills.

    Look-and-find peekaboo games that reward curiosity.

    Rhythmic, read-aloud text that aids language development.

    Rounded edges and chunky board book pages, protecting babies and their growing teeth!

    This pop-up book has been designed as an all-round activity learning experience to get the most out of story time. Read aloud the lively rhymes that create the amusing story for your kids to follow, and play a guessing game of who is behind the flap! The rhymes and the easy-to-read text help little ones remember the new words they are learning for early language development.

    This interactive book for 2-year-olds helps teach young children object permanence, which is an important step in childhood development. Turning the pages and moving the pop-ups helps toddlers learn motor control for improved dexterity.

  • From the modern horror master Gou Tanabe, comes the manga adaptation of H.P Lovecraft's The Shadow Out of Time. First published in 1936 in the legendary pulp magazine Astounding Stories, this is the complete story in one volume with tip-in title page in metallic gold ink and eight pages in color!

    Professor Peaslee of Miskatonic University has been acting very strange--could he be out of his mind? No...his mind is out of him!

    Just because one lives in Arkham--just because one teaches there at Miskatonic University--it doesn't mean one has any interest in the occult--in the abnormal. That was always the view of Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee, a respectable professor of political economy. Until that one Thursday in 1908, when Professor Peaslee suddenly began to see in front of him not his students in their lecture hall, but strange shapes inhabiting a grotesque chamber. He collapsed unconscious, and when he awoke, he was strange...very strange.

    Seemingly unable to recall his identity, the mind inside the body of Nathaniel Peaslee was oddly uninterested in the person he had been. The psychologists were baffled as he sought not to recover his old memory, but to obsessively study the world around him, travelling to distant lands, reading occult books, disturbing others with his odd perspectives on time and existence. He alienated and frightened people--his friends, his wife, even most of his children, except for his youngest son, who believed that one day Nathaniel Peaslee would come back.

    And then, in 1913, Professor Peaslee did come back, with no memory of his strange sabbatical, but deeply disturbed by the dreams and visions it left him with. His search for the past five years gone missing from his life will lead Peaslee to other cases of lost identity resembling his...and eventually to an ancient city in the Australian desert--from where a long-vanished race still casts their shadow out of time.

  • Without the mentor, without the family, without the Speed Force, he's still the Absolute Scarlet Speedster! Superstar creators Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles are taking the Flash into the Absolute Universe with a top-to-bottom reinvention, perfect for new readers and longtime fans alike!

    An astonishing new version of DC's iconic characters is here! In the Absolute Universe, familiar heroes have been reinvented from the ground up with origin stories that completely reshape both their abilities and their circumstances but maintain the core characteristics that fans have known and loved for decades!

    Wally West's world has been turned upside down. Now quite literally on the run from the people he once trusted, he must navigate an impossible world full of dangers he never knew existed - and he must do so without the help and guidance of his former mentor.

    The Flash joins the Absolute Universe in a bold new take on the DC Universe's Scarlet Speedster, written by award-winning author Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth), and illustrated by Nick Robles.

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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.

Tags Shop Local, littleton nh, little village toy & Book Shop, indiebookshop, booktok, bookstagram, where's waldo, James Patterson, Batman, Batman & Robin, Parasyte, Manga
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