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New Releases | February 10th, 2026

February 6, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • This Is Not about Us: Fiction - Goodman, Allegra (Author)

    • Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories - Peters, Amanda (Author)

    • We All Live Here - Moyes, Jojo (Author)

    • Stone Yard Devotional - Wood, Charlotte (Author)

    Adult Science

    • The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind - Griffiths, Tom (Author)

    • Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature - Hazen, Robert M (Author), Wong, Michael L (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg--And the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema - Fischer, Paul (Author)

    Board Books

    • Indestructibles Baby Loves the Library

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Nature Speak: Signs, Omens and Messages in Nature - Andrews, Ted (Author)

    • Psychic Protection: Balance & Protection for Body, Mind & Spirit - Andrews, Ted (Author)

    • Animal Wise: Understanding the Language of Animal Messengers & Companions - Andrews, Ted (Author)

    Children’s Art Books

    • Bluey: How to Draw

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • Why? Animals: Brilliant Answers to Baffling Questions

    • Forest: Walk Through the Fascinating World of the Wild (Earth's Incredible Habitats) - Harvey, Derek (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Oh Brother: (A Graphic Memoir) - Chadderton, Georgina (Author)

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

    • Unicorn Secrets: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure Volume 23 (Phoebe and Her Unicorn) - Simpson, Dana (Author)

    History

    • Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln - Pinsker, Matthew (Author)

    Homestead

    • The Contemporary Cottage Garden: Climate-Friendly, Mindful Methods for Growing Flowers and Food - Hubbard, Pamela (Author), Cardillo, Rob (Photographer)

    Just the Facts

    • Marie's Magic Eggs: How Marie Procai Kept the Ukrainian Art of Pysanky Alive - Wallace, Sandra Neil (Author), Turk, Evan (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • One World Under Doom (One World Under Doom) - North, Ryan (Author), Silva, R B (Illustrator), Harvey, Ben (Not Available)

    • Deadpool/Wolverine: A Time of Stryfe (Deadpool/Wolverine) - Percy, Benjamin (Author), Cassara, Joshua (Illustrator), Gill, Robert (Illustrator), Cassara, Joshua (Not Available)

    • Daredevil: Back in Black - Soule, Charles (Author), McKenzie, Roger (Author), Garney, Ron (Illustrator), Sudzuka, Goran (Illustrator), Buffagni, Matteo (Illustrator)

    • Daredevil: The Dark Art - Soule, Charles (Author), McKenzie, Roger (Author), Garney, Ron (Illustrator), Sudzuka, Goran (Illustrator), Kudranski, Szymon (Illustrator)

    • Daredevil: Death of Daredevil - Soule, Charles (Author), Gage, Christos (Author), Landini, Stefano (Illustrator), Garney, Ron (Illustrator), Shalvey, Declan (Not Available)

    • Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton - North, Ryan (Author), Norton, Mike (Illustrator)

    • Please Look After the Dragon, Vol. 1: Volume 1 - Makise, Shoun (Based on a Book by), Higashiura, Yuki (Author), Burch, Sarah (Translator), Pizarro Lanzas, Elena (Letterer)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Cross and Sampson: An Alex Cross and John Sampson Thriller (An Alex Cross and John Sampson Thriller #2) - Patterson, James (Author), Sitts, Brian (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • Intimacy: A Field Guide to Finding Connection and Feeling Your Deep Desires - O'Brien, Ita (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Sweater: A Story of Community - Theule, Larissa (Author), White, Teagan (Illustrator)

    • Beatrix and the Unicorn - Judge, Lita (Author), Judge, Lita (Illustrator)

    • The Unluckiest Leprechaun - Heim, Alastair (Author), Pino, Pablo (Illustrator)

    • There's a Bunny in Your Book (Who's in Your Book?) - Fletcher, Tom (Author)

    • Bingo: A Bluey Storybook (Bluey)

    Poetry

    • She Outgrew the Wound - Sin, R H (Author)

    Romance

    • Throne of Nightmares (Prince of Sin #3) - Maniscalco, Kerri (Author)

    • Wretched (Collector's Edition) (Never After #3) - McIntire, Emily (Author)

    • Two Can Play - Hazelwood, Ali (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Operation Bounce House - Dinniman, Matt (Author)

    • When the Moon Hits Your Eye - Scalzi, John (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Happyhead - Silver, Josh (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • The #1 New York Times bestselling author, whose books so many love, brings us a fresh, contemporary story of a woman and her unruly blended family

    "Nobody writes women the way Jojo Moyes does." --Jodi Picoult

    Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is . . . complicated. So when her real dad--a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago--suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, and what it actually means to be family.

  • A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl.

    All colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do was run the family ranch with his sister, maybe play a gig or two with his band, and keep his family's aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking as long as possible. He figures it will be a good thing when the transfer gate finally opens all the way and restores instant travel and full communication between Earth and his planet, New Sonora. But there's a complication.

    Even though the settlers were promised they'd be left in peace, Earth's government now has other plans. The colossal Apex Industries is hired to commence an "eviction action." But maximizing profits will always be Apex's number one priority. Why spend money printing and deploying AI soldiers when they can turn it into a game? Why not charge bored Earthers for the opportunity to design their own war machines and remotely pilot them from the comfort of their homes?

    The game is called Operation Bounce House.

    Oliver and his friends soon find themselves fighting for their lives against machines piloted by gamers who've paid a premium for the privilege. With the help of an old book from his grandfather and a bucket of rusty parts, Oliver is determined to defend the only home he's ever known.

  • In latest thriller from the world's most popular storyteller, detective partners Alex Cross and John Sampson are called to separate locations to investigate a pair of serious crimes.

    Stream Season 2 of the #1-rated Cross in February 2026!

    In Washington, DC ...

    Metro PD detective John Sampson stands in a crater in the middle of a DC street, calling in the bomb squad. "Dispatch, this is Sampson. Contact the FBI and the ATF. We've got a suspected terrorist attack here."

    In Chapel Hill, NC ...

    Alex Cross searches the apartment of a missing psychology grad student--his own son Damon. Has following in his famous father's footsteps made Damon a target?

    From FBI headquarters, in police stations, on airplanes, and at murder scenes, the detectives track crimes committed hundreds of miles apart. It will take more than distance to weaken the partnership of Sampson & Cross.

  • A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR

    A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR

    A LOS ANGELES TIMES TOP FIFTEEN BOOK OF THE YEAR

    Shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, a novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be good, from the award-winning author of The Weekend.

    "Stone Yard Devotional is as extraordinary as you've heard." --The Washington Post

    "An exquisite, wrenching novel of leaving your life behind." --New York Times Book Review

    "Meditative (but by no means uneventful)." --New York Times

    "Riveting prose about how humans beat back despair."--Los Angeles Times

    Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of rural Australia. She doesn't believe in God, or know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive existence almost by accident.

    But disquiet interrupts this secluded life with three visitations. First comes a terrible mouse plague, each day signaling a new battle against the rising infestation. Second is the return of the skeletal remains of a sister who disappeared decades before, presumed murdered. And finally, a troubling visitor plunges the narrator further back into her past.

    Meditative, moving, and finely observed, Stone Yard Devotional is a seminal novel from a writer of rare power, exploring what it means to retreat from the world, the true nature of forgiveness, and the sustained effect of grief on the human soul.

  • An enemies-to-lovers spicy novella set in the world of video gaming from the New York Times bestselling author of Problematic Summer Romance--now in print and ebook!

    Viola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on her all-time favorite book series. The only problem? Her co-lead is Jesse F-ing Andrews, aka her archnemesis. Jesse has made it abundantly clear over the years that he wants nothing to do with her--and Viola has no idea why.

    When their bosses insist a wintery retreat is the perfect team-building exercise, Viola can't think of anything worse. Being freezing cold in a remote mountain lodge knowing Jesse is right next door? No, thank you.

    But as the snow piles on, Viola discovers there's more to Jesse than she knew, and heat builds in more ways than one.

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Monthly Staff Pick | February, 2026

February 1, 2026 Clare Brooks

February has arrived and with it a new selection of Monthly Staff Picks here at Little Village Toy & Book Shop!

For adults this month, we have ‘Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space’. This riveting history follows decades of spaceflight all leading to a moment-to-moment account of the 1986 tragedy that forever changed America.

‘Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee’ is our Picture Book selection this month and is a seasonal New England favorite. Author and Illustrator Chris Van Dusen’s Mr. Magee returns, with his pet dog Dee in tow, as he heads out to ski and slapstick hi-jinks ensue in this fun read aloud tale for all ages.

Our Young Adult pick this month is ‘Alanna: The First Adventure’, the first book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet, by beloved fantasy author Tamora Pierce. This fantasy adventure classic follows Alanna as she finds a way to switch places with her brother and disguise herself in order to train as a page, all in the hopes of fulfilling her dream and setting her off on the road to knighthood.

And, releasing this Tuesday 2/3, for Middle Readers we have ‘The Lions’ Run’ from the award-winning Sara Pennypacker as our pick this month which is a thrilling historical WWII adventure of animals, friendship, and resistance!

Visit us this February for 20% off all of this month’s selections, while supplies last, and for so much more!

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New Releases | February 3rd, 2026

February 1, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Infinite Jest (30th Anniversary Edition) (Special) - Wallace, David Foster (Author), Zauner, Michelle (Foreword by)

    • The End of Romance - Meyer, Lily (Author)

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

    • The Sirens - Hart, Emilia (Author)

    • Family Drama - Fallon, Rebecca (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play - MacDonald, Keza (Author)

    Award Winners

    • The Lions' Run - Pennypacker, Sara (Author), Klassen, Jon (Illustrator)

    Biography

    • Patriot: A Memoir - Navalny, Alexei (Author), Navalnaya, Yulia (Foreword by)

    Board Books

    • Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct (Board Book) - Willems, Mo (Author)

    • The Pigeon Needs a Bath! (Pigeon) - Willems, Mo (Author)

    • Leaf Thief: 1, 2, 3, Can You Count Along? - Hemming, Alice (Author), Slater, Nicola (Illustrator)

    • Merlin, Are You Near or Far? (Merlin First Concept Board Books) - Rasano, Eva (Author), Rasano, Eva (Illustrator)

    • Merlin, Are You Small or Big? (Merlin First Concept Board Books) - Rasano, Eva (Author), Rasano, Eva (Illustrator)

    • Just Because - Barnett, Mac (Author), Arsenault, Isabelle (Illustrator)

    • Make Way for Ducklings - McCloskey, Robert (Author), McCloskey, Robert (Illustrator)

    • The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Day - Carle, Eric (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    • This Little Dinosaur: A Touch and Feel Book (This Little) - Arrhenius, Ingela P (Illustrator), Nosy Crow Ltd (Author)

    Chapter Books

    • Leader of the Pack (Scrapper #1) - Higgins, Cam (Author), Landy, Ariel (Illustrator)

    • Pup vs. Squirrel (Scrapper #2) - Higgins, Cam (Author), Landy, Ariel (Illustrator)

    Children’s Poetry

    • Rumpelstiltskin - Barnett, Mac (Author), Ellis, Carson (Illustrator)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • Klutz Steam Lab Shark-Tastic Teeth!

    Coloring Books

    • Magical Nature: Coloring Pages for Relaxation and Happiness - Bastin, Marjolein (Author)

    Cookbooks

    • Dinner Tonight: 200 Quick Recipes for Inspired Weeknight Cooking - America's Test Kitchen (Author)

    Fun & Games Books

    • I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles - Marzollo, Jean (Author), Wick, Walter (Illustrator)

    • Wings of Fire Folded Flyers [With Paper]

    Graphic Novels

    • A Kid Like Me: A Graphic Novel - Feuti, Norm (Author), Feuti, Norm (Illustrator)

    • Hilo Presents: The Mighty: (A Graphic Novel) - Winick, Judd (Author)

    • Space Chasers: To the Moon (Space Chasers by Leland Melvin #2) - Melvin, Leland (Author), Caramagna, Joe (Author) , Acton, Alison (Illustrator)

    • I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived Graphic Novel #13)(I Survived Graphix) - Tarshis, Lauren (Author), Ball, Georgia (Adapted by), Anderson, Cassie (Illustrator)

    • A Blood Moon (Snowlands #1) - Meroz, Morr (Author), Fogel, Collin (Illustrator)

    • Camp Monster - Messner, Kate (Author), Koch, Falynn (Illustrator)

    • Fantastic Frog and the Amazing Tad Lad (Fantastic Frog and the Amazing Tad Lad) - Reese, Brandon (Author)

    Hiking

    • Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers' Companion 2026 - Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association (Author)

    • A Fabulous Thru-Hike: 3,100 Miles on the Continental Divide Trail - Lugo, Derick (Author)

    History

    • The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution - O'Malley, Gregory E (Author)

    Homestead

    • The Continuous Vegetable Garden: Create a Perpetual Food Garden That Sows and Grows Itself - Nardozzi, Charlie (Author)

    • Make Things. from Wood: Easy Woodworking Skills and Designs for the Modern Maker - Buckland, Annabelle June (Author)

    Literary Collections

    • Language as Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon - Morrison, Toni (Author), Brodsky, Claudia (Introduction by), Brodsky, Claudia (Notes by)

    • Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out (First Time Trade) - Reed, Shannon (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Fantastic Four Fanfare - Davis, Alan (Author), Waid, Mark (Author), Davis, Alan (Illustrator), Pichelli, Sara (Illustrator), Stott, Rachael (Not Available)

    • Batman: White Knight: DC Compact Comics Edition - Murphy, Sean (Author), Murphy, Sean (Illustrator)

    • Absolute Batman Vol. 2: Abomination - Snyder, Scott (Author), Martin, Marcos (Illustrator), Dragotta, Nick (Illustrator)

    • Absolute Power - Waid, Mark (Author), Mora, Dan (Illustrator)

    Middle Readers

    • Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey? (Choose Your Own Adventure Retro Editions) - Packard, Edward (Author)

    My First Readers

    • DK Super Readers Level 1 Pokémon Meet the Crew

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • Wolf Hour - Nesbo, Jo (Author), Ferguson, Robert (Translator)

    • It's Not Her (Original) - Kubica, Mary (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • Smitten: Romantic Obsession, the Neuroscience of Limerence, and How to Make Love Last - Bellamy, Tom (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Under One Roof - Paul, Miranda (Author), Paul, Baptiste (Author), Neal, Christopher Silas (Illustrator)

    • Because of a Shoe - Fogliano, Julie (Author), Frazee, Marla (Illustrator)

    • Start Your Engines! - Duffield, Katy S (Author), Galletti, Chiara (Illustrator)

    • Cat's New Book - Belhassen, Nathalie (Author)

    • A Fluffle of Bunnies - Matheson, Christie (Author)

    • Our Little Adventure at Easter: An Easter Book for Babies and Toddlers Featuring Lessons on Sacrifice, Love, and Forgiveness (Tabitha Paige Children's Book) - Paige, Tabitha (Author), Paige Tate & Co (Producer)

    • I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy - Threets, Mychal (Author), Nam, Lorraine (Illustrator)

    Political Science

    • To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right - Mathias, Christopher (Author)

    Romance

    • Get Over It, April Evans (A Clover Lake Novel) - Herring Blake, Ashley (Author)

    • Say You'll Remember Me - Jimenez, Abby (Author)

    • Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die - Stothers, Greer (Author)

    • One & Only: A Read with Jenna Pick - Goo, Maurene (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Isles of the Emberdark: A Cosmere Novel (Secret Projects) - Sanderson, Brandon (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Stolen Midnights (Stolen Midnights 1) - Quinn, Katherine (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • "Lucas DuBois is proof that a mere kitten can be the bravest of lions by always standing up for what's right." --Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of Refugee

    The acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Pax delivers an historical novel about an orphan during WWII who discovers unexpected courage within himself when he becomes involved with the Resistance.

    Petit éclair. That's what the other boys at the orphanage call Lucas DuBois. Lucas is tired of his cowardly reputation, just as he's tired of the war and the Nazi occupation of his French village. He longs to show how brave he can be.

    He gets the chance when he saves a litter of kittens from cruel boys and brings them to an abandoned stable to care for them. There he comes upon a stranger who is none too happy to see him: Alice, the daughter of a horse trainer, who is hiding her filly from German soldiers.

    Soon Lucas begins to realize they are not the only ones in the village with secrets. The housekeeper at the German maternity home and a priest at the orphanage pass coded messages; a young mother at the home makes dangerous plans to keep her baby from forced adoption; and a neighbor in town may be harboring a Jewish family.

    Emboldened by the unlikely heroes all around him, Lucas is forced to decide how much he is willing to risk to make the most courageous rescue of all.

    Perfect for fans of Alan Gratz, Ruta Sepetys, and Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, this accessible novel, told in short chapters, illuminates a little-known aspect of World War II history.

  • This instant #1 New York Times bestseller now features gorgeous step-back art and a preview of Abby's highly anticipated The Night We Met.

    "No one does funny, emotional, life-affirming love stories quite like Abby Jimenez. She just keeps outdoing herself." ―Emily Henry

    There's no such thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes--all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediate yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. Like, really wrong. Of course, there's nothing Samantha loves more than proving an asshole wrong ... unless, of course, he can admit he made a mistake.

    But after one incredible and seemingly endless date, Samantha is forced to admit the truth, that her family is in crisis and any kind of relationship would be impossible. Samantha begs Xavier to forget her. To remember their night together as a perfect moment, as crushing as that may be. Only no amount of distance or time is enough to forget what's between them. And the only thing better than one single perfect memory is to make a life--and even a love--worth remembering.

  • Set in contemporary times, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming tells the story of a Prince Myshkin-like figure, Baron Béla Wenckheim, who returns at the end of his life to his provincial Hungarian hometown. Having escaped from his many casino debts in Buenos Aires, where he was living in exile, he longs to be reunited with his high-school sweetheart Marika. Confusions abound, and what follows is an endless storm of gossip, con men, and local politicians, vividly evoking the small town's alternately drab and absurd existence. All along, the Professor--a world-famous natural scientist who studies mosses and inhabits a bizarre Zen-like shack in a desolate area outside of town?offers long rants and disquisitions on his attempts to immunize himself from thought. Spectacular actions are staged as death and the abyss loom over the unsuspecting townfolk.

  • In the heart of the Snowlands, prey and predator alike mysteriously disappear as three outcasts join forces for the adventure of a lifetime in the first book of the heart-stopping Snowlands series -- perfect for fans of Wings of Fire and Warriors!

    Feba, an orphaned wolf cub, is believed to be cursed. Her rare white fur is said to be a bad omen. When a mysterious creature starts killing members of Feba's pack one by one, all eyes fall on her. She has no choice but to run away, forced to roam the perilous Snowlands all on her own ...

    Until she meets Usha, a fiercely independent leopard, and Batu, a bumbling wildcat, each with their own secrets and reasons for wandering the Snowlands. Together, they form an unlikely trio, bound by fate. As these uneasy allies cross the frosty wilderness, they'll uncover a widespread danger in the mountains that threatens to destroy everything.

    Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime in A Blood Moon, the epic first book in the Snowlands series!

  • A vibrant debut and powerful meditation on family, motherhood, and the cost of holding on to your dreams, reminiscent of Ann Napolitano.

    In New England, Susan Bliss is a young mother married to a professor.

    In LA, Susan Byrne stars in a soap opera beloved coast to coast.

    Decades after she's gone, her twins have no idea of their mother's fame. But the past can't stay hidden forever.

    It's 1997, and snow is blanketing a New England beach. Two befuddled seven-year-olds watch as their mother's body is tipped overboard a crumbling boat. A Viking funeral, followed by a raucous wake. A send-off fit for soap opera star: Susan Bliss.

    Fifteen years earlier, Susan is a blazing, beautiful young woman, passionate about her art. It's impossible not to fall in love with her, and so Alcott, a practical professor, does--hopelessly. And so begins the love story of Susan's two-paneled life: an unconventional, jetlag-filled arrangement that takes her back and forth between her life in New England as a wife and mother to young twins to the bright lights of Los Angeles, where she becomes the beloved star of a daytime soap.

    In the present, Susan's twins grow up in the shadow of her all-consuming absence. Sebastian, a sensitive artist, cleaves to her memory, fascinated with the artifacts of her starry past. Viola, resentful of her mother's torn allegiances, distances herself from the memories of her. But when Viola runs into her mother's old costar Orson Grey--now a renowned Hollywood star--she finds herself falling deeply in love with him and begins to put together the pieces of a mother she never really knew.

    Sharp, assured, and beautifully written, Family Drama is a story told in double-helix, with intertwined timelines that explore the different versions of ourselves we share with the world and with each other.

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New Releases | January 27th, 2026

January 25, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Vigil - Saunders, George (Author)

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

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

    • Fire Exit - Talty, Morgan (Author)

    Board Books

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

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

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

    Graphic Novels

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

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

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

    History

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

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

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

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

    Homestead

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

    Literary Collections

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

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

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

    Middle Readers

    • Disney/Pixar Hoppers: The Junior Novelization

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

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Dear Debbie - McFadden, Freida (Author)

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

    Picture Books

    • Disney/Pixar Hoppers Little Golden Book

    Political Sciences

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

    Puzzle Books

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

    Romance

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

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

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

    Social Sciences

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

    Workbooks

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

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Sometimes, enough is enough...

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

    Or at least, she did.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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New Releases | January 20th, 2026

January 18, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Crux - Tallent, Gabriel (Author)

    • Half His Age - McCurdy, Jennette (Author)

    • Discipline - Pham, Larissa (Author)

    • Evelyn in Transit - Guterson, David (Author)

    • The Infamous Gilberts - Tomaski, Angela (Author)

    Board Books

    • My Little Chick (My Little) - Eliot, Hannah (Author), Bircham, Jess (Illustrator)

    • My Heart Knows Love - Yav, Yuli (Author), Hanson, Sydney (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • Wrong Friend - Harper, Charise Mericle (Author), Lucey, Rory (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Batman: Gotham by Gaslight: DC Compact Comics Edition (DC Compact Comics) - Augustyn, Brian (Author), Mignola, Mike (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • My Husband's Wife - Feeney, Alice (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Welcome, Spring! - Stott, Apryl (Author), Stott, Apryl (Illustrator)

    • Chicka Chicka Peep Peep (Chicka Chicka Book) - Chung, Julien (Author), Chung, Julien (Illustrator)

    Romance

    • The Elsewhere Express - Sotto Yambao, Samantha (Author)

    • Blood & Roses Volume 1 - Hart, Callie (Author)

    • The Things We Leave Unfinished (Signed) - Yarros, Rebecca (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Nine Goblins: A Tale of Low Fantasy and High Mischief - Kingfisher, T (Author)

    Sports

    • Football - Klosterman, Chuck (Author)

    Workbooks

    • Brain Quest Phonics Readers: Set 1: 12 Decodable Readers: Short and Long Vowels (Brain Quest Phonics Readers #1)

    Young Adult

    • On the Fence - West, Kasie (Author)

This Weeks’ Top 5 Picks

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  • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I'm Glad My Mom Died comes a sad, funny, thrilling novel about sex, consumerism, class, desire, loneliness, the internet, rage, intimacy, power, and the (oftentimes misguided) lengths we'll go to in order to get what we want.

    A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, USA Today, Bustle, Town & Country

    Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Forceful. Hurting. Perceptive. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all: Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn't know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films and things that she doesn't? Or is it purer than that, rooted in their unlikely connection, their kindred spirits, the similar filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, it's just enough that he sees her when no one else does.

    Startlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, Half His Age is a rich character study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles--or attempts to overcome them--in her effort to be seen, to be desired, to be loved.

  • Description text goes hereThe New York Times bestselling Queen of Twists is back with a psychological masterpiece that will leave you questioning everything you know about love, identity, and revenge.

    "Nonstop thrills! The best Feeney book yet!" --FREIDA MCFADDEN

    "Propulsive, compulsive, addictive." --LISA JEWELL

    Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into, Spyglass, an enchanting old house in Hope Falls, nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn't fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband insists that the stranger is his wife.

    One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying.

    Six months earlier, a reclusive Londoner called Birdy, reeling from a life-changing diagnosis, inherits Spyglass. This unexpected gift from a long-lost grandmother brings her to the pretty seaside village of Hope Falls. But then Birdy stumbles upon a shadowy London clinic that claims to be able to predict a person's date of death, including her own. Secrets start to unravel, and as the line between truth and lies blurs, Birdy feels compelled to right some old wrongs.

    My Husband's Wife is a tangled web of deception, obsession, and mystery that will keep you guessing until the last page. Prepare yourself for the ultimate mind-bending marriage thriller and step inside Spyglass - if you dare - to experience a story where nothing is as it seems.

  • When you lose your way in life, the Elsewhere Express just might find you. Step on board the train that may take you to your life's purpose in this wistful, Ghibli-esque fantasy from the bestselling author of Water Moon.

    This deluxe first edition hardcover includes:

    - Intricately designed sprayed edges

    - Interactive endpapers with a scene you can color in

    - A full-color illustrated book case beneath the jacket

    "A delicately layered dream of a book that glimmers with the promise of hope after grief, The Elsewhere Express will carry you to the stars."--Molly O'Neill, author of Greenteeth

    You can't buy a ticket for the Elsewhere Express. Appearing only to those whose lives are adrift, it's a magical train seeming to carry very rare and special cargo: a sense of purpose, peace, and belonging.

    Raya is one of those lost souls. She had dreamed of being a songwriter, but when her brother died, she gave up on her dream and started living his instead.

    One day on the subway, as her thoughts wander, she's swept off to the Elsewhere Express. There she meets Q, an intriguing artist who, like her, has lost his place in the world.

    Together they find a train full of wonders, from a boarding car that's also a meadow to a dining car where passengers can picnic on lily pads to a bar where jellyfish and whales swim through pink clouds.

    Over the course of their long, strange night on the train, they also discover that it harbors secrets--and danger: A mysterious stranger has stowed away and brought with him a dark, malignant magic that threatens to destroy the train.

    But in investigating the stowaway's identity, Raya also finds herself drawing closer to the ultimate question: What is her life's true purpose--and is it a destination the Elsewhere Express can take her to?

    ★ "A stunning, visual fever dream of a story akin to both the game Spiritfarer and Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea--a character-driven tale wrapped in a sparklingly creative spectacle of a world that inhabits a Studio Ghibli-like chaos even as it comes with a well-organized passenger rulebook."--Booklist (starred review)

  • Adorable animal friends share their favorite ways to welcome spring in this sweet picture book from the New York Times bestselling creator of the Coco and Bear series, Ruby's Tools for Making Friends, and Almost Always Best, Best Friends.

    On the first beautiful morning of spring, Bunny goes on a walk. She encounters Little Cow and Little Pig and asks, "How do you welcome spring?" Her friends share that they welcome spring by making flower crowns and ask her to join them.

    As Bunny continues on, she meets new friends and joins in their different activities like dancing in puddles, eating strawberries, and making sailboats. Her friends finally ask, "How do you welcome spring, Bunny?" And she answers her favorite way to welcome spring is by playing with all her friends!

  • From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Nine Goblins, a tale of low fantasy and high mischief.

    DELUXE EDITION--a gorgeous hardcover with endpapers illustrated by the author and a foil case stamp

    No one knows exactly how the Goblin War began, but folks will tell you that goblins are stinking, slinking, filthy, sheep-stealing, henhouse-raiding, obnoxious, rude, and violent. Goblins would actually agree with all this, and might throw in "cowardly" and "lazy" too for good measure.

    But goblins don't go around killing people for fun, no matter what the propaganda posters say. And when a confrontation with an evil wizard lands a troop of nine goblins deep behind enemy lines, goblin sergeant Nessilka must figure out how to keep her hapless band together and get them home in one piece.

    Unfortunately, between them and safety lies a forest full of elves, trolls, monsters, and that most terrifying of creatures...a human being.

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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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