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New Releases | June 23rd, 2026

June 19, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Among Friends - Ebbott, Hal (Author)

    • Birds of Prey - Coben, Harlan (Editor), Box, C J (Editor)

    • I'll Be Right Here - Bloom, Amy (Author)

    • When You Loved Me - Williams, Beatriz (Author)

    • Tata - Perrin, Valérie (Author), Serle, Hildegarde (Translator)

    Animals

    • A Horse's World: A Neuroscientist's Journey Into the Equine Mind - SJones, Janet L (Author)

    Board Books

    • The Digger and the Dark (Digger #4) - Kuefler, Joseph (Author), Kuefler, Joseph (Illustrator)

    • The Pigeon Won't Play with Shapes!

    Business & Technology

    • The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think about Artificial Intelligence--Before It's Too Late - Doctorow, Cory (Author)

    Children's Art Book

    • ‍ A Million Dragons (Million Creatures to Color) - Mayo, Lulu (Author)

    Children's Poetry

    • A Treasury of Ballet Stories: Four Captivating Retellings - Hart, Caryl (Author), Smith, Briony May (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • Magic Tree House Fact Tracker Graphic Novel: Titanic - Osborne, Mary Pope (Author), Hashimoto, Meika (Adapted by), Tejido, Jomike (Illustrator)

    History

    • The Housewives Underground: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the JFK Assassination Our Most Enduring Mystery - Tiffany, Kaitlyn (Author)

    Horror

    • Slasher Summer - Chen, E L (Author)

    Literary Collections

    • Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life - Smith, Maggie (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Escape Volume 1 - Remender, Rick (Author), Acuña, Daniel (Artist)

    • Absolute Flash Vol. 2: Still Point (Absolute Universe) - Lemire, Jeff (Author), Robles, Nick (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • Hunter's Heart Ridge: A Mystery (Franklin Warren and Alice Bellows Mystery #2) - Taylor, Sarah Stewart (Author)

    • The Housemaid's Wedding - McFadden, Freida (Author)

    • It Could Have Been Her - Jewell, Lisa (Author)

    Nature

    • In Deep Water: A True Story of Sharks, Survival, and Courage - Tougias, Michael J (Author)

    • Noticing: Intimate Encounters with the Natural World - Louv, Richard (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Wise Pickle - Howden, Sarah (Author), Hahn, Sabina (Illustrator)

    • Bluey: Queens and Other Stories: 4 Stories in 1 Book. Hooray! (Bluey)

    Poetry

    • The Aeneid - Virgil (Author), McGill, Scott (Translator), Wright, Susannah (Translator), Wilson, Emily (Introduction by)

    Political Sciences

    • Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump - Haberman, Maggie (Author), Swan, Jonathan (Author)

    Puzzle Books

    • New York Times Games Easiest Crosswords Volume 5: 100 Easy Crossword Puzzles - New York Times (Author), Shortz, Will (Editor)

    Romance

    • Weddings - Steel, Danielle (Author)

    • Night Witch: A Spicy Magical Dark Academia Forbidden Romantasy (Original) (Weatherstone College #2) - Eve, Jaymin (Author)

    • The Very Definition of Love (The Bancroft Sisters) - Benoit, Sophia (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • A Magical Girl Retires - Seolyeon, Park (Author), Hur, Anton (Translator)

    • The Sixth Nik - Kraus, Daniel (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • A riveting, intimate, and revelatory account of the most radical and consequential presidency of our time.

    From the two reporters who have covered him more closely than perhaps anyone else over the past decade comes this definitive portrait of Donald Trump in the White House. Regime Change covers the first year of Trump's second presidency--a term liberated from every constraint that defined his first. The generals who once told him "no" are gone, and the lawyers who remain have learned to pick their battles. His administration has flouted court orders and he has claimed powers that Congress once checked. What remains is a President willing to take enormous risks that have upended global markets and toppled heads of state; an imperial President operating almost entirely on instinct alone.

    Based on hundreds of interviews and unprecedented reporting from deep within the administration's most closely guarded rooms, Regime Change takes the reader inside the Situation Room and into the secret Oval Office deliberations that have launched a new war in the Middle East and seen Trump seal the border, surge National Guard troops into cities, and send immigration agents into deadly clashes with protestors. Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan bring us behind the scenes of a presidency that has transformed the culture, turned the Justice Department into an agent of retribution against the President's enemies and the office itself into a brazen vehicle for profit. They reveal a second term propelled by a historical irony that Trump himself has come to understand: that the indictments, the convictions, the assassination attempts, and four years of exile made him not weaker but far more powerful, more vengeful, and more willing to gamble than any President in modern history.

    This is the story of how Trump has used that power, who has tried to stop him, and why nearly all of them have failed. It is also the story of something American journalists are more accustomed to chronicling in distant capitals than in their own: a President who has fundamentally altered the nature of the office he holds--and, with it, how the rest of the world understands American power. It is an account of Regime Change right here in America--a landmark real-time history of a modern presidency like no other.

  • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell, two women's lives converge in a house containing devastating secrets that refuse to stay buried in this "deliciously dark, devilishly addictive" (Alice Feeney, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife) novel.

    Jane Trevally is walking her dogs on her country estate when a small white terrier appears, alone and with no sign of the teenaged girl he'd been staying with nearby. When the teenager is reported missing, Jane offers to return the dog to his registered owner, hours away in London. Arriving at a run-down house called Thornwood in the deepest backwaters of Hampstead, she is immediately on alert--because Jane has a dark history with this house.

    The man who answers the door is not the man that Jane remembers from her past. He is cagey, and claims to know nothing about the missing teenage girl. Then, through the window of the house, Jane catches a glimpse of a haunted-looking woman.

    Conjuring her memories from twenty-five years ago, Jane knows this unsettling house holds the key--to the missing teenager, to her own traumatic story, and to the dark secrets of the past.

  • A shapes adventure you WON'T want to miss from Mo Willems Workshop.

    The Pigeon won't play with shapes, and here's why:

    Circles. They're pointless.

    Triangles. Too pointy.

    Squares? Boring.

    Rectangle? Long and boring.

    Do YOU think The Pigeon will play with shapes?

    From Mo Willems Workshop comes this funny and engaging early-learning concept board book all about shapes, with touch-and-trace features throughout. The Pigeon WON'T Play With Shapes! is part of a collection of original board books featuring The Pigeon, ideal for babies, toddlers, and fans of the picture book series.

  • Wedding bells chime in this thrilling addition to The Housemaid series - a short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden...

    This edition features exclusive content from Freida McFadden's upcoming, not yet announced hardcover release!

    Today is supposed to be the happiest day of my life.

    I'm engaged to the man of my dreams, and in a few short hours, I'm going to stand before a judge, who will declare us husband and wife, till death does us part. Despite some bumps in the road, this day is everything I dreamed it would be.

    There's only one problem:

    Someone out there doesn't want me to live long enough to say my vows.

    And if I'm not careful, they may very well get their wish....

  • A short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.

    In modern tech parlance, a centaur is a person who is able to use technology to be a better, more productive version of themself. A reverse centaur is a person who is forced by technology to work at an inhuman pace--a driver made to deliver all day long, nonstop; a warehouse worker made to work without food or bathroom breaks; a programmer made to crank out impossible amounts of code.

    The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI is not another anti-AI screed. Cory Doctorow uses AI in his work every day. As a creative person, he has no moral or dogmatic issue with AI--he thinks the technology is useful, even exciting, and full of potential. And yet.

    AI has arrived surrounded by unprecedented hype driven by a tech industry desperate to maintain its unprecedented valuation based on its own promises of endless financial growth. Despite the fact that almost all of AI's real-world implementations have proved underwhelming, AI is projected to be worth more than $16 trillion--a number that only makes sense if AI replaces vast swathes of the wage-earning human workforce. To justify that level of "value," every story about AI must be presented as inevitable, world-changing disruption. Even the tales of the robot apocalypse are a calculated attempt to bolster the fearsome power of AI.

    For Doctorow, it is imperative to see through that hype to the real story, to understand the technology not just for what it does, but for who it does it to and who it does it for. From that point of view, the story of AI is indeed dramatic and unprecedented, having generated an investment bubble so big that it endangers the entire world economy. In The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI--as he so successfully did in Enshittification--Doctorow recounts both how we found ourselves in this dire situation and how we can get through it, to a life "after" AI in which the tools work for us, not the other way around.

Tags Shop Local, little village toy & Book Shop, Ballet, Mysteries, Weddings, Donald Trump, Freida McFadden, The Pigeon, AI, Summer, Bluey, New York TImes

New Releases | June 16th, 2026

June 12, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • Creepy Critters Glow-In-The-Dark Crochet (Crochet Kits) - Rull, Anne Margaux (Author)

    • How to Look, Draw & Paint - Rice, Matthew (Author)

    • Care Bears Cross-Stitch Kit: Includes 4 Patterns (Rp Minis) - Caetano, Sosae (Author

    Adult Fiction

    • The Lowe Job - Alexander, Grace (Author)

    • The Frenzy: Stories - Oates, Joyce Carol (Author)

    • The Emilys - Abel, Heather (Author)

    • A Year of Marvelous Ways - Winman, Sarah (Author)

    Adult Science

    • In Defense of Sunlight: The Surprising Science of Sun Exposure - Jacobsen, Rowan (Author)

    Award Winners

    • Buffalo Dreamer - Duncan, Violet (Author)

    Biography

    • Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith - Vance, J D (Author)

    Board Books

    • I'll Love You Till the Sloths Start School (I'll Love You Till #4) - Cristaldi, Kathryn (Author), Litten, Kristyna (Illustrator)

    Children's Classics

    • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Deluxe Collector's Edition (Chronicles of Narnia #2) - Lewis, C S (Author), Baynes, Pauline (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • Boss of the Underworld (Underworld #1) - Freeman, Tor (Author), Freeman, Tor (Illustrator)

    • Haven and the Fallen Giants - Xu, Jen (Author), Rhodes, Kate (Author), Xu, Jen (Illustrator), Rhodes, Kate (Illustrator)

    Homestead

    • How to Grow Medicinal Herbs: An Illustrated Beginner's Guide to Growing, Harvesting, and Making Herbal Remedies at Home - Minton, Vanessa (Author)

    Horror

    • The Summer Fun Massacre (Slasher Season #1) - Dilouie, Craig (Author)

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

    Humor Book

    • Renaissance Dogs: A Litter of Hilarious Pups, Mutts, and Hounds - Wagmore, Taylor (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • The Big Book of Birthdays: How Birthdays Are Celebrated Around the World - Feunekes, Anna Lena (Author)

    • The Long Hike: The True Story of the First Appalachian Thru-Hike - McCarthy, Meghan (Author), McCarthy, Meghan (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • The Superior Foes of Spider-Man - Spencer, Nick (Author), Asmus, James (Author), Lieber, Steve (Illustrator), Ellis, Rich (Illustrator), Martin, Marcos (Not Available)

    • Spider-Man: The Other - David, Peter (Author), Hudlin, Reginald (Author), Lee, Pat (Illustrator), Wieringo, Mike (Illustrator), Quesada, Joe (Not Available)

    • Superman: Action Comics Vol. 1: Boy of Steel - Waid, Mark (Author)

    • Batman: Under the Red Hood: DC Compact Comics Edition (DC Compact Comics) - Winick, Judd (Author), Starlin, James (Author), Aparo, Jim (Illustrator), Davis, Shane (Illustrator)

    • Assassin's Creed Shadows: Tales of Iga, Vol. 1 (Assassin's Creed Shadows: Tales of IGA #1) - Regujie (Author)

    • Cocoon (Cocoon #1) - Kyo, Machiko (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade (Last Kids on Earth) - Brallier, Max (Author), Holgate, Douglas (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • She Didn't See It Coming - Lapena, Shari (Author)

    • Strangers in Time: A World War II Novel - Baldacci, David (Author)

    • Choke Point: A Thriller (Scot Harvath #25) - Thor, Brad (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Turtle with a Toolbox (Turtle with a Toolbox) - Ferry, Beth (Author), Dudolf (Illustrator)

    • Cats in Conductor Hats: A Train Adventure (Cats in Hats) - Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta (Author), Hernandez, Leeza (Illustrator)

    • Toad on the Go (Towed by Toad) - Awan, Jashar (Author)

    • Welcome to Our Classroom! (an All Are Welcome Book) (All Are Welcome) - Penfold, Alexandra (Author), Kaufman, Suzanne (Illustrator)

    • Nighty Night, Dinos: A Bedtime Picture Book about Dinosaurs - Holt Williams, Deborah (Author), Doherty, Anna (Illustrator)

    Political Sciences

    • The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy - Webber, Jonathan (Editor), Webber, Jonathan (Introduction by)

    Romance

    • Tropesick - Okie, Lauren (Author)

    • Romantic Hero - Greenwood, Kirsty (Author)

    • The Someday Garden - Poston, Ashley (Author)

    • Credence: Deluxe Edition (Special) - Douglas, Penelope (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Hemlock & Silver - Kingfisher, T (Author)

    • Songs of the Dead (Strata Wars #1) - Sanderson, Brandon (Author), Orullian, Peter (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America - Ellis, Justin (Author)

    Stickers

    • Don't Let the Pigeon Sticker This Book! - Mo Willems Workshop (Author)

    True Crime

    • Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story: Ten Years Later (James Patterson True Crime #1) - Patterson, James (Author), Connolly, John (Author), Malloy, Tim (With)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls comes a novel set in 1940s London about a bereaved bookshop owner and two teenagers scarred by the Second World War, and the healing and hope they find in one another.

    "A masterpiece of a historical thriller." --Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of Eternal

    Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he's old enough to enlist to fight the Germans. After barely surviving the Blitz, Charlie knows there's no telling when a falling bomb might end his life.

    Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield has just returned to a nearly unrecognizable London. One of millions of children to have been evacuated to the countryside Molly has been away from her home for nearly five years. Her return, however, is not the homecoming she'd hoped for as she's confronted by a devastating reality: neither of her parents are there.

    Without guardians and stability, Charlie and Molly find an unexpected ally and protector in Ignatius Oliver, and solace at his bookshop, The Book Keep. Mourning the recent loss of his wife, Ignatius forms a kinship with both children, and in each other they rediscover the spirit of family each has lost.

    But Charlie's escapades in the city have not gone unnoticed, and someone's been following Molly since she returned to London. And Ignatius is harboring his own secrets, which could have terrible consequences for all of them. As bombs continue to bear down on the city, Charlie, Molly, and Ignatius learn that while the perils of war rage on, their coming together and trusting one another may be the only way for them to survive.

    "Oliver Twist meets the Blitz. A beautiful read." --Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network

  • The Pigeon REALLY wants to sticker this book! He will sticker when required! He will sticker when optional! He will sticker responsibly! So, what is the sticking point!?!

    This fun-filled sticker-scene activity books features The Pigeon, Duckling, The Bus Driver, and more special guests. Decorate the bus with bumper stickers, sneak a peek at The Pigeon's baby album, and make loop-de-loops on the roller coaster! Includes over 250 stickers to puzzle and play with!

    Do YOU think The Pigeon should sticker this book?

  • The new head gardener at the enchanting Lilymoor House stumbles upon a secret garden . . . with a mysterious man trapped inside, in the next magical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Sounds Like Love and The Seven Year Slip.

    When Sophie Drear plans her escape to coastal Maine for the summer--for a temporary job revitalizing the storied grounds at Lilymoor House--she doesn't expect to fall in love.

    But she does: With the beguiling land, the fragrant flowers, and the towering hedge maze. With the quirky staff and the enigmatic woman who owns the place.

    And then, the door appears. Never in the same place twice, it leads her to a secret, and unfinished, garden with a frustrated thundercloud of a man trapped inside.

    This mysterious garden is not the only sign that the future of Lilymoor is unstable: the foliage resists Sophie's careful nurturing, vines threaten to strangle the hedges, and the manor's owner has wild ideas about who will take over when she retires--including her inconveniently attractive nephew who is also there just for the summer.

    Despite herself, Sophie has come to care for the residents of Lilymoor just as much as she cares for its grounds. With the help of one man on the outside of the secret garden, and one man on the inside, she might be the only person who can figure out exactly what Lilymoor needs to bloom once more.

  • An instant New York Times bestseller!

    "Stunning. Fiendishly plotted with whiplash twists and turns -- Shari Lapena is at the very top of her game here. [She Didn't See It Coming] might be my favorite yet!" --Lucy Foley

    The new gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door

    When a beloved wife and mother disappears, a luxurious condo building transforms into a potential crime scene, and the investigation begins: can the detectives find her before it's too late?

    Bryden and Sam have it all: thriving careers, a smart apartment in a luxury condominium, supportive friends and a cherished daughter. The perfect life for the perfect couple.

    Then Sam receives a call at his office. Bryden - working from home that day - has failed to collect their daughter from daycare. Arriving home with their little girl, he finds his wife's car in the underground garage. Upstairs in their apartment her laptop is open on the table, her cell phone nearby, her keys in their usual place in the hall.

    Except Bryden is nowhere to be seen. It's as if she just walked out.

    How can she have disappeared from her own home? And did she even leave the building at all?

    With every minute that passes - and as questions swirl around their community - Bryden and Sam's past seems a little less perfect, their condominium less safe, their friends, neighbors and relatives no longer quite so reliable . . .

  • An Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller

    DELUXE EDITION--a gorgeous paperback edition featuring bright green sprayed edges.

    Now in paperback, a dark reimagining of "Snow White" steeped in poison, intrigue, and treason of the most magical kind, from New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher

    Healer Anja regularly drinks poison.

    Not to die, but to save--seeking cures for those everyone else has given up on.

    But a summons from the King interrupts her quiet, herb-obsessed life. His daughter, Snow, is dying, and he hopes Anja's unorthodox methods can save her.

    Aided by a taciturn guard, a narcissistic cat, and a passion for the scientific method, Anja rushes to treat Snow, but nothing seems to work. That is, until she finds a secret world, hidden inside a magic mirror. This dark realm may hold the key to what is making Snow sick.

    Or it might be the thing that kills them all.

Tags shop local, little village toy & Book Shop, James Patterson, Dinosaurs, T Kingfisher, Minneapolis, Chronicles of Narnia, Brandon Sanderson, Hiking, David Baldacci, Spiderman, assassins creed, Crochet

New Releases | June 9th, 2026

June 4, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • The Poppy Fields - Erlick, Nikki (Author)

    • Children of the Wild - Powers, Kevin (Author)

    • Villa Coco - Greer, Andrew Sean (Author)

    • Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Love Story - Reid, Taylor Jenkins (Author)

    • Cat Love - Morín, Tomás Q (Author)

    • Contrapposto - Eggers, Dave (Author)

    • Pool House - Choi, Mary H K (Author)

    • The Girl I Was (Reissue) - Rose, Jeneva (Author)

    • Daughters of the Sun and Moon - See, Lisa (Author)

    Biography

    • A Voice Like Mine: A Memoir - Haaland, Deb (Author)

    • Transcendent: A Memoir - Cox, Laverne (Author)

    • Jane Austen: The Biography - Elizabeth (Author)

    Board Books

    • Little Owl's Opposites (Little Owl) - Srinivasan, Divya (Author), Srinivasan, Divya (Illustrator)

    • I'm a Digger (I'm A... Shaped Board Book) - Symons, Ruth (Author), Scott, Matthew (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Faery Wheel Tarot - Robertson, Leeza (Author), Fiegenschuh, Emily (Author)

    • Disney Fairies Tarot Deck and Guidebook - Silverman, Linzi (Author), Visirin, Lia (Illustrator)

    Children's Science & Nature

    • 5-Minute Dinosaur Stories (5-Minute Discovery Stories) - Dawnay, Gabby (Author), K, Mona (Illustrator)

    Cookbook

    • Soph's 30 in 30 Plant Kitchen: Delicious Plant-Based Recipes with 30g of Protein in 30 Minutes or Less from the Sunday Times Bestselling Author - Macfie, Sophie (Author)

    • What I Made for Dinner: A Memoir - Belc, Krys Malcolm (Author)

    Fun & Game Books

    • Where's Waldo? the Mighty Magical Mix-Up (Where's Waldo?) - Handford, Martin (Author), Handford, Martin (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • 100 Cupboards: The Graphic Novel - Wilson, N D (Author), Dickison, Forrest (Illustrator)

    History

    • Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America - Reynolds, David S (Author)

    • The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück: How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler's All-Female Concentration Camp - Olson, Lynne (Author)

    • Centennial: The Great Fair of 1876 and the Invention of America's Future - Bordewich, Fergus M (Author)

    • Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawai'i - Goo, Sara Kehaulani (Author)

    • Thomas Jefferson Survives: American Independence in His Time and Ours - Onuf, Peter S (Author), Cogliano, Francis D (Author), Gordon-Reed, Annette (Foreword by)

    • Tyrants and Rogues: Understanding the Declaration of Independence - Parkinson, Robert G (Author)

    • 1,000 Days in America: An Illustrated History of the Moments That Defined a Nation - National Geographic (Author), Rubenstein, David M (Foreword by), Treuer, David (Prologue by), Beschloss, Michael (Contribution by), Brinkley, Douglas (Contribution by), Gordon-Reed, Annette (Contribution by), Isaacson, Walter (Contribution by)

    Horror

    • The Way It Haunted Him - Samotin, Laura R (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Punisher: Red Band - Brain Bleed (Punisher: Red Band) - Percy, Benjamin (Author), Ohta, Julius (Illustrator), Checchetto, Marco (Not Available)

    • Absolute Green Lantern Vol. 2: Sojourner (Absolute Universe) - Ewing, Al (Author), Lindsay, Jahnoy (Illustrator)

    • Kamudo, Vol. 2 (Kamudo #2) - Himekawa, Akira (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • Youngest Faircrest and the Search for a Sorcerer (Youngest Faircrest) - Clark, Ollie George (Author), Knight, Tom (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Rocket's Red Glare: A Thriller - Patterson, James (Author), Eversmann, Matthew (Author)

    • Red Sheet - Ellroy, James (Author)

    • Heather - Mullen, Caitlin (Author)

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

    Nature

    • The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss - MacFarlane, Robert (Author), Morris, Jackie (Author)

    • Is a River Alive? - MacFarlane, Robert (Author)

    Picture Books

    • I Used to Be a Dinosaur - Lyall, Casey (Author), Keller, Laurie (Illustrator)

    • Searching for Wocks - Knisley, Lucy (Author), Knisley, Lucy (Illustrator)

    • I Am the Mountain - Weinberg, Steven (Author), Weinberg, Steven (Illustrator)

    • What Do We Do in Preschool? - Wanless, Kathryn (Author)

    • The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever - Sima, Jessie (Author), Sima, Jessie (Illustrator)

    Political Sciences

    • The Fourth Branch: How State Government Can Save Our Union - Squadron, Daniel (Author)

    Romance

    • You Won't Forget Me - Eddings, Mazey (Author)

    • The Kings of Kearny - Allen, Navessa (Author)

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

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones - Croucher, Lex (Author)

    • The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin (Reissue) - Le Guin, Ursula K (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • A Pox on Fools: The True Believers, Grifters, and Cynics Who Convinced Us to Reject Vaccines - Levenson, Thomas (Author)

    Stickers

    • Disney Pixar Toy Story 5 Ultimate Sticker Book (Ultimate Sticker Book)

    Travel

    • Fodor's Montreal & Quebec City (Full-Color Travel Guide) (33RD ed.) - Fodor's Travel Guides (Author)

    True Crime

    • Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers - Fraser, Caroline (Author)

    Young Adult BK

    • Skyshade: Collector's Edition (the Lightlark Saga Book 3) - Aster, Alex (Author)

    • Honor - McClelland, Susan (Author), Mariichyn, Nataliia (Author), Buchwald, Leon (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK - From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.

    The first edition paperback of Atmosphere features stenciled edges with a ​sunset cloud pattern!

    "Thrilling . . . heartbreaking . . . uplifting . . . the fast-paced, emotionally charged story of one ambitious young woman, finding both her voice and her passion."--Kristin Hannah, author of The Women

    "NASA? Space missions? The '80s? This is a collection of all the things I love."--Andy Weir, author of Project Hail Mary and The Martian

    Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA's space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space.

    Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston's Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, who are kind and easygoing even when the stakes are highest; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald, who is navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer, who can fix any engine and fly any plane.

    As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe.

    Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant.

    Fast-paced, thrilling, and emotional, Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places, creating complex protagonists, and telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love--this time among the stars.

  • From the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit The Measure--a runaway bestseller and a Read with Jenna TODAY Show pick--a stunning new speculative story of healing, self-discovery, forgiveness, and found friendship.

    "A masterful, tender exploration of love, loss, and the poignant echoes of memory... A profoundly moving read." --Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author

    What if there were a cure for grief?

    Welcome to the Poppy Fields, where there's hope for even the most battered hearts to heal.

    Here, in a remote stretch of the California desert, lies an experimental and controversial treatment center that allows those suffering from the heartache of loss to sleep through their pain...and keep on sleeping. After patients awaken from this prolonged state of slumber, they will finally be healed. But only if they're willing to accept the potential shadowy side effects.

    On a journey to this mystical destination are four very different strangers and one little dog: Ava, a book illustrator; Ray, a fireman; Sasha, an occupational therapist; Sky, a free spirit; and a friendly pup named PJ. As they attempt to make their way from the Midwest all the way to the Poppy Fields--where they hope to find Ellis, its brilliant, enigmatic founder--each of their past secrets and mysterious motivations threaten to derail their voyage.

    A high-concept speculative novel about heartache, hope, and human resilience, The Poppy Fields poses the question: How far are we willing to go in order to be healed?

  • An Edgar Award winner for True Crime - A National Bestseller - A Washington Post Notable Book - Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Forbes, NPR, Vulture, Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, Newsweek, New York Post, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews, and The Nerve - A finalist for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

    "Scorching, seductive . . . A superb and disturbing vivisection of our darkest urges." --Los Angeles Times

    "This is about as highbrow as true crime gets." --Vulture

    "Fraser has outdone herself, and just about everyone else in the true-crime genre, with Murderland." --Esquire

    From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Prairie Fires comes a terrifying true-crime history of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond

    Caroline Fraser grew up in the shadow of Ted Bundy, the most notorious serial murderer of women in American history, surrounded by his hunting grounds and mountain body dumps, in the brooding landscape of the Pacific Northwest. But in the 1970s and '80s, Bundy was just one perpetrator amid an uncanny explosion of serial rape and murder across the region. Why so many? Why so weirdly and nightmarishly gruesome? Why the senseless rise and then sudden fall of an epidemic of serial killing?

    As Murderland indelibly maps the lives and careers of Bundy and his infamous peers in mayhem--the Green River Killer, the I-5 Killer, the Night Stalker, the Hillside Strangler, even Charles Manson--Fraser's Northwestern death trip begins to uncover a deeper mystery and an overlapping pattern of environmental destruction. At ground zero in Ted Bundy's Tacoma stood one of the most poisonous lead, copper, and arsenic smelters in the world, but it was hardly unique in the West. As Fraser's investigation inexorably proceeds, evidence mounts that the plumes of these smelters not only sickened and blighted millions of lives but also warped

    young minds, including some who grew up to become serial killers.

    A propulsive nonfiction thriller, Murderland transcends true-crime voyeurism and noir mythology, taking readers on a profound quest into the dark heart of the real American berserk.

  • AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    In this unforgettable suspense novel that combines the storytelling talents of Academy Award-winning actor Reese Witherspoon and internationally bestselling author Harlan Coben, a woman is trapped in a deadly conspiracy--where uncovering the truth could cost her everything.

    "Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben have delivered a winner. Gone Before Goodbye is a dynamic, riveting and twisty thriller--complete with a heroine that you'll absolutely love." --Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me

    Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going to plan ... until it wasn't. Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion. At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion.

    Halfway across the globe, sequestered in the lap of luxury and cutting-edge technology, one of the world's most mysterious men requires unconventional medical assistance. Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement. But when the patient suddenly disappears while still under her care, Maggie must become a fugitive herself--or she will be the next one who is ... Gone Before Goodbye.

    "A tour de force thriller that delivers a killer premise and thundering plot with serious emotional punch. Maggie is flawed, compelling and utterly real. Coben and Witherspoon are a dream team! " --Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List

  • "Displays Handford's knack for layering his cacophonous crowd scenes with humor." --The New York Times Book Review

    Wizard Whitebeard has lost his magic staff, and it's stirring up mischief everywhere. Dragons are making a spectacle at the seaside, robots have crash-landed in the Stone Age, dinosaurs are wandering in the Wild West, there's a sticky situation at a castle made of cake . . . The magical mayhem seems unstoppable! Follow Waldo and his friends on a quest to find the sneaky staff and unravel this mighty mess. With twelve marvelously mixed-up scenes and hundreds more things to look for, Where's Waldo? The Mighty Magical Mix-Up is a truly mesmerizing search adventure.

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Monthly Staff Picks | June, 2026

June 2, 2026 Clare Brooks

Little Village Toy & Book Shop’s Monthly Staff Picks for June are here!

As you may have seen last month, the Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Angel Down’ kicked things off a little earlier in May than expected but will continue as one of our Adult picks throughout June, too.

We’ve added an additional Adult title this month with ‘Ducks, Newburyport’ by Lucy Ellmann; another title that plays with form and function, like ‘Angel Down’, but in an entirely different setting. This Booker Prize shortlisted tome of a novel follows an American housewife’s stream of consciousness in a not-too-distant Ohio; it’s an ambitious but worthwhile effort for the author and readers alike.

Our Middle Reader and Picture Book Picks this month are a delightful pair with Katherine Applegate’s ‘Odder’ & ‘Odder: An Otter's Story’. ‘Odder’, for middle readers, is the bestselling novel told in verse that follows a remarkable otter off the coast of central California. ‘Odder: An Otter’s Story’ is a picture book adaptation of the novel sure to delight readers young and old. Both versions of this heartwarming tale inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium Program feature gorgeous illustrations from Charles Santoso.

And last but certainly not least, our YA selection this month is ‘Encore!’ (available 6/2). This queer graphic novel rom-com sees two former best friends reunite in high school after drifting apart during childhood.

Visit us this month for 20% off of our Monthly Staff Picks for June, while supplies last!

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New Releases | June 2nd, 2026

May 29, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • Fairygami

    • The Ugly Sketchbook: Lose the Fear and Find More Freedom in Your Art - Terry, Tawnie Jeanne (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • Whistler - Patchett, Ann (Author)

    • The Sun Also Rises: And Stories from in Our Time and Men Without Women (Centennial Edition) - Hemingway, Ernest (Author), Towles, Amor (Introduction by), Tangedal, Ross K (Editor), Tangedal, Ross K (Notes by)

    • Land - O'Farrell, Maggie (Author)

    • The Stolen Queen - Davis, Fiona (Author)

    • A Pair of Aces - Benedict, Marie (Author), Murray, Victoria Christopher (Author)

    • The Listeners - Stiefvater, Maggie (Author)

    • Universality - Brown, Natasha (Author)

    • The Book of Records - Thien, Madeleine (Author)

    • Grafting - Hynes, Rylan (Author)

    Adult Science

    • The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America's Eastern Wilderness - Moore, Andrew (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • The Dog's Gaze: A Visual History - Laqueur, Thomas W (Author)

    Biography

    • Mark Twain - Chernow, Ron (Author)

    • The Kennedys and the Windsors: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made - Hallemann, Caroline (Author)

    • View from the East Wing: A Memoir - Biden, Jill (Author)

    • The Wilder Way: A Memoir of Adventure, Freedom, and an Uncharted Life - Zu Beck, Eva (Author)

    Board Books

    • Find Spot in the Garden: A Lift-The-Flap Book (Spot) - Hill, Eric (Author), Hill, Eric (Illustrator)

    Business & Technology

    • 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World - Ahamed, Liaquat (Author)

    Cookbooks

    • Grill: Easy Grilling, Big Flavor - Oliver, Jamie (Author)

    Fun & Game Books

    • Stars of World Soccer: Fifth Edition (Abbeville Sports) (5TH ed.) - Jökulsson, Illugi (Author)

    • Where's Waldo? at the Airport: A Spot and Find Field Guide (Where's Waldo? Spot and Find Field Guides)

    • Where's Waldo? in the Car: A Spot and Find Field Guide (Where's Waldo? Spot and Find Field Guides)

    Graphic Novels

    • Investigators: Weather or Not (Investigators #9) - Green, John Patrick (Author)

    History

    • The Capitol: The Surprising Biography of an American Building - Jones, Brian Jay (Author)

    • Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America - Tanenhaus, Sam (Author)

    • The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail - Dolin, Eric Jay (Author)

    • A Resistance History of the United States - Stoermer, Tad (Author)

    • The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild - Burrough, Bryan (Author)

    • The Secret History of the Universe: How Ancient Wisdom Made the Modern World - Booth, Mark (Author)

    Horror

    • Marion - Rowan, Leah (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Where Is Massachusetts? (Who Hq: The 50 States) - Calkhoven, Laurie (Author), Who Hq (Author), Hammond, Ted (Illustrator)

    Literary Collections

    • How to Defend Books and Why: Book Bans and How We Fight Them - Caine, Danny (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Lore Olympus: Volume Ten (Lore Olympus) - Smythe, Rachel (Author)

    • The Visions [Marvel Premier Collection] (Marvel Premier Collection) - King, Tom (Author), Walta, Gabriel Hernandez (Illustrator), Walsh, Michael (Illustrator), Del Mundo, Mike (Not Available)

    • Spider-Man Noir: The Gwen Stacy Affair (Spider-Man Noir) - Larsen, Erik (Author), Broccardo, Andrea (Illustrator), Cresta, Marika (Illustrator), Di Meo, Simone (Not Available)

    • Spider-Man: Brand New Day - Wells, Zeb (Author), Waid, Mark (Author), Slott, Dan (Author), Bachalo, Chris (Illustrator), McKone, Mike (Illustrator)

    • Billy Bat Volume 1: Volume 1 (Billy Bat) - Urasawa, Naoki (Author), Nagasaki, Takashi (Author), Iwashiro, Kristi (Translator)

    • Transformers Vol. 5: Generation One (Transformers) - Kirkman, Robert (Author), Mora, Dan (Illustrator), Corona, Jorge (Illustrator), Spicer, Mike (Illustrator)

    • Batman Vol. 1: Daylight - Fraction, Matt (Author), Jimenez, Jorge (Illustrator)

    • Superman: Red Son: DC Compact Comics Edition (DC Compact Comics) - Millar, Mark (Author), Johnson, Dave (Illustrator), Plunkett, Kilian (Illustrator)

    • DC vs. Vampires: World War V Vol. 1 - Rosenberg, Matthew (Author), Schmidt, Otto (Illustrator)

    • Chainsaw Man, Vol. 21 (Chainsaw Man #21) - Fujimoto, Tatsuki (Author)

    • Shinobi Undercover, Vol. 1 (Shinobi Undercover #1) - Takegushi, Ippon (Author), Mitarashi, Santa (Illustrator)

    • I'm No Angel, Vol. 1 (I'm No Angel #1) - Yazawa, Ai (Author)

    • Shugo Chara! 20th Anniversary Edition 2 - Peach-Pit (Author)

    • The Beast King: Master of Medicines Vol. 2 (The Beast King and His Apprentice) - Konda, Tatsukazu (Author), Sakano, Asahi (Illustrator), Momochichi (Contribution by)

    Middle Readers

    • Really Rubie (Really Rubie #1) - Frost, Maddie (Author), Frost, Maddie (Illustrator)

    My First Readers

    • I Want to Be a Farmer: A My Community I Can Read (I Can Read Level 1) - Driscoll, Laura (Author), Echeverri, Catalina (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • Death on the Lanai: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery (A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery) - Courage, Rachel Ekstrom (Author)

    • Stuart Woods' Deep Water (Stone Barrington Novel) - Battles, Brett (Author)

    • Clive Cussler Cold Fire (NUMA Files) - Brown, Graham (Author)

    Nature

    • Insect Safari: Exploring the Wondrous World of Everyday Bugs - Patlak, Margie (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex - Febos, Melissa (Author)

    Picture Books

    • The Deepest Blue - Grant, Shauntay (Author), Minter, Daniel (Illustrator)

    • Lucky & Norman: Saying Goodbye Is Bittersweet - Cain, Susan (Author), The Cain Family (Author), Lim, Stella (Illustrator)

    • Tales of Adventure! (Disney Moana)

    • Better Pets - Bardugo, Leigh (Author), Climo, Liz (Illustrator)

    • Dragon Post (Emma Yarlett's Post Pals) - Yarlett, Emma (Author), Yarlett, Emma (Illustrator)

    • Ruby's Tools for Fixing Mistakes (Ruby's Tools) - Stott, Apryl (Author), Stott, Apryl (Illustrator)

    • Sing the 50 United States! (Classic Seuss) - Dr Seuss (Author)

    Poetry

    • Earthly Virtues (Penguin Poets) - Dennis, Carl (Author)

    Political Sciences

    • What Conservatives Believe: Rediscovering the Conservative Conscience - Pence, Mike (Author)

    • The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government - McQuade, Barbara (Author)

    Romance

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

    • Puck - Allen, Samantha (Author)

    • Samantha Spük: Paranormal Wedding Planner - Lin, Aleese (Author)

    • Nobody's Quest (Nobody Chronicles #1) - Day, Alyssa (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Katabasis - Kuang, R F (Author)

    • The Children - Albert, Melissa (Author)

    • The Unicorn Hunters - Arden, Katherine (Author)

    • Sublimation - Kim, Isabel J (Author)

    • Dark Matter (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - Crouch, Blake (Author)

    Sports

    • The Hardest, Longest Race: Henry Ford and the Cross-Country Contest That Changed America - Moskowitz, Eric (Author)

    • The Magical Game: The Spirit and History of Baseball's Superstitions, Rituals, and Curses - Baird, Addy (Author)

    Workbooks

    • Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy Activity Deck: 52 Fun Ideas for Connecting with Your World and Nature - Scarry, Richard (Author)

    Young Adult BK

    • Medicine Wheels - Graves, Byron (Author)

    • Breakout - Clayton, Dhonielle (Author), Jackson, Tiffany D (Author), Stone, Nic (Author), Thomas, Angie (Author), Woodfolk, Ashley (Author), Yoon, Nicola (Author)

    • Encore!: A Graphic Novel - Burks, Miles Toriko (Author), Burks, Miles Toriko (Illustrator)

    • Time After Time - Daughtry, Mikki (Author)

    • The Secret World of Briar Rose - Pham, Cindy (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • The acclaimed, prize-winning #1 New York Times bestselling writer returns with a moving, luminous novel that reminds us of the sweetness and impermanence of life and the power of connection to defy time.

    When Daphne Fuller and her husband Jonathan visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they notice an older, white-haired gentleman following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, her former stepfather, who had been married to her mother for a little more than year when Daphne was nine. Now fifty-three, Daphne hasn't seen Eddie for many years, not since the fateful event that changed the direction of both their lives. Meeting again, time falls away; while their relationship was brief, it had a profound impact on them both, and now that they are reunited, they have no intention of ever being separated again.

    Whistler is a story about two adults looking back over the choices they made, and the choices that were made for them. It's a story about bravery, memory, the often small yet consequential moments that define our lives, and the endless stream of loss that in time comes for us all. Beautiful in its simplicity, it is ultimately about how love endures, and how the feeling of being known by one other person, even for a short period of time, can change everything.

  • Multiple-time New York Times-bestselling sewer-surfing super-sleuths Mango and Brash are back in the ninth volume of the mega-smash-hit InvestiGators series!

    The InvestiGators' latest case is a dairy disaster! The city's water supply has been replaced with milk and the newest feline agents, the InvestiGatos, don't seem to be complaining. What's with the simian scientists and why is the rain green?! All will be revealed in this sticky volume of InvestiGators!

  • With this newly discovered and never-before-seen picture book by Dr. Seuss himself, celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States of America! From Alabama to Wyoming, learn the names of all 50 states with a little help from the Cat in the Hat.

    To sing the 50 United States

    you have to use your brain.

    Massachusetts.

    Minnesota.

    Missouri and Montana.

    M-i-s-s-Mississippi.

    Maryland!

    Michigan and Maine!

    In this never-before-seen picture book featuring Dr. Seuss's signature rhyming style, readers will delight in naming the 50 states alongside the beloved Cat in the Hat! Funny, engaging, and educational, this book is ideal for Seuss fans and collectors of all ages. Sing the 50 United States! features original, previously unpublished text by Dr. Seuss and brand-new illustrations inspired by his sketches.

    At the end of the book you'll find a Publisher's Note about how this project came to be, including archival images of the original text and sketches by Ted Geisel--a.k.a. Dr. Seuss!

    Remove the book's jacket to reveal a complete map of the United States on the back, perfect for readers to test their own state-naming skills.

  • A New York Times Bestseller From New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City's most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back.Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity. That is until an unbearable tragedy strikes. New York City, 1978: Nineteen-year-old Annie Jenkins is thrilled when she lands an opportunity to work for former Vogue fashion editor Diana Vreeland, who's in the midst of organizing the famous Met Gala, hosted at the museum and known across the city as the "party of the year." Meanwhile, Charlotte is now leading a quiet life as the associate curator of the Met's celebrated Department of Egyptian Art. She's consumed by her research on Hathorkare--a rare female pharaoh dismissed by most other Egyptologists as unimportant. The night of the gala: One of the Egyptian art collection's most valuable artifacts goes missing, and there are signs Hathorkare's legendary curse might be reawakening. Annie and Charlotte team up to search for the missing antiquity, and a desperate hunch leads the unlikely duo to one place Charlotte swore she'd never return: Egypt. But if they have any hope of finding the artifact, Charlotte will need to confront the demons of her past--which may mean leading them both directly into danger.

  • The award-winning, bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait returns with a soaring historical novel set in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. "A breathtaking hymn to the sanctity of natural spaces, operating on timescales both intimate and geological. I finished Land moved not only by the vivid lives of its human characters, but the thrumming, gorgeous presence of its mosses, waters, winds, and skies." --Daniel Mason, author of North Woods On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomás and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. The year is 1865, and in a country not long since ravaged and emptied by the Great Hunger, the task is not an easy one. Tomás, however, is determined that his maps will be a record of the disaster. The British soldiers in charge are due to arrive any day, expecting the work to be completed, but Tomás is unexpectedly sent off course by an unsettling encounter in a copse. His life, and the lives of those of his family, will never be the same again. Liam is terrified by the sudden change in his taciturn father. What was it that caused such cracks to open in Tomás, and how is Liam, aged only ten, going to finish the mapping and get them both home? Land is a novel about separation and reunion, tragedy and recovery, colonization and rebellion. It is a story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away. As spellbinding and varied as the landscape that inspired it, Land is, above all, a story of survival, for our times and for all time.

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New Releases | May 26th, 2026

May 22, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • How to Draw Kawaii Cats: Sketch and Paint Your Adorable Feline Friends in Dozens of Different Ways! - Koizumi, Sayo (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • Run for the Hills - Wilson, Kevin (Author)

    • Babylon, South Dakota - Lin, Tom (Author)

    • The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club - Kelly, Martha Hall (Author)

    • What Kind of Paradise - Brown, Janelle (Author)

    • The Midnight Train (Midnight World) - Haig, Matt (Author)

    • Bug Hollow - Huneven, Michelle (Author)

    • The Final Target - Roberts, Nora (Author)

    • Before I Knew I Loved You (Original) (Before the Coffee Gets Cold #6) - Kawaguchi, Toshikazu (Author)

    • Woodworking - St James, Emily (Author)

    • Endling - Reva, Maria (Author)

    • A Fortune of Sand - Sepetys, Ruta (Author)

    Biography

    • The Land and Its People: Essays - Sedaris, David (Author)

    Children's Poetry

    • Spendin' Time - Gray Jr, Gary R (Author), Jomepour Bell, Rahele (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • Iron Man: Super Smash! (a Mighty Marvel Team-Up): An Original Graphic Novel (A Mighty Marvel Team-Up) - Hale, Dean (Author), Holgate, Douglas (Illustrator)

    History

    • The Black Death: A Global History of Humanity's Most Devastating Pandemic - Asbridge, Thomas (Author)

    • All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches - Rhodes, Ben (Author)

    • The Visionaries: Bretton Woods, the Marshall Plan, and the Making of the Post-World War II Order - Holland, James (Author)

    • Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America - Shorto, Russell (Author)

    Horror

    • Teddy Bears Never Die - Cho, Yeeun (Author), Ryu, Sung (Translator)

    • Bone of My Bone (Deluxe Edition) - Van Veen, Johanna (Author)

    • Never Flinch - King, Stephen (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Beatrix and Her Friends - Lambelet, Anne (Author), Lambelet, Anne (Illustrator)

    • America's Founding Myths...and What Really Happened - Mihaly, Christy (Author), Sevilla, Marta (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Record Journey Vol.1 - Kezuka, Ryoichiro (Author)

    • Kuro: The Complete Edition - Somato (Author), Engel, Taylor (Translator)

    My First Readers

    • DK Super Readers Level 3 Emergency Rescue

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • The Divorce - McFadden, Freida (Author)

    Nature

    • Bitter Honey: Big Ag's Threat to Bees and the Fight to Save Them - Durant, Jennie (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

    • A Room with a View - Ho, Joanna (Author), Mesquita, Thaís (Illustrator)

    • Kindergarten Gets Ready - Danis, Naomi (Author), Oswald, Pete (Illustrator)

    • A Cozy Summer Day - Wheeler, Eliza (Author), Wheeler, Eliza (Illustrator)

    • Unicorns in Uniforms - Ferry, Beth (Author), Kang, A N (Illustrator)

    • One Whole Hippopotamus: A Book about Parts and Patterns - Higgins, Carter (Author)

    Political Sciences

    • Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America - Murphy, Chris (Author)

    Romance

    • The Summer Share - McKinlay, Jenn (Author)

    • Fortune (Deluxe Edition): A Towerfall Novel (Towerfall #3) - Cast, Kristin (Author)

    • Twisted Love (Collector's Edition) (Twisted #1) - Huang, Ana (Author)

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

    • Bromantasy - Roche (Author)

    • The Cherry Blossom Boathouse: A Small-Town Romance a Cozy Bookshop Romance (Solace Springs) - Bloom, Laura (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Rainshadow Orphans: The Rainshadow Series, Book One (Rainshadow Orphans #1) - Ishiguro, Naomi (Author)

    • The Martian (Deluxe Edition) - Weir, Andy (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries - Glaude, Eddie S (Author)

    Spinner Rack

    • Bluey: Camping/Campamento (Bilingual English-Spanish Edition) (Bluey)

    True Crime

    • The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright: The True Story of Mass Murder in Paradise - Sherman, Casey (Author)

    • The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy (James Patterson True Crime #3) - Patterson, James (Author), Ward, Vicky (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Lake Life - Boteju, Tanya (Author)

    • In Case I Go Missing - Swann, R N (Author)

    • The Last Best Quest Ever - Lukens, F T (Author)

    • Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction about Love, Connection, and Empowerment - Dyer, Madeline (Author), Thor, Rosiee (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, AV Club, Variety, The Boston Globe, The Minnesota Star Tribune, Vulture, Men's Health, Book Riot, New York Post, Goodreads, AARP, Paste, and more--one of the top psychological thrillers of 2025!

    From Stephen King, " a writer of towering brilliance" (The Spectator), a " cinematic, brilliant" (The New York Times) psychological thriller exploring vigilante justice and a diabolical serial killer--featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters.

    When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to "kill thirteen innocents and one guilty" in "an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man," Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? Izzy turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help.

    Meanwhile, controversial and outspoken women's rights activist Kate McKay is embarking on a multi-state lecture tour, drawing packed venues of both fans and detractors. Someone who vehemently opposes Kate's message of female empowerment is targeting her, disrupting her events, and growing bolder. Holly is hired to be Kate's bodyguard--a challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and his belief in his own righteousness.

    Featuring a riveting cast of characters, including world-famous gospel singer Sista Bessie and an unforgettable villain addicted to murder, King's twinned narratives converge in a chilling and spectacular conclusion--a feat of storytelling only this master of suspense and horror could pull off.

  • A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES TODAY SHEREADS WOMAN'S WORLD PARADE THE NERD DAILY HER CAMPUS BOOKPAGE

    When your life flashes before your eyes, where would you stop?

    No one can change the past, but the Midnight Train can take you there.

    The chance to re-live the moments that meant most.

    To see what kind of person you really were.

    For Wilbur his best days were with Maggie, the love of his life. On his honeymoon in Venice.

    Before he gave it all away.

    He wishes he could go back and live differently. But to do so risks everything . . .

    A magical, time-travelling love story, from the world of The Midnight Library.

  • A brand-new, gripping thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid!

    What is a happily ever after really worth?

    Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family...

    Then--he kicks her out, hires the city's best divorce lawyers, drains their accounts, and takes up with a 20-something.

    It's a brutal end to the story. Naomi should accept defeat: move into a dingy apartment, get back into the workforce, and piece together the shattered remains of her life.

    Except, why should she?

    Instead, Naomi fixates on her husband's new girlfriend. What begins as cynical curiosity soon twists into obsession--and then into something far darker. As Naomi uncovers secrets she never imagined, she realizes her own life may be in danger.

    But if it keeps her perfect family intact, isn't it worth it?

    In The Divorce, #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a razor-sharp, subversive thriller where love curdles into vengeance, and survival becomes the most dangerous game of all.

  • The daughter of a powerful tycoon escapes to a glamorous artists' retreat--where dark secrets and dangerous temptations await--in this gripping Prohibition-era novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea.

    "Enthralling . . . While history is often molded by those in power, there are always those who can wrest control and write a new story of their own."--Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling co-author of The Personal Librarian and The First Ladies

    Detroit, 1927. A city of smoke and ambition, where glittering wealth conceals a graveyard of secrets.

    Marjorie Lennox is the youngest daughter of a powerful Detroit dynasty--a family rich in money and poor in charm. Creative, reckless, and never quite what they wanted, Marjorie has spent her life overlooked by her controlling father and self-absorbed siblings. But when she secretly applies to an elite arts program backed by a mysterious patron, she grabs the chance to finally step out of her family's shadow.

    The building is grand.

    The talent is extraordinary.

    And something is deeply wrong.

    The program is strict in ways that feel sinister. Doors lock at strange hours. Rumors spread about women going missing. And the handsome benefactor behind it all is as magnetic as he is unsettling. As Marjorie gets pulled deeper into his world, she must fight to discover the truth before she loses herself completely.

    Set in the fading splendor of 1920s Detroit and inspired by real, long-buried events, A Fortune of Sand is a glittering, gothic page-turner about power, control, and the price women pay when they demand to be seen.

  • NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Two sisters living on Martha's Vineyard during World War II find hope in the power of storytelling when they start a wartime book club for women in this spectacular novel inspired by true events, from the New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls.

    "A dreamy beach book that also sizzles with tension . . . another winner by one of the best historical fiction writers around."--Fiona Davis, author of The Stolen Queen

    2016: Thirty-four-year-old Mari Starwood is still grieving after her mother's death as she travels to the storied island of Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts. She's come all the way from California with nothing but a name on a piece of paper: Elizabeth Devereaux, the famous but reclusive Vineyard painter. When Mari makes it to Mrs. Devereaux's stunning waterfront farm under the guise of taking a painting class with her, Mrs. Devereaux begins to tell her the story of the Smith sisters, who once lived there. As the tale unfolds, Mari is shocked to learn that her relationship to this island runs deeper than she ever thought possible.

    1942: The Smith girls--nineteen-year-old aspiring writer Cadence and sixteen-year-old war-obsessed Briar--are faced with the impossible task of holding their failing family farm together during World War II as the U.S. Army arrives on Martha's Vineyard . When Briar spots German U-boats lurking off the island's shores, and Cadence falls into an unlikely romance with a sworn enemy, their quiet lives are officially upended. In an attempt at normalcy, Cadence and her best friend, Bess, start a book club, which grows both in members and influence as they connect with a fabulous New York publisher who could make all of Cadence's dreams come true. But all that is put at risk by a mysterious man who washes ashore--and whispers of a spy in their midst. Who in their tight-knit island community can they trust? Could this little book club change the course of the war . . . before it's too late?

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