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Bad: A Novel

CHLO ESPOSITO · Dutton
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

"Alvina is a character that readers won't soon forget--funny, fierce, and fabulous."--BOOKLIST (starred review) Stealing her sister's life was only the beginning. Alvie Knightly flees Sicily for a suite at the Ritz after her not-so-playful sibling rivalry ends in murder....
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Room to Dream

DAVID LYNCH · Random House
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary, highly anticipated memoir from visionary filmmaker David Lynch In this memoir, David Lynch, co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking films like Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, opens up about a lifetime of extraordinary...
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Eat Cake. Be Brave.

MELISSA RADKE · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

My name is Melissa Radke, and there is a very real chance you have no idea who I am or why I wrote a book. But admit it, you're curious! Even though millions of people seem to like watching my videos bemoaning the trials of parenting, marriage, French braiding, faith, and living life...
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Does It Fart?: The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence

Nick Caruso · Hachette Books
Pages: 133
Format: Hardcover

"The book we didn't realize we needed."---Chicago ReaderDogs do it. Millipedes do it. Dinosaurs did it. You do it. I do it. Octopuses don't (and nor do octopi) . Spiders might do it: more research is needed. Birds don't do it, but they could if they wanted to. Herrings...
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The Moscow Deception

Karen Robards · MIRA
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Clever, cunning and highly skilled - there's only one Bianca St. Ives and don't you dare forget it.Bianca St. Ives was recently put through the wringer, but she came out the same way she always does - the way her father trained her to - hungry for a fight. Still navigating the fallout...
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Ghostbuster's Daughter: Life with My Dad, Harold Ramis

Violet Ramis Stiel · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the daughter of Ghostbusters star Harold Ramis (and featuring a Foreword by Seth Rogen) comes a hilarious and heartwarming account of his life, work, and legacy.Most of us know Harold Ramis as the filmmaker and actor who brought warmth and humor to the big screen in classics like...
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So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know

Retta · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

In her hilarious book of essays, Parks and Recreation star Retta shares the stories that led to her success in Hollywood.In So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know, Parks and Recreation star Retta takes us on her not-so-meteoric rise from roaches to riches (well, rich...
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Calypso

David Sedaris · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book.If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina...
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