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James: A Novel

Percival Everett - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view * From the "literary icon" (Oprah Daily) and Pulitzer Prize Finalist whose novel Erasure...
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Get It Together: Troubling Tales from the Liberal Fringe

Jesse Watters - Broadside Books
Format: Hardcover

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERCan the political be way too personal? What if most radical activists are trying to change their lives by changing the whole country?When Jesse Watters set out to interview a few dozen radical activists to find out where their wild ideas came from,...
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White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

Tom Schaller - Random House
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A searing portrait and damning takedown of America's proudest citizens - who are also the least likely to defend its core principles. "This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump."...
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The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America

Jeffrey Rosen - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating examination of what "the pursuit of happiness" meant to our nation's Founders and how that famous phrase defined their lives and became the foundation of our democracy.. The Declaration of Independence identified "the pursuit of happiness" as one of our unalienable...
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Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters

Charan Ranganath - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, one of the world's top memory researchers reveals the powerful role memory plays in nearly every aspect of our lives, from recalling...
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What Happened to Nina?: A Thriller

Dervla McTiernan - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an emotional novel of suspense about two families at war.Nina and Simon are the perfect couple. Young, fun and deeply in love. Until they leave for a weekend at his family's cabin in Vermont, and only Simon comes...
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The Angel of Indian Lake (3) (The Indian Lake Trilogy)

Stephen Graham Jones - S&S/Saga Press
Format: Hardcover

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror novels picks up four years after Don't Fear the Reaper as Jade returns to Proofrock, Idaho, to build a life after the years of sacrifice - only to find the Lake Witch is waiting for her in New York Times bestselling...
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City in Ruins: A Novel (The Danny Ryan Trilogy, 3)

Don Winslow - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

"The Godfather for our generation." - Adrian McKinty"City in Ruins is Don Winslow showing the rest of us how it's done. Winslow has saved the best for last." - James Patterson?From New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow comes City in Ruins - his epic,...
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Practical Optimism: The Art, Science, and Practice of Exceptional Well-Being

Sue Varma M.D. - Avery
Format: Hardcover

A practical program rooted in optimism to help you live fully and joyfully in an imperfect, turbulent world. As the first medical director and attending psychiatrist at the World Trade Center Mental Health Program, Dr. Sue Varma worked directly with civilian and first-responder survivors...
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The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America

James L. Swanson - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt (now an Apple TV series) and in the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon comes a spellbinding account of a forgotten chapter in American history: the deadly confrontation between natives and colonists in Massachusetts in 1704 and the tragic...
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