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Fire and Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones

BALLANTINE. - Bantam
Format: Hardcover

The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work by the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO's Game of Thrones. With all the fire and fury fans have come to expect from internationally bestselling author George R. R. Martin, this...
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The Bobcat: A Novel

Katherine Forbes Riley - Arcade
Format: Hardcover

Haunting and lyrical, The Bobcat is Katherine Forbes Riley's magical debut novel in which Laurelie, a young art student who suffers in the aftermath of a sexual assault, has grown progressively more isolated and fearful. She transfers from her busy city university to a small college...
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Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: A Collection of Outlander Fiction

DIANA GABALDON - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A magnificent collection of Outlander short fiction - including two never-before-published novellas - featuring Jamie Fraser, Lord John Grey, Master Raymond, and many more, from Diana GabaldonAmong the seven spellbinding pieces there is "The Custom...
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After Alice: A Novel

Gregory Maguire - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

From the multi-million-copy bestselling author of Wicked comes a magical new twist on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Lewis's Carroll's beloved classic.When Alice toppled down the rabbit-hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife...
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Children of Earth and Sky

Guy Gavriel Kay - New American Library
Format: Print book

The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new book, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands...
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American War: A novel

OMAR EL AKKAD - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

"Powerful . . . As haunting a postapocalyptic universe as Cormac McCarthy [created] in The Road, and as devastating a look as the fallout that national events have on an American family as Philip Roth did in The Plot Against America. . . . Omar El Akkad's debut novel,...
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Fool's Quest: Book II of the Fitz and the Fool trilogy

Robin Hobb - Del Rey
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRanking alongside George R. R. Martin as a groundbreaking master of fantasy, Robin Hobb delivers the second book in her long-awaited Fitz and the Fool trilogy.The harrowing adventures of FitzChivalry Farseer and his enigmatic friend the Fool continue in Robin Hobb's...
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The Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel (Winternight Trilogy Book 1)

Katherine Arden - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

Katherine Ardens bestselling debut novel spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice. "A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up." - Naomi Novik, bestselling author of Uprooted....
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A Job You Mostly Won't Know How to Do: A Novel

Pete Fromm - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover

"Pete Fromm is a powerful, lucid writer, a perfect guide to the unpredictable rivers and people of the interior West, to their deep channels and breathtaking turns." --Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruin "Pete Fromm is one of America's best-kept literary secrets."...
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Undermajordomo Minor: A Novel

Patrick deWitt - Ecco
Format: Print book

From the bestselling, Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers, comes a brilliant and boisterous novel that reimagines the folk tale.A love story, an adventure story, a fable without a moral, and an ink-black comedy of manners, Undermajordomo Minor is Patrick deWitt's long-awaited...
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The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

Felicity McLean - Algonquin Books
Format: Paperback

The Virgin Suicides meets Picnic at Hanging Rock in this stunning international debut. "A smart, classy thriller that blazes with the heat of Australia and slowly reveals its many layers." - Fiona Mozley, author of Man Booker Prize finalist Elmet "We...
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What the Waves Know: A Novel

Tamara Valentine - William Morrow & Company
Format: Print book

In the tradition of Sue Monk Kidd and Beth Hoffman comes a compelling debut novel about a young woman's quest to find herself - and her voice - on the island where she lost both.The tiny state of Rhode Island is home to even tinier Tillings Island - which witnessed the biggest event of Izabella...
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If I Could Turn Back Time: A Novel

Elizabeth M Harbison - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

Told with Beth Harbison's wit and warmth, "If I Could Turn Back Time "is the fantasy of every woman who has ever thought, "If I could go back in time, knowing what I know now, I'd do things "so" differently... " Thirty-seven year old Ramie Phillips has led a very...
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Assassin's Fate: Book III of the Fitz and the Fool trilogy

Robin Hobb - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The stunning conclusion to Robin Hobb's Fitz and the Fool trilogy, which began with Fool's Assassin and Fool's Quest"Every new Robin Hobb novel is a cause for celebration. Along with millions of her other fans, I delight in every visit...
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Saturn Run

John Sandford - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Print book

"Fans of Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers will eat this up." --Stephen KingFor fans of THE MARTIAN, an extraordinary new thriller of the future from #1 New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Sandford and internationally known photo-artist and science...
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The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock: A Novel

Imogen Hermes Gowar - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Baileys Womens Prize for Fiction * A Refinery 29 Favorite Book of the Year * A BOOKLIST Top 10 First Novels of the Year * A People Best Book of the Fall"Wonderful ... completely transporting." - Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe...
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48 Hours

WILLIAM R FORSTCHEN - Forge Books
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the smash hit One Second After series comes 48 Hours, a nail-biting and prescient thriller about a solar storm with the power to destroy the world's electrical infrastructureIn 48 hours, the Earth will be hit by a Coronal...
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Morning Star: Book III of The Red Rising Trilogy

Pierce Brown - Del Rey
Format: Print book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level. Now comes the exhilarating conclusion to the Red Rising Trilogy: Morning Star.Darrow...
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A Measure of Darkness: A Novel

JONATHAN KELLERMAN - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling father-son team who write "brilliant, page-turning fiction" (Stephen King) comes the second installment in crime fiction's most intriguing new series.It's been a busy year for Alameda County Coroner's Deputy Clay Edison. He's solved a decades-old crime...
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Year One

Nora Roberts - St. Martin's Press
Format: eBook

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A stunning new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts - Year One is an epic of hope and horror, chaos and magick, and a journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives ... It began...
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The Winter of the Witch: A Novel

KATHERINE ARDEN - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return in this stunning conclusion to the bestselling Winternight Trilogy, battling enemies mortal and magical to save both Russias,...
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The Final Day: A Novel

William R Forstchen - Forge
Format: Print book

The highly-anticipated follow-up to William R. Forstchen's New York Times bestsellers, One Second After and One Year After, The Final Day immerses readers once more in the story of our nation's struggle to rebuild itself after an electromagnetic pulse wipes out all electricity...
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The Half-Drowned King: A Novel

Linnea Hartsuyker - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"Linnea Hartsuyker brings myth and legend roaring to life in this superbly good page-turning saga of Viking-era Norway. The book's fiercest magic shines in the characters of Ragnvald and Svanhild, as unforgettable a brother and sister duo as I can remember. Linnea Hartsuyker is an exciting,...
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Gingerbread: A Novel

Helen Oyeyemi - Riverhead Books
Format: Paperback

"Exhilarating...A wildly imagined, head-spinning, deeply intelligent novel." - The New York Times Book Review"[W]ildly inventive ... [Helen Oyeyemis] prose is not without its playful bite." -Vogue The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy Snow Bird, What Is Not Yours...
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The Philosopher's Flight: A Novel

TOM MILLER - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

"Rarely does a novel begin with rollicking fierceness that grabs readers from its opening lines and doesn't loosen its grip or lessen its hold all the way through ... Miller's writing is intoxicating and one doesn't need to be a fantasy or sci-fi fan to adore this book." - Kim Curtis,...
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Someone Like Me

M.R. Carey - Orbit
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the million-copy bestseller The Girl With All the Gifts comes a heart-stopping high-concept thriller with a gripping supernatural twist that you won't see coming.SHE LOOKS LIKE ME. SHE SOUNDS LIKE ME. NOW SHE'S TRYING TO TAKE MY PLACE.Liz Kendall wouldn't hurt...
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Humans, Bow Down

James Patterson - Little
Format: Print book

In a world run by machines, humans are an endangered species.The Great War is over. The Robots have won. The humans who survived have two choices--they can submit and serve the vicious rulers they created or be banished to the Reserve, a desolate, unforgiving landscape where it's a crime...
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The Dreamers: A Novel

Karen Thompson Walker - Random House
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Miracles comes a mesmerizing novel about a town transformed by a mysterious sickness that locks victims in perpetual sleep and triggers extraordinary, life-altering dreams. One night in an isolated college town in the hills...
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Bellewether

Susanna Kearsley - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Hardcover

"Ive loved every one of Susannas books! She has bedrock research and a butterflys delicate touch with characters -- a sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and wont let go!" -- DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of OutlanderFrom New York Times...
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The Girl in the Tower: A Novel

Katherine Arden - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

The magical adventure begun in The Bear and the Nightingale continues as brave Vasya, now a young woman, is forced to choose between marriage or life in a convent and instead flees her home - but soon finds herself called upon to help defend the city of Moscow when it comes under...
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Iron Gold: A Red Rising Novel

PIERCE BROWN - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

Pierce Brown expands the size and scope of his #1 New York Times bestselling Red Rising series with a brand-new adventure of revolution and betrayal among the stars.
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The Last One: A Novel

Alexandra Oliva - Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook

Survival is the name of the game as the line blurs between reality TV and reality itself in Alexandra Olivas fast-paced novel of suspense. She wanted an adventure. She never imagined it would go this far. It begins with a reality TV show. Twelve contestants are sent into the woods to face...
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The Life of Elves

Muriel Barbery - Europa Editions, 2016.
Format: Print book

A moving and deeply felt homage to the power of nature and art by one of the world's most beloved authors. Maria lives in a remote village in Burgundy, where she learns that she has a gift for communicating with nature. Hundreds of miles away in Italy, Clara discovers that she possesses...
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The Ice Limit

Douglas Preston - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book

The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At four thousand tons, this treasure seems impossible to move. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have this incredible...
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Master & Apprentice

Claudia Gray - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling new novel starring Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi from bestselling author Claudia Gray.
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Killing Commendatore: A novel

Haruki Murakami - Vintage
Format: Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art - from one of our greatest writers. * "Exhilarating ... magical." - The Washington PostWhen a thirty-something portrait painter is abandoned by his wife, he secludes himself in the mountain home of a world...
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Scourged

KEVIN HEARNE - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Kevin Hearne returns with the finale to his wildly popular action-adventure series, The Iron Druid Chronicles.Two-thousand-year-old Druid Atticus O'Sullivan travels to Asgard and faces off against the Norse gods to try and prevent Ragnarok in the final...
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The Scent Keeper: A Novel

Erica Bauermeister - St. Martins Griffin
Format: Hardcover

Erica Bauermeister, the author of the February Reeses Book Club pick The Scent Keeper, presents a moving and evocative novel about childhood stories, families lost and found, and how a fragrance conjures memories capable of shaping the course of our lives.. Emmeline lives on a remote island...
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The Story of Kullervo

J R R Tolkien - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

Kullervo, son of Kalervo, is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J. R. R. Tolkien's characters. "Hapless Kullervo, " as Tolkien called him, is a luckless orphan boy with supernatural powers and a tragic destiny. Brought up in the homestead of the dark magician Untamo,...
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The Heart Goes Last: A Novel

Margaret Atwood - Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Format: Print book

Margaret Atwood puts the human heart to the ultimate test in an utterly brilliant new novel that is as visionary as The Handmaid's Tale and as richly imagined as The Blind Assassin. Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic...
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The City of Mirrors: A Novel

Justin Cronin - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "A thrilling finale to a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction." - Stephen King You followed The Passage. You faced The Twelve. Now enter The City of Mirrors for the final...
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Arcadia: A novel

Iain Pears - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the international best seller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Arcadia is an astonishing work of imagination. Three interlocking worlds. Four people looking for answers. But who controls the future - or the past? In 1960s Oxford, Professor Henry Lytten is attempting...
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Light from Other Stars

Erika Swyler - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From the author of national bestseller The Book of Speculation, a poignant, fantastical novel about the electric combination of ambition and wonder that keeps us reaching toward the heavens. Eleven-year-old Nedda Papas is obsessed with becoming an astronaut. In 1986 in Easter, a small...
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The Silent Corner: A Novel

Dean R Koontz - Bantam
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A dazzling new series, a pure adrenaline rush, debuts with Jane Hawk, a remarkable heroine certain to become an icon of suspense "I very much need to be dead."These are the chilling words left behind by a man who had everything to live...
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Every Anxious Wave: A Novel

Mo Daviau - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Good guy Karl Bender is a thirty-something bar owner whose life lacks love and meaning. When he stumbles upon a time-travelling worm hole in his closet, Karl and his best friend Wayne develop a side business selling access to people who want to travel back in time to listen to their...
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The Black Elfstone

TERRY BROOKS - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

The first book of the triumphant and epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series, from one of the all-time masters of fantasy. Across the Four Lands, peace has reigned for generations. But now, in the far north, an unknown enemy is massing. More troubling than the carnage is the strange...
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Happiness for Humans

P Z Reizin - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

When Tom and Jen, two lonely people, are brought together by an intriguing email, they have no idea their mysterious benefactor is an artificial intelligence who has decided to play Cupid. "You, Tom and Jen, don't know one another-not yet-but I think you should." Jen,...
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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: A Novel

HANK GREEN - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green - cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow - spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly...
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The Learning Curve: A Novel

Mandy Berman - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A love triangle among two college friends and a charismatic professor alters the lives of everyone involved in this razor-sharp novel from an author whose work has been hailed as "captivating" by J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Saints for All Occasions. Fiona and Liv are seniors...
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A Storm of Swords

George R.R. Martin - Bantam; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

THE BOOK BEHIND THE THIRD SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO.   A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK THREE   Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey sits on the Iron...
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The Overneath

PETER S BEAGLE - Tachyon Publications
Format: Paperback

An odd couple patrols a county full of mythological beasts and ornery locals. A familiar youngster from the world of The Last Unicorn is gifted in magic but terrible at spell-casting. A seemingly incorruptible judge meets his match in a mysterious thief who steals his heart. Two old friends...
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Dark Matter: A Novel

Blake Crouch - Broadway Books
Format: Paperback

A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy-"Are you happy with your life?" Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped...
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Lucifer's Hammer

Larry Niven - Fawcett Crest
Format: Paperback

The gigantic comet had slammed into Earth, forging earthquakes a thousand times too powerful to measure on the Richter scale, tidal waves thousands of feet high. Cities were turned into oceans; oceans turned into steam. It was the beginning of a new Ice Age and the end of civilization....
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Hazards of Time Travel: A Novel

JOYCE CAROL OATES - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

An ingenious, dystopian novel of one young woman's resistance against the constraints of an oppressive society, from the inventive imagination of Joyce Carol Oates "Time travel" - and its hazards - are made literal in this astonishing new novel in which a recklessly idealistic...
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Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel

Jesmyn Ward - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

WINNER of the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD and A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A finalist for the Kirkus Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medal, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and a New York Times bestseller, this majestic, stirring, and widely praised novel from two-time National Book Award winner...
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The Handmaid's Tale

MARGARET ATWOOD - Anchor
Format: Paperback

From the author of Alias Grace and the Maddaddam trilogy: here is the #1 New York Times bestseller and seminal work of speculative fiction, now an Emmy Award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss, Samira Wiley, and Joseph Fiennes. Includes a new introduction by the author.Offred...
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Killfile: A Novel

Christopher Farnsworth - William Morrow
Format: Print book

The author of The Eternal World seamlessly combines history, biotechnology, action, and adventure in this high-concept thriller in the spirit of James Rollins, Brad Thor, and Douglas Preston.John Smith possesses a special gift that seems more like a curse: he can access other people's thoughts....
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The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury - Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Soar above the fossil seas and crystal pillars of a deadworld in the pages of Ray Bradburys The Martian Chronicles. A milestoneof American literature, Bradburys classic collection of interconnectedvignettes about life on the red planet diverges from the War of the Worlds theme,in which...
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Oathbringer

Brandon Sanderson - Macmillan Audio
Format: Hardcover

The eagerly awaited sequel to the New York Times best-selling Words of Radiance, from epic fantasy author Brandon Sanderson at the top of his game. In Oathbringer, the third volume of the New York Times best-selling Stormlight Archive, humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers,...
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Lily and the Octopus

Steven Rowley - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

"Lily and the Octopus is the dog book you must read this summer ... a profound experience." - The Washington Post Combining the emotional depth of The Art of Racing in the Rain with the magical spirit of The Life of Pi, Lily and the Octopus is...
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How to Stop Time

MATT HAIG - Viking
Format: Hardcover

"A quirky romcom dusted with philosophical observations ... .A delightfully witty ... poignant novel." - The Washington Post "She smiled a soft, troubled smile and I felt the whole world slipping away, and I wanted to slip with it, to go wherever she was going...
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The Cinder Spires: the Aeronaut's Windlass

Jim Butcher - Roc
Format: Hardcover

Jim Butcher, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files and the Codex Alera novels, conjures up a new series set in a fantastic world of noble families, steam-powered technology, and magic-wielding warriors... Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered...
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The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus

Terry Goodkind - Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

A prequel to the Sword of Truth series follows the experiences of Magda Searus, who is shunned by her community members when she makes unsettling discoveries about her powerful husband's suicide and ventures out into a war-stricken world.Safe among those gifted with great ability, Magda...
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The Little Shop of Found Things: A Novel

Paula Brackston - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A new series about a young woman whose connection to antiques takes her on a magical adventure.New York Times bestselling author of The Witch's Daughter Paula Brackston returns to her trademark blend of magic and romance to launch a new series guaranteed to enchant...
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The Force Awakens

Alan Dean Foster - Del Rey
Format: Print book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The official novelization of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the blockbuster film directed by J. J. Abrams, featuring an 8-page color photo insert of thrilling images from the hit movie. More than thirty years ago, Star Wars burst onto...
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Fake Fruit Factory

Patrick Wensink - Curbside Splendor Publishing
Format: Paperback

Fake Fruit Factory is a stick-slapping, gut-punching comedic novel about the eccentric small town of Dyson, Ohio. When NASA determines an errant satellite will crash there, the town's young mayor uses the ensuing media circus to attract tourism and save his bankrupt rust belt community....
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Kill the Farm Boy: The Tales of Pell

KEVIN HEARNE - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

In an irreverent new series in the tradition of Terry Pratchett novels and The Princess Bride, the New York Times bestselling authors of the Iron Druid Chronicles and Star Wars: Phasma reinvent fantasy, fairy tales, and floridly overwritten feast scenes. Once upon...
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1984

George Orwell - New American Library
Format: Paperback

View our feature on George Orwell's 1984.Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, Orwell's narrative is more timely that ever. 1984 presents a "negative utopia," that is at once a startling...
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Natalie Tans Book of Luck and Fortune

Roselle Lim - Berkley
Format: Paperback

Lush and visual, chock-full of delicious recipes, Roselle Lims magical debut novel is about food, heritage, and finding family in the most unexpected places. . At the news of her mothers death, Natalie Tan returns home. The two women hadnt spoken since Natalie left in anger seven years...
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The Drafter

Kim Harrison - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

In the first explosive book in the Peri Reed Chronicles, Kim Harrison, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Hollows series, blazes a new frontier with an edge-of-your-seat thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end.Detroit 2030. Double-crossed by the person she loved...
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Gregory Maguire - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Illustrated]

When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil? Gregory...
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If Cats Disappeared From The World

Kawamura Genki - PAN MACMILLAN

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The Golem of Paris

Jonathan Kellerman - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Print book

From two #1 bestselling masters of crime fiction comes an extraordinary thriller about family, murder, and the secrets that refuse to stay buried. It's been more than a year since LAPD detective Jacob Lev learned the remarkable truth about his family, and he's not coping well. He's...
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A Scandal in Battersea

MERCEDES LACKEY - DAW
Format: Hardcover

The twelfth novel in Mercedes Lackey's magical Elemental Masters series reimagines Sherlock Holmes in a richly-detailed alternate 20th-century England
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The Fall of Gondolin

J R R TOLKIEN - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwe, chief...
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Secrets of Worry Dolls

Amy Impellizzeri - Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing

According to Mayan tradition, if you whisper your troubles to the Worry Dolls, they will do the worrying instead of you--therefore, it follows that Worry Dolls are the keepers of a great many secrets . . . On the eve of the end of the world--according to the Mayan calendar--Mari Guarez...
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Future Home of the Living God: A Novel

LOUISE ERDRICH - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Louise Erdrich, the New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of LaRose and The Round House, paints a startling portrait of a young woman fighting for her life and her unborn child against oppressive forces that manifest in the wake of a cataclysmic event.The world...
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The Pier Falls: And Other Stories

Mark Haddon - Doubleday
Format: Print book

Mark Haddon, author of the international bestselling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and A Spot of Bother, returns with a collection of unsparing short storiesIn the prize-winning story "The Gun," a man's life is marked by a single afternoon...
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Red Moon

Kim Stanley Robinson - Orbit
Format: Hardcover

Red Moon is a magnificent novel of space exploration and political revolution from New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson.It is thirty years from now, and we have colonized the moon. American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip, his purpose to install...
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