Midwest Tape July 2023 Media Buyers Guide

Book Club

The Next Chapter

Starring: Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen, Candice Bergen

This follows the new journey of four best friends as they take their book club to Italy for the fun girls’ trip they never had.

PG13 107 min. (2023) $17M Comedy

DVD 15917857 $22.49

Blu-ray+DVD 15917858 $26.24 2 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Love Again

Starring: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sam Heughan, Celine Dion

A young woman tries to ease the pain of her fiancé’s death by sending romantic texts to his old cell phone number, and forms a connection with the man the number has been reassigned to.

PG13 104 min. (2023) $6M Comedy

DVD 15917840 $26.24

Blu-ray 15917841 $29.24

AVAILABLE JULY 18

Paint

Starring: Owen Wilson, Michaela Watkins, Wendi McLendon-Covey

Carl Nargle, Vermont’s #1 public television painter, is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke...until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves.

PG13 95 min. (2023) $1M Comedy

DVD 15801308 $20.99

Blu-ray 15801309 $21.74

AVAILABLE JULY 25

July 2023 Media Buyer’s Guide Table of Contents

“Next Chapter ends up affirming that there are multiple ways to find happiness as one grows older.”

- Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Owen Wilson proves he knows the difference between a comic actor and a comedian who acts.” - AV Club

“It is of course Dion’s overwhelming voice and music that flood your heart…”

- Rolling Stone

Beau Is Afraid

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey, Amy Ryan

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man faces his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque journey back home.

R 179 min. (2023) $8M Comedy

DVD 15800579 $22.49

Blu-ray+DVD 15800580 $29.99 2 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Starring: Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Abby Ryder Fortson

When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.

PG13 106 min. (2023) $20M

Comedy

DVD 15800556 $22.49

Blu-ray+DVD 15800557 $29.99

2 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 11

“Although the target audience is unquestionably mothers and daughters, Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret has things to say to viewers of all genders and ages.”

Big George Foreman The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future

Heavyweight Champion of the World

Starring: Forest Whitaker, Sonja Sohn, John Magaro

PG13 129 min. (2023) $5M Drama

DVD 15800545 $26.24

Blu-ray 15800546 $29.24

Starring: Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal

R 120 min. (2023) $4M Action

DVD 15917862 $22.49

Blu-ray+DVD 15917863 $26.24 2 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 18

Knights of the Zodiac

Starring: Mackenyu, Famke Janssen, Madison Iseman

PG13 112 min. (2023) $1M Action

DVD 15908815 $23.24

Blu-ray 15908814 $26.24

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Kandahar

- ReelViews

“Beau is Afraid is challenging, yes, but its reward is the way it uses art as a lightning rod.”

- Detroit News

Coming Soon / Preorder these hot titles releasing soon

The Blackening

Starring: Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, DeWayne Perkins

UNK 96 min. (2023) Comedy

DVD 15961275

Blu-ray+DVD 15961276 2 Discs

COMING SOON

The Flash

Starring: Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Michael Shannon

When Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to save his family, he inadvertently alters the future and is trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no superheroes to turn to.

PG13 144 min. (2023) Action

DVD 15961281

Blu-ray+DVD 15961282 2 Discs

4K+Blu-ray 15961283 2 Discs

COMING SOON

No Hard Feelings

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Laura Benanti, Andrew Barth Feldman

R (2023) Comedy

DVD 15961267

Blu-ray+DVD 15961268 2 Discs

COMING SOON

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Voices of: Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Annie Murphy

PG (2023) Children’s

DVD 15961288

Blu-ray 15961289

COMING SOON

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Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse

Voices of:: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.

UNK 140 min. (2023) Action

DVD 15961265

Blu-ray+DVD 15961266 2 Discs

COMING SOON

Asteroid City

Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks

The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

PG13 104 min. (2023) Comedy

DVD 15961286

Blu-ray 15961287

COMING SOON

Transformers Rise of the Beasts

Starring: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Ron Perlman

Noah, a young guy from Brooklyn, and Elena, an ambitious, talented artifact researcher, are swept up in the conflict as Optimus Prime and the Autobots face a new nemesis bent on their destruction named Scourge.

UNK 117 min. (2023) Action

DVD 15961277

Blu-ray+DVD 15961278 2 Discs

4K+Blu-ray 15961279 2 Discs

COMING SOON

Hot at Midwest Tape / Fresh out of theaters to your library

Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves

Starring: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page

PG13 134 min. (2023) $93M Action

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Voices of: Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy

Avatar The Way of Water

Starring: Zoë Saldana, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver

Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na’vi to protect their home.

PG13 192 min. (2022) $684M Sci-Fi

DVD 15529913 $22.49

Blu-ray 15529914 $26.24 2 Discs

4K+Blu-ray 15529915 $29.99

Ultimate Collector’s Edition, 3 Discs

Scream VI

Starring: Melissa Barrera, Courteney Cox, Jenna Ortega

R 122 min. (2023) $108M Horror

John Wick Chapter 4

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård R

Renfield

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina

R 93 min. (2023) $17M Comedy

Dracula Sucks Edition

DVD 15801310 $22.49

Blu-ray+DVD 15801311 $26.99 2 Discs

Evil Dead Rise

Starring: Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Gabrielle Echols

R 96 min. (2023) $67M Horror

DVD 15801321 $22.49

Blu-ray+DVD 15801322 $26.24

4K+Blu-ray

The Pope’s Exorcist

Starring: Russell Crowe, Franco Nero, Ralph Ineson

R

min. (2023) $20M Horror

“Like its predecessor, it’s a movie to admire and enjoy…” - Newsday

New releases patrons are sure to love / First New Releases

Come Out Fighting

Starring: Kellan Lutz, Dolph Lundgren, Tyrese Gibson

Set in WWII, a squad of African American soldiers is sent on a rescue mission behind enemy lines to locate their lost commanding officer and a downed fighter pilot.

NR 91 min. (2022) Action

DVD 15938751 $16.49

Blu-ray 15938752 $19.49

AVAILABLE JULY 4

Deadstream

Starring: Joseph Winter, Melanie Stone

A disgraced Internet personality attempts to win back followers by live-streaming a night alone in a haunted house. But his big comeback quickly becomes a fight for his life.

NR 88 min. (2022) Horror

DVD 15927776 $37.49

AVAILABLE JULY 18

Midnight Son

Starring: Zak Kilberg, Maya Parish, Joe D. Jonz

Forced by a disease to drink human blood, Jacob must control his violent tendencies as local law enforcement narrow their focus on him as a suspect in a series of murders.

TV14 88 min. (2011) Horror

DVD 15923044 $16.49

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Starring: Amaury de Crayencour, Mathilde Auneveux, Arnaud Maillard

A lost cat, a voluble giant toad, and a tsunami help an ambitious salesman, his frustrated wife, and a schizophrenic accountant save Tokyo from an earthquake and find meaning in their lives.

NR 108 min. (2023) Animated

DVD 15898092 $14.99

Must-Have Television / Top bingeable titles

Your Honor Season 2

Starring: Bryan Cranston, Michael Stuhlbarg, Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Disbarred and disgraced, ex-judge Michael Desiato is offered a ray of hope when a federal agent recruits him to take down the empire of corruption that runs New Orleans.

NR 535 min. (2023) Drama

DVD 15949873 $22.49

AVAILABLE JULY 18

Emmy and Golden Globe winner Bryan Cranston reprises his role as a father with nothing to lose.

Pitch Perfect Bumper in Berlin Season 1

Starring: Adam Devine, Sarah Hyland, Jameela Jamil

UNK 175 min. (2022) Comedy

DVD 15938773 $18.74

AVAILABLE JULY 25

South Park Seasons 21-25

Starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mona Marshall

NR 900 min. Animated

DVD 15949872 $22.49 8 Discs

Blu-ray 15949871 $46.49 8 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 18

Moonhaven Season 1

Starring: Joe Manganiello, Dominic Monaghan, Emma McDonald

UNK 360 min. (2022) Sci-Fi

DVD 15291000 $26.24 2 Discs

Blu-ray+DVD 15290999 $26.99 2 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 18

/ The newest series from the UK!

Before We Die Season 2

Starring: Lesley Sharp, Patrick Gibson, Vincent Regan Detective Hannah Laing becomes deeply conflicted when she discovers her son is playing a crucial role as an undercover informant in the investigation of a brutal murder.

TVMA 240 min. (2023) Suspense

DVD 15826040 $29.99

2 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Our House

Starring: Tuppence Middleton, Martin Compston, Rupert Penry-Jones

When Fi Lawson arrives home to find strangers moving into her house and that her husband has disappeared, she quickly discovers the secrets and lies have only just begun.

TVMA 180 min. (2022) Drama

DVD 15800541 $22.49

Marriage

Starring: Sean Bean, Nicola Walker, Henry Lloyd-Hughes

Married couple Ian and Emma negotiate the insecurities, ambiguities, hopes, and fears, and the risks and the gifts of a long-term intimate relationship.

UNK 220 min. Drama

DVD 15799940 $22.49

2 Discs

Gangs of London Season 2

Starring: Waleed Zuaiter, Sope Dirisu, Joe Cole

One year after the death of Sean Wallace, there is chaos in London. But when the investors try to restore order, the other gangs start fighting back.

NR 360 min. (2022) Action

AVAILABLE JULY 25

DVD 15991404 $26.24

2 Discs

Blu-ray 15989223 $27.74

2 Discs

Dalgliesh Series 2

Starring: Bertie Carvel, Carlyss Peer, Jeremy Irvine Dalgliesh and his junior, DS Kate Miskin, investigate the murders of a forensic scientist, a controversial lawyer, and a young doctor at odds with his family.

NR 270 min. (2022) Drama

DVD 15927765 $37.49

2 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 25

Father Brown Season 10

Starring: Mark Williams, Sorcha Cusack, John Burton

A priest has a knack for solving mysteries in his English village, based on the novels of G.K. Chesterton.

UNK (2023) Drama

DVD 15964180 $29.99

2 Discs

AVAILABLE AUGUST 8

Hot New Children’s / Our newest titles for kids

King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s Coronation

It’s the coronation ceremony of King Charles III and Queen Camilla with all the centuries-old traditions of symbolic royal artifacts, such as the Stone of Destiny, the Sovereign’s Orb, the Sword of State, and, of course, the royal crowns!

Starring: Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Yousuke Itou, Ayumi Kinoshita

Welcome to Megalopolis! Once a peaceful Earth city, it’s now a haven for criminals aided by the nefarious Alienizer arms dealer, Agent Abrella. Now, it’s up to Ban Akaza and the Special Police Dekarangers to protect the Earth from the invading Alienizers and finally bring peace and justice back to the planet.

NR 1095 min.

DVD 15926673 $44.99 8 Discs

AVAILABLE JULY 18

International Spotlight / The latest from around the world

Corsage

Starring: Vicky Krieps, Colin Morgan, Finnegan Oldfield

NR 113 min. (2022) Drama

(German)

DVD 15927774 $37.49

Blu-ray 15927773 $37.49

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Revoir Paris

Starring: Virginie Efira, Benoit Magimel, Gregoire Colin Three months after surviving a mass shooting at a Parisian bistro, Mia is determined to reconstruct the sequence of events by bonding with fellow survivors and piecing together their stories to rediscover her own.

NR 104 min. (2023) Drama (French)

DVD 15926688 $29.99

AVAILABLE JULY 25

Pacifiction

Starring: Benoit Magimel, Pahoa Mahagafanau, Mac Susini

NR 162 min. (2022) Drama (French)

DVD 15931200 $22.49

Blu-ray 15931199 $26.24

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Tommy Guns

Starring: Anabela Moreira, Joao Arrais, Miguel Amorim

NR 123 min. (2023) Drama (Portuguese)

DVD 15898099 $14.99

Blu-ray 15898100 $22.49

Concerned Citizen

Starring: Shlomi Bertonov, Ariel Wolf

NR 81 min. (2023) Comedy (Hebrew)

DVD 15898095 $14.99

Cinema Sabaya

Starring: Dana Ivgy, Joanna Said, Amal Murkus

NR 95 min. (2023) Drama (Arabic)

DVD 15898101 $14.99

Sublime

Starring: Teo Inama Chiabrando, Martin Miller, Azul Mazzeo

NR 100 min. (2022) Drama (Spanish)

DVD 15898107 $14.99

“It’s a modest film with a heart very much on its torn sleeve…”

– Variety

Chop & Steele

TVMA 81 min. (2022) Documentary

DVD 15833341 $14.99

Blu-ray 15833342 $20.24

AVAILABLE JULY 18

Entertaining and informative / Documentaries

Viva Elvis

UNK 49 min. (2022) Documentary

DVD 15926723 $18.74

AVAILABLE JULY 4

Casa Susanna

UNK 95 min. (2023) History

DVD 15770252 $18.74

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Saving the Right Whale

UNK 55 min. (2023) Science

DVD 15712400 $18.74

AVAILABLE JULY 25

Slava Ukraini

From Kharkiv to Bakhmut to Kherson, filmmaker BernardHenri Levy documents the ravages of the war in Ukraine through testimonies from soldiers and civilians.

NR 94 min. (2023)

Documentary

DVD 15949880 $14.99

AVAILABLE JULY 4

A Life on the Farm

NR 75 min. (2022) Documentary

DVD 15833339 $15.74

Blu-ray 15833340 $20.24

AVAILABLE JULY 18

Only in Theaters

NR 93 min. (2022) Documentary

DVD 15949881 $14.99

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Little Richard I Am Everything

A deep dive into the life and times of a one-of-a-kind rock n’ roll icon who shaped the world of music.

NR 98 min. (2023) Documentary

DVD 15893694 $20.24

Blu-ray 15893695 $22.49

AVAILABLE JULY 18

“A long-overdue corrective that gives an outwardly revolutionary cultural icon his trailblazing due.” - Los Angeles Times

Here’s What to Watch / What our video team recommends

Chosen Season 3

Starring: Shahar Isaac, Jonathan Roumie, Paras Patel

All 12 disciples face new fears and entrenched, old ways when Jesus sends them on their first mission. But each faces his unique burden, too: Matthew’s estrangement from family, Little James’s unhealed disability, Simon Z’s unresolved past, and Simon and Eden’s marriage crisis, just to name a few.

UNK 524 min. (2022) Drama

Death in Paradise

Season 12

Starring: Elizabeth Bourgine, Danny John-Jules, Don Warrington

UNK 560 min. (2022) Comedy

DVD 15793187 $29.99 3 Discs

Wild Scandinavia

TVG 165 min. (2019) Travel

DVD 15746927 $18.74

DVD 15942284 $29.99 3 Discs

All Quiet on the Western Front

Starring: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer

R 148 min. (2022) War (German)

DVD 15768534 $18.74

Blu-ray 15768535 $22.49

4K+Blu-ray 15765454 $33.74 2 Discs

The Man from Toronto

Starring: Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson, Kaley Cuoco

A case of mistaken identity arises after a screw-up sales consultant and the world’s deadliest assassin—known only as the Man from Toronto—run into each other at a holiday rental.

PG13 110 min. (2022) Action

DVD 15800552 $23.24

Blu-ray 15800551 $26.24

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The biggest titles hitting the box office / Movie Calendar

The next few months will give action fans plenty of blockbusters to sink their teeth into. First, it’s the beginning of the end of the story of Ethan Hunt with the release of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One in July. August brings some action for the whole family with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Then two huge series get new installments in September with The Equalizer 3 and The Expendables 4.

*Dates are subject to change and were current as of deadline.

Top Titles / Grab these hot new releases first

Clive Cussler’s Fire Strike

Clive Cussler, Mike Maden

Action

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must battle an army of genetically engineered mercenaries to stop a hypersonic missile attack in this explosive new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

AB CD 11 Discs 15373885 $44.99

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Dead Fall

Brad Thor

Suspense

Lethal operative Scot Harvath is dispatched to avenge the killing of American citizens abroad in the war-ravaged borderlands of Ukraine.

AB CD 9 Discs 15483433 $39.99

AVAILABLE JULY 25

Must Love Flowers

Debbie Macomber

Romance

Two women at different stages of life find themselves on a journey of renewal after undergoing hardships in this uplifting novel.

AB CD 9 Discs 15531057 $39.99

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Crook Manifesto Colson Whitehead

Multicultural

The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory.

AB CD 8 Discs 15483424 $44.99

AVAILABLE JULY 18

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

Crystal Smith Paul

Historical

A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of modern-day showbiz.

AB CD 11 Discs 15947196 $59.99

Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

Women’s Fiction

Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart.

AB CD 8 Discs 15795809 $42.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 1

After Death

Dean Koontz

Suspense

AB CD 8 Discs 15513369 $38.99

AVAILABLE JULY 18

Bestselling Authors / Hot New Releases

The Bone Hacker

Kathy Reichs

Mystery

AB CD 9 Discs 15483443 $34.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 1

The Collector

Daniel Silva

Action

AB CD 9 Discs 15862472 $39.99

AVAILABLE JULY 18

Dead Mountain

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Mystery

AB CD 10 Discs 15632911 $49.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 22

Everyone Here Is Lying

Shari Lapena

Suspense

AB CD 10 Discs 15530776 $39.99

AVAILABLE JULY 25

An Evil Heart

Linda Castillo

Mystery

AB CD 8 Discs 15408790 $39.99

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Flags on the Bayou

James Lee Burke

Historical Fiction

AB CD 8 Discs 15494340 $34.99

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Holly Stephen King Horror

AB CD 20 Discs 15700328 $44.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 5

Hot New Releases

The Armor of Light Ken Follett

Historical Fiction

The Armor of Light heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge, England, where progress clashes with tradition, class struggles push into every part of society, and war in Europe engulfs the entire continent and beyond.

AB CD 28 Discs 15700294 $69.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 26

The long-awaited sequel to A Column of Fire

Payback in Death

J. D. Robb

Mystery

In the latest from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.D. Robb, Eve Dallas solves a harrowing case standing for one of her own.

AB CD 11 Discs 15697711 $39.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 5

In Death Volume 57

Secrets in the Dark

Heather

Romance

Graham

Following in the footsteps of notorious serial murderer Jack the Ripper, a killer is stalking the streets of London leaving a trail of eviscerated bodies in his wake. Agents Hamilton and Carter will stop at nothing to end his reign.

AB CD 9 Discs 15367589 $42.99

AVAILABLE JULY 25

Prom Mom Laura Lippman

Suspense

Laura Lippman tells the story of Amber Glass. A woman desperately trying to get away from her tabloid past, but compulsively drawn back to the city of her youth and the prom date who destroyed everything she was reaching for.

AB CD 8 Discs 15795800 $42.99

AVAILABLE JULY 25

Out of Nowhere Sandra Brown

Suspense

A fast-paced, emotional thriller where the lives of a young mother and a high-rolling consultant collide under devastating circumstances— culminating in a desperate manhunt that will change their futures forever.

AB CD 9 Discs 15632901 $49.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 1

None of This Is True

Lisa Jewell

Suspense

Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast.

AB CD 9 Discs 15413445 $39.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 8

“Lisa Jewell is on top-form...and more compelling than ever.” -Ruth Ware

The Block Party Jamie Day

Suspense

The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road are entangled in a web of secrets and scandal utterly unknown to the outside world, and even to each other. On the night of the annual summer block party, there has been a murder. But who did it and why takes readers back one year earlier, as rivalries and betrayals unfold.

AB CD 10 Discs

15596822

$56.99

AVAILABLE JULY 18

The Librarianist Patrick deWitt

Humor

From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who has lived his life through and for literature, unaware that his own experience is a poignant and affecting narrative in itself.

AB CD 8 Discs

15796085

$42.99

AVAILABLE JULY 4

July 2023

SmartBrowse ‘LibraryReads’ at midwesttape.com for this month’s picks!

Everyone Here Is Lying Shari Lapena

Suspense

Welcome to Stanhope. A safe neighborhood. A place for families until nine-year-old Avery goes missing, sending shockwaves through the community.

AB CD 10 Discs

15530776

$39.99

AVAILABLE JULY 25

Who took Avery Wooler? Nothing will prepare you for the truth.

A Rulebook for Restless Rogues Jess Everlee

Romance

Jess Everlee follows up her sparkling debut The Gentleman’s Book of Vices with this charming queer historical romp, in which two lifelong best friends find romance as they join forces to save the one place where they can truly be themselves.

AB CD 9 Discs

15424202

$42.99

AVAILABLE JULY 11

“Starred Review.” -Kirkus Reviews

-Publishers Weekly

“Absolutely amazing. Readers are going to flip!”

-Lisa Gardner

“Equally sweet and steamy, this will delight Everlee’s fans while enticing many new ones.”

More bestsellers at midwesttape.com / New York Times Bestsellers

/ Fiction / Nonfiction / Children’s & YA

The 23rd Midnight

James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

Fiction

AB CD 7 Discs

15373850

$44.99

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture

Masterpiece

Tom Hanks

Fiction

AB CD 13 Discs

15411480

$44.99

Queen Charlotte

Julia Quinn, Shonda Rhimes

Fiction

AB CD 10 Discs

15268591

$42.99

The Secret Book of Flora Lea

Patti Callahan

Henry Fiction

AB CD 10 Discs

15473264

$63.99

Summer on Sag Harbor

Sunny Hostin

Fiction

AB CD 11 Discs

15814453

$44.99

The Last Honest Man

James Risen, Thomas Risen

Non-Fiction

AB CD 13 Discs

15938217

$49.99

When the Heavens Went on Sale

Ashlee Vance

Non-Fiction

AB CD 15 Discs

15793016

$58.99

Honey, Baby, Mine

Laura Dern, Diane Ladd

Biography

AB CD 7 Discs

14185244

$39.99

Tell Me Everything

Minka Kelly

Biography

AB CD 7 Discs

15549349

$45.99

Walking with Sam

Andrew McCarthy

Biography

AB CD 6 Discs

15811951

$44.99

Fall of the School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani

Children’s

AB CD 8 Discs

15792790

$42.99

Skandar and the Phantom Rider

A. F. Steadman

Children’s

AB CD 11 Discs

15473274

$63.99

Imogen, Obviously

Becky Albertalli

Young Adult

AB CD 8 Discs

15792966

$42.99

Miles Morales

Suspended

Jason Reynolds

Young Adult

AB CD 3 Discs

14967565

$24.99

Warrior Girl

Unearthed

Angeline Boulley

Young Adult

AB CD 10 Discs

15549402

$56.99

New Nonfiction / Great new titles in biography, self-help, and more

/ Biographies

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Bryan Hoch

In this insider’s look at one of baseball’s wildest and most memorable seasons, veteran Yankees beat reporter Bryan Hoch unravels the remarkable journey of Aaron Judge’s run to shatter Maris’s beloved 61-year-old record.

AB CD 9 Discs 15675398 $63.99

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Bogie & Bacall

William J. Mann

From the noted Hollywood biographer and author of The Contender comes this celebration of the great American love story, the romance between Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart.

AB CD 12 Discs 15349617 $47.99

AVAILABLE JULY 11

Devil’s Coin

Jennifer McAdam

The astonishing true story of the Scottish coal miner’s daughter who took on the Mafia-endorsed creators of the world’s biggest financial fraud and helped the FBI to convict them.

AB CD 4 Discs 14807924 $27.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 8

President

Garfield

C. W. Goodyear

The first comprehensive biography in decades of the extraordinary, tragic life of America’s 20th president, James Garfield.

AB CD 13 Discs 15614249 $73.99

AVAILABLE JULY 4

Living the Vanlife Noami Grevemberg

Discover what it’s really like to live and work full-time on the road in a camper van from eco-vanlifer and founder of the Diversify Vanlife movement Noami Grevemberg.

AB CD 4 Discs 15694173 $52.99

AVAILABLE JULY 4

Pulling the Chariot of the Sun

Shane McCrae

An unforgettable memoir by an award-winning poet about being kidnapped from his Black father and raised by his white supremacist grandparents.

AB CD 5 Discs 15675353 $52.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 1

Killing the Witches Bill O’Reilly, Martin Dugard

History

What really happened in Salem? Killing the Witches tells the horrifying story of a colonial town’s madness, offering the historical context of similar episodes of community mania during that time, and exploring the evidence that emerged in the Salem trials, in contemporary accounts, and in subsequent investigations.

AB CD 8 Discs 15697671 $39.99

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 26

Revisit one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts.

The Air Raid Book Club

Annie Lyons

Historical Fiction

AB CD 9 Discs

15795925

$42.99

AVAILABLE

JULY 11

Compelling titles patrons will love / New & Notable

Cassandra in Reverse

Holly Smale

Sci-Fi

AB CD 11 Discs

15367155

$47.99

The Gay Best Friend

Nicolas DiDomizio

Humor

AB CD 8 Discs

15725088

$47.99

AVAILABLE

JULY 4

Queen of Exiles

Vanessa Riley

Multicultural Interest

AB CD 13 Discs

15796825

$47.99

AVAILABLE

JULY 11

An Honest Man

Michael Koryta

Suspense

AB CD 11 Discs

15527400

$44.99

AVAILABLE

JULY 25

The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard

Kate Robards Suspense

AB CD 7 Discs

15684450

$47.99

The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons

Karin Smirnoff

Mystery

A pulse-pounding thriller, The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons sees Salander and Blomkvist navigating a world of conspiracy and betrayal, old enemies and new friends, ice-bound wilderness and the global corporations that threaten to tear it apart.

AB CD 10 Discs

15589446 $44.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 29

Lisbeth Salander returns in a trailblazing new installment to the bestselling Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series!

Family Lore

Elizabeth

Acevedo

Women’s Fiction

AB CD 8 Discs

15796405

$42.99

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AUGUST 1

The Trade Off

Sandie Jones

Suspense

AB CD 9 Discs

15596802

$49.99

AVAILABLE

AUGUST 15

Women of the Post

Joshunda

Sanders

Multicultural Interest

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15367211

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JULY 18

Hot New Children’s & YA /

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The Boy You Always Wanted

Batu and the Search for the Golden Cup

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Rosanne

A Little Like Waking

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

Rana Joon and the One and Only Now

A Song of Salvation

Stuntboy,

Their Vicious Games

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Taylor Swift Speak Now Taylor’s Version

Republic Records • Pop/Rock

Taylor Swift reimagines her third album along with the addition of vault tracks with Paramore’s Hailey Williams and Fall Out Boy.

CD 15991503 $18.99

AVAILABLE JULY 7

Post Malone

Austin

Republic Records

Rap/Hip-Hop

Grammy Award-nominated superstar Post Malone has unveiled his anxiously awaited full-length album, which is also one of the most anticipated releases of 2023.

CD 15962800 $13.99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JULY 28

Hozier Unreal Unearth

Columbia Records • Pop/Rock

The highly anticipated new album from the Grammy-nominated Irish singer-songwriter features a 16-track collection with production credits for Hozier.

CD 15958454 $11.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 18

Anne-Marie Unhealthy

Warner Records • Pop/Rock

Guest Artist: Khalid

The pop-punk artist appears with country icon Shania Twain on the title track Unhealthy, which is heavily influenced by country music.

CD 15970765 $8.99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JULY 28

Greta Van Fleet Starcatcher

Republic Records • Pop/Rock

Grammy Award-winning rock band’s much anticipated third studio album was produced by Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile). The album was recorded at RCA Studios in Nashville.

CD 15871379 $13.99

AVAILABLE JULY 21

Idina Menzel Drama Queen

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

Pop/Rock

Guest Artist: Nile Rodgers

The Tony Award winner and three-time nominee’s upcoming dance project showcases her powerhouse vocals on soaring anthems, disco-infused beats, and the right amount of drama.

CD 15955521 $12.99

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AVAILABLE AUGUST 18

New sounds from the world of alternative, metal, and beyond / Rock

Blur

The Ballad of Darren Warner Records • Pop/Rock

Blur, one of the most successful bands in British music history, returns with their first new album in eight years. It features the single The Narcissist.

CD 15962823 $12.99 Deluxe Edition

AVAILABLE JULY 21

The Raven Age

Blood Omen

Music For Nations • Pop/Rock

The album pushes everything further than ever before. The choruses are made for arenas, the riffs are taut, direct, and free of fat. It all makes for a grand musical stage on which the record’s concept plays out.

CD 15870060 $13.99 Deluxe Edition

AVAILABLE JULY 7

Bethany Cosentino

Natural Disaster

Concord Records • Pop/Rock

On the debut solo album from Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, the singer-songwriter takes close account of the endless catastrophes and upheavals of modern life.

CD 15924087 $12.99

AVAILABLE JULY 28

PJ Harvey

I

Inside the Old Year Dying

Partisan Records • Pop/Rock

On this album, which was recorded with longtime creative collaborators John Parish and Flood, PJ Harvey builds a sonic universe somehow located in a space between life’s opposites, and between recent history and the ancient past.

CD 15927733 $14.99

AVAILABLE JULY 7

Mammoth WVH

Mammoth

II

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC • Pop/Rock

Mammoth WVH, the band led by Wolfgang Van Halen, releases their second album. It includes the single Another Celebration at the End of the World.

CD 15807229 $16.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 4

Sevendust

Truth Killer

Napalm Records Handels GmbH • Pop/Rock

Sevendust never follows a linear path. Instead, they continue to bulldoze a lane of their own with a proven one-two punch of rumbling grooves, unpredictable riffing, and stirringly soulful vocals unlike anything else in hard rock.

CD 15907058 $16.99

AVAILABLE JULY 28

Miles Kane

One Man Band

Virgin Music International • Pop/Rock

Miles Kane is an English musician best known as a solo artist and the co-frontman of the Last Shadow Puppets (with Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys). His new solo album features the single Troubled Son.

CD 15941432 $13.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 4

Queens of the Stone Age

In Times New Roman...

Matador • Pop/Rock

The eighth studio album from Queens of the Stone Age is raw, brutal, and rough around the edges, but with a refinement that reveals itself further with each successive listen.

CD 15952071 $15.99

Neko Case

Wild Creatures

Anti • Pop/Rock

A career retrospective album containing 23 of Neko Case’s most impactful tracks from her discography.

CD 15952072 $15.99

Jazz / Classic sounds and modern exploration

Cindy Bradley

Promise

Trippin N’ Rhythm Records • Jazz

For her new album, Cindy Bradley sequestered with mega producer Greg Manning for a change of pace and has delivered an engaging top-to-bottom collaboration that showcases the many sides and facets of this talented lady.

CD 15937666 $18.99

AVAILABLE JULY 7

McCoy Tyner

The Montreux Years

BMG Rights Management (UK) • Jazz

Pat Metheny • Dream Box

Modern Recordings • Jazz

While touring in 2022, Pat Metheny discovered a forgotten folder on his computer that featured some musical ideas he created. From those snippets and ideas, he was able to create a unique album filled with unexpected moments.

CD 15921205 $18.99

Jeff Bradshaw

Jeff Bradshaw 20

SoNo Recording Group • Jazz

Accomplished trombonist Jeff Bradshaw has collaborated with a who’s who of artists including Jill Scott, the Roots, Erykah Badu, and Kirk Franklin. This album is a celebration of his career with all-new recordings and collaborations.

CD 15943271 $12.99

Brian Simpson

Soul Connection

Shanachie Entertainment Group • Jazz Highlights of this album include the first hit single Soul Connection; Brian’s brilliant reimagining of the classic Stranger in Paradise; the romantic ballad Midnight Mood; and more brilliant creations.

CD 15921191 $20.99

Orrin Evans

The Red Door

Smoke Sessions Records • Jazz

Pianist Orrin Evans opens The Red Door, a stellar new album that celebrates taking musical and personal chances.

CD 15952038 $17.99

Features the finest performances from three of McCoy Tyner’s legendary appearances at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

CD 15947218 $17.99

Nite Bjuti

Nite Bjuti

Whirlwind Recordings • Jazz

Nite Bjuti (pronounced night beauty) is a US-based, Afro-Caribbean, woman-led improvised experimental trio of vocalist Candice Hoyes, Grammy-nominated sound chemist Val Jeanty, and bassist Mimi Jones.

CD 15851383 $14.99

AVAILABLE JULY 14

Charlie Watts •

Anthology

BMG Rights Management • Jazz

An affectionate retrospective and a reflection of just how frequently Charlie Watts was able to exercise his jazz muscles between Rolling Stones commitments to create a bespoke discography of his own. Includes three unreleased tracks.

CD 15953292 $21.99

Son Volt

Day of the Doug

Transmit Sound • Country

Son Volt’s latest record revisits the music of legendary Texas troubadour Doug Sahm. But it’s much more than fond remembrance and colorful tribute. It is a summoning and a celebration of a songwriter and performer.

CD 15952042 $12.99

Colby Acuff

Western White Pines

Sony Music Nashville • Country

Working with acclaimed producer/engineer Eddie Spear (Zach Bryan, Brandi Carlile, Cody Jinks), Colby Acuff’s first major label project features a batch of gritty, solowritten songs plus the first-ever co-writes of a promising career.

CD 15943258 $8.99

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway

City of Gold

Nonesuch • Folk

Follows Molly Tuttle’s acclaimed 2022 record, Crooked Tree, which won Best Bluegrass Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. This captures the electric energy of band’s live shows by highlighting each member’s musical strengths.

CD 15955523 $13.99

Amanda Shires & Bobbie Nelson

Loving You

ATO Records • Country

Bobbie Nelson and her long-running career served as an inspiration for Amanda Shires. This album is a collection of songs the duo have played and treasured their entire lives.

CD 15924088 $12.99

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Sticks and Stones

6 Ace Records • Country

Guest Artist: Lainey Wilson

These 12 songs are both spirited and heartfelt, as Lukas Nelson explores the universal human experiences of love, heartbreak, celebration, longing, and self-reflection through his singular and thoughtful perspective.

CD 15813302 $12.99

AVAILABLE JULY 14

Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors

Strangers No More

Magnolia Music • Folk

Guest Artists: The National Parks

The eighth album from Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors celebrates a sense of togetherness. It expands the band’s mix of timeless songwriting, modern-day Laurel Canyon folk, amplified Americana, and heartland rock n’ roll.

CD 15910784 $15.99

Joanna Sternberg

I’ve Got Me

Fat Possum • Folk

Sophomore album from Joanna Sternberg, produced by Matt Sweeney, and recorded at Strange Weather Studios in Brooklyn, NY.

CD 15947352 $13.99

The Pink Stones You Know Who

Normaltown Records • Country

Guest Artists: Nikki Lane, Teddy & the Rough Riders

You Know Who is the sophomore album from Athens, GA’s own Pink Stones. It is an 11-song record that pushes the boundaries of modern country and rock n’ roll music.

CD 15854451 $13.99

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Hot New Releases

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5 Seconds of Summer Feeling of Falling Upwards

Live from the Royal Albert Hall

BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

Pop/Rock

Guest Artist: Sierra Deaton

The band’s second live LP in a decade features live performances that capture reimagined versions of songs across their catalog accompanied by a 12-piece string orchestra and 12-strong gospel choir.

CD 15871387 $18.99 Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JULY 14

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell at Newport

Rhino Records • Pop/Rock

Joni Mitchell stunned the Newport Folk Festival audience last summer when she gave a surprise performance—her first in 20 years—delivering a heartfelt set filled with some of her greatest songs. Mitchell’s triumphant return is featured on this new live album.

CD 15953301 $12.99

AVAILABLE JULY 28

Drive-By Truckers

The Complete Dirty South

New West • Country

A concept album that examines the state of the South. The album features live show staples like Tornadoes; Where the Devil Don’t Stay; and more. The Complete Dirty South is a band-led rework of the original 2004 album.

CD 15886456 $17.99

Michael Bolton Spark of Light

Androver Music • Pop/Rock

Guest Artist: Justin Jesso

The first album of original music co-written by Michael Bolton in almost 15 years. The most recent single Spark of Light released alongside Bolton’s performance on Fox’s hit TV show The Masked Singer.

CD 15937671 $16.99

AVAILABLE JULY 14

Kim Petras

Feed the Beast

Amigo Records, LLC • Pop/Rock

Guest Artist: Banks

Fifteen tracks of pure pop perfection. An album about sacrificing every part of yourself to your biggest passion in life. Her offering to her beast, the lead single Alone features diamond-selling hip-hop icon Nicki Minaj.

CD 15970761 $13.99

Parental Advisory

Straight No Chaser

Yacht on the Rocks

Arts Music • Pop/Rock

The new full-length album from RIAAcertified gold a cappella group Straight No Chaser is a trove of yacht rock classics like Escape (The Piña Colada Song); Sailing; After the Love Has Gone; and unique mashups including Waves of Toto featuring David Paich of Toto.

CD 15949900 $12.99

Caroline Polacheck Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

Perpetual Novice • Pop/Rock

Polachek’s first album release since her 2019 experimental pop masterpiece PANG, which cemented her as a generational talent.

CD 15634111 $12.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 4

The Hives Death of Randy Fitzsimmons

Disques Hives • Pop/Rock

Undisputed icons of rock n’ roll the Hives are back, channeling the electrifying energy of the group’s greatest hits with their first new album in over 10 years.

CD 15938228 $16.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 11

Top titles from all over the music world / Hot New Releases

Rita Ora

You & I

BMG Rights Management (UK) • Pop/Rock

Guest Artist: Fatboy Slim

Following her 2018 album Phoenix, Rita Ora returns with her brand-new album featuring singles You Only Love Me and Praising You With a co-writing credit on every track, this album is Rita’s most diaristic project yet.

CD 15921207 $17.99

Parental Advisory

AVAILABLE JULY 14

Wham!

The Singles

Echoes from the Edge of Heaven

Legacy • Pop/Rock

Celebrating 40 years of one of the biggest and best-loved pop acts of all time, this is what the fans have been waiting for. Features 11 hit singles.

CD 15927737 $16.99

AVAILABLE JULY 7

Jenni Rivera

Misión Cumplida

Sony Music Latin • Latin

Guest Artists: Chiquis Rivera, Jacqie Rivera, Mariachi Los Reyes

Ten years after her death, the voice of Jenni Rivera continues to be heard by her fans. The children of the late banda songstress released Misión Cumplida, the first single of a posthumous album of unreleased demos she recorded before her death.

CD 15958456 $8.99

Joshua Bell, Singapore Chinese Orchestra

Butterfly Lovers

Sony Classical • Classical

Grammy Award-winning violinist

Joshua Bell presents a captivating performance of the Butterfly Lovers

Concerto, one of the best-known classical works in China and inspired by the ancient legend of the same name.

CD 15958455 $15.99

/ From the Screen and Stage

Various Artists

Barbie The Album

Atlantic • Soundtracks

The soundtrack to the highly anticipated movie features an all-star musical lineup including Tame Impala, Haim, Charli XCX, the Kid LAROI, and Dua Lipa, who stars among the film’s supporting cast. Produced by Mark Ronson.

CD 15973191 $12.99

AVAILABLE JULY 21

Various Artists

Sweetwater Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Thrill Jockey Records • Soundtracks

Artists: Keb’ Mo’, Emmaline, Gary Clark Jr.

The all-star soundtrack album is a celebration of jazz and blues, from period-era standards to original contemporary tracks inspired by the indelible spirit and age of Sweetwater Clifton.

CD 15933607 $15.99

Various Artists

Some Like It Hot Original

Broadway Cast Recording

Concord Theatricals. • Soundtracks

The cast album of the new musical comedy starring Tony Award winner Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, and Adrianna Hicks. The rollicking musical is based on the classic MGM film Some Like It Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe.

CD 15813323 $15.99

AVAILABLE JULY 7

Various Artists

Camelot

The 2023 Broadway

Cast Recording

Broadway Records • Soundtracks

The beloved original score (lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe) features such iconic songs as If Ever I Would Leave You; The Lusty Month of May; and the title song Camelot.

CD 15962824 $18.99

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Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano

Women's Fiction

An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott’s timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it.

AB CD 12 Discs 15977273 $44.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 1

“Radiant and brilliantly crafted…”

- New York Times Book Review

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

Women's Fiction

Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist.

AB CD 9 Discs 15975673 $44.99

AVAILABLE AUGUST 8

People Magazine

King A Life Jonathan Eig

Biography

Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.―and the first to include recently declassified FBI files.

AB CD 19 Discs 15991409 $87.99

- Washington Post

“Full of charm, energy and hope... one to savor.” -

“The most compelling account of King’s life in a generation.”