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Go Ask Fannie
The Sandman
Disarmed
My American Dream
Lars Kepler
Izzy Ezagui
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
Elisabeth Hyde
HC: 978-1-5247-3224-0 eBook: 978-1-5247-3225-7 AD: 978-0-525-63044-9 Knopf | 75,000 March 6, 2018
HC: 978-1-63388-427-4 eBook: 978-1-63388-428-1 Prometheus Books | 50,000 March 20, 2018
HC: 978-1-5247-3161-8 eBook: 978-1-5247-3162-5 AD: 978-0-525-58877-1 CD: 978-0-525-58876-4 LP: 978-0-525-58955-6 Knopf | 75,000 April 3, 2018
HC: 978-0-7352-1856-7 eBook: 978-0-7352-1862-8 AD: 978-0-525-59081-1 Putnam | 40,000 April 10, 2018
The #1 internationally bestselling thriller from the author of The Hypnotist tells the chilling story of a manipulative serial killer and the two brilliant police agents who must try to beat him at his own game.
Warning Light David Ricciardi HC: 978-0-399-58573-9 eBook: 978-0-399-58574-6 AD: 978-0-525-53081-7 Berkley | 75,000 April 17, 2018 No one knows what CIA desk jockey Zac Miller is capable of— including himself—when a routine surveillance job becomes a do-or-die mission in the Middle East.
The inspiring story of a young American who volunteered to fight in the Israel Defense Forces, lost his arm in combat, and then returned to the battlefield.
From the bestselling cookbook author, award-winning television personality, and hugely successful restaurateur— a heartwarming, emotional, revelatory memoir told with all her hallmark warmth and gusto.
Everyone has baggage. The Blaire siblings are just taking theirs home for the long weekend.
The Best Cook in the World
Southern from Scratch
The Feather Thief
Ashley English
Kirk Wallace Johnson
Rick Bragg
HC: 978-1-61180-331-0 eBook: 978-0-8348-4143-7 Roost Books | 20,000 April 24, 2018
HC: 978-1-101-98161-0 eBook: 978-1-101-98162-7 AD: 978-0-525-53007-7 Viking | 50,000 April 24, 2018
HC: 978-1-4000-4041-4 eBook: 978-0-525-52028-3 AD: 978-0-525-58867-2 CD: 978-0-525-58866-5 Knopf | 100,000 April 24, 2018 From the beloved, bestselling author of All Over but the Shoutin', a delectable, rollicking food memoir, cookbook, and loving tribute to a region, a vanishing history, a family, and, especially, to his mother.
A Southern guide to scratch cooking—over 150 recipes for pantry essentials and modern twists on traditional recipes.
A rollicking true-crime adventure and a thoughtprovoking exploration of the human drive to possess natural beauty for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief.
The Girl Who Smiled Beads Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil HC: 978-0-451-49532-7 eBook: 978-0-385-68701-0 AD: 978-0-525-52631-5 CD: 978-0-525-52630-8 Crown | 150,000 April 24, 2018 For readers of Americanah, Homegoing, and Behold the Dreamers, a riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of the imagination to save us.
On the Road and Off the Record with Leonard Bernstein Charlie Harmon HC: 978-1-62354-527-7 eBook: 978-1-63289-219-5 Imagine | 75,000 May 8, 2018 A celebratory, intimate, and detailed look at the public and private life of Leonard Bernstein written by his former assistant. Foreword by Broadway legend Harold Prince.
The Devil's Reward
Love and Ruin
Burden
Emmanuelle de Villepin
Paula McLain
Courtney Hargrave
TR: 978-1-59051-868-7 eBook: 978-1-59051-869-4 Other Press | 15,000 May 1, 2018
HC: 978-1-101-96738-6 eBook: 978-1-101-96740-9 AD: 978-0-525-63484-3 CD: 978-0-525-63483-6 LP: 978-0-525-63723-3 Ballantine Books | 250,000 May 1, 2018
HC: 978-0-525-57617-4 eBook: 978-0-525-57618-1 AD: 978-0-525-52545-5 Convergent Books | 75,000 May 8, 2018
Three generations of women untangle a complex family story that encompasses the First and Second World Wars, revealing unexpected lessons about marriage and fidelity.
The bestselling author of The Paris Wife returns to the subject of Ernest Hemingway in a novel about his marriage to Martha Gellhorn—a fiercely independent, young woman and one of the greatest war correspondents of the twentieth century.
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Forest Whitaker and produced by Robbie Brenner (Dallas Buyers' Club), a harrowing true story about the modern Ku Klux Klan and an act of grace that shook a community in the Deep South.
The Language of Kindness
Tin Man
Christie Watson
Sarah Winman
Judy Blundell
HC: 978-1-5247-6163-9 eBook: 978-1-5247-6165-3 AD: 978-0-525-63551-2 Tim Duggan Books | 75,000 May 8, 2018
HC: 978-0-7352-1872-7 eBook: 978-0-7352-1875-8 AD: 978-0-525-59083-5 LP: 978-0-525-63188-0 Putnam | 100,000 May 15, 2018
HC: 978-0-525-50871-7 eBook: 978-0-525-50872-4 AD: 978-0-525-52426-7 LP: 978-0-525-63456-0 Random House | 150,000 May 22, 2018
From internationally bestselling author Sarah Winman comes an unforgettable and heartbreaking novel celebrating love in all its forms, and the little moments that make up the life of one man.
In a beach town overrun with vacationers and newly colonized by socialites, one woman goes to extreme lengths when the life she loves is upended. The ultimate summer read, this multigenerational novel is perfect for fans of The Nest.
For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Five Days at a Memorial, a moving, lyrical, beautifully written portrait of a nurse and the lives she has touched.
The High Season
The Glitch
The House Swap
Star of the North
Cult X
Elisabeth Cohen
Rebecca Fleet
D. B. John
Fuminori Nakamura
HC: 978-0-385-54278-4 eBook: 978-0-385-54279-1 AD: 978-0-525-63288-7 CD: 978-0-525-63287-0 Doubleday | 60,000 May 22, 2018
HC: 978-0-525-55883-5 eBook: 978-0-525-55884-2 AD: 978-0-525-63064-7 LP: 978-0-525-63190-3 Pamela Dorman Books | 100,000 May 22, 2018
HC: 978-0-525-57329-6 eBook: 978-0-525-57330-2 AD: 978-0-525-63488-1 CD: 978-0-525-63487-4 LP: 978-0-525-63478-2 Crown | 150,000 May 22, 2018
HC: 978-1-61695-786-5 eBook: 978-1-61695-787-2 Soho Crime | 40,000 May 22, 2018
A fast, funny, deeply hilarious debut—The Glitch is the story of a high-profile, TED-talking, power-posing Silicon Valley CEO and mother of two who has it all under control, until a woman claiming to be a younger version of herself appears, causing a major glitch in her overscheduled, over-staffed, overworked life.
A hypnotic domestic noir novel in which a house swap becomes the eerie backdrop to a crumbling marriage, a torrid affair, and the fatal consequences that unfold.
And All the Phases of the Moon
A propulsive and ambitious thriller about a woman trying to rescue her twin sister from captivity in North Korea, and the North Korean citizens with whom she forms an unlikely alliance.
The magnum opus by Japanese literary sensation Fuminori Nakamura, Cult X is a story that dives into the psychology of fringe religion, obsession, and social disaffection.
Social Creature
Small Country
Florida
Tara Isabella Burton
Gael Faye
Lauren Groff
TR: 978-1-4967-0947-9 eBook: 978-1-4967-0948-6 Kensington | 50,000 May 29, 2019
HC: 978-0-385-54352-1 eBook: 978-0-385-54353-8 AD: 978-0-525-63258-0 Doubleday | 75,000 June 5, 2018
HC: 978-1-5247-5987-2 eBook: 978-1-5247-5989-6 AD: 978-0-525-63360-0 Hogarth | 50,000 June 5, 2018
HC: 978-1-59463-451-2 eBook: 978-0-698-40514-1 AD: 978-0-525-62612-1 LP: 978-0-525-63196-5 Riverhead | 100,000 June 5, 2018
Judy Reene Singer explores what it means to begin again after a life touched by tragedy in this story of woman learning to heal, set against the backdrop of a beautiful seaside town in Massachusetts.
A sharp, biting, and irresistible debut about parties and ambition in New York City— introducing a Talented Mr. Ripley for the digital age, with all the glitz and grit of Bright Lights, Big City.
Already an international sensation and prize-winning bestseller in France, an evocative coming-of-age story of a young boy, a lost childhood, and a shattered homeland.
Judy Reene Singer
The bold new book from the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies.
There There
A Place for Us
The Real Michael Swann
Tommy Orange
Fatima Farheen Mirza
Bryan Reardon
Katy Regan
HC: 978-1-5247-4232-4 eBook: 978-1-5247-4233-1 AD: 978-0-525-59392-8 LP: 978-0-525-63179-8 Dutton | 100,000 June 12, 2018
HC: 978-0-451-49034-6 eBook: 978-0-451-49036-0 AD: 978-0-525-59621-9 LP: 978-0-525-63189-7 Berkley | 75,000 June 12, 2018
In a new novel from New York Times bestselling author Bryan Reardon, a suburban family is rocked in the wake of a terrorist attack on American soil.
About a Boy meets Parenthood in this smart, big-hearted love story about a family for whom everything changed one night, a decade ago, and the young boy who unites them all.
HC: 978-0-525-52037-5 eBook: 978-0-525-52038-2 AD: 978-0-525-63559-8 CD: 978-0-525-63558-1 LP: 978-0-525-63301-3 Knopf | 125,000 June 5, 2018 Not since Sherman Alexie and Louise Erdrich has such a powerful and urgent voice exploded onto the landscape of contemporary fiction. Tommy Orange's There There introduces a brilliant new author at the start of a major career.
HC: 978-1-5247-6355-8 eBook: 978-1-5247-6357-2 AD: 978-0-525-63348-8 SJP for Hogarth | 60,000 June 12, 2018 A masterful portrait of a family caught between two cultures, and a resonant story of faith, tradition, identity, and belonging from a gifted young storyteller.
The Book of Essie
What the Eyes Don't See
Baby's First Felony
Meghan MacLean Weir
Mona Hanna-Attisha HC: 978-0-399-59083-2 eBook: 978-0-399-59084-9 AD: 978-0-525-49263-4 CD: 978-0-525-49262-7 LP: 978-0-525-59059-0 One World | 60,000 June 19, 2018
John Straley
HC: 978-0-525-52031-3 eBook: 978-0-525-52032-0 AD: 978-0-525-52924-8 Knopf | 75,000 June 12, 2018 A debut novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the emotionally stirring, wildly captivating story of the seventeen-year-old daughter of an evangelical preacher, star of the family's hit reality show, and the secret pregnancy that threatens to blow their entire world apart.
By the heroic pediatrician who rallied a community, the powerful first-hand account of the Flint water crisis, the signature environmental disaster of our time, and a dramatic and inspiring story of citizen advocacy and action.
HC: 978-1-61695-878-7 eBook: 978-1-61695-879-4 Soho Crime | 75,000 July 3, 2018 Shamus Award-winner and critical darling John Straley returns to his beloved Cecil Younger series, set in Sitka, Alaska, a land of perfect beauty and not-so-perfect locals.
Little Big Love
From the Corner of the Oval Beck Dorey-Stein HC: 978-0-525-50912-7 eBook: 978-0-525-50913-4 AD: 978-0-525-63657-1 LP: 978-0-525-63744-8 Spiegel & Grau | 75,000 July 10, 2018 The compulsively readable, behind-the-scenes memoir that takes readers inside the Obama White House, through the eyes of a young staffer learning the ropes, falling in love, and finding her place in the world.
Spinning Silver
The Con Artist
The Death of Truth
Naomi Novik
Fred Van Lente
Michiko Kakutani
Mary B: A Novel Katherine J. Chen
HC: 978-0-399-18098-9 eBook: 978-0-399-18100-9 AD: 978-0-525-53100-5 Del Rey | 50,000 July 10, 2018
TR: 978-1-68369-034-4 eBook: 978-1-68369-035-1 Quirk Books | 75,000 July 10, 2018
HC: 978-0-525-57482-8 eBook: 978-0-525-57484-2 AD: 978-0-525-63502-4 Tim Duggan Books | 75,000 July 17, 2018
A fresh and imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale from the bestselling author of Uprooted, called "a very enjoyable fantasy with the air of a modern classic" by The New York Times Book Review.
There's murder at San Diego Comic Con in this entertaining summer read from a Marvel / DC Comics veteran Fred Van Lente, featuring illustrations in classic comic book style. From the author of Ten Dead Comedians.
HC: 978-0-399-59221-8 eBook: 978-0-399-59223-2 AD: 978-0-525-63140-8 LP: 978-0-525-63181-1 Random House | 25,000 July 24, 2018
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic and former New York Times book critic comes a stirring and incisive manifesto on America's retreat from reason.
The overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice takes center stage in a fresh retelling of this classic novel.
Believe Me
The Story of a Marriage
Kill the Farm Boy
Fruit of the Drunken Tree
Geir Gulliksen
Kevin Hearne and Delilah S. Dawson
Ingrid Rojas Contreras
JP Delaney
HC: 978-0-385-54272-2 eBook: 978-0-385-54273-9 AD: 978-0-525-63264-1 Doubleday | 50,000 July 31, 2018
HC: 978-1-101-96631-0 eBook: 978-1-101-96632-7 AD: 978-0-525-63315-0 CD: 978-0-525-63314-3 LP: 978-0-525-63316-7 Ballantine Books | 250,000 August 14, 2018
HC: 978-1-5247-5967-4 eBook: 978-1-5247-5969-8 AD: 978-0-525-63364-8 Hogarth | 40,000 July 24, 2018 A dramatic and devastating portrait of the dissolution of a marriage—written with brutal and lyrical precision, and nominated for the Nordic Prize.
HC: 978-1-5247-9774-4 eBook: 978-1-5247-9775-1 AD: 978-0-525-59367-6 Del Rey | 40,000 July 24, 2018 The start of a magical, witty new series in the tradition of Terry Pratchett and The Princess Bride, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles and the author of the New York Times bestseller Star Wars: Phasma.
In the vein of Isabel Allende and Gabriel García Márquez, a mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both.
In this twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before, an actress plays both sides of a murder investigation.
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