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This collection of seventeen wonderful short stories shows that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor.
The Expats meets The Americans meets The Girl Before in this perfectly plotted, ripped-from-theheadlines debut thriller.
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A dazzling family love story reminiscent of Everything I Never Told You from a novelist heralded by Lorrie Moore as a “great new talent.”
St. Aubyn’s modern take on King Lear is at once a devastating family story and an examination of money, power, and the importance of forgiveness.
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Detective Max Rupert unravels the truth of his wife’s death and considers taking justice into his own hands. Perfect for mystery book clubs.
An infectiously funny debut about the highs and lows of adolescence, and a wildly original take on the struggle to rise in America.
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FIRST FICTION Ayobami Adebayo
Jonathan Skariton
STAY WITH ME: A Novel
SÉANCE INFERNALE: A Novel
In the spirit of Chris Cleave’s Little Bee and Emma Donoghue’s Room, this unforgettable novel set in Nigeria gives voice to both husband and wife as they tell the story of their marriage—and the forces that threaten to tear it apart.
An extraordinary debut novel—dark, fastpaced, thrilling—set in contemporary and nineteenth-century Europe, the United States, and Scotland, involving the true inventor of moving pictures; his lost film, Séance Infernale, made in Edinburgh in 1888; and a shocking series of crimes terrorizing the city in present time.
978-0-451-49460-3 | $25.95/$34.95C | 40,000 Knopf | HC | August e 978-0-451-49461-0 | ] AD: 978-1-5247-8183-5 LITERARY FICTION
Social: @AyobamiAdebayo
978-1-101-94673-2 | $26.95/$35.95C | 30,000 Knopf | HC | August e 978-1-101-94674-9 | ] AD: 978-0-525-50048-3 HISTORICAL THRILLER
Emily Culliton
Social: JonathanSkariton.com RA: For readers of Dan Brown, Caleb Carr, and fans of Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Shadow of the Wind RI: Author lives in Kent, England
THE MISFORTUNE OF MARION PALM: A Novel
Gabriel Tallent
A wildly entertaining debut about a Brooklyn Heights wife and mother who has embezzled a small fortune from her children’s private school and makes a run for it, leaving behind her trust fund poet husband, his maybe-secret lover, her two daughters, and a school board who will do anything to find her.
MY ABSOLUTE DARLING: A Novel
A brilliant and immersive, all-consuming read about one fourteen-year-old girl’s heart-stopping fight for her own soul. Shot through with striking language in a fierce natural setting, My Absolute Darling is an urgently told, profoundly moving read that marks the debut of an extraordinary new writer.
978-1-5247-3190-8 | $25.95/$34.95C | 40,000 Knopf | HC | August e 978-1-5247-3191-5 | ] AD: 978-0-525-50056-8 LITERARY FICTION
Social: @CullitonE RA: For readers of Where’d You Go Bernadette? RI: Author lives in Denver, CO and Brooklyn, NY
978-0-7352-1117-9 | $27.00/$36.00C | 75,000 Riverhead | HC | August e 978-0-7352-1119-3 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49793-6 | ] CD: 978-0-525-49792-9 LP: 978-0-525-49884-1 LITERARY FICTION
Anne Ostby
PIECES OF HAPPINESS A novel of five lifelong friends who, in their sixties, decide to live together on a cocoa farm in Fiji, where they not only start a chocolate business but strengthen their friendships and rediscover themselves. A story of love, hope, and chocolate that will reaffirm your faith in friendship, second chances, and the importance of indulging one’s sweet tooth.
Social: @GRTallent RA: For readers of The Road, A Little Life, and Room Rl: Author lives in Salt Lake City, UT
Jenny Zhang
SOUR HEART: Stories A sly, intimate debut collection that conjures the experience of adolescence through the eyes of Chinese American girls growing up in New York City. A stunning exploration of race, class, and identity. 978-0-399-58938-6 | $26.00/$35.00C | 30,000 Lenny | HC | August e 978-0-399-58939-3 | ] AD: 978-1-5247-7656-5
978-0-385-54280-7 | $25.95/$34.95C | 30,000 | Doubleday | HC | August e 978-0-385-54281-4 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49980-0 | ] CD: 978-0-525-49979-4 GENERAL FICTION
SHORT STORIES / LITERARY FICTION
RA: For readers of Maeve Binchy and Rosamund Pilcher RI: Author lives in Norway
Jenny Rogneby
LEONA: THE DIE IS CAST
James Bradley
CLADE
This is a hard-boiled crime novel, filled with unexpected twists and turns, featuring an unusual heroine. Leona makes for gripping reading while challenging feminine norms and posing questions about what lies behind the choices we make.
Adam is in Antarctica, marking the passage of the solstice. Across the globe, his wife Ellie is waiting for the results of her IVF treatment. So begins the story of one family in a changing world, where the apocalyptic mingles with the everyday.
978-1-59051-882-3 | $16.95/$22.99C | 30,000 Other Press | TR | August e 978-1-59051-883-0
978-1-78565-414-5 | $14.95/$19.95C | 20,000 Titan Books | TR | September e 978-1-78565-548-7
THRILLER
Social: JennyRogneby.com RA: For fans of Scandinavian thrillers RI: Author lives in Malta
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Social: @JennyBagel; JennyBagel.com RA: For fans of Zadie Smith, Helen Oyeyemi, Junot Díaz, and Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist RI: Author lives in Brooklyn, NY
SCIENCE FICTION
RA: For fans of The Stand and The Road RI: Author lives in Australia
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FIRST FICTION Steve Goble
Ed McDonald
THE BLOODY BLACK FLAG:
BLACKWING
Agatha Christie meets Patrick O’Brian in the first book in a new series of swashbuckling historical mysteries featuring Spider John Rush, a most reluctant pirate.
Mad Max meets Game of Thrones in this gritty fantasy debut set on the ragged edge of a postapocalyptic frontier where bounty hunter Ryhalt Galharrow finds himself in a desperate battle to survive his own dark destiny.
978-1-63388-359-8 | $15.95/$17.00C | 40,000 Seventh Street Books | TR | September e 978-1-63388-360-4
978-0-399-58779-5 | $26.00/$35.00C | 50,000 Ace | HC | October e 978-0-399-58780-1 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49845-2
A Spider John Mystery
MYSTERY
EPIC FANTASY
Social: @Steve_Goble RA: For fans of Black Sails RI: Author lives in Ashland, OH
Khary Lazarre-White
Social: @EdMcDonaldTFK RA: For readers of George R. R. Martin, Joe Abercrombie, and Mark Lawrence Rl: Author lives in London, UK
PASSAGE: A Novel
Krysten Ritter
A haunting and haunted novel of a young man’s experience navigating the streets of Harlem and Brooklyn, while living among the ghosts of his African-American past. “Khary is using his passion to uplift and inspire a next generation.” (Oprah Winfrey)
From actress, producer, and writer Krysten Ritter comes a psychological suspense novel about a woman forced to confront her past in the wake of small-town corruption.
978-1-60980-783-2 | $21.95/$28.95C | 35,000 Seven Stories Press | HC | September e 978-1-60980-784-9 AFRICAN AMERICAN FICTION / COMING-OF-AGE
Social: @KLWspeaks RA: For readers of Between the World and Me and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao RI: Author lives in New York, NY
BONFIRE: A Novel
978-1-5247-5984-1 | $26.00/$35.00C | 100,000 Crown Archetype | HC | November e 978-1-5247-5968-5 | ] AD: 978-1-5247-7899-6 ] CD: 978-1-5247-7898-9 THRILLER / SUSPENSE
Social: Facebook.com/KrystenRitter RA: For fans of Luckiest Girl Alive, Gone Girl, and Sharp Objects Rl: Author lives in New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA
Xhenet Aliu
Francesca Hornak
BRASS: A Novel
SEVEN DAYS OF US: A Novel
A fierce debut novel about mothers and daughters, haves and have-nots, and the stark realities behind the American Dream —told in gripping parallel narratives.
A warm, wry, sharply observed debut novel that portrays what happens when a family is quarantined together over the holidays—and when keeping secrets is no longer an option.
978-0-399-59024-5 | $27.00/$36.00C | 30,000 Random House | HC | January e 978-0-399-59025-2 | ] AD: 978-0-525-52456-4
978-0-451-48875-6 | $26.00/$35.00C | 75,000 Berkley | HC | October e 978-0-451-48877-0 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49893-3 ] CD: 978-0-525-49892-6 LP: 978-0-525-52450-2 CONTEMPORARY WOMEN’S FICTION
Social: @FrancescaHornak RA: For fans of The Nest, This is Where I Leave You, and Love Actually Rl: Author lives in London, UK
LITERARY FICTION
Social: XhenetAliu.com RA: For fans of Gary Shteyngart, Brit Bennett, and Claire Vaye Watkins RI: Author lives in Athens, GA
Mary Lynn Bracht
WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUM
Martin MacInnes
INFINITE GROUND A police procedural that explodes into a dislocating investigation into the nature of reality, Infinite Ground is a luminous, sinister, and wholly original debut. 978-1-61219-685-5 | $25.99/$33.99C | 25,000 Melville House | HC | October e 978-1-61219-686-2 FICTION / PSYCHOLOGICAL
Social: MartinMacInnes.com RA: For fans of True Detective and Stranger Things RI: Set in South America
A sweeping historical debut that brings to life the heartbreaking history of Korea through the deeply moving and redemptive story of two sisters separated by World War II. 978-0-7352-1443-9 | $26.00/$35.00C | 50,000 Putnam | HC | January e 978-0-7352-1445-3 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49768-4 ] CD: 978-0-525-49767-7 LP: 978-0-525-52424-3 HISTORICAL FICTION
Social: @MaryBracht; MaryBracht.com RA: For readers of Martha Hall Kelly, Kristin Hannah, and Khaled Hosseini Rl: Author lives in London, UK
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FIRST FICTION Karen Cleveland
Mira T. Lee
NEED TO KNOW: A Novel
EVERYTHING HERE IS BEAUTIFUL
An electrifying psychological thriller debut from a CIA insider: In pursuit of a Russian spy ring on U.S. soil, a CIA analyst uncovers a dangerous secret that will test her loyalty to the agency— and to her family. 978-1-5247-9702-7 | $27.00/$36.00C | 250,000 Ballantine Books | HC | January e 978-1-524-79703-4 | ] AD: 978-0-525-53062-6 ] CD: 978-0-525-53061-9 | LP: 978-0-525-58782-8 PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER / SUSPENSE
Social: Facebook.com/KarenClevelandAuthor RA: The Expats meets The Americans meets The Girl Before RI: Author lives in Northern Virginia
A dazzling novel about a young woman’s quest to find fulfillment and a life unconstrained by her illness. An unforgettable, gut-wrenching story of the sacrifices we make to truly love someone—and when loyalty to one’s self must prevail over all. 978-0-7352-2196-3 | $26.00/$35.00C | 50,000 Pamela Dorman Books | HC | January e 978-0-7352-2198-7 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49747-9 | ] CD: 978-0-525-49746-2 LP: 978-0-525-50132-9 CONTEMPORARY WOMEN’S FICTION
Social: Facebook.com/MiraTLee RA: For fans of Celeste Ng, Wally Lamb, and Elizabeth Strout Rl: Author lives in Cambridge, MA
Michelle Frances
THE GIRLFRIEND
Louisa Luna
A chilling domestic thriller, brilliantly rendering the relationship between a fiercely protective mother, a charming son, and the young woman who will stop at nothing to come between them.
TWO GIRLS DOWN: A Novel For fans of Tana French, Lee Child, Robert Crais, and Dennis Lehane, a riveting thriller about the search for two missing girls in a small Pennsylvania town.
978-1-4967-1246-2 | $26.00 | 100,000 Kensington | HC | January e 978-1-4967-1248-6 PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
RA: For readers of The Girl on the Train and The Widow RI: Author lives in the UK
978-0-385-54249-4 | $25.95/$34.95C | 50,000 Doubleday | HC | January e 978-0-385-54250-0 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49685-4
NOT
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Sam Graham-Felsen
GREEN: A Novel
Thomas Pierce
A novel of race and privilege in America —a coming-of-age story about a life-changing friendship told through the eyes of a white boy at a mostly black school.
THE AFTERLIVES: A Novel A love story that asks: what happens after we die? The debut novel from National Book Award 5 Under 35 Winner and author of the “ridiculously good” (New York Times) collection Hall of Small Mammals.
978-0-399-59114-3 | $27.00/$36.00C | 40,000 Random House | HC | January e 978-0-399-59115-0 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49443-0 LITERARY FICTION / COMING OF AGE
Social: @SamGF; Facebook.com/SamGrahamFelsen; SamGF.com RA: For fans of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Sag Harbor, The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian, and The Fortress of Solitude RI: Author lives in Brooklyn, NY
978-1-59463-253-2 | $27.00/$36.00C | 20,000 Riverhead | HC | January e 978-0-698-14494-1 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49863-6 LITERARY FICTION
Social: @ThomasPierce RA: For fans of George Saunders, Emily St. John Mandel, and Dave Eggers Rl: Author lives outside of Charlottesville, VA
Tom Hunt
KILLER CHOICE
Chandler Klang Smith
His wife is sick. He needs $200,000 to save her. A mysterious man offers to give him the money with just one catch: He has to murder someone to get it. A nail-biting debut thriller from a major new talent that asks the question: To save the one you love, is there any price you wouldn’t pay?
THE SKY IS YOURS: A Novel A sprawling, genre-defying epic set in a dystopian New York plagued by dragons, this debut is pure storytelling pleasure. 978-0-4514-9626-3 | $27.00/$36.00C | 50,000 Hogarth | HC | January e 978-0-4514-9628-7 | ] AD: 978-1-5247-5747-2 LITERARY SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY
978-0-399-58640-8 | $26.00/$35.00C | 50,000 Berkley | HC | January e 978-0-399-58641-5 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49873-5
Social: Facebook.com/ChandlerKS RA: For readers of Lauren Groff, Donna Tartt, and Nell Zink RI: Author lives in New York, NY
CRIME THRILLER
Social: @TomHuntWriter; Facebook.com/TomHuntWriter RA: For readers of Harlan Coben, Lisa Gardner, and Defending Jacob Rl: Author lives in New York, NY
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Sigrid Rausing
HOW TO BEHAVE IN A CROWD: A Novel
MAYHEM: A Memoir In the summer of 2012 Eva was found dead in the London townhouse she shared with her husband, Hans K. Rausing. The couple had struggled with drug addiction for years, often under the glare of tabloid headlines. Now, Hans’ sister tries to make sense of what happened.
An absorbing, darkly comedic novel that brilliantly evokes the confusions of adolescence and marks the arrival of an extraordinary new talent. 978-0-4514-9754-3 | $26.00/$35.00C | 40,000 Tim Duggan Books | HC | August e 978-0-4514-9756-7 | ] AD: 978-1-5247-7416-5
978-0-451-49312-5 | $25.00/$34.00C | 40,000 Knopf | HC | September e 978-0-451-49313-2 | ] AD: 9780-525-80038-4
LITERARY FICTION / COMING OF AGE / DEBUT
RA: For fans of Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, and Salinger’s Glass family RI: Author lives in Chicago, IL
MEMOIR
RA: For readers of Wave, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, and An Unquiet Mind RI: Author lives in London, UK
Fiona Davis
THE ADDRESS: A Novel The author of the LibraryReads pick The Dollhouse returns with a compelling novel about the thin lines between love and loss, success and ruin, passion and madness, and the deadly secrets hidden behind the walls of The Dakota, New York City’s most famous residence. 978-1-5247-4199-0 | $26.00/$35.00C | 75,000 Dutton | HC | August e 978-1-5247-4200-3 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49960-2 LP: 978-0-525-50152-7 HISTORICAL MYSTERY
Social: @FionaJDavis; Facbook.com/FionaDavisAuthor RA: For readers of The Other Typist and A Fine Imitation Rl: Author lives in New York, NY
Kate Hamer
THE DOLL FUNERAL
Jennifer Chiaverini
ENCHANTRESS OF NUMBERS: A Novel of Ada Lovelace New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini illuminates the fascinating life of Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace, the world’s first computer programmer, and a woman whose exceptional contributions to science and technology have been too long unsung. 978-1-101-98520-5 | $27.00/$36.00C | 50,000 Dutton | HC | December e 978-1-101-98522-9 HISTORICAL FICTION
Social: @JChiaverini; Facbook.com/JenniferChiaveriniAuthor RA: For fans of Paula McLain and Sara Gruen Rl: Set in London, UK
Sharon Bala
From the author of the LibraryReads pick The Girl in the Red Coat. With hints of the paranormal and a gripping mystery at its heart, The Doll Funeral explores the connections that remain after a family has been broken apart.
THE BOAT PEOPLE: A Novel An extraordinary novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage only to face the threat of deportation amid accusations of terrorism. The Boat People is a spellbinding and timely novel that provokes a deeply compassionate lens through which to view the current refugee crisis.
978-1-61219-665-7 | $25.99 | 50,000 Melville House | HC | August e 978-1-61219-666-4 FICTION / THRILLER
Social: @kate_hamer RA: For fans of The Lovely Bones and Donna Tartt’s The Secret History RI: Author lives in Wales, UK
Jamie Ford
LOVE AND OTHER CONSOLATION PRIZES:
978-0-385-54229-6 | $26.95 | 25,000 Doubleday | HC | January 978-0-7710-2429-0 | $24.95C | McClelland & Stewart | TR e 978-0-385-54230-2 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49603-8 GENERAL FICTION
Social: SharonBala.com RA: For readers of Khaled Hosseini and Chris Cleave RI: Author lives in Canada
A Novel
From the bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet comes a powerful novel, inspired by a true story, about an orphan boy whose life is transformed after he is raffled off at Seattle’s epic 1909 World’s Fair. 978-0-8041-7675-0 | $28.00/$37.00C | 150,000 Ballantine Books | HC | September e 978-0-8041-7676-7 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49259-7 | ] CD: 978-0-525-49258-0 LP: 978-0-525-50123-7 HISTORICAL FICTION / ASIAN AMERICAN
Social: @JamieFord; Facebook.com/JamieFordAuthor; JamieFord.com RA: For fans of Lisa See’s China Dolls and Helen Simonson’s The Summer Before the War RI: Author lives in Great Falls, MT
Melanie Benjamin
THE GIRLS IN THE PICTURE: A Novel
A fascinating novel of the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood’s earliest female legends —screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford—from the bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator’s Wife. 978-1-101-88680-9 | $28.00/$37.00C | 100,000 Delacorte Press | HC | January e 978-1-101-88681-6 | ] AD: 978-0-451-48468-0 | ] CD: 978-0-451-48467-3 HISTORICAL FICTION
Social: @MelanieBen; Facebook.com/Melanie.Benjamin.9; MelanieBenjamin.com RA: For fans of Paula McLain and Sara Gruen RI: Author lives in Chicago, IL Visit us at our website: www.PenguinRandomHouseLibrary.com
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ADULT BOOKS FOR TEENS Daryl Gregory
Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal
SPOONBENDERS: A Novel
RHETT & LINK’S BOOK OF MYTHICALITY:
A generations-spanning family of psychics—both blessed and burdened by their abilities—must use their powers to save themselves from the CIA, the local mafia, and a skeptic hell-bent on discrediting them in this hilarious, tender, magical novel about the invisible forces that bind us. 978-1-5247-3182-3 | $27.95 | 75,000 | Knopf | HC | June 978-0-385-68951-9 | $34.95C | Bond Street Books e 978-1-5247-3183-0 | ] AD: 978-1-5247-3483-1 | ] CD: 978-1-5247-3482-4 LP: 978-1-5247-8023-4 GENERAL FICTION
RA: For fans of This is Where I Leave You RI: Author lives in Oakland, CA
Vic James
A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, and Tomfoolery
From the YouTube superstars of Good Mythical Morning, the ultimate guide to adding Mythicality to your life, featuring stories and photos from Rhett and Link’s lifelong friendship. 978-0-4514-9629-4 | $21.00/$28.00C | 250,000 | Crown Archetype | HC | October e 978-0-4514-9631-7 HUMOR / MEMOIR
Social: RhettAndLink.com; Instagram.com/RhettAndLink RA: For fans of The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire, Selp-Helf, and Binge RI: Authors live in Los Angeles, CA
Amy Brashear
TARNISHED CITY
NO SAINTS IN KANSAS
The captivating dystopian trilogy that began with Gilded Cage continues in this second novel filled with magic, intrigue, and upstairs/downstairs drama in the vein of Downton Abbey.
In this extraordinary debut novel, Amy Brashear turns Truman Capote’s classic In Cold Blood on its head, telling the story from the point of view of Nancy Clutter’s friend and classmate, the fictional Carly Fleming. Published to coincide with the anniversary of the Clutter murders.
978-0-425-28412-4 | $20.00/$27.00C | 40,000 Del Rey | HC | September e 978-0-425-28416-2 | ] AD: 978-1-524-78061-6 FANTASY / DYSTOPIAN
Social: @DrVictoriaJames; VicJames.co.uk RA: For fans of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising, Samantha Shannon’s The Bone Season, Kristin Cashore’s Graceling, and Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen RI: Author lives in London, UK
978-1-61695-683-7 | $18.99/$21.99C | 50,000 Soho Teen | HC | November e 978-1-61695-684-4 YOUNG ADULT FICTION / DEBUT
RA: For fans of In Cold Blood RI: Author lives in Fayetteville, AR
Fran Krause
Donna Everhart
THE CREEPS:
THE ROAD TO BITTERSWEET
A Deep Dark Fears Collection
A follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Deep Dark Fears, a second volume of comics based on people’s quirky, spooky, hilarious, and terrifying fears.
Set in the Carolinas in the 1940s, this is a beautifully written, evocative account of a young woman reckoning not just with the unforgiving landscape, but with the rocky emotional terrain that leads from innocence to wisdom.
978-0-3995-7914-1 | $16.00/$22.00C | 15,000 Ten Speed Press | HC | September COMICS / NONFICTION
978-1-4967-0949-3 | $15.95/$17.95C | 65,000 Kensington | TR | December e 978-1-4967-0950-9
Social: @deepdarkfears RA: For fans of Kate Beaton, Emily Carroll, and Poorly Drawn Lines RI: Author lives in Los Angeles, CA FICTION / COMING OF AGE
Ian Doescher
Social: @wordstogobuy; Facebook.com/DonnaDavisEverhart; DonnaEverhart.com RA: For fans of Sue Monk Kidd and Ellen Marie Wiseman RI: Author lives in North Carolina
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S THE FORCE DOTH AWAKEN:
Pierce Brown
Star Wars Part the Seventh
IRON GOLD:
As the noble Resistance clashes with the vile First Order, Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, Kylo Ren, and BB-8 are pulled into a galaxy-wide drama . . . in iambic pentameter. The story may take place in a galaxy far, far away, but you’ll be convinced it was written by the Bard.
Book 4 of the Red Rising Saga
Honor and betrayal fuel a caste-shattering revolution in the action packed new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Red Rising Trilogy. 978-0-425-28591-6 | $28.00/$37.00C | 100,000 Del Rey | HC | January e 978-0-425-28592-3
978-1-59474-985-8 | $14.95/$15.95C | 100,000 Quirk Books | HC | October e 978-1-59474-986-5 | ] AD: 978-0-525-50156-5
SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN
FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION
Social: IanDoescher.com; @IanDoescher RA: For fans of the Bard and Star Wars RI: Author lives in Portland, OR
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Social: @Pierce_Brown; Facebook.com/PierceBrownAuthor; Instagram.com/ PierceBrownOfficial; PierceBrownBooks.com RA: For fans of Suzanne Collins, George R. R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Frank Herbert, and William Golding RI: Author lives in Los Angeles, CA
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FICTION Marie Kondo; Illustrated by Yuko Uramoto
Jonathan Dee
THE LIFE-CHANGING MANGA OF TIDYING UP:
A rural working-class New England town elects as its mayor a New York hedge fund millionaire in this inspired novel for our times.
THE LOCALS: A Novel
A Magical Story
This graphic novelization brings Kondo’s life-changing tidying method to life with the story of a woman who transforms her home, work, and love life using Kondo’s advice and inspiration.
978-0-8129-9322-6 | $28.00/$37.00C | 30,000 Random House | HC | August e 978-0-679-64501-6 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49524-6 LITERARY FICTION
978-0-3995-8053-6 | $14.99/$19.99C | 50,000 Ten Speed Press | TR | June
RA: For fans of Jonathan Franzen, Jennifer Egan, Elizabeth Strout, and Richard Russo RI: Author lives in Syracuse, NY
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / MANGA
Social: KonMari.com; @MarieKondo; Facebook.com/KonMariMethod RA: Fans of manga, graphic novels, and the KonMari method RI: Author lives in Tokyo, Japan
Shari Lapena
Swan Huntley
From the bestselling author of the LibraryReads pick The Couple Next Door, a new thriller featuring a suspicious accident, a wife who can’t account for herself, and unsettling questions that threaten to tear the couple apart.
THE GODDESSES: A Novel A captivating novel about a woman who moves her family to Hawaii, only to find herself wrapped up in a dangerous friendship, from the celebrated author of the LibraryReads pick We Could Be Beautiful. 978-0-385-54221-0 | $26.95/$35.95C | 25,000 Doubleday | HC | July e 978-0-385-54222-7 | ] AD: 978-1-5247-8043-2 GENERAL FICTION
Social: @SwanHuntley RA: The Descendants meets Single White Female
A STRANGER IN THE HOUSE
978-0-7352-2112-3 | $26.00 | 150,000 Pamela Dorman Books | HC | August e 978-0-7352-2114-7 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49857-5 ] CD: 978-0-525-49856-8 | LP: 978-0-525-50131-2 MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE
Social: @ShariLapena; Facebook.com/ShariLapena RA: For readers of The Widow and The Woman in Cabin 10 Rl: Author lives in Toronto, CA
Orhan Pamuk
Stephen Baxter
THE RED-HAIRED WOMAN:
THE MASSACRE OF MANKIND:
A Novel
From the Nobel Prize winner and bestselling author of Snow and My Name Is Red, a beguiling mystery tale of family and romance, of fathers and sons and the desires that come between them.
Sequel to The War of the Worlds
A sequel to the H. G. Wells classic The War of the Worlds, brilliantly realized by award-winning science fiction author and Wells expert Stephen Baxter.
978-0-451-49442-9 | $26.95 | 50,000 Knopf | HC | August 978-0-7352-7270-5 | $32.00C | Knopf Canada e 978-0-451-49443-6 | ] AD: 978-0-525-52316-1 ] CD: 978-0-525-52331-4
978-1-5247-6012-0 | $27.00/$36.00C | 60,000 Crown | HC | August e 978-1-5247-6014-4 | ] AD: 978-0-5254-9646-5 SCIENCE FICTION / ACTION & ADVENTURE LITERARY FICTION / MYSTERY
RA: For fans of Ann Leckie, Cixin Liu, Peter F. Hamilton, and Alastair Reynolds RI: Author lives in Northumberland, UK
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John Boyne
Michael Poore
THE HEART’S INVISIBLE FURIES: A Novel
REINCARNATION BLUES: A Novel
From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, a sweeping, heartfelt saga about the course of one man’s life, beginning and ending in post-war Ireland.
In the tradition of Cloud Atlas comes a wildly imaginative novel about a man who is reincarnated over ten thousand lifetimes to be with his one true love: Death herself.
978-1-5247-6078-6 | $28.00 | 75,000 Hogarth | HC | August e 978-1-5247-6080-9 | ] AD: 978-0-5254-9495-9
978-0-399-17848-1 | $27.00/$36.00C | 50,000 Del Rey | HC | August e 978-0-399-17849-8 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49451-5
FICTION / COMING OF AGE
FANTASY / LITERARY FICTION
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FICTION Kamila Shamsie
Nathan Englander
HOME FIRE: A Novel
DINNER AT THE CENTER OF THE EARTH: A Novel
From an internationally acclaimed novelist, the suspenseful and heartbreaking story of a family ripped apart by secrets and driven to pit love against loyalty, with devastating consequences.
The best work yet from the Pulitzer finalist and bestselling author of For the Relief of Unbearable Urges—a political thriller that unfolds in the highly charged territory of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and pivots on the complex relationship between a secret prisoner and his guard.
978-0-7352-1768-3 | $26.00/$35.00C | 50,000 Riverhead | HC | August e 978-0-7352-1770-6 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49787-5 LITERARY FICTION
Social: @KamilaShamsie RA: For fans of Mohsin Hamis and Bel Canto Rl: Author lives in London, UK
Chantel Acevedo
978-1-5247-3273-8 | $26.95/$35.95C | 75,000 Knopf | HC | September e 978-1-5247-3274-5 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49998-5 | LP: 978-0-525-52809-8 LITERARY FICITON / THRILLER
THE LIVING INFINITE: A Novel
Social: @NEnglander; NathanEnglander.com RA: For readers of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Here I Am and David Grossman’s To the End of the Land RI: Author lives in Brooklyn, NY
After her cloistered childhood at the Spanish court, her youth spent in exile, and a loveless marriage, Eulalia gladly departs Europe for the New World where she secretly tries to find a publisher for her scandalous, incendiary autobiography, a book that might well turn the old world order on its head.
Holly Goddard Jones
THE SALT LINE In the spirit of Station Eleven and California, award-winning novelist Holly Goddard Jones offers a literary spin on the dystopian genre with this gripping story of survival and humanity about a group of adrenaline junkies who jump “the Salt Line.”
978-1-60945-430-2 | $17.00/$22.00C | 55,000 Europa Editions | TR | September e 978-1-60945-431-9 HISTORICAL FICTION
Social: @ChantelAcevedo; ChantelAcevedo.com RA: For fans of The Devil in the White City RI: Set in Spain and Chicago
Jussi Adler-Olsen
978-0-7352-1431-6 | $26.00/$35.00C | 75,000 Putnam | HC | September e 978-0-7352-1432-3 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49779-0 SCIENCE FICTION
Social: Facebook.com/HollyGoddardJones RA: For readers of Station Eleven, The Dog Stars, and Margaret Atwood RI: Author lives in Greensboro, NC
THE SCARRED WOMAN
David Lagercrantz
The New York Times bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Causes delivers his most captivating and suspenseful Department Q novel yet. Detective Mørck is challenged when the dark, troubled past of one of his own team members collides with a sinister unsolved murder.
THE GIRL WHO TAKES AN EYE FOR AN EYE:
A Lisbeth Salander novel, continuing Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Series
From the author of the #1 international bestseller The Girl in the Spider’s Web. Once again, Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist, together, are the fierce heart of a thrilling full-tilt novel that takes on some of the most insidious problems facing the world at this very moment.
978-0-525-95495-8 | $28.00/$37.00C | 50,000 Dutton | HC | September e 978-0-698-40978-1 | ] AD: 978-1-5247-0251-9 ] CD: 978-1-5247-0250-2 | LP: 978-1-5247-0864-1 MYSTERY & DETECTIVE
Social: @JussiAdlerOlsen; Facebook.com/Jussi.AdlerOlsen RA: For readers of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbø RI: Author lives in Denmark
Peter Clines
PARADOX BOUND An ingenious, irresistible new time-travel thriller from the author of The Fold and the Ex-Heroes series. 978-0-5534-1833-0 | $26.00/$35.00C | 30,000 Crown | HC | September e 978-0-5534-1834-7 SCIENCE FICTION / HORROR
Social: PeterClines.com; Facebook.com/PeterClines; @PeterClines RA: For fans of John Scalzi, Chuck Wendig, Wesley Chu, and Larry Correia RI: Author lives in Los Angeles, CA
978-0-451-49432-0 | $27.95 | 500,000 | Knopf | HC | September 978-0-7352-3298-3 | $35.00C | Viking Canada e 978-0-451-49433-7 | ] AD: 978-1-5247-0900-6 | ] CD: 978-1-5247-0899-3 LP: 978-0-525-49940-4 MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / THRILLER
Social: DavidLagercrantz.com RI: Author lives in Stockholm, Sweden
John le Carré
A LEGACY OF SPIES: A Novel The undisputed master returns with his first Smiley novel in over twenty-five years. John le Carré has spun a single plot as ingenious and thrilling as the two predecessors in a story resonating with tension, humor, moral ambivalence and a legacy of unforgettable characters. 978-0-7352-2511-4 | $28.00 | 200,000 Viking | HC | September e 978-0-7352-2512-1 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49853-7 ] CD: 978-0-525-49852-0 | LP: 978-0-525-50130-5 ESPIONAGE
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Zoe Whittall
FIVE-CARAT SOUL
THE BEST KIND OF PEOPLE:
The stories in Five-Carat Soul spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge. They’re funny, insightful, unpredictable, imaginative and authentic—all told with McBride’s unrivaled storytelling skill and meticulous eye for character and detail.
A beloved local school teacher is arrested for a heinous crime, leaving his family to wrestle with the possibility of his guilt in this exquisite novel about loyalty, truth, and happiness.
978-0-7352-1669-3 | $27.00/$36.00C | 50,000 Riverhead | HC | September e 978-0-7352-1671-6 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49799-8 ] CD: 978-0-525-49798-1 | LP: 978-0-525-49885-8 SHORT STORIES
Social: Facebook.com/JamesMcBrideAuthor RA: For readers of Junot Díaz and Colson Whitehead Rl: Author lives in Lambertville, NJ
Celeste Ng
LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE From the New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, comes a beautiful novel that explores the weight of long-held secrets and the ferocious pull of motherhood—and the danger of believing that planning and following the rules can avert disaster, or heartbreak. 978-0-7352-2429-2 | $27.00/$36.00C | 150,000 Penguin Press | HC | September e 978-0-7352-2430-8 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49809-4 | ] CD: 978-0-525-49808-7 LP: 978-0-525-49877-3 LITERARY FICTION
A Novel
978-0-399-18221-1 | $28.00 | 50,000 Ballantine Books | HC | September e 978-0-399-18222-8 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49415-7 ] CD: 978-0-525-49414-0 FICTION / FAMILY LIFE
Social: @ZoeWhittall; ZoeWhittall.com RA: For fans of Jodi Picoult, Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You, and William Landay’s Defending Jacob RI: Author lives in Toronto, Ontario
Gardner Dozois, Editor; Written by George R. R. Martin, Robin Hobb, Scott Lynch, and Garth Nix
THE BOOK OF SWORDS An anthology of all original fantasy stories from a stellar cast of award-winning modern masters, including George R. R. Martin, Robin Hobb, Scott Lynch, Ken Liu, and Elizabeth Bear—collected by multiple-award winning editor Gardner Dozois, and celebrating the legacy of epic fantasy. 978-0-399-59376-5 | $30.00/$40.00C | 50,000 | Bantam | HC | October e 978-0-399-59377-2 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49271-9 FANTASY / COLLECTIONS & ANTHOLOGIES
Social: @pronounced_ing RA: For fans of Ann Patchett and Liane Moriarty Rl: Author lives in Cambridge, MA
RI: Author lives in Philadelphia, PA
Allen Eskens
Salman Rushdie
THE DEEP DARK DESCENDING
THE GOLDEN HOUSE: A Novel A modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture—a hurtling, page-turning mystery that is equal parts The Great Gatsby and The Bonfire of the Vanities about a real-estate tycoon and his mysterious, powerful, corrupt family. 978-0-399-59280-5 | $28.99 | 75,000 Random House | HC | September 978-0-7352-7356-6 | $34.00C | Knopf Canada e 978-0-399-59281-2 | ] AD: 978-0-525-52473-1 | ] CD: 978-0-525-52472-4 LITERARY FICTION / SATIRE
Social: @SalmanRushdie; SalmanRushdie.com RA: For fans of The Corrections and Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America RI: Author lives in New York, NY
From the award-winning author of the LibraryReads pick The Life We Bury. A homicide detective hunts down his wife’s killers while struggling between his thirst for revenge and a twinge of conscience forbidding him to take the law into his own hands. 978-1-63388-355-0 | $15.95/$17.00C | 75,000 Seventh Street Books | TR | October
e 978-1-63388-356-7 FICTION / MYSTERY
Social: @AEskens; AllenEskens.com RA: Perfect for mystery book clubs RI: Author lives in Cleveland, MN
David A. Goodman
Susan Holloway Scott
I, ELIZA HAMILTON New York Times bestselling author Susan Holloway Scott brings to life the story of Alexander Hamilton’s wife, Eliza, in this beautifully written piece of historical fiction—the incredible story of the founding of America, from Eliza’s point of view. 978-1-4967-1252-3 | $15.00/$16.95C | 50,000 Kensington | TR | September e 978-1-49671253-0 HISTORICAL FICTION
Social: @2nerdyhistgirls; Facebook.com/SusanHollowayScott; SusanHollowayScott.com RA: For fans of Hamilton: An American Musical RI: Author lives near Philadelphia, PA
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JEAN-LUC PICARD The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard chronicles his life in his own words, complete with illustrations and exclusive art. The perfect in-universe book for Star Trek fans, detailing the life and adventures of the original Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The follow-up fictional biography to Titan’s bestselling autobiography of James T. Kirk. 978-1-78565-465-7 | $24.99/$32.99C | 50,000 | Titan Books | HC | October FICTION / MEDIA TIE-IN
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FICTION Tom Hanks
Elizabeth Berg
UNCOMMON TYPE:
THE STORY OF ARTHUR TRULUV: A Novel
Some Stories
A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country’s civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game—and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN’s newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. These are just some of the tales Tom Hanks tells in this first collection of his short stories. They are surprising, intelligent, and heartwarming. 978-1-101-94615-2 | $26.95 | 250,000 | Knopf | HC | October 978-0-7352-7383-2 | $32.00C | Knopf Canada e 978-1-101-94616-9 | ] AD: 978-1-101-92366-5 | ] CD: 978-1-101-92365-8 SHORT STORIES
Social: @TomHanks RA: For fans of fiction written by celebrities such as Steve Martin and B. J. Novak
Kevin Hearne
A PLAGUE OF GIANTS
An emotionally powerful novel about three people who each lose the one they love most, only to find second chances where they least expect them—from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg. 978-1-4000-6990-3 | $26.00/$35.00C | 100,000 Random House | HC | November e 978-0-679-60513-3 | LP: 978-1-524-78303-7 LITERARY FICTION / FAMILY LIFE
Social: Facebook.com/BergBooks; Elizabeth-Berg.net RA: For fans of A Man Called Ove and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry RI: Author lives in Chicago, IL
Stephen R. Donaldson
SEVENTH DECIMATE Fantasy legend Stephen R. Donaldson launches a powerful new trilogy about a prince who embarks on a desperate quest to find a sorcerous library in order to save his people. 978-0-399-58613-2 | $27.00/$36.00C | 75,000 Berkley | HC | November e 978-0-399-58614-9 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49907-7
In the start of an enchanting new series, the bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles creates an unforgettable fantasy world . . . one that is forever changed when an army of giants invades. The kingdom’s only hope? A form of magic that will call the world’s wondrous beasts to fight by the side of humankind.
EPIC FANTASY
RA: For fans of George R. R. Martin, Pat Rothfuss, and The Lord of the Rings Rl: Author lives in Albuquerque, NM
Anne Rice and Christopher Rice
RAMSES THE DAMNED:
978-0-345-54860-3 | $28.99/$38.99C | 40,000 Del Rey | HC | October e 978-0-345-54861-0 | ] AD: 978-0-8041-2881-0
The Passion of Cleopatra
The tale of Ramses the Great continues . . . A glorious, fantastical romp of ancient times and the Edwardian age— set in 1914, that began with Anne Rice’s extravagant and compelling bestselling saga, The Mummy, and continues with this long-awaited new novel in the Ramses series.
EPIC FANTASY
Social: @KevinHearne; Facebook.com/AuthorKevin; KevinHearne.com RA: For fans of Peter V. Brett, Scott Lynch, Brent Weeks, Patrick Rothfuss, and Robin Hobb RI: Author lives in Longmont, CO
Greg Kincaid
NOELLE From the New York Times bestselling author of A Dog Named Christmas comes this heartwarming Christmas story about the power of family and the strength and love that comes from our pets. 978-1-5247-6119-6 | $16.99/$22.99C | 35,000 Convergent Books | HC | October e 978-1-5247-6120-2 | ] AD: 978-0-525-52306-2 FICTION / HOLIDAYS
RA: Fans of Greg Kincaid’s Christmas novels, holiday readers, and animal lovers RI: Author lives in Overland Park, KS
Edward St. Aubyn
DUNBAR A reimagining of King Lear, one of Shakespeare’s most well-read tragedies, by the contemporary, critically acclaimed master of domestic drama. 978-1-1019-0428-2 | $25.00 | 60,000 Hogarth | HC | October e 978-1-1019-0429-9 | ] AD: 978-0-5254-9546-8 LITERARY FICTION
RA: For fans of Shakespeare and the Hogarth Shakespeare series RI: Author lives in London, UK
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978-1-101-97032-4 | $16.00/$22.00C | 200,000 Anchor | TR | November e 978-1-101-97048-5 | ] AD: 978-0-525-52800-5 PARANORMAL FANTASY
Social: @AnneRiceAuthor
V. S. Alexander
THE TASTER The riveting story of a young German woman recruited to be one of Hitler’s food tasters, who plots to kill him after seeing the suffering he is inflicting on her family, her countrymen, and the enemies of his state. A sweeping novel, set in the most turbulent of times, filled with intrigue, horror, and ultimately, acts of courage, self-sacrifice, and love. 978-1-4967-1227-1 | $15.95/$17.95C | 35,000 Kensington | TR | January e 978-1-4967-1228-8 HISTORICAL FICTION
Social: @VSAlexander3 RA: For readers of Sarah’s Key and Skeletons at the Feast RI: Author lives in Oakland Park, FL
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LULLABY ROAD: A Novel Ben Jones, protagonist of the glowingly reviewed Never-Open Desert Diner, returns in a devastatingly powerful literary crime novel about parenthood, loss, and the desert in winter. 978-1-1019-0654-5 | $26.00/$35.00C | 40,000 Crown | HC | January e 978-1-1019-0656-9 THRILLERS / SUSPENSE
RA: For readers of Richard Price and Elmore Leonard RI: Author lives in Ashland, OR
John Banville
Katherine Arden
THE GIRL IN THE TOWER: A Novel
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. Fleeing her home, she finds herself called upon to help defend a Moscow under siege. 978-1-101-88596-3 | $27.00/$36.00C | 40,000 Del Rey | HC | January e 978-1-101-88597-0 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49655-7 LITERARY FANTASY / MAGICAL REALISM
Social: @Arden_Katherine; Facebook.com/KatherineArdenAuthor; KatherineArden.com RA: For fans of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, Tamora Pierce, and Neil Gaiman RI: Author lives in Middlebury, VT
Chloe Benjamin
THE IMMORTALISTS The Immortalists is a dazzling family love story reminiscent of Everything I Never Told You from a novelist heralded by Lorrie Moore as a “great new talent” that asks the question: If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? It follows the Gold children— four adolescents who seek out to hear their fortunes. 978-0-7352-1318-0 | $26.00/$35.00C | 100,000 Putnam | HC | January e 978-0-7352-1319-7 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49764-6 LITERARY FICTION
Social: @ChloeKBenjamin RA: For readers of The Interestings, The Nix, and The Middlesteins Rl: Author lives in Madison, WI
Alan Bradley
THE GRAVE’S A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE: A Flavia de Luce Novel
In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. But then a boating trip with her two older sisters results in the discovery of a dead body. If anything can take Flavia’s mind off sorrow, it is solving a murder.
MRS. OSMOND: A Novel
From the Man Booker Prizewinning author of The Sea, a dazzling and audacious new novel that extends the story of Isabel Archer, the heroine of Henry James’s The Portrait of a Lady, into unexpected territory. 978-0-451-49342-2 | $26.95/$35.95C 50,000 | Knopf | HC | November e 978-0-451-49343-9 ] AD: 978-0-525-58822-1
P. D. James
SLEEP NO MORE: Six Murderous Tales
No one gets inside the head of the murderer—or makes it a more thrilling read—than the late, great P. D. James. Fast on the heels of her latest bestseller: a new, fiendishly entertaining gathering of previously uncollected stories. 978-0-525-52073-3 | $24.00 | 100,000 Knopf | HC | November 978-0-7352-7438-9 | $27.95C Knopf Canada e 978-0-525-52074-0 ] AD: 978-0-525-58820-7 ] CD: 978-0-525-58819-1
Andy Weir
ARTEMIS: A Novel The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new science-fiction thriller—a heist story set on the moon. 978-0-5534-4812-2 | $27.00/$36.00C 300,000 | Crown | HC | November e 978-0-5534-4813-9 LP: 978-0-5255-3210-1
978-0-345-53999-1 | $26.00 | 30,000 Delacorte Press | HC | January 978-0-385-67844-5 | $29.95C | Doubleday Canada e 978-0-345-54001-0 | ] AD: 978-0-449-80772-9 | ] CD: 978-0-449-80771-2 MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / COZY
Social: Facebook.com/AlanBradleyAuthor; AlanBradleyAuthor.com RA: For fans of cozy mysteries and Anglophiles RI: Author lives on the Isle of Man 11
FICTION William Gibson
Nick Petrie
AGENCY
LIGHT IT UP
In William Gibson’s first novel since 2014’s New York Times bestselling The Peripheral, a gifted “app-whisperer,” hired to beta test a mysterious new product, finds her life endangered by her relationship with her surprisingly street-smart and combat-savvy “digital assistant.”
In the newest action-packed thriller starring war veteran Peter Ash, a well-planned and flawlessly executed hijacking reveals the hidden dangers of Colorado’s mellowest business, but Ash may find there’s more to this crime than meets the eye.
978-1-101-98693-6 | $28.00/$37.00C | 150,000 Berkley | HC | January e 978-1-101-98695-0 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49843-8
978-0-399-57563-1 | $26.00/$35.00C | 75,000 Putnam | HC | January e 978-0-399-57564-8 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49781-3 LP: 978-0-525-52311-6
SCIENCE FICTION
Social: @greatdismal; Facebook.com/William.Gibson.page RA: For readers of Neil Gaiman and Jonathan Lethem Rl: Author lives in Vancouver, CA
Rachel Joyce
THRILLER / SUSPENSE
Social: @_NickPetrie_; Facbook.com/Nick.Petrie.Writer RA: For fans of Lee Child, John Sandford, and Robert Crais Rl: Author lives in Whitefish Bay, WI
Mark Pryor
THE MUSIC SHOP: A Novel
DOMINIC: A Hollow Man Novel
A love story and a journey through music, the exquisite and perfectly pitched new novel from the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy.
Only two people know that Dominic, a charming Englishman, prosecutor, and musician in Austin, Texas, is also a psychopath. They also know that a year ago he got away with murder.
978-0-8129-9668-5 | $27.00 | 40,000 Random House | HC | January 978-0-385-68123-0 | $32.00C | Bond Street Books e 978-0-8129-9669-2
978-1-63388-365-9 | $15.95/$17.00C | 50,000 Seventh Street Books | TR | January e 978-1-63388-366-6 FICTION / MYSTERY
LITERARY FICTION
Social: @R_Joyce_Books; Facebook.com/RachelJoyceBooks RA: For fans of readers of contemporary women’s fiction and authors like JoJo Moyes RI: Author lives in Gloucestershire, England
Social: @MarkPryorBooks; MarkPryorBooks.com RA: For fans of Hollow Man RI: Author lives in Austin, TX
Tim Wirkus
Lawrence H. Levy
THE INFINITE FUTURE
LAST STOP IN BROOKLYN:
An exhilarating, original novel, set in Brazil, Idaho, and outer space, about an obsessive librarian, a down-at-heel author, and a Mormon historian who go on the hunt for a mystical, life-changing book—and find it. A unique blend of mystery, science fiction, academic satire, and more, this book embraces genres and dazzles on every page like the best of Chabon and Lethem.
A Mary Handley Mystery
Mary Handley, beloved and daring detective from 19th-century Brooklyn, returns to solve another dangerous set of cases, this time in Coney Island. 978-0-4514-9844-1 | $15.00/$20.00C | 25,000 Broadway Books | TR | January e 978-0-4514-9845-8 | ] AD: 978-0-5255-0036-0 MYSTERY & DETECTIVE / HISTORICAL
Social: LawrenceHLevy.com RA: For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Rhys Bowen, and Anne Perry RI: Author lives in Los Angeles, CA
978-0-735-22432-2 | $28.00/$37.00C | 20,000 | Penguin Press | HC | January e 978-0-735-22433-9 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49861-2 SATIRE / SCIENCE FICTION
Sujata Massey
RA: For readers of Paul La Farge, Reif Larsen, and Kelly Link
THE WIDOWS OF MALABAR HILL
Tom Sweterlitsch
THE GONE WORLD
Introducing an extraordinary lady lawyer sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay.
Inception meets True Detective in this science-fiction thriller of spellbinding tension and staggering scope. The Gone World follows a special agent into a savage murder case with grave implications for the fate of mankind.
978-1-61695-778-0 | $26.95/$33.95C | 50,000 Soho Crime | HC | January e 978-1-61695-779-7 MYSTERY
Promo: Free excerpts on SohoCrime.com Social: SujataMassey.com RA: For fans of Masie Dobbs, Donna Leon, and Alexander McCall Smith RI: Author lives in Baltimore, MD
978-0-399-16750-8 | $27.00/$36.00C | 50,000 Putnam | HC | February e 978-0-698-14276-3 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49777-6 SCIENCE FICTION
Social: @LetterSwitch; Facebook.com/ThomasSweterlitschBooks RA: For readers of William Gibson and Philip K. Dick Rl: Author lives in Pittsburgh, PA
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Joe Tone
POLICING THE BLACK MAN:
and the Borderland Dream
BONES: Brothers, Horses, Cartels,
Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment
A cinematic true-crime story set at the Mexican-American border about two very different brothers whose lives intertwine in an FBI drug investigation and the auction of a champion race horse.
A comprehensive, readable analysis of the key issues of the Black Lives Matter movement, this thought-provoking and compelling anthology features essays by some of the nation’s most influential and respected criminal justice experts and legal scholars. 978-1-101-87127-0 | $27.95/$36.95C | 35,000 | Pantheon | HC | July e 978-1-101-87128-7 AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
RA: For readers of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me and Tavis Smiley’s Covenant with Black America RI: Author lives in Washington, DC
978-0-8129-8960-1 | $28.00/$37.00C | 30,000 One World | HC | August e 978-0-8129-8962-5 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49497-3 IMMIGRATION / TRUE CRIME
Social: @JoePTone; JoeToneWrites.com RA: For fans of The Cartel, Enrique’s Journey, The Devil’s Highway, Under the Banner of Heaven, and Netflix’s Narcos RI: Author lives in Dallas, TX
Ben Blum
RANGER GAMES:
Karen Bonnell, with Kristin Little
A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime
THE CO-PARENTING HANDBOOK:
Raising Well-Adjusted and Resilient Kids from Little Ones to Young Adults through Divorce or Separation
A practical manual for parents transitioning from being married with children to solely co-parenting together, with realistic guidelines to help them navigate through separation and divorce. 978-1-63217-146-7 | $19.95/$19.95C | 20,000 Sasquatch Books | TR | August e 978-1-63217-147-4 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
Social: @KarenBonnellcmc; Facebook.com/KarenBonnellcmc RI: Author lives near Seattle, WA
Alex Blum was a good kid with one unshakeable goal in life: Become a U.S. Army Ranger. On the day of his leave before deployment to Iraq, Alex got into his car with two fellow soldiers and two strangers, drove to a local bank in Tacoma, and committed armed robbery. The question was: Why? 978-0-385-53843-5 | $28.95 | 75,000 | Doubleday | HC | September 978-0-385-68142-1 | $32.00C | Bond Street Books e 978-0-385-53844-2 | ] AD: 978-0-8041-6608-9 | ] CD: 978-0-8041-6607-2 LP: 978-0-525-52812-8 MEMOIR / TRUE CIME
RA: For readers of Hillbilly Elegy and Where Men Win Glory RI: Author lives in Brooklyn, NY
Richard Dawkins
Brené Brown
SCIENCE IN THE SOUL:
BRAVING THE WILDERNESS:
Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
The legendary biologist, provocateur, and bestselling author mounts a timely and passionate defense of science and clear thinking with this career-spanning collection of essays, including twenty pieces published in the United States for the first time.
A life-changing book that uses new research to challenge old beliefs about belonging—from the author of the landmark bestsellers Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection. 978-0-8129-9584-8 | $28.00/$37.00C | 200,000 Random House | HC | September e 978-0-8129-9585-5 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49491-1 ] CD: 978-0-525-49490-4
978-0-399-59224-9 | $28.00/$37.00C | 60,000 | Random House | HC | August e 978-0-399-59225-6 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49572-7 | ] CD: 978-0-525-49571-0 SCIENCE / ESSAYS
SELF-HELP / MOTIVATIONAL & INSPIRATIONAL
Social: @RichardDawkins; RichardDawkins.net RA: For fans of E. O. Wilson, Bill Nye, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Sam Harris, Michio Kaku, and Christopher Hitchens RI: Author lives in Oxford, UK
Social: @BreneBrown; Facebook.com/BreneBrown; BreneBrown.com RA: For fans of Glennon Doyle Melton and Gretchen Rubin RI: Author lives in Houston, TX
Daniel Coyle
Eva Shockey with A. J. Gregory
THE CULTURE CODE: The
TAKING AIM: Daring to Be
Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors
A celebrity hunter, outdoorswoman, and social media star (1.5 million followers) invites readers on a spirited wilderness adventure of skill, daring, and healthy living. 978-0-4514-9927-1 | $25.00/$34.00C | 50,000 Convergent Books | HC | August ] 978-0-4514-9928-8 | ] AD: 978-0-5255-0008-7 MEMOIR / SPORTS & RECREATION
Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Talent Code comes a book that unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides tomorrow’s leaders with the tools to build a cohesive, motivated culture. 978-0-8041-7698-9 | $28.00/$37.00C | 50,000 Bantam | HC | September e 978-0-804-17700-9 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49249-8 ] CD: 978-0-525-49248-1 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Social: @EvaShockey RA: For fans of Ronda Rousey, Mia Hamm, Carli Lloyd, and Hope Solo RI: Author lives in Raleigh, NC
Social: @DanielCoyle; TheTalentCode.com RA: For fans of The Power of Habit, Switch, and Creativity, Inc. RI: Author lives in Cleveland, OH and Homer, AK
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NONFICTION Will Dean
Grady Hendrix
IT TAKES A TRIBE: Building the
PAPERBACKS FROM HELL:
Tough Mudder Movement
The Twisted History of ‘70s and ‘80s Horror Fiction
The founder of Tough Mudder—the world’s greatest obstacle course races —takes us inside his unconventional company and reveals the secret to exponential growth is to turn your customers into tribes.
An affectionate, nostalgic, and unflinching tour through the horror fiction boom of the seventies and eighties, complete with story summaries and artist and author profiles. Plus, recommendations for which of these forgotten treasures are well worth your reading time . . . and which should stay buried.
978-0-735-21469-9 | $28.00/$37.00C | 125,000 Portfolio | HC | September e 978-0-735-21470-5 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49939-8 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Social: @ToughMudder RA: For readers interested in entreprenuership, motivational, and leadership titles
Art Garfunkel
978-1-59474-981-0 | $24.99/$29.99C | 50,000 | Quirk Books | TR | September e 978-1-59474-982-7 HUMOR / ESSAYS
Social: @Grady_Hendrix; GradyHendrix.com RA: For mystery aficionados RI: Author lives in New York, NY
WHAT IS IT ALL BUT LUMINOUS:
Dan Jones
Notes from an Underground Man
THE TEMPLARS: The Rise and
From the golden-haired, curly-headed half of Simon & Garfunkel—a memoir (of sorts): artful, moving, lyrical; the making of a musician; the evolution of a man, a portrait of a life-long friendship and collaboration that became one of the most successful singing duos of their time.
Spectacular Fall of God’s Holy Warriors
978-0-385-35247-5 | $27.95/$36.95C | 100,000 Knopf | HC | September e 978-0-385-35246-8 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49992-3 | ] CD: 978-0-525-49991-6 MEMOIR / MUSIC
Social: Facebook.com/OfficialArtGarfunkelPage; ArtGarfunkel.com RI: Author lives in New York, NY
Adam Gopnik
AT THE STRANGERS’ GATE:
A major new history of the knights Templar—holy warriors, bankers, priests, heretics—by the bestselling author of The Plantagenets. Jones is a historical consultant to the forthcoming A&E History drama Knightfall, a 10-part series exploring the legends linking the Templars to the Holy Grail, to air in 2018. 978-0-525-42830-5 | $30.00/NCR | 75,000 Viking | HC | September e 978-0-698-18643-9 | ] AD: 978-0-525-52449-6 |
LP: 978-0-525-50129-9
MILITARY HISTORY / MEDIEVAL
Social: @DGJones; Facebook.com/DanJonesHistorian RA: For readers of Mary Beard and Andrew Roberts
Arrivals in New York
Jon Kerstetter
From the New York Times bestselling author of Paris to the Moon and beloved New Yorker writer, a memoir that captures the romance of New York City in the 1980s.
CROSSINGS:
A Doctor-Soldier’s Story
A searing, beautifully told memoir by a Native American doctor on the trials of being a doctor-soldier in the Iraq War, and then, after being wounded and suffering a stroke, of becoming a doctor-patient at home.
978-1-4000-4180-0 | $26.95 | 50,000 Knopf | HC | September 978-0-676-97828-5 | $34.00C | Knopf Canada e 978-1-101-94750-0 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49977-0 ] CD: 978-0-525-50060-5
978-1-1019-0437-4 | $27.00/$36.00C | 40,000 Crown | HC | September e 978-1-1019-0438-1
MEMOIR
Social: @AdamGopnik; AdamGopnik.com RI: Author lives in New York, NY
MEMOIR / MILITARY / MEDICAL
Jason Hanson
SURVIVE LIKE A SPY:
Social: @levielm RA: For readers of Redeployment, The Forever War, and Lawrence in Arabia RI: Author lives in Iowa City, IA
Real CIA Operatives Reveal How They Stay Safe in a Dangerous World and How You Can Too
Basil Mahon
THE FORGOTTEN GENIUS OF OLIVER HEAVISIDE:
In the follow-up to New York Times bestselling, Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life, Hanson takes the reader deep inside real-life spy drama that reads like a novel paired with expert practical techniques.
A Maverick of Electrical Science
Profiles the life of an underappreciated genius and describes his many contributions to electrical science, that in many ways were as crucial to our modern age as those of Edison’s and Tesla’s.
978-0-143-13159-5 | $26.00/$35.00C | 50,000 TarcherPerigee | HC | September e 978-1-524-70525-1 | ] AD: 978-0-525-50066-7 REFERENCE / SURVIVAL & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Social: Facebook.com/SpyEscape; SpyEscapeAndEvasion.com RA: For readers of How to Be Invisible and Spy the Lie
978-1-63388-331-4 | $26.00/$27.00C | 50,000 Prometheus | HC | September e 978-1-63388-332-1 SCIENCE / HISTORY
RA: For readers interested in scientists like Edison and Tesla RI: Author lives in London, UK 14
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NONFICTION Lauren Markham
Marcus Rediker
THE FAR AWAY BROTHERS:
THE FEARLESS BENJAMIN LAY:
Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life
The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist
The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador’s violence to build new lives in California— fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong.
The award-winning historian of The Slave Ship and The Amistad Rebellion chronicles the life and times of Benjamin Lay, a Quaker dwarf who in 1738 became one of the first ever to demand the total, unconditional emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world.
978-1-1019-0618-7 | $27.00/$36.00C | 75,000 Crown | HC | September e 978-1-1019-0619-4 | ] AD: 978-0-5254-9576-5 SOCIAL SCIENCE / EMIGRATION & IMMIGRATION
Social: LaurenMarkham.info; @LaurenMarkham RA: For readers of Random Family, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Enrique’s Journey, and Americanah RI: Author lives in Berkeley, CA
978-0-8070-3592-4 | $26.95/$35.95C | 25,000 | Beacon Press | HC | September e 978-0-8070-3593-1
Maryn McKenna
Social: MarcusRediker.com RA: For readers of Howard Zinn, Eric Baptist, and Eric Foner RI: Author lives in Pittsburg, PA
BIG CHICKEN: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats
AMERICAN HISTORY
Gretchen Rubin
THE FOUR TENDENCIES:
Rich with scientific, historical, and cultural insights, this spellbinding cautionary tale shines a light on one of America’s favorite foods—and shows us the way to safer, healthier eating for ourselves and our children. 978-1-4262-1766-1 | $27.00/$36.00C | 40,000 National Geographic | HC | September e 978-1-4262-1767-8
The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People’s Lives Better, Too)
This groundbreaking analysis of personality type reveals the one simple question that will transform what you do at home, at work, and in life. 978-1-5247-6091-5 | $22.00/$29.00C | 100,000 Harmony | HC | September e 978-1-5247-6092-2 | ] AD: 978-0-5254-9629-8 ] CD: 978-0-5254-9628-1
SOCIAL SCIENCE / AGRICULTURE & FOOD
Social: @MarynMcK; MarynMckenna.com RA: For readers of Superbug and Fast Food Nation RI: Author lives in Atlanta, GA
Daniel Mendelsohn
PSYCHOLOGY / SELF-HELP
Social: GretchenRubin.com; Facebook.com/GretchenRubin RA: For fans of Charles Duhigg, Malcolm Gladwell, and Brené Brown RI: Author lives in New York, NY
AN ODYSSEY:
Jaya Saxena and Jess Zimmerman
A Father, a Son, and an Epic
BASIC WITCHES: How to
From award-winning memoirist and critic, and bestselling author of The Lost: a deeply moving tale of a father and son’s transformative journey in reading— and reliving—Homer’s epic masterpiece.
Summon Success, Banish Drama, and Raise Hell with Your Coven
With humor, heart, and a hip modern sensibility, Saxena and Zimmerman dispense witchy wisdom for the curious, the cynical, and anyone who could use a magical boost to get through the day.
978-0-385-35059-4 | $26.95 | 50,000 Knopf | HC | September 978-0-7710-5742-7 | $29.95C | Signal e 978-0-385-35060-0 | ] AD: 978-0-525-50028-5
978-1-59474-977-3 | $15.99/$19.99C | 50,000 Quirk Books | HC | September e 978-1-59474-978-0
MEMOIR / CRITICISM
RA: For readers of The End of Your Life Book Club RI: Author lives in Red Hook, NY SELF-HELP
Ellen Pao
Social: @Jayasax RA: For readers of BuzzFeed’s “Witches Counsel” column RI: Authors lives in Ithaca, NY and New York, NY
RESET: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change
From a “feminist hero” (Elle, The Guardian) comes a fearless firsthand account of the workplace discrimination suit that “has blown open a conversation about the status of women” (The New York Times) in the tech industry. This is the story of a determined activist using her voice to empower everyone who struggles to be heard.
Loudon Wainwright III
978-0-399-59101-3 | $28.00/$37.00C | 50,000 | Spiegel & Grau | HC | September e 978-0-399-59103-7 | ] AD: 978-1-524-77489-9
978-0-399-17702-6 | $27.00/$36.00C | 50,000 Blue Rider Press | HC | September e 978-0-698-41308-5
MEMOIR / WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Social: @ekp; ProjectInclude.org/team/#ellen RA: For fans of Lean In, Thrive, and #GIRLBOSS RI: Author lives in Maplewood, NJ
LINER NOTES: On Parents &
Children, Exes & Excess, Death & Decay, & a Few of My Other Favorite Things
From the influential Grammy Awardwinning singer and actor comes a captivating meditation on relationships and creativity from the patriarch of one of America’s great musical families.
MEMOIR / MUSIC
Social: Facebook.com/LoudonWainwrightIII; lw3.com RA: For fans of Patti Smith and Elvis Costello
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NONFICTION Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Ron Chernow
THE VIETNAM WAR:
GRANT
An Intimate History
America’s greatest biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefeller, brings movingly to life one of our finest but most underappreciated presidents. Grant is a grand synthesis of painstaking research and literary brilliance that makes sense of all sides of Grant’s life.
From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, The Roosevelts, and others: a vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart—the companion volume to the major, multipart PBS film to be aired in September 2017. This is a tour de force that is certain to launch a new national conversation.
978-1-594-20487-6 | $40.00/$54.00C | 250,000 Penguin Press | HC | October e 978-0-525-52195-2 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49865-0 | ] CD: 978-0-525-52922-4
978-0-307-70025-4 | $60.00/$79.00C | 350,000 | Knopf | HC | September e 978-1-5247-3310-0 | ] AD: 978-0-307-97085-5 | ] CD: 978-0-307-97084-8
BIOGRAPHY
MILITARY HISTORY
RA: For readers of Jon Meacham, David McCullough, and Joseph J. Ellis
Social: @KenBurns; Facebook.com/KenBurnsPBS; KenBurns.com RI: Authors live in New York, NY and Walpole, NH
Samme Chittum
THE FLIGHT 981 DISASTER:
Nate Blakeslee
Tragedy, Treachery, and the Pursuit of Truth
AMERICAN WOLF: A True Story
of Survival and Obsession in the West
On June 12, 1972, a powerful explosion rocked American Airlines Flight 96 a mere five minutes after its takeoff from Detroit. The gripping true tale of a devastating crash, a manufacturer’s cover-up, and the race to prevent further loss of life. Pubished to tie in to Smithsonian Channel’s Air Disasters.
The intimate, involving story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the fabled Yellowstone wolf, and the people who loved or feared her. 978-1-1019-0278-3 | $28.00 | 100,000 Crown | HC | October e 978-1-1019-0279-0 | ] AD: 978-0-5254-9330-3 ] CD: 978-0-5254-9329-7
978-1-58834-603-2 | $24.95/$33.95C | 30,000 | Smithsonian Books | HC | October e 978-1-58834-604-9
NATURE / HISTORY
Social: @Nate_Blakeslee RA: For readers of H is for Hawk, The Tiger, Wesley the Owl, and A Wolf Called Romeo RI: Author lives in Austin, TX
HISTORY / AVIATION
RA: For aviation enthusiasts RI: Author lives in Los Angeles, CA
Richard Branson
Ta-Nehisi Coates
FINDING MY VIRGINITY:
WE WERE EIGHT YEARS IN POWER: An American Tragedy
The New Autobiography
978-0-735-21942-7 | $32.00/$42.00C | 100,000 Portfolio | HC | October e 978-0735-219434 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49917-6 | ] CD: 978-0-525-49916-9 MEMOIR
Social: @RichardBranson RA: For fans of Warren Buffett and Elon Musk
Dan Buettner
THE BLUE ZONES OF HAPPINESS:
978-0-399-59056-6 | $28.00/$37.00C | 100,000 One World | HC | October e 978-0-399-59058-0 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49483-6 ] CD: 978-0-525-49482-9 ESSAYS / SOCIAL SCIENCE
Social: @TaNehisiCoates RA: For fans of Dreams of My Father and The Bridge RI: Author lives in New York, NY
Whitney Cummings
I’M FINE . . . AND OTHER LIES
A Blueprint for a Better Life
In this inspiring book, Buettner offers game-changing tools for setting up your life to be the happiest it can be. America’s largest preventive health care project, which has already improved the health and happiness of millions of people across the United States.
After getting her start as a stand-up comic and then breaking out with her wildly successful CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls (she’s the creator, writer, and executive producer), Whitney Cummings has seen a few things and is turning to the written word to tell us all the stuff she doesn’t say on stage.
978-1-4262-1848-4 | $26.00/$35.00C | 125,000 National Geographic | HC | October e 978-1-4262-1849-1
978-0-735-21260-2 | $27.00/$36.00C | 100,000 Putnam | HC | October e 978-0-735-21262-6 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49762-2
SELF-HELP
MEMOIR
Social: @BlueZones; Facebook/BlueZones; BlueZones.com RA: For fans of The Blue Zones and Thrive RI: Author lives in Minneapolis, MN
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An annotated collection of new and previously published essays on the Obama era by the National Book Award– winning author of Between the World and Me, including an interview with the President himself.
© Nina Subin
Global business icon Richard Branson has written many books, but none have been more popular than his first memoir, 1998’s Losing My Virginity. Now he’s finally publishing his second volume of memoirs, covering all of his fascinating ups and downs of the past two decades.
Social: @WhitneyCummings RA: For fans of Lena Dunham, Amy Schumer, and Chelsea Handler
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NONFICTION Anna Faris, foreword by Chris Pratt
John Hodgman
UNQUALIFIED
VACATIONLAND:
True Stories from Painful Beaches
A hilarious, honest memoir—combined with just the right amount of relationship advice—from the popular actress and host of the hit podcast Anna Faris is Unqualified.
The New York Times bestselling author, semi-famous personality, deranged millionaire, increasingly elderly husband, father, and human of earth—has written a memoir about his cursed travels through two wildernesses: from the woods of his home of Massachusetts to his exile on the coast of Maine, so-called “Vacationland.”
978-1-101-98642-4 | $28.00/$37.00C | 150,000 Dutton | HC | October e 978-1-101-98644-8 | ] AD: 978-1-524-77883-5 ] CD: 978-1-524-77882-8 MEMOIR
Social: @AnnaKFaris; Facebook.com/AnnaFaris RA: For readers of Mindy Kaling, Drew Barrymore, and Lauren Graham
978-0-735-22480-3 | $25.00/$34.00C | 75,000 | Viking | HC | October e 978-0-735-22481-0 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49770-7 | LP: 978-0-525-50124-4 MEMOIR
John Feinstein
Social: @Hodgman; Instagram.com/JohnHodgman RA: For fans of Sarah Vowell and Chuck Klosterman
THE FIRST MAJOR:
The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup
David Howard
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Good Walk Spoiled, a dramatic chronicle of the bitterly-fought 2016 Ryder Cup pitting a U.S. team out for revenge against the Europeans determined to keep the Cup out of American hands. 978-0-385-54109-1 | $27.95/$36.95C | 75,000 Doubleday | HC | October e 978-0-385-54110-7 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49615-1 |
CHASING PHIL: The Adventures of Two Undercover Agents with the World’s Most Charming Con Man
A thrilling true crime caper bursting with colorful characters and awash in ‘70s glamour, based on the FBI’s first whitecollar undercover sting. LP: 978-0-525-52811-1
SPORTS
Social: JFeinsteinBooks.com RI: Author lives in Potomac, MD
Joe Hagan
STICKY FINGERS:
978-1-1019-0742-9 | $28.00/$37.00C | 60,000 Crown | HC | October e 978-1-1019-0744-3 | ] AD: 978-0-5254-9921-3 TRUE CRIME / ESPIONAGE
Social: @DaveHoward99 RA: Readers of fast-paced thrillers like Bringing Down the House, War Dogs, and The Wolf of Wall Street RI: Author lives in Emmaus, PA
Van Jones
The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine
BEYOND THE MESSY TRUTH: How We Came Apart,
The first and only biography of Jann Wenner, the iconic founder of Rolling Stone magazine, and a romp through the hothouses of rock and roll, politics, media, and Hollywood, from the Summer of Love to the Internet age.
How We Come Together
A deeply impassioned manifesto on how to transform disagreement into peaceful, effective action—by the CNN political contributor and host hailed as “a star of the 2016 campaign” (The New York Times).
978-1-101-87437-0 | $29.95/$39.95C | 200,000 Knopf | HC | October 978-0-345-81505-7 | $35.00C | Knopf Canada e 978-1-101-87438-7 | ] AD: 978-1-101-88868-1 | ] CD: 978-1-101-88867-4 MUSIC / BIOGRAPHY
978-0-399-18002-6 | $27.00/$36.00C | 100,000 Ballantine Books | HC | October e 978-0-399-18003-3 | ] AD: 978-0-525-52479-3 ] CD: 978-0-525-52478-6 POLITICAL SCIENCE / ADVOCACY
RI: Author lives in New York, NY
Social: @VanJones68; Facebook.com/VanJones; VanJones.net RA: For fans of political manifestos like An Inconvenient Truth, Beyond Outrage, A Fighting Chance, and Our Revolution RI: Author lives in Los Angeles, CA
Roger D. Hodge
TEXAS BLOOD:
Seven Generations Among the Outlaws, Ranchers, Indians, Missionaries, Soldiers, and Smugglers of the Borderlands
Scott Kelly
ENDURANCE: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
In the tradition of Ian Frazier’s Great Plains, and as vivid as the work of Cormac McCarthy, an intoxicating, singularly illuminating history of the Texas borderlands from their settlement through seven generations of the author’s ranching family. 978-0-307-96140-2 | $27.95/$36.95C | 50,000 | Knopf | HC | October e 978-0-307-96141-9 | ] AD: 978-0-525-50054-4 HISTORY / MEMOIR
Social: @RogerDHodge RI: Author lives in Brooklyn, NY
A stunning memoir from the astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station—a candid account of his remarkable voyage, of the journeys off the planet that preceded it, and of his colorful formative years. 978-1-5247-3159-5 | $29.95 | 750,000 Knopf | HC | October 978-0-7352-3371-3 | $34.00C | Viking Canada e 978-1-5247-3160-1 | ] AD: 978-1-5247-3420-6 | ] CD: 978-1-5247-3419-0 MEMOIR / SPACE
Social: @StationCDRKelly; Facebook.com/CDRKelly; ScottKelly.com RI: Author lives in Webster, TX
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NONFICTION Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger
Roseanne Montillo
ANDREW JACKSON AND THE MIRACLE OF NEW ORLEANS: The Battle That
FIRE ON THE TRACK:
Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women
The inspiring and irresistible true story of the women who broke barriers and finish-line ribbons in pursuit of Olympic gold.
Shaped America’s Destiny
Another pop history pageturner from the New York Times bestselling authors of George Washington’s Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.
] CD: 978-0-525-49900-8 |
978-0-735-21323-4 | $28.00/$36.00C | 500,000 Sentinel | HC | October e 978-0-735-21325-8 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49901-5 LP: 978-0525-52433-5
US HISTORY / 19TH CENTURY
978-1-1019-0615-6 | $28.00/$37.00C | 60,000 Crown | HC | October e 978-1-1019-0617-0 | ] AD: 9780451482556 ] CD: 978-0-4514-8254-9 BIOGRAPHY / SPORTS
Social: BrianKilmeade.com RA: For readers of Jon Meacham and David McCullough
Social: @RoseMonti16 RA: For readers of The Perfect Mile, The Boys in the Boat, The Girls of Atomic City, and The Astronaut Wives’ Club RI: Author lives in Medford, MA
Robert Lacey
Nadia Murad
THE LAST GIRL:
THE CROWN: THE OFFICIAL COMPANION: Volume 1: Elizabeth II,
My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955)
In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story.
The official companion to the critically acclaimed Netflix drama about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, The Crown, featuring additional historical background and exclusive images.
978-1-5247-6043-4 | $27.00/$36.00C | 100,000 Tim Duggan Books | HC | October e 978-1-5247-6045-8 | ] AD: 978-0-5254-9324-2 ] CD: 978-0-5254-9323-5
978-1-5247-6228-5 | $28.00/$37.00C | 100,000 Crown Archetype | HC | October e 978-1-5247-6230-8 | ] AD: 978-0-5255-2668-1
MEMOIR
PERFORMING ARTS / BIOGRAPHY / HISTORY
Social: @RobertLacey_com; RobertLacey.com RA: For readers of biographies about Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Family, and histories of Great Britain RI: Author lives in London, UK
Social: @NadiaMuradBasee; Facebook.com/NadiaMuradBasee; NadiaMurad.org RA: For readers of I Am Malala, I Am Nujood, and A Long Way Gone RI: Author lives in Stuttgart, Germany
David Neiwert
Jaime Lowe
ALT-AMERICA: The Rise of the
MENTAL: Lithium, Love,
Radical Right in the Age of Trump
and Losing My Mind
A riveting memoir and a fascinating investigation of the history, uses, and controversies behind lithium, an essential medication for millions of people struggling with bipolar disorder, stemming from Jaime Lowe’s sensational 2015 article in The New York Times Magazine: “’I Don’t Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium’: My 20-year Struggle with Bipolar Disorder.” 978-0-399-57449-8 | $28.00/$37.00C | 50,000 | Blue Rider Press | HC | October e 978-0-399-57451-1 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49950-3 MEMOIR
Investigative reporter David Neiwert has been tracking extremists for more than two decades, and here he provides a deeply reported and authoritative report on the background, mindset, and growth of Far Right movements across the country. 978-1-78663-423-8 | $26.95/$35.99C | 60,000 Verso | HC | October e 978-1-78663-424-5 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Social: @DNeiwert RA: For readers of The Eliminationists and Strawberry Days RI: Author lives in Seattle, WA
Social: @kicklikeagirl1; Instagram.com/JaimeRoseLowe RA: For readers of Kay Redfield and Susannah Cahalan
Mary Oliver
Hamish McKenzie
This timeless volume, arranged by Oliver herself, showcases the beloved poet at her edifying best. Within these pages, she provides us with an extraordinary and invaluable collection of her passionate, perceptive, and much-treasured observations of the natural world.
INSANE MODE: How Elon Musk’s Tesla Sparked an Electric Revolution to End the Age of Oil
A former insider at Tesla Motors tells the astounding story of the most revolutionary car company since Ford and shows how under Elon Musk’s “insane mode” leadership, the company is bringing an end to the era of gasoline-powered transportation.
DEVOTIONS
978-0-399-56324-9 | $30.00/$40.00C | 75,000 Penguin Press | HC | October e 978-0-399-56325-6 POETRY
978-1-101-98595-3 | $28.00/$37.00C | 50,000 | Dutton | HC | October e 978-1-101-98597-7 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49966-4
Social: Facebook/PoetMaryOliver RA: For fans of Pablo Neruda and Naomi Shihab Nye Rl: Author lives in Florida
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
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NONFICTION Parker Posey
YOU’RE ON AN AIRPLANE From the “Queen of the Indies” and star of Christopher Guest’s Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show—and cult classics including Party Girl and Dazed and Confused—comes an irreverent, hilarious, and enchanting memoir full of personal stories, whimsical how-tos, recipes, and eccentric illustrations.
Want to Shape Your Collection? Miriam is here to help.
978-0-735-21819-2 | $28.00/$37.00C | 75,000 Blue Rider Press | HC | October e 978-0-735-21821-5 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49897-1 | ] CD: 978-0-525-49896-4 MEMOIR
Social: @ParkerPosey; Instagram.com/ItsParkerPosey RA: For fans of Amy Sedaris, Carrie Brownstein, and Woody Allen
Oliver Sacks
THE RIVER OF CONSCIOUSNESS From the bestselling author of Gratitude, On the Move, and Musicophilia, a collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks’s passionate engagement with the most compelling and seminal ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience. 978-0-385-35256-7 | $27.95 | 75,000 Knopf | HC | October 978-0-345-80899-8 | $32.00C | Knopf Canada e 978-0-385-35257-4 | ] AD: 978-0-8041-9236-1
Miriam’s Must-Haves
ESSAYS
Social: @OliverSacks; OliverSacks.com
Matt Taibbi
I CAN’T BREATHE: A Killing on Bay Street
A riveting work of literary journalism that explores the infamous police killing of Eric Garner—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Divide. 978-0-8129-8884-0 | $28.00/$37.00C | 50,000 Spiegel & Grau | HC | October e 978-0-8129-8886-4 | ] AD: 978-0-735-28816-4 ] CD: 978-0-735-28815-7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / POVERTY
Social: @MTaibbi RA: For fans of The Executioner’s Song, Ghettoside, Between the World and Me, Just Mercy, and The New Jim Crow RI: Author lives in New York, NY
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
SOONISH: Ten Emerging
Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
From the creators of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into the technologies of the near future. With its mix of amazing technological progress and hilarious geek humor, Soonish will appeal to popular science readers of all ages—and make us all mostly excited and only moderately terrified of what comes next. 978-0-399-56382-9 | $30.00/$40.00C | 50,000 | Penguin Press | HC | October e 978-0-399-56383-6 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
Social: @ZackWeiner RA: For readers of Randall Munroe
A Guided Trip Through the Dewey Century
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n an effort to support collection development, reference and readers’ advisory services, and informational programming in public libraries, Miriam Tuliao—New York Public Library Collection Development Alum—is preparing monthly recommended lists of core nonfiction books for adults. Each month, Miriam focuses on a specific Dewey century, highlights popular subject categories, and features notable, criticallyacclaimed, award- winning, contemporary, and canonical titles.
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NONFICTION Christine Wicker
Dr. Denis Leary
THE SIMPLE FAITH OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT:
WHY WE DON’T SUCK:
And How All of Us Need to Stop Being Such Partisan Little Bitches
From the author of the bestselling Why We Suck comes a searing comic look at these divisive times, skewering liberals and conservatives alike with a signature dose of sarcasm and common sense.
Religion’s Role in the FDR Presidency
This powerful book is the first in-depth look at how one of America’s richest, most patrician presidents became a passionate and beloved champion of the downtrodden—and took the country with him. 978-1-58834-524-0 | $24.95/$33.95C | 20,000 Smithsonian Books | HC | October
e 978-1-58834-525-7
978-1-5247-6273-5 | $27.00/$36.00C | 150,000 Crown Archetype | HC | November e 978-1-5247-6275-9 | ] AD: 978-0-525-52670-4 HUMOR / POLITICS
Social: @DenisLeary RA: For readers of Bill Maher, Trevor Noah, and Amy Schumer RI: Author lives in New York, NY
BIOGRAPHY
RA: For readers of The Fall of the Evangelical Nation and The Defining Moment RI: Author lives in Dallas, TX
David Lebovitz
Gordon S. Wood
Disasters of Making My Paris Home
FRIENDS DIVIDED:
L’APPART: The Delights and
World-renowned chef David Lebovitz continues to mine the rich subject of his evolving ex-pat life in Paris, using his maddening experiences in apartment renovation as a launching point for stories about French culture, food, and what it means to revamp one’s life.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
From the great historian of the American Revolution comes a majestic dual biography of two of America’s most enduringly fascinating figures, whose partnership helped birth a nation, and whose subsequent falling out did much to fix its course. 978-0-735-22471-1 | $35.00/$47.00C | 75,000 Penguin Press | HC | October e 978-0-735-22472-8 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49835-3 | ] CD: 978-0-525-49834-6 LP: 978-0-525-49882-7 US HISTORY / REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
978-0-8041-8838-8 | $27.00/$36.00C | 50,000 Crown | HC | November e 978-0-8041-8839-5 | ] AD: 978-0-5254-9643-4 BIOGRAPHY / COOKING
Social: @DavidLebovitz; DavidLebovitz.com RA: For fans of Frances Mayes and Ruth Reichl RI: Paris, France
Lawrence O’Donnell
RA: For readers of Joseph Ellis and Ron Chernow
PLAYING WITH FIRE:
Reza Aslan
The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics
GOD: The Human Quest to Make Sense of the Divine
From the bestselling author of Zealot and host of the new CNN series Believer comes a fascinating account of humanity’s struggle to make sense of the divine, and how the idea of god continues to offer new ways of connecting people of different faiths.
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978-0-553-39472-6 | $28.00/$37.00C | 250,000 Random House | HC | November e 978-0-553-39473-3 | ] AD: 978-0-525-52467-0
RELIGION / HISTORY
Social: @RezaAslan; Facebook.com/RezaAslanOfficial; RezaAslan.com RA: For fans of God: A Biography RI: Author lives in Los Angeles, CA
From the celebrated host of MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, an important and enthralling new account of the presidential election that changed everything, and created American politics as we know it today. 978-0-399-56314-0 | $28.00/$37.00C | 75,000 Penguin Press | HC | November e 978-0-399-56315-7 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49825-4 | ] CD: 978-0-525-49824-7 LP: 978-0-525-49883-4 POLITICAL SCIENCE / POLITICAL PROCESS / CAMPAIGNS & ELECTIONS
Social: @Lawrence; Facebook.com/Lawrence-ODonnell RA: For readers of Mark Halperin, John Heielemann, and Rick Perlstein
Tyler Perry
HIGHER IS WAITING
Khizr Khan
An inspirational memoir about persevering through hard times and choosing faith over fear—a spiritual guidebook for the modern generation from awardwinning auteur, playwright, and bestselling author Tyler Perry.
AN AMERICAN FAMILY:
A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice
This inspiring memoir by the Gold Star parent and captivating DNC speaker is the story of one family’s pursuit of the American dream and why—especially in these tumultuous times—we must not be afraid to step forward for what we believe in when it matters most.
978-0-8129-8934-2 | $26.00/$35.00C | 150,000 Spiegel & Grau | HC | November e 978-0-8129-8936-6 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49641-0 ] CD: 978-0-525-49640-3
978-0-399-59249-2 | $26.00/$35.00C | 100,000 Random House | HC | November e 978-0-399-59250-8 | ] AD: 978-0-525-52401-4 | ] CD: 978-0-525-52400-7 MEMOIR / IMMIGRATION
MEMOIR / CHRISTIAN LIFE
Social: @TylerPerry; Facebook.com/TylerPerry; Instagram.com/TylerPerry; TylerPerry.com RA: For fans of inspirational works by Shonda Rhimes and T. D. Jakes RI: Author lives in Atlanta, GA and Los Angeles, CA
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Sarah Ramey
THE WRITTEN WORLD:
THE LADY’S HANDBOOK FOR HER MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS:
How Literature Shaped Civilization
A Memoir of Being Lost in the Medical Labyrinth
The story of literature in sixteen acts, from Alexander the Great and the Iliad to Don Quixote and Harry Potter, this engaging book brings together remarkable people and surprising events to show how writing shaped cultures, religions, and the history of the world. 978-0-8129-9893-1 | $32.00/$42.00C | 35,000 Random House | HC | November e 978-0-8129-9894-8 | ] AD: 978-0-525-52458-8 HISTORY / LITERARY CRITICISM
RA: For fans of Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve and Niall Ferguson’s Civilization RI: Author lives in Cambridge, MA
Norma Stevens and Steven M. L. Aronson
The funny, defiant memoir of Sarah Ramey’s years-long battle with a mysterious illness that doctors thought was all in her head—but wasn’t. A revelation and an inspiration for millions of women whose legitimate health complaints are ignored. 978-0-385-53407-9 | $26.95/$35.95C | 60,000 | Doubleday | HC | January e 978-0-385-53408-6 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49619-9 MEMOIR / WOMEN’S HEALTH
RA: For readers of Brain on Fire RI: Author lives in Tucson, AZ
Steven Masley, M.D.
AVEDON: Something Personal An intimate biography of Richard Avedon, the legendary fashion and portrait photographer who “helped define America’s image of style, beauty and culture” (The New York Times) by his longtime collaborator and business partner Norma Stevens and awardwinning author Steven M. L. Aronson. 978-0-8129-9443-8 | $38.00/$51.00C | 50,000 | Spiegel & Grau | HC | November e 978-0-8129-9444-5 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49467-6 BIOGRAPHY / ARTISTS
RA: For fans of The Andy Warhol Diaries, Annie Leibovitz At Work, and Grace Coddington’s Grace RI: Authors live in New York, NY
Kelly Corrigan
THE BETTER BRAIN SOLUTION: How to Reverse and Prevent Insulin Resistance of the Brain, Sharpen Cognitive Function, and Avoid Memory Loss
The first book to show how the brain can become insulin resistant through diet and lifestyle, and to make clear how and why this has been directly linked to cognitive decline and memory loss. Includes a detailed program developed by the author to prevent and reverse this potentially devastating condition. 978-1-5247-3238-7 | $27.95/$36.95C | 150,000 | Knopf | HC e 978-1-5247-3239-4 | ] AD: 978-1-5247-7486-8 | ] CD: 978-1-5247-7485-1 HEALTH & FITNESS
RI: Author lives in St. Petersburg, FL
TELL ME MORE: And Other
Light Watkins
Important Things I’m Learning to Say
BLISS MORE: How to Succeed
From the bestselling author of Glitter and Glue comes a funny, wise, and insightful exploration of the seven sentences adult life requires, with each chapter drawing on poignant and hilarious stories from Corrigan’s own life.
in Meditation Without Really Trying
A guide to reaping the many benefits of meditation—even when you don’t think you have the time or patience—by the energetic and dynamic founder of The Shine Movement.
978-0-399-58837-2 | $26.00/$35.00C | 75,000 Random House | HC | January e 978-0-399-58838-9 | ] AD: 978-0-525-49508-6 ] CD: 978-0-525-49503-1
978-0-399-18035-4 | $27.00/$36.00C | 50,000 Ballantine Books | HC | January e 978-0-399-18036-1
MEMOIR / INSPIRATIONAL
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / MEDITATION
Social: @CorriganKelly; Facebook.com/KellyCorriganAuthor; Instagram.com/ KellyCorrigan; KellyCorrigan.com RA: For fans of Anna Quindlen, Anne Lamott, and Elizabeth Gilbert RI: Author lives in Bay Area, CA
Social: @LightWatkins; LightWatkins.com RA: For readers of Dan Harris and meditation beginners and intermediates RI: Author lives in Santa Monica, CA
David Zinczenko and Keenan Mayo
Charles C. Mann
THE SUPER METABOLISM DIET: The Four-Week Plan to
THE WIZARD AND THE PROPHET: Two Remarkable
Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow’s World
From the bestselling, award-winning author of 1491 and 1493—an incisive portrait of the two little-known twentiethcentury scientists Norman Borlaug and William Vogt, whose diametrically opposed views shaped our ideas about the environment. 978-0-307-96169-3 | $28.95/$38.95C | 100,000 | Knopf | HC | January e 978-0-307-96170-9 | ] AD: 978-0-449-80639-5 | ] CD: 978-0-449-80638-8 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE / HISTORY
Social: @CharlesCMann; Facebook.com/CharlesCMann RI: Author lives in Amherst, MA
Torch Fat, Ignite Your Fuel Furnace, and Stay Lean for Life!
Lose up to 20 pounds in four weeks with a scientifically proven and rigorously tested eating plan that will torch fat and ignite your body’s fuel furnace—from the ABC News nutrition and wellness correspondent and bestselling author of Zero Sugar Diet, Zero Belly Diet, the Abs Diet series, and Eat This, Not That! 978-1-5247-9662-4 | $28.00/$37.00C | 100,000 | Ballantine Books | HC | January e 978-1-524-79663-1 | ] AD: 978-0-525-52613-1 DIET & NUTRITION
Social: Facebook.com/EatThisNotThat; EatThis.com RA: For fans of The Fast Metabolism Diet and Master Your Metabolism
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COOKBOOK Editors of Martha Stewart Living
Editors at America’s Test Kitchen
MARTHA STEWART’S SLOW COOKER: 110 Recipes
THE COMPLETE AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN TV SHOW COOKBOOK 2001-2018: Every Recipe from
for Flavorful, Foolproof Dishes (Including Desserts!), Plus TestKitchen Tips and Strategies
The Hit TV Show With Product Ratings and a Look Behind the Scenes
From the ultimate authority on home cooking and good taste, a cookbook of 110 easy, delicious, and brilliantly practical slow cooker recipes, with 110 photos. 978-0-3079-5468-8 | $26.00/$35.00C | 150,000 | Clarkson Potter | TR | August e 978-0-3079-5469-5 COOKING
With this newly revised and updated edition, you’ll have 18 years of great cooking and expertise from America’s most-trusted test kitchen. 978-1-945256-01-1 | $45.00/$50.00C | 80,000 | America’s Test Kitchen | HC | October e 978-1-945256-02-8 COOKING
Social: @MarthaStewart; MarthaStewart.com RA: For busy home cooks, owners of slow cookers, and readers of Martha Stewart Living
Tieghan Gerard
Social: @TestKitchen; Facebook.com/AmericasTestKitchen; AmericasTestKitchen.com RA: For the millions of America’s Test Kitchen fans and viewers RI: Authors live in Boston, MA
Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali
HALF BAKED HARVEST COOKBOOK: Recipes from
LIDIA’S CELEBRATE LIKE AN ITALIAN:
My Barn in the Mountains
The indispensibility of Smitten Kitchen meets the faraway fantasy of The Pioneer Woman in this debut cookbook from the all-star blogger behind Half Baked Harvest with more than 125 recipes for modern comfort food.
220 Foolproof Recipes That Make Every Meal a Party
The beloved TV chef offers the only cookbook you’ll need to give any gathering—from a dinner for two to a wedding—a delectable, welcoming Italian flavor.
978-0-5534-9639-0 | $29.99/$39.99C | 75,000 Clarkson Potter | HC | September e 978-0-5534-9640-6 COOKING
Social: @HalfBakedHarvest; Facebook.com/HBHarvest; HalfBakedHarvest.com RA: For people looking for fun and flexible recipes to make at home—for themselves or for their families RI: Author lives in Silverthorne, CO
978-0-385-34948-2 | $35.00 | 100,000 | Knopf | HC | October 978-0-14-752977-0 | $42.00C | Appetite by Random House e 978-0-385-34949-9 ITALIAN COOKING
Social: @LidiaBastianich; LidiasItaly.com RI: Author lives in Long Island, NY
Alex Guarnaschelli
Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski, with JJ Goode
THE HOME COOK:
Recipes to Know by Heart
STATE BIRD PROVISIONS:
The all-in-one cooking bible for a new generation with 300 recipes for everything from simple vinaigrettes and roast chicken to birthday cake and cocktails.
A Cookbook
From the critically acclaimed San Francisco’s State Bird Provisions, a restaurant book that gives readers the tools and inspiration to craft an unforgettable meal of textures, temperatures, aromas, and colors that excite all of the senses.
978-0-3079-5658-3 | $35.00/$47.00C | 60,000 Clarkson Potter | HC | September e 978-0-3079-5659-0 COOKING
Social: @Guarnaschelli; Facebook.com/ChefAlexGuarnaschelli; Instagram.com/ Guarnaschelli; AlexGuarnaschelli.com RA: For fans of Momofuku, Tacos, Silver Palate Cookbook, and Joy of Cooking RI: Author lives in New York, NY
COOKING
Rachel Yang and Jess Thomson
Social: StateBirdSF.com RA: For fans of Pok Pok, Zahav, Momofuku, and Gjelina RI: Author lives in San Francisco, CA and Brooklyn, NY
MY RICE BOWL:
Melissa Clark
Korean Cooking Outside the Lines
DINNER IN AN INSTANT:
From the James Beard Best Chef nominee and co-owner of Seattle’s popular restaurants Joule, Trove, and Revel comes a cookbook with 75 recipes based on her deeply comforting Korean fusion cuisine, inspired by cultures from around the world.
75 Modern Recipes for Your Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, and Instant Pot®
With 75 all-new recipes, Melissa Clark, New York Times food columnist brings her signature flavor-forward dishes and dinner brand to everyone’s favorite countertop appliance, the Instant Pot®.
978-1-63217-078-1 | $35.00/$35.00C | 30,000 Sasquatch Books | HC | September e 978-1-63217-079-8
978-1-5247-6296-4 | $22.00/$29.00C | 150,000 Clarkson Potter | HC | October e 978-1-5247-6297-1
KOREAN COOKING
COOKING
RA: For fans of Korean and French cooking RI: Author lives in Seattle, WA
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978-1-6077-4844-1 | $40.00/$54.00C | 75,000 | Ten Speed Press | HC | October e 978-1-6077-4845-8
Social: @GoodAppetite; Facebook.com/Melissa.Clark.56211; Instagram.com/ClarkBar; MelissaClark.net RA: Fans of Melissa Clark’s weekly New York Times column, “A Good Appetite” RI: Author lives in Brooklyn, NY
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Deb Perelman
SMITTEN KITCHEN EVERY DAY: Triumphant and
MUNCHIES: Late-Night Meals from the World’s Best Chefs
This cookbook, based on the gamechanging web series Chef’s Night Out, features stories of the world’s best chefs’ debauched nights on the town, and recipes for the food they cook. 978-0-3995-8008-6 | $30.00/$40.00C | 150,000 Ten Speed Press | HC | October e 978-0-3995-8009-3 COOKING
Social: @Munchies; Munchies.Vice.com RA: For fans of Anthony Bourdain, Mario Batali, and David Chang RI: Author lives in Brooklyn, NY
Merrily Grashin
Unfussy New Favorites
Deb Perelman—the beloved food blogger, mom, and creator of SmittenKitchen.com, and author of the bestselling, award-winning The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook—is back, with more than 100 of the approachable, accessible, easy-to-cook, and impossible-to-resist recipes from her tiny kitchen that home cooks have fallen in love with. 978-1-101-87481-3 | $35.00 | 200,000 | Knopf | HC | October 978-0-449-01671-8 | $40.00C | Appetite by Random House e 978-1-101-87482-0 COOKING
WOMEN’S LIBATION!:
Social: @SmittenKitchen; SmittenKitchen.com RI: Author lives in New York, NY
Cocktails to Celebrate a Woman’s Right to Booze
Bill Yosses with Peter Kaminsky
A charming, quirky cocktail book that raises a toast to our feminist heroes, featuring easy-to-follow recipes alongside famous figures, events, and touchstones of women’s history. Grashin’s illustrations are beautifully detailed fine-line drawings. 978-0-735-21692-1 | $16.00/$22.00C | 35,000 Plume | HC | October e 978-0-735-21693-8 BEVERAGES / ALCOHOL
Social: Instagram: @MerrilyGrashin RA: For fans of Tequila Mockingbird and Rad American Women A-Z; readers of Bad Feminist, Shrill, and Men Explain Things to Me
Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison
THE SWEET SPOT: Dialing
Back Sugar and Amping Up Flavor
A game-changing collection of recipes that upend the very notion of “healthy” desserts by using sugar and fat as grace notes to enhance rather than dominate sweets. A dynamic personality with plenty of stories to tell about his years working for the Obamas and Bushes, Bill was a key member of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign. 978-0-804-18901-9 | $35.00/$47.00C | 35,000 | Pam Krauss | HC | October e 978-0-804-18902-6 DESSERTS
RA: For readers of The Food Lab and Harold McGee
COOKING AT HOME WITH BRIDGET AND JULIA:
Valentina Solfrini
NATURALLY VEGETARIAN:
The Hosts of America’s Test Kitchen Share Their Favorite Recipes for Feeding Family and Friends
Recipes and Stories from My Italian Family’s Farm
A stunningly beautiful seasonal Italian cookbook from the creator of the award-winning blog Hortus Cuisine, featuring 125 delicious allvegetarian recipes from the author’s family farm in northeastern Italy.
From the Test Kitchen to their kitchen to your kitchen, there’s something here for every home cook, and every fan of these two beloved TV chefs. 978-1-945256-16-5 | $35.00/$40.00C | 60,000 | America’s Test Kitchen | HC | October e 978-1-945256-17-2
978-1-101-98359-1 | $35.00/$47.00C | 40,000 Avery | HC | November
e 978-1-101-98360-7
COOKING / ENTERTAINING
VEGETARIAN
Social: @TestKitchen; Facebook.com/AmericasTestKitchen; AmericasTestKitchen.com RA: For the millions of America’s Test Kitchen fans and viewers RI: Authors live in Boston, MA
Social: Instagram.com/ValentinaHortus RA: For fans of Heidi Swanson and Mimi Thorisson
Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh
Bobby Flay, Stephanie Banyas, and Sally Jackson
SWEET: Desserts from
BOBBY FLAY FIT:
London’s Ottolenghi
200 Recipes for a Healthy Lifestyle
A collection of over 110 recipes for sweets, baked goods, and confections from superstar chef Yotam Ottolenghi. 978-1-6077-4914-1 | $35.00 | 125,000 Ten Speed Press | HC | October e 978-1-6077-4915-8
Cook, eat, and be fit with 200 recipes from Bobby Flay, whose approach to healthy eating is all about flavor—not eliminating everything from your diet. 978-0-3853-4593-4 | $32.50/$42.50C | 150,000 Clarkson Potter | HC | December e 978-0-3853-4594-1
COOKING
Social: @Ottolenghi; Facebook.com/OttolenghiUK/; Instagram.com/Ottolenghi RA: For home cooks, bakers, chefs, foodies, and cookbook collectors RI: Author lives in London, UK
COOKING/HEALTH & HEALING
Social: @BFlay; Facebook.com/ChefBobbyFlay; BobbyFlay.com RA: For home cooks, athletic people, and readers of Men’s Health, Women’s Health, and Runners World RI: Author lives in New York, NY
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Tess Gerritsen I KNOW A SECRET: A RIZZOLI & ISLES NOVEL 978-0-345-54388-2 | $28.00/$37.00C 150,000 | Ballantine Books | HC | August e 978-0-345-54389-9
Harlan Coben DON’T LET GO 978-0-525-95511-5 | $28.00/$37.00C 1,000,000 | Putnam | HC | September e 978-0-698-41166-1 LP: 978-0-525-50151-0
Sue Grafton Y IS FOR YESTERDAY 978-0-399-16385-2 | $29.00/$39.00C 750,000 | Putnam | HC | August e 978-1-101-61435-8 ] AD: 978-0-385-39402-4 ] CD: 978-0-385-39401-7
Ken Follett A COLUMN OF FIRE 978-0-525-95497-2 | $36.00/$45.00C 1,000,000 | Viking | HC | September e 978-0-7352-2447-6 ] AD: 978-0-525-49717-2 ] CD: 978-0-525-49716-5 Spanish: 978-0-525-43587-7
Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman CRIME SCENE: A Novel 978-0-399-59460-1 | $28.99/$38.99C 150,000 | Ballantine Books | HC | August e 978-0-399-59461-8 ] AD: 978-0-525-49253-5 ] CD: 978-0-525-49252-8 LP: 978-0-525-52497-7 Debbie Macomber ANY DREAM WILL DO: A Novel 978-0-399-18119-1 | $27.00/$36.00C 300,000 | Ballantine Books | HC | August e 978-0-399-18120-7 ] AD: 978-1-524-78370-9 ] CD: 978-1-524-78369-3 LP: 978-1-524-78114-9 Danielle Steel THE RIGHT TIME: A Novel 978-1-101-88394-5 | $28.99/$38.99C 400,000 | Delacorte Press | HC | August e 978-1-101-88395-2 LP: 978-0-525-50125-1
Debbie Macomber MERRY AND BRIGHT: A Novel 978-0-399-18122-1 | $20.00/$27.00C 300,000 | Ballantine Books | HC | October e 978-0-399-18123-8 ] AD: 978-0-525-49176-7 ] CD: 978-0-525-49175-0 LP: 978-0-525-49306-8 Danielle Steel FAIRYTALE: A Novel 978-1-101-88406-5 | $28.99/$38.99C 400,000 | Delacorte Press | HC | October e 978-1-101-88407-2 978-0-525-50127-5
Jan Karon TO BE WHERE YOU ARE 978-0-399-18373-7 | $28.00/$37.00C 500,000 | Putnam | HC | September e 978-0-399-18375-1 ] AD: 978-0-7352-0798-1 ] CD: 978-0-7352-0797-4
Stuart Woods QUICK & DIRTY 978-0-7352-1714-0 | $28.00/$37.00C 300,000 | Putnam | HC | October e 978-0-7352-1716-4 ] AD: 978-0-525-49433-1 ] CD: 978-0-525-49432-4
Dan Brown ORIGIN: A Novel 978-0-385-51423-1 | $29.95/$38.50C Doubleday | HC | October e 978-0-385-54269-2 ] AD: 978-1-5247-7912-2 ] CD: 978-1-5247-7911-5 LP: 978-0-375-43454-9 Spanish: 978-0-525-43429-0
Marc Cameron TOM CLANCY POWER AND EMPIRE 978-0-7352-1589-4 | $29.95/$39.95C 600,000 | Putnam | HC | November e 978-0-7352-1590-0 ] AD: 978-1-5247-8051-7 ] CD: 978-1-5247-8050-0 LP: 978-0-525-52421-2
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Lee Child THE MIDNIGHT LINE: A Jack Reacher Novel 978-0-399-59348-2 | $28.99/$38.99C 1,000,000 | Delacorte Press | HC | November e 978-0-399-59349-9 ] AD: 978-1-524-77430-1 ] CD: 978-1-524-77429-5 LP: 978-0-525-52443-4
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Janet Evanovich HARDCORE TWENTY-FOUR: A Stephanie Plum Novel 978-0-399-17919-8 | $28.00/$37.00C 1,000,000 | Bantam | HC | November e 978-0-399-17920-4 ] AD: 978-0-525-50138-1 ] CD: 978-0-525-50137-4 LP: 978-0-525-52498-4 Danielle Steel PAST PERFECT: A Novel 978-1-101-88397-6 | $28.99/$38.99C 400,000 | Delacorte Press | HC | November e 978-1-101-88398-3 LP: 978-0-525-50126-8 Dean Koontz THE WHISPERING ROOM: A Jane Hawk Novel 978-0-345-54680-7 | $28.00/$37.00C 300,000 | Bantam | HC | January e 978-0-345-54681-4 Danielle Steel FALL FROM GRACE: A Novel 978-1-101-88400-3 | $28.99/$38.99C 400,000 | Delacorte Press | HC | January e 978-1-101-88401-0 LP: 978-0-525-50128-2 J. R. Ward BLOOD FURY: Black Dagger Legacy 978-0-451-47534-3 | $28.00/$37.00C 150,000 | Ballantine Books | HC | January e 978-0-698-19332-1 ] AD: 978-0-525-49242-9