New Nonfiction

Learn how to use crystals to balance mind, body, and soul, harness energies, create everyday wellness, and establish a positive lifestyle. Explore how different stones resonate with your chakras, and how to use them with a range of meditations to heal yourself inside and out.

From White House intern to White House press secretary, God has guided her path through uncharted territory. McEnany chronicles her journey to the White House, offering never-before-told anecdotes about what really happened within the Trump administration.

The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing OxyContin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis.

Bronx-native Bernard Slotnick’s mantra was that everyone deserved a good defense. And he was the best defender out there. Slotnick had a remarkable legal career capped by an extraordinary twelve-year winning streak. From negotiating Melania Trump’s pre-nup to representing the Dapper Don, Slotnick’s unparalleled acumen defined a profession, a city, and an era.

Exposing the hysteria and manipulation behind the worst failure of public policy since World War I, Alex Berenson has been a critical source of reason and truth. Dispassionate, factual, and untainted by any agenda other than telling the truth, this is the account that pandemic-weary Americans desperately need.

Although different cultures around the world are familiar with medicinal herbs, Native Americans are renowned for their knowledge of natural medicines. This book helps you to understand how to treat the plants or herbs, which part of the plant to use, how you should consume them, and all the benefits they give you.

From coffee to milkshakes and slushies to mocktails, this book features over 100 of your favorite beverages from the happiest place on Earth. Recipes are taken straight from your favorite restaurants and cafes throughout the Disney Parks and resorts. The Unofficial Disney Parks Drink Recipe Book has all the recipes you’ll need to make luscious libations worthy of the Mouse himself.

In Spectacular Spreads, Maegan Brown shares her tips and tricks for effortless, stress-free, and foolproof entertaining that will impress your guests and feed a hungry crowd, all while allowing you to relax and enjoy the occasion. Visually exciting and deliciously enticing, the spreads are comprised of easy-to-find fresh and prepared foods and are arranged in beautiful, artful, and whimsical ways.

Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Because he survived, Eddie made the vow to smile every day. He pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story, and living his best possible life. He now believes he is the ‘happiest man on earth.’

New Fiction

FBI agent Atlee Pine has been searching for her twin sister, Mercy, who was abducted at the age of six. Atlee has discovered proof that Mercy survived her abduction and then escaped her captors. When the truth is finally revealed, Atlee will face the greatest danger yet, and it may cost her everything.

Sheriff Winston Barnes knows something strange is happening. Nothing can prepare him for what he finds: an airplane has crash-landed on the runway, and there are no signs of a pilot. When the body of a local man is discovered, Winston begins a murder investigation that will change his life and the fate of the community.

Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration for Ben’s novel. Can Ben’s relationship with Fallon and his novel be considered a love story if it ends in heartbreak?

Chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta and her husband have relocated to Old Town Alexandria, where she’s working five miles from the Pentagon. With just weeks on the job, Scarpetta is summoned to the White House and tasked with hunting a killer who has mastered cutting-edge science for the most nefarious ends.

It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant faces his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.

Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years. The last thing he expects to hear is that his son Isiah has been murdered, along with Isiah’s white husband, Derek. Ike and Buddy Lee, two ex-cons with little else in common other than a criminal past and a love for their dead sons, band together in their desperate desire for revenge.  

Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, a loud, untamed thing. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends from birth, their fathers are part of an unspoken community that connects them all: the Family. One fateful night their loyalty to each other and the Family will be tested. Only one of them can pull the trigger before it’s too late.

Alex Cross and Detective John Sampson venture into the rugged Montana wilderness–where they will be the prey. They’re not on the job, but on a personal mission. Until they’re attacked by two rival teams of assassins, controlled by the same mastermind who has stalked Alex and his family for years. Darkness falls. No backup. No way out.

When Sonny Dunes, a SoCal meteorologist, is replaced by a virtual meteorologist, the only station willing to give her another shot is in her northern Michigan hometown. To distract herself from the memories she’s been trying to outrun, Sonny throws herself headfirst into covering every small-town winter event to woo a new audience, made more bearable by a handsome widower with optimism to spare.

New Nonfiction

A neuroscientist reveals that our attention system is a hidden superpower that enables us to function at maximum capacity despite anxiety and stress, achieve more, maintain healthier relationships, and be engaged for all the moments of our lives.

New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty—his mother’s family, the Vanderbilts. 

Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast.

In the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. From a little-known chapter of Holocaust history, this is one family’s inspiring true story of love, escape, and survival.

In times more uncertain than ever before, Dear William answers the call for increased attention to individual and family substance use and mental health. His is a message that students and parents throughout the world need to hear. 

Physician and former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb provides an inside account of how  American government crumbled as COVID-19  advanced and argues we must fix our systems and prepare for whatever else nature–or those wishing us harm–may threaten us with.

From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen in a heartwarming read that will be irresistible for anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal.

Filled with funny anecdotes, delightful asides and notes from her family about their favorite dishes, this book will help you fall in love with cooking all over again with recipes that range from comfort classics to easy skillets to ready-in-minutes Tex Mex meals.

The legendary American musician, singer, songwriter and documentary filmmaker offers a collection of stories, written by his own hand, that focus on the memories of his life, from his childhood to today.

New Young Adult Fiction

Emilia, a witch in the Kingdom of Italy, travels to Hell to uncover her twin sister’s murderer while combating her growing affections for the Prince of Wrath.

After a fatal car accident that reveals Emory’s brother Joey’s opioid addiction, Emory struggles to help him on his road to recovery and make herself heard in a town that insists on not listening.

Thanks to a DNA test, Avery Grambs knows that she is not a Hawthorne by blood, but clues pile up hinting at a deeper connection to the family than she had ever imagined. 

Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.

Teenage baker Syd sends ripples of heartbreak through Austin’s queer community when a batch of post-being-dumped brownies turns out to be magical–and makes everyone who eats them break up.

A budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her world in the stunning sequel to A Deadly Education, the start of Naomi Novik’s groundbreaking crossover series. 

D&D players will find a treasure trove of dragon-themed character options: dragonborn with ties to specific draconic ancestries, subclasses for dragon-themed monks and rangers, supernatural gifts for those who claim the power of a dying dragon, and more.

Everyone in Sleepy Hollow knows about the Horseman, but no one really believes in him. Twenty years after the storied events, the village is a quiet place, but then the headless body of a child is found in the woods near the village. Could the Horseman be real after all? Or does something even more sinister stalk the woods?

Pippa Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the two murder cases she solved, by the victims, by the attention her crime podcast garnered, and by the survivors, which is bad enough–but then it starts to feel like someone is watching her.

New Fiction

At the end of a long, sweltering day, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaster.

Astrobiologist Theo searches for life throughout the cosmos while raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin. As his son grows more troubled, he learns of an experimental treatment to bolster Robin’s emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his deceased mother’s brain.

In this stunning combination of generational German propriety and Bohemian revolution, we see the rise of Hitler and the forced exile of a swath of Germans, all told through the life of Nobel Prize winning author Thomas Mann. This is a novel about a family, fiercely engaged by the world, profoundly flawed, and as flamboyant as it’s possible to be.

In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served. When the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the farm  hid themselves in the trunk and have hatched a plan for Emmett’s future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey.

Anna grew up in England with her white mother knowing very little about her African father. Her mother’s death leads her to discover that he eventually became the president – some would say the dictator – of Bamana in West Africa, and that he is still alive. So begins a fascinating journey, and an exploration of race, identity and what we pass on to our children.

When Craig Brafford is listed as a defendant in the murder of his young wife, Andi, her relationships are exposed and torn to shreds in the highly publicized case. Andi’s life remains a mystery that investigators and public opinion equally fail to solve. Was she the happy, devoted wife she’d made everyone believe she was? Only she can answer that question.

Jo Nesbø is known the world over as a consummate mystery/thriller writer. Famed for his deft characterization, hair-raising suspense and shocking twists, Nesbø’s dexterity with the dark corners of the human heart is on full display in these inventive and enthralling stories.

When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don’t expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation–or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past.

As an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct, Lacy Stoltz sees plenty of corruption among the men and women elected to the bench. In The whistler, she took on a crime syndicate that was paying millions to a crooked judge. Now, the crimes are even worse. The man hiding behind the black robe is not taking bribes-but he may be taking lives.

New Fiction

Seven years ago, Mia Briscoe was at a college frat rave with her best friend Serena when a fire broke out and Serena goes missing. Now an investigative journalist, Mia discovers photos taken the night of the party, and begins to uncover a sinister string of events.

Memories of unfortunate incidents from Maud’s past keep bubbling to the surface, and certain problems in the present require immediate attention. Luckily, Maud is no stranger to taking matters into her own hands . . . even if it means she has to get a little blood on them in the process.

At the dawn of World War II, Anne, a young archivist employed at the Louvre, frantically moves the Mona Lisa and other treasures in an elaborate game of hide and seek. As the Nazi threat grows, Anne also begins to learn the truth about her missing brother and the role he plays in this dangerous game.

The lives of the three Emery sisters are forever changed when their mother is found drowned in the bathtub, creating distance between them. Decades pass. Alex and Colleen are determined to reconcile, but the closer they come to finding their sister Riley, the more they fear they’ll only be left with her secrets.

After moving to Paris, Joachim trains to be a butler and goes to work for Olivia, a young woman out to reinvent herself, when he discovers a family history he never knew. While Olivia struggles to put her life back together, Joachim’s comes apart. Stripped of their old roles, they strive to discover the truth about each other and themselves.

Stone Barrington is nearing his New York City abode when he stumbles into trouble. As it turns out, a new client is in danger—and with both business and the safety of the city at stake, Stone has no choice but to get involved. 

Diesel and Stephanie are on the trail of the same fugitive: Oswald Wednesday, an international computer hacker as brilliant as he is ruthless. Unsure if Diesel is her partner or her competition, she’ll need to watch her back every step of the way as she sets the stage to draw Wednesday out from behind his computer and into the real world.

Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the city for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. Edward, a Polish emigre living in Silverview, the big house on the edge of town, seems to know a lot about Julian’s family and is rather too interested in the inner workings of his modest new enterprise. 

CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad. The two fall into a forbidden relationship, which supercharges Haddad’s recruitment and creates unspeakable danger when they enter Damascus to find the man responsible for the disappearance of an American spy.

New Christmas Fiction

Meg’s brother Rob and his fiancé decide to throw a party just before Christmas and then elope, but the two mothers find out and start trying to pull together the kind of over-the-top event the couple was trying to avoid. To make matters worse, a murder is afoot.

Lindy Carmichael isn’t feeling particularly joyful. Reading through a box of childhood letters to Santa and reminiscing about what she’d wished for as a young girl may be just the inspiration Lindy needs. So she decides to write a new letter to Santa, one that will encourage her to have faith and believe just as she’d done all those years ago. 

Employed as a ranch caretaker  and caring for her recently orphaned nephews, Annelise is crushed when Billionaire Tate Sheridan shows up to sell the ranch two week before Christmas. Annie resigns, but Tate asks them to stay and help him get the house ready for one last family Christmas before it’s put on the market.

Reuniting for a state-of-the-art cruise during the holidays–one with hundreds of eligible men–four best friends cheer each other on through speed-dating events and shore excursions, but soon discover things not going as planned as they set sail on surprising new adventures.

Guilted into being bridesmaids at their parents’ vow renewal ceremony, sisters Reggie and Dena Sommerville, each working through tough personal issues, find love in the most unexpected of places–their hometown.

Ivy finds an old Santa suit with a note in it’s pocket from a little girl who has one Christmas wish: for her father to return home from the war. This discovery sets Ivy off on a mission. Who wrote the note? Did the man ever come home? What mysteries did the Rose family hold?

 Stanley Mann lost his Christmas spirit when he lost his wife. But then she shows up in his dreams and informs him it’s time to ditch his scroogey attitude. Stanley digs in his heels, but she’s determined to haunt him until he wakes up and rediscovers the joys of the season. (Overdrive Ebook)

It was supposed to be Christy Sullivan’s perfect Christmas getaway—a trip to Lapland with her family and best friend, Alix. As secrets unravel and unexpected romance shines, can Christy and Alix find the courage to fight for the relationships they really want, and save the precious gift of each other’s friendship? (Overdrive Ebook)

Every December, Josie posts a letter from her home in London to the parents she lost on Christmas night ears ago. But this year, her annual trip to the postbox is knocked off course by a bicycle collision with a handsome stranger—a stranger who will change the course of Josie’s life. (Overdrive Ebook)

New Fiction

 A tour de force of interwoven perspectives and sustained suspense, its action largely unfolding on a single winter day of December 23, 1971 during a Chicago storm, Crossroads is the story of a Midwestern family at a pivotal moment of moral crisis. 

What would happen if we called on God for help and God actually appeared? In Mitch Albom’s profound new novel of hope and faith, a group of shipwrecked passengers pull a strange man from the sea who claims to be “the Lord.”

Reacher isn’t one to back down from a fight. And when a shadowy crew raises the stakes, he won’t hesitate to teach them a lesson: When you pick a fight with Reacher, you’re better off dead.

To his neighbors, Carney is an upstanding businessman making a life for himself and his family. Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks. As Ray navigates this double life, he starts to see the truth about who actually pulls the strings in Harlem. 

The Cottonwood Book Club serves as the subdivision’s eyes and ears, meeting once a month for discussion, gossip, and cocktails. When late-night acts of vandalism target the women of the book club in increasingly violent and personal ways, they will be forced to decide how far to go to keep their secrets. 

Lizzie Oullette is dead– with her husband, Dwayne, nowhere to be found. Adrienne, social media influencer and wife of a disgraced billionaire, had been renting Lizzie’s tiny lake house. As her connection to the case becomes clear, so too does her connection to Lizzie, who narrates their story from beyond the grave. 

When Lolo Long’s niece Jaya begins receiving death threats, Tribal Police Chief Long calls on Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire along with Henry Standing Bear as lethal backup.

Terrorist attacks throw the global order into disarray and Secretary of State Ellen Adams is tasked with assembling a team to unravel a conspiracy carefully designed to take advantage of an American government dangerously out of touch and out of power.

Vivienne Jones handled the biggest break-up of her life the way that any witch would: a curse on her ex, Rhys. As the curse starts to affect the magic of the town, the two must put their personal feelings aside and work together to break the curse and save the town and Rhys’s life.

New Nonfiction

A Carnival of Snackery by David Sedaris: In this follow-up to his previous volume of diaries, the award-winning humorist chronicles the years 2003-2020, charting his rise to fame with his trademark misanthropic charm and wry wit.

Midnight in Washington by Adam Schiff: Schiff  takes us through  his personal account of January 6, 2021, and how the anti-democratic forces Trump unleashed continue to define his party, making the future of democracy in America more uncertain than ever.

The Great Patriot by Wayne Allyn Root: Are you a conservative patriot who fears for the future, believes in Judeo-Christian values, and believes America is under attack in a Socialist takeover? Do you see and feel evil all around us? If your answer is “yes”… this book is for you.

Rigged by Mollie Hemingway: Stunned by the turbulence of the 2020 election, millions of Americans are asking the forbidden question: what really happened? Rewriting history is a specialty of the radical left, now in control. But they will have to contend with the determination, insight, and eloquence of Mollie Hemingway. 

War by Other Means by Keith Kellogg: General Keith Kellogg saw it all. The only national security advisor to work side by side with both President Trump and Vice President Pence. No one knows better than he that the hysterical accusations of the administration’s partisan detractors were unconnected to reality.

Immune by Phillip Dettmer: Touching on our body’s defenses, the types of adversaries we face, and the grave consequences of immune malfunction, Immune is a vital crash course in what is arguably, and increasingly, the most important system in the body.

The Forever Dog by Rodney Habib & Dr. Karen Shaw Becker: When Rodney Habib’s dog, Sam, was diagnosed with cancer in 2013, it sent him on a mission to save her life. Backed by cutting-edge research, The Forever Dog explores the key factors that can help improve your dog’s health and lengthen your dog’s lifespan.

The Boys by Ron Howard & Clint Howard: By turns confessional, nostalgic, heartwarming and harrowing, the award-winning filmmaker and his brother, an audience-favorite actor, share their unusual family story of navigating and surviving life as sibling child actors.

Going There by Katie Couric: Couric reveals how she has balanced her personality, intellectual curiosity and desire to be taken seriously while facing a host of challenges: an eating disorder, sexism, the perils of celebrity, and life with two young daughters after her husband, Jay Monahan, died of colon cancer.

New Fiction Titles

The Brightest Place in the World by David Phillip Mullins: Based on a true event, The Brightest Place in the World traces the lives and interactions of six Las Vegans in the wake of an industrial disaster.

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr: The Pulitzer Prize winning author presents a hauntingly beautiful and redemptive novel about stewardship: of the book, of the Earth, and of the human heart.

Private Rogue by James Patterson & Adam Hamdy: A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private – the world’s largest investigation agency – with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace.

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge: Part adventure, historical saga, and coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it’s too late.

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney: Alice, Felix, Eileen, and Simon are still young–but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart.  Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world?

Enemy at the Gates by Vince Flynn: When Kennedy discovers evidence of a mole scouring the Agency’s database for sensitive information on Nicholas Ward, the world’s first trillionaire, she convinces Rapp to take a job protecting him. In doing so, he finds himself walking an impossible tightrope.

The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson: When her library is threatened with closure, librarian June Jones is forced to emerge from behind the shelves. For once, she’s determined not to go down without a fight. And maybe, in fighting for her cherished library, June can save herself, too.

The Wish by Nicholas Sparks: Maggie is unexpectedly grounded over Christmas, and feeling vulnerable, begins to open up to her assistant. She tells him the story of another Christmas, decades earlier, and the love that set her on a course she never could have imagined.

The Nosferatu Conspiracy by Brian James Gage: A sprawling Gothic supernatural thriller that is set in Saint Petersburg, Russia, against the backdrop of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty. Evoking elements of Jack the Ripper and Vlad Dracula, this is a suspense-filled alternative retelling of Rasputin’s diabolical influence over the final days of the Romanov Dynasty.