The Middleman

by Olen Steinhauer

A sweeping espionage thriller by the best-selling author, covering all sides of a domestic terrorist group, from their converts to the FBI agents investigating them.
Minotaur Books

If You Leave Me

by Crystal Hana Kim

A literary saga of two ill-fated lovers in Korea and the heartbreaking choices they’re forced to make in the years surrounding a civil war that still haunts us today.
William Morrow

French Exit

by Patrick deWitt

The celebrated The Sisters Brothers author brings us another darkly comic novel, this time about a wealthy widow and her adult son who flee New York in the wake of scandal.
Ecco

The Third Hotel

by Laura van den Berg

A woman travels to Cuba and discovers her husband there wearing a white linen suit she’s never seen before — and he’s supposed to be dead.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Lake Success

by Gary Shteyngart

A deluded hedge-fund manager leaves billions behind in search of a simpler, more romantic life with his college sweetheart. Spoiler alert: There’s a good chance he won’t find it.
Random House

Marilyn Monroe: The Private Life of a Public Icon

by Charles Casillo

A warts-and-all portrait of the complex woman who rose out of an abusive childhood, dealt with bipolar disorder, and turned herself into a bewitching, maddening, brilliant yet flawed star.
St. Martin’s Press

Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago

by Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz

The Road to Perdition author teams with an acclaimed young historian in a dual portrait of the gangster and the legendary Prohibition agent.
William Morrow

The Great American Read: The Book of Books

This book profiles America’s 100 favorite novels, providing a snapshot of each one’s social relevance, film or television adaptations, other books and writings by the author, and little-known facts.
Black Dog & Leventhal

Arthur Ashe: A Life

by Raymond Arsenault

The first comprehensive, authoritative biography of “the Jackie Robinson of men’s tennis,” who, after breaking the color barrier, went on to become an influential civil rights activist and public intellectual.
Simon & Schuster

ATTENTION: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction

by Joshua Cohen

One of Granta magazine’s Best of Young American Novelists arrives with his first collection of nonfiction, the culmination of two decades of writing and thought about life in the digital age.
Random House

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The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

by Denis Johnson

A luminous collection of short stories about mortality and transcendence by the recently departed literary master.
Random House

The Immortalists

by Chloe Benjamin

In the late 1960s, a mystic reveals the exact death dates of four children living in NYC. This debut novel explores the power of family and the tension between destiny and choice.
G.P. Putnam’s Sons

White Houses

by Amy Bloom

The bestselling author imagines an unexpected and forbidden affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok in this work of historical fiction.
Random House

The Woman in the Window

by A.J. Finn

This Hitchcockian thriller features an agoraphobic woman who sees a murder committed next door. Or does she?
William Morrow

The Widows of Malabar Hill

by Sujata Massey

The atmospheric, page-turning murder mystery is set in 1920s Bombay and introduces Perveen Mistry, Bombay’s first female lawyer.
Soho Crime

The Road Not Taken

by Max Boot

A compelling biography of Edward Lansdale, a CIA agent who encouraged “hearts and minds” diplomacy in the Philippines and Vietnam but was ultimately ignored.
Liveright

Off the Charts

by Ann Hulbert

A profound, sensitive look at what it takes to make a child prodigy, and the unexpected ways that brilliance can play out in the long run.
Knopf

Here Is Real Magic

by Nate Staniforth

A unique memoir by a magician who spent his entire life trying to understand the power of wonder, and how he eventually rediscovered it in his own life.
Bloomsbury

The Wizard and the Prophet

by Charles C. Mann

Through the opposing views of two 20th-century scientists, this book explores how we might face environmental and social challenges on an overcrowded Earth.
Knopf

Doctor Who: The Book of Whoniversal Records

by Simon Guerrier

The must-have reference for fans of Doctor Who, this fully illustrated compendium contains facts, figures, and fun about science fiction’s longest-running TV show.
Harper

A Piece of the World

by Christina Baker Kline

The best-selling author of The Orphan Train returns with a novel based on Andrew Wyeth’s mysterious painting Christina’s World.
William Morrow

Celine

by Peter Heller

A Brooklyn woman who specializes in finding lost family members heads to Yellowstone to investigate a missing photographer.
Knopf

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

by Lisa See

The best-selling author explores the lives of a mother from a remote Chinese village and her daughter, who has been adopted by American parents.
Scribner

Beartown

by Fredrik Backman

The new novel from the Swedish author of the delightful A Man Called Ove revolves around a small town that needs to win a junior ice hockey championship.
Atria

Mississippi Blood

by Greg Iles

A modern-day Southern epic, this final installment in the Natchez Burning trilogy delivers with a story of love and honor, hatred and revenge.
William Morrow

Homo Deus

by Yuval Noah Harari

Two years ago, Harari’s book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind took the nonfiction world by storm. Homo Deus expands on the final chapters of that first book, exploring what it will mean to be human in the times to come.
Harper

Dodge City

by Tom Clavin

Get a closer look at one of the most turbulent towns in the West, featuring a who’s who of famous characters: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, and many more.
St. Martin’s Press

South and West

by Joan Didion

This book from the master of the contemporary memoir is different from her normal fare. It consists of her research notebooks from trips to the U.S. South and West, offering an illuminating glimpse into her writerly mind.
Knopf

The Rules Do Not Apply

by Ariel Levy

New Yorker writer Levy was pregnant, married, and financially secure when she left for Mongolia in 2012. A month later, none of that was true. How does a person deal with that kind of loss? How can she pick up the pieces?
Random House

Killers of the Flower Moon

by David Grann

The author of The Lost City of Z has written a supreme example of narrative nonfiction, weaving a tale of 1920s oilmen, Texas Rangers, Native Americans, a nascent FBI, murder, intrigue, and conspiracy.
Doubleday