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New Books List: 558 titles

  • The Widow Ginger

    Pip Granger

    Life is starting to look up in the London café where Rosie lives with her beloved Aunt Maggie and Uncle Bert. It is 1954, rationing is over, and Roger Bannister’s four-minute mile is the pride of England. But the Widow Ginger couldn’t care less....

  • Away

    Amitava Kumar

    For more than a generation, Indian writers in English have won praise in the West. The roll call of Indian-born writers is startling: Rushdie, Mukerjee, Mehta, Ghosh, Naipaul, Kureishi, Narayan, Mistry, among many others.Amitava Kumar, himself an Ind...

  • Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus

    Tony Mitton

  • The Seven Against Thebes

    Aeschylus

    Third play of a trilogy (the other two are lost) about the doomed family of Laius and Oedipus and his sons. After the city of Thebes has banished Oedipus, the former ruler's sons vie for the crown. The victor, Eteocles, expels his brother, Polyneices...

  • Jarka Ruus

    Terry Brooks

    Twenty years have passed since Grianne Ohmsford denounced her former life as the dreaded Ilse Witch. Fulfilling the destiny predicted for her, she has established the Third Druid Council and dedicated herself to its goals of peace, harmony among the ...

  • The Praxis

    Walter Jon Williams

    All will must bend to the perfect truth of The Praxis For millennia, the Shaa have subjugated the universe, forcing the myriad sentient races to bow to their joyless tyranny. But the Shaa will soon be no more. The dread empire is in its rapidly fad...

  • The Sparkling One

    Susan Mallery

    For the Marcelli sisters of California wine country, the season is ripe for romance! THE SPARKLING ONE A party planner extraordinaire, Katie Marcelli loves her big, boisterous family -- even when their chronic matchmaking drives her crazy! In...

  • The Wrong Reflection

    Gillian Bradshaw

  • The Lady Chosen

    Stephanie Laurens

    Tristan Wemyss, Earl of Trentham, never expected he'd need to wed within a year or forfeit his inheritance. But he is not one to bow to the matchmaking mamas of the ton. No, he will marry a lady of his own choosing. And the lady he chooses is the enc...

  • A Tale of Two Sisters

    Julia Quinn
    in

    Dear Avon Books, Where are my heroes? Whenever I'm reading a book by one of my favorite authors I find I'm falling for the wrong guy -- not the hero, but the other man -- and what I really want is for him to have his own story. Like Jake Linl...

  • Imitation in Death

    J.D. Robb

    'No matter how many times you looked at the horror man inflicted on man, you never saw it all. As Lieutenant Eve Dallas stood over what had once been a woman, she wondered when she would see worse than this...' The summer of 2059 is drawing to a swe...

  • Fountain of Fire

    Josie Litton

    The legendary island nation of Akora endows its descendants with rare gifts. Now one young woman must claim her own extraordinary power--and passion--by facing the greatest challenge of her life.... In a family of women who possessed uncommon powe...

  • Dancing in the Dark

    Dee Davis

    She was hiding from the future. Now she'll do anything to live until tomorrow. Two years after the accidental death of her husband and son, Sara Martin is still wearing her wedding band, using it as a shield against a future without love. Then a ...

  • Critical Condition

    Peter Clement

    Stricken by a brain hemorrhage, renowned geneticist Dr. Kathleen Sullivan is rendered completely paralyzed ... but still utterly aware--a prisoner inside her own body. She is rushed to a Manhattan hospital, as her lover, ER chief Richard Steele, watc...

  • Death on a Silver Platter

    Ellen Hart

    DOUBLE MURDER, ON THE HOUSE Far from being the idyllic home Carl Veelund envisioned when he built the grand mansion years ago, Prairie Lodge has become the keeper of many dark and terrible secrets. Now, family members are dropping like flies: Two ...

  • Against the Odds

    Lisa Kleypas
    in

    Dear Avon Books, Where are my heroes? Whenever I'm reading a book by one of my favorite authors I find I'm falling for the wrong guy -- not the hero, but the other man -- and what I really want is for him to have his own story. Like Jake Linl...

  • Midsummer's Knight

    Kinley MacGregor
    in

    Dear Avon Books, Where are my heroes? Whenever I'm reading a book by one of my favorite authors I find I'm falling for the wrong guy -- not the hero, but the other man -- and what I really want is for him to have his own story. Like Jake Linl...

  • Morgawr

    Terry Brooks

    Harrowing confrontations with the merciless Ilse Witch and the monstrous Antrax have taken their toll on the intrepid heroes aboard the airship Jerkle Shannara. But their darkest adversary now snaps at their heels, in the form of the Morgawr--feeder ...

  • The Song of an Innocent Bystander

    Ian Bone

    Ten years ago, nine-year-old Freda Opperman walked into a fast-food restaurant and lost control of her future. She was one of twelve people held hostage by a gunman protesting about corporate corruption. Two people died - the restaurant manager and t...

  • The Amber Room

    Steve Berry

    Forged of the exquisite gem, the Amber Room is one of the greatest treasures ever made by man - and the subject of one of history's most intriguing mysteries. German troops invading the Soviet Union seized the Room in 1941. When the Allies started th...

  • The Course of Empire

    Eric Flint; K.D. Wentworth

    WOULD THEY DESTROY EARTH IN ORDER TO SAVE IT? Conquered by the Jao twenty years ago, the Earth is shackled under alien tyranny--and threatened by the even more dangerous Ekhat, who are sending a genocidal extermination fleet to the solar syste...

  • To Live

    Yu Hua

    Originally banned in China but later named one of that nation’s most influential books, a searing novel that portrays one man’s transformation from the spoiled son of a landlord to a kindhearted peasant. “A work of astounding emotiona...

  • The Shade of My Own Tree

    Sheila Williams

    Beloved author Sheila Williams beautifully captures the bittersweet humor and vivid adventures of women who survive the worst life can toss at them -- and fight back to claim their right to be free, to be themselves, and to live in . . . The cou...

  • Resolved

    Robert K. Tanenbaum

    Chief Assistant District Attorney Butch Karp is about to confront the most vicious killer he's ever convicted, Felix Tighe, who has just escaped prison with the help of Arab terrorists. Tighe, a manipulative, clever, crazed killer is bent on seeking...

  • Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve

    Mary Pope Osborne

    The castle looms dark against the light of the moon. Giant ravens circle in the sky. The wind whistles through the empty windows. Merlin the magician needs someone to find out what has happened. But who is brave enough to brush the cobwebs aside and ...

  • The Skeleton in the Smithsonian

    Ron Roy

    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season! In the third book of the Capital Mysteries -- an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washi...

  • Secondhand Lions

    John Whitman

    Are Walter’s “uncles” really ex-bank robbers? He’s about to spend a summer with them and find out!

    Poor Walter! His mom, Mae, an irresponsible beauty past her prime and down on her luck, has dumped him off with his two eccentric old ...

  • Arthur's Science Fair Trouble

    Marc Brown

    Arthur has to do a science fair project, but all of the good ideas are taken: Buster is building a rocket, Muffy is growing crystals, and Francine is making a bird feeder. Arthur learns a valuable lesson when he finds his father’s old solar system ...

  • A Sweet Year: A Taste of the Jewish Holidays

    Mark H. Podwal

    The Jewish year is blessed with many holidays, and each one has its special food. From Rosh Hashanah to Shavuot, from the Seder meal to the Sabbath meal, food celebrates the season and commemorates the miraculous. With lyrical prose and rich, vivid p...

  • The Tale of Despereaux

    Kate DiCamillo

    This is the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in darkness but covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a sl...

  • It's Itchcraft

    Dan Greenburg

    Zack is nervous about the fifth-grade Halloween dance. He doesn't know how to dance and he doesn't have a date! When Zack meets Prudence, a beautiful girl who speaks with a funny accent and dresses in old-fashioned clothing, he's smitten. He thinks h...

  • The Graves Family

    Patricia Polacco

    The Graves family has just moved to Union City, and they definitely don't fit in. With giant spiders in the living room, a voracious Venus flytrap named Phoebe in the kitchen, and a secret laboratory in the basement, the neighbors are afraid to visit...

  • Spot's Halloween

    Eric Hill

    It's Halloween, and Spot's friends, Tom Croco-dile, Steve Monkey and Helen Hippo arrive at his house in their costumes. But what will Spot be? A cowboy, a Superpup, a hopping bunny or a wizard? 

    The best part of Halloween for toddlers is dres...

  • A Measure of Thanks

    Diane Muldrow

    Molly and Amanda Moore and their friends Shawn, Peichi, and Natasha have the hottest thing going-a cooking business called Dish! The girls have become great cooks and their business is really taking off. But mixing friendship with business is not alw...

  • Monster Night at Grandma's House

    Richard Peck

  • Time to Sleep, Alfie Bear

    Catherine Walters

    Determined to not go to bed, Alfie Bear stirs up the house and keeps everyone else awake with him, but when his long day finally catches up with him, Alfie Bear comes to realize that sleeping is a very good thing after all and so happily settles in f...

  • Full Moon Barnyard Dance

    Carole Lexa Schaefer

    Come billy-bob the bebop and slink-slank a samba! An infectiously rhythmic read-aloud pairs up with charming illustrations, inviting us to step lively - and enjoy our differences.


    "What a moo-oon," crooned the cow beside the barn.
    "Maa-...

  • Food Fright

    Karen Rostoker-Gruber

    In this new counting novelty book, monsters everywhere are preparing for a huge, delicious meal! Well, a meal fit for monsters anyway. Inside this deluxe novelty book, readers will not only get to count the monsters from one to ten (and back again), ...

  • Nine Lives of Aristotle

    Dick King-Smith

    Dick King-Smith’s mischievous narrative and Bob Graham’s sweet, humorous watercolors capture the first eight lives of a kitten who’s ready to scamper his way into hearts everywhere.

    Aristotle the kitten is so adventurous that it’s a go...

  • On Sand Island

    Jacqueline Briggs Martin

    In the deep blue waters of Lake Superior lies a small island of hummingbirds, rabbits, and hardy Norwegian fishing folk. On that island lives a boy named Carl who wants nothing more than to be out on the water in a boat of his own making. So this is ...

  • Sock Monkey Goes to Hollywood: A Star Is Bathed

    Cece Bell

    Calling all sock monkey fans! One-of-a-kind talent Cece Bell creates a quirky story like no other - a sudsy yarn about soaps and dreams, stardom, and good friends.

    The famous toy actor, Sock Monkey, has been nominated for an Oswald Award. But ...

  • Jag

    Leann Rimes

    Fearful that his new classmates might discover that he is afraid of water, Jag the Jaguar worries about going to school, but once he arrives, Jag notices that another classmate has become the main target of the bullies and so decides to risk his own ...

  • Countdown to Halloween

    AnnMarie Harris

    Join Miss Plum's class on their trip to the pumpkin farm and a haunted house, where a special surprise awaits! From ten rows of pumpkins to one full Halloween moon, children will love counting down to this fun-filled holiday. With simple rhyming text...

  • Holiday Ha-Ha's: Thanksgiving Jokes & Riddles

    Craig Yoe

  • Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs

    Brian Meunier

    Having seen the guard dogs on the roof in their tight cages on the hot tiles, Lupe and Pipiolo come to feel that it is too horrible an existence for the desperate creatures and so make a daring plan to set them free in order to give them a fair chanc...

  • Holiday Ha-Ha's: Halloween Jokes & Riddles

    Craig Yoe

  • The Great Halloween Costume Contest

    Lauren Turnowski

    Here's a brand-new way for kids to have fun with stickers. Each full-color picture book comes with 20 glittery sticker pom-poms as well as do-it-yourself tips for decorating fun.

    It's Halloween and all the kids in Spookytown are getting read...

  • Happy Halloween, Strawberry Shortcake!

    Tino Santanach

    As Strawberry Shortcake and Apple Dumplin' prepare for their Halloween party, they pick out pumpkins from a field, decorate Strawberry's house, make Halloween treats, play party games, and more. Original....

  • Antonio on the Other Side of the World, Getting Smaller

    Malachy Doyle

    Malachy Doyle’s fanciful "small" tale, illustrated in delightful detail by Carll Cneut, will bring smiles to anyone who has ever missed the comforts of home.When Antonio visits his grandmother on a tiny island on the other side of the...

  • Essential Human Torch, Volume 1

    Stan Lee

    Through his gift of being able to burst into flames at will, Johnny Storm is a recognized member of the Fantastic Four, but despite his position and privileged life, Johnny doesn’t feel complete and so, goes in search of that special something that...

  • The Anvil of the World

    Kage Baker

    K age Baker's first fantasy novel is the tale of Smith, of the large extend- ed family of Smiths, of the Children of the Sun. They are a race given to blood feuds, and Smith was formerly an extremely successful assassin. Now he has wearied of his wor...

  • Here's Lookin' At Lizzie

    Guen Sublette

    With a hit show on the Disney Channel and a movie that topped the box office charts, Lizzie McGuire is the girl adored by millions across the country. She's full of personality, she's got fabulous style, and she somehow manages to survive every embar...

  • Ishtar Rising #2

    Michael A. Martin

    Project Ishtar -- the bold endeavor to terraform Venus, the most volatile planet in the solar system -- has reached a critical juncture. The project's first phase has had unexpected consequences that could tear Venus apart -- and mean the deaths of d...

  • A Gathering of Shadows

    Russell Davis

    Set in the present day, A Gathering of Shadows introduces a new generation in the saga of the Noir and Derlicht families. Here we meet Mason Noir -- the great-grandson of Thomas Noir, and once again there is a Noir male who is a thirteenth son of a ...

  • Sense of Evil

    Kay Hooper

    The victims are always the same: beautiful, successful, and blond. Someone was able to coax these intelligent and confident women away from safety. Someone was able to gain their trust long enough to do the unthinkable. Their shocking murders have te...

  • The Sinner

    Tess Gerritsen

    Not even the icy temperatures of a typical New England winter can match the bone-chilling scene of carnage discovered at the chapel of Our Lady of Divine Light. Within the cloistered convent lie two nuns -- one dead, one critically injured -- victims...

  • An Assembly Such as This

    Pamela Aidan

    "She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me." So begins the timeless romance of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen's classic novel is beloved by millions, but little is revealed in the book about th...

  • Month at the Shore

    Antoinette Stockenberg

    Acclaimed USA Today bestselling author Antoinette Stockenberg consistently engages readers with her breathtaking stories of small-town romance tinged with danger. Now she returns with a tale of one woman's struggle to put the past to rest--even as it...

  • Take a Chance on Me

    Susan Donovan

    THEY'VE GOT NOTHING IN COMMON... For animal behaviorist Emma Jenkins, romance has been at the bottom- of her daily "to do" list since making it through a messy divorce. But everything changes the day six-feet-of-gorgeous Thomas Tobin walks into her ...

  • Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart

    Jane M. Lindskold

    A tale of humane wolves, beastly men, and a brilliant heroine who must find her way in a dangerous world Raised by intelligent, language-using wolves, brought back to human society at the court of Hawk Haven, young Firekeeper has had to learn to c...

  • The Big Dig

    Linda Barnes

    Carlotta Carlyle, the six-foot-tall redheaded private investigator, thought that working undercover searching out fraud on Boston's Big Dig would be a challenging assignment. After all, the Big Dig, the creation of a central artery tunnel running ben...

  • The Daughter-in-Law

    Diana Diamond

    FOR RICHER Marrying a millionaire was never on Nicole Pierce's agenda...or was it? From the moment she locked eyes with the impeccably pedigreed Jonathan Donner, she was captivated by the man-and by his money. Or so his formidable family chose to be...

  • Charity at Home

    Lucy Daniels

    Josie is almost settled into her new home and school, but lately she misses her busy riding-school life at the old house. Then Josie gets the perfect idea. With Charity's help, she can become involved with the local stable, and even take part in the ...

  • Seven Scary Monsters

    Howard Fine

    Best-selling illustrator Howard Fine teams up with Mary Beth Lundgren to create a not-too-scary bedtime book about monsters. When the lights go off and seven scary monsters come out to make mischief, a young boy uses his imagination to eliminate them...

  • Are You Grumpy, Santa?

    Gregg Spiridellis

  • The Day the Animals Came: A Story of Saint Francis Day

    Frances Ward Weller

    Ria hates New York. She misses her friends, and the warm Puerto Rican sun; most of all she misses the animals she left behind. Then, one day, Ria's neighbor Mrs. Blum takes her on a surprise trip: to a big cathedral-it's the festival of St. Francis D...

  • Zee

    Michel Gay

    Zee is allowed to climb into bed with his parents, but only after they’re awake. And this morning they are very, very sleepy. Zee knows just what they need . . . coffee! But when the coffee spills, he must find another way to wake his parents witho...

  • Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Volume 3

    Terry Moore

    More Ultimate Spider-Man team-ups including appearances by The Ultimates' Black Widow and Nick Fury, Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu and an all-star jam featuring Spidey and every hero in the Marvel Ultimate Universe!...

  • I: The Creation of a Serial Killer

    Jack Olsen

    In The Killer's Own Words...I killed Tanya Bennett...I beat her to death, raped her and loved it. Yes I'm sick, but I enjoy myself too. People took the blame and I'm free.... . Look over your shoulder. I may be closer than you think.-Keith Hunter Jes...

  • Crackpots

    Sara Pritchard

    When we first meet Ruby Reese she’s a spunky kid in a cowgirl hat, tap dancing her way through a slightly off-kilter 1950s childhood. With an insomniac mother and a demolitions-expert father, her entire family is what the residents of her small tow...

  • Darjeeling

    Bharti Kirchner

    Set in the mountainous tea plantations of Darjeeling, India and in New York City, Darjeeling is the story of two sisters - Aloka and Sujata - long separated by their love for Pranab, an idealistic young revolutionary. Pranab loves Sujata, the awkward...

  • Nowhere to Run

    Mary Jane Clark

    WHEN THERE'S NO ONE TO TRUST... Anthrax, smallpox, plague: as medical producer for television's highly-rated morning news program, Annabelle Murphy makes her living explaining horrific conditions to the nation. So when a KEY News colleague dies with...

  • Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts

    Rob Loos

    Amos the Rat is accused of stealing food all over camp, but this time everybody's favorite rodent is innocent. Simeon, the smooth, drop-dead hunk of a singer, becomes the real rat as he tries to woo Matthew's beautiful wife, Sara, with his beautiful ...

  • The Known World

    Edward P. Jones

    From Edward P. Jones comes one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory -- winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.The Known World tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and form...

  • Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Fun-Filled Frightfest

    Matt Groening

    The cryptkeeper of comedy, Matt Groening, the creator of 'The Simpsons', presents his newest collection of hell"arious humour.

    Join Matt Groening, the King of Comic Chaos and the creator of America's favourite family, 'The Simpsons', as ...

  • Secret Father

    James Carroll

    From a New York Times"bestselling author, a “gripping and beautifully written” novel of love and family set against the backdrop of Cold War Berlin (Bookpage). Berlin, 1961. Days before the Wall rises, three teenagers from an American school in...

  • Triss

    Brian Jacques

    Enslaved by the evil ferret King Agarnu of Riftgard, and his cruel daughter, Kurda, the brave squirrelmaid Triss plans a daring escape by sea. At the same time, far away in Salamandastron, three young companions sail away from their mountain home too...

  • Olive's Ocean

    Kevin Henkes

    Olive Barstow was dead. She'd been hit by a car on Monroe Street while riding her bicycle weeks ago. That was about all Martha knew. Martha Boyle and Olive Barstow could have been friends. But they weren't -- and now all that is left are eerie co...

  • The Footprints of God

    Greg Iles

    In a secret government lab, America's top scientists work on Trinity - a supercomputer that could surpass the power of the human mind. As the project's ethicist, Dr. David Tennant works in a firestorm of limitless science and ruthless ambition. After...

  • Black Maps

    Peter Spiegelman

    John March walked away from his family’s merchant bank for the life of a rural deputy sheriff"a life that would explode in personal tragedy and professional disaster. Three years later, March is back in New York City, working as a private investi...

  • Break Any Woman Down

    Dana Johnson

    In this hip, vital, and sexy debut, winner of the 2001 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, Dana Johnson launches a fleet of wonderful stories across unexpected terrain, upending notions of race, class and gender in utterly original ways.

  • Moon's Crossing

    Barbara Croft

    A stunning, cinematic debut novel set at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Moon's Crossing explores a unique time in American history, when the romantic heritage of the nineteenth century merged with the industrial temperament of the modern age. Jim Moo...

  • Pure Dead Wicked

    Debi Gliori

    Just when the Strega-Borgias think it’s safe to relax in their ancestral castle . . . it isn’t. First their roof collapses, forcing them into the Auchenlochtermuchty Arms -- the only local hotel that will accomodate three mythical beasts and one...

  • Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: The Beauty Supply District

    Ben Katchor

    Join Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer, on a leisurely stroll past The Institute for Soup-Nut Research and The Municipal Birthmark Registry. Savor the smell of a phone booth, circa 1961. Sign up for a guided tour of the oldest continually vacant...

  • Eric the Math Bear

    Caroline Glicksman

    Eric loves math.Eric loves counting.Eric loves numbers! He dreams about them all night and thinks about them all day. He even has a special job thinking up numbers to lock the safe at the Big Bear Bank.
    But one day, two robbers storm into the bank...

  • Pants

    Giles Andreae

    A rollicking, young, funny homage to underwear, Pants is a celebration of all things undergarment. Filled with hairy pants and scary pants, bunny pants and no pants, animals and people cavort across the brightly colored pages showing off their underw...

  • Pooh's Happy Halloween

    Ann Braybrooks

  • Happy Halloween!

    Golden Books

    The Morehead Collection. Celebrate Halloween with this spooktacular holiday tale featuring The Morehead Collection’s Teenie Halloweenies. Children will love the cute and creepy critters in this delightful Halloween rhyming story....

  • The Moon in My Room

    Uri Shulevitz

    In the little boy's room
    there is a whole world.
    He has a private sun,
    a private moon,
    private stars,
    and many friends.
    But where is Prince Bear,
    the one he loves best of all?
    ...

  • Millenial Glory Volume 2: Wars of Light

    Wendie L. Edwards

    Wars of Light is a highly symbolic journey through hard times on the earth beginning with the war in heaven. The novel continues the story begun in Volume I but brings to light that the spiritual war is still being fought by the faithful as well as t...

  • Pooh's Halloween Pumpkin

    Isabel Gaines

    On a stroll through the Hundred-Acre Wood, Pooh stumbles upon a giant orange pumpkin. With the help of his friends, Pooh comes up with a perfect plan for the pumpkin. This shaped book with a braided cord handle is sure to become a favorite at Hallowe...

  • You Are Not A Stranger Here?

    Adam Haslett

  • The Teeth of the Tiger

    Tom Clancy

    Tom Clancy brings Jack Ryan's son -- Jack Ryan, Jr. -- to the forefront in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.A man named Mohammed sits in a café in Vienna, about to propose a deal to a Colombian. What if they combined his network of Middle...

  • Amber Brown is Green with Envy

    Paula Danziger

    Amber Brown’s parents aren't acting the way she thinks parents should. Sometimes her dad goes on dates, or her mom goes on vacation ... without Amber. Then Mom and Max decide to move to a new house -- maybe even a new town! Some kids have pare...

  • The Whistle, The Grave and The Ghost

    Brad Strickland

    Lewis Barnavelt is back and this time he has stumbled upon something more powerful than even his imagination can dream up. A camping trip with his Scout troop leads Lewis straight to an old grave and a mysterious, magical whistle. When Lewis discover...

  • Family Reunion // Graphs

    Bonnie Bader

    Gary Graff doesn't want to go to his family's boring reunion, but when he surveys his family members to finish his math homework-a graphing assignment-Gary learns a lot about graphing and his family-and has a lot of fun, too!...

  • Felix and the Worrier

    Rosemary Wells

    Rosemary Wells brings back her lovable little character from FELIX FEELS BETTER in a reassuring story that is sure to send pesky Worriers everywhere out the window.

    Every night, Felix has a visitor. It’s the Worrier, who comes to remind Feli...

  • Three Pebbles and A Song

    Eileen Spinelli

    Snow is coming! Mama tells Moses to gather supplies-quick, quick, quick! But as Moses makes his way through the forest, he hears a whistle-y song, and an inspiration to play and dance. Will he be able ...

  • Magnets

    Anne Schreiber

    What's strong enough to smash atoms? What's able to power high speed trains? What can defy the force of gravity? It's in metals. It's in Earth. It's magnetism! Filled with interesting facts and easy at-home magnet experiments.

    ...

  • Blue Girl

    Jodi Lynn

  • Graphs // Family Reunion

    Bonnie Bader

    Gary Graff doesn't want to go to his family's boring reunion, but when he surveys his family members to finish his math homework-a graphing assignment-Gary learns a lot about graphing and his family-and has a lot of fun, too!...

  • Kitty Princess and the Newspaper Dress

    Trevor Dickinson

    Two talented newcomers create a funny, fractured fairy tale - and an exuberantly illustrated lesson in manners - that will amuse even the most imperious little readers.


    Get me the best dress in the world for Prince Quince’s ball tonight....

  • Grandparents Are the Greatest Because. . .

    Adele Aron Greenspun

  • Penny and Pocket

    Gwenda Turner

    Pocket is a tiny kitten, found abandoned on the side of the road. Penny, a Jack Russell terrier, immediately adopts her as her own. As well as carefully carrying her around the house and sleeping with her, Penny also produces milk so the little kitte...

  • Figures of Speech

    Mervyn Peake / Mervyn Laurence Peake

    The eccentric talent of the legendary Mervyn Peake figures prominently in FIGURES OF SPEECH, a playful series of drawings that challenge the reader to guess what familiar saying each picture portrays.


    "We give no table of contents here, fo...

  • White Feathers

    Deborah Challinor

  • The Cat Who Wasn't a Dog

    Marian Babson

    A PURRFECT CRIME! Dame Cecile Savoy's "revolting floor mop" of a Pekinese has passed away at a ripe old age. Now, the aging British actress convinces her rivals on stage and screen, Trixie and Evangeline, to support her in her hour of grief...by a...

  • When Catherine the Great and I Were Eight!

    Cari Best

    Readers are in for another rousing good time with Sara and Catherine the Great

    The unsinkable heroine of Three Cheers for Catherine the Great! is back!

    Sara’s Russian grandma, Catherine the Great, has promised to teach Sara how to fl...

  • Alligator Sue

    Sharon Arms Doucet

    "All you can do is be who you is."

    Suzanne Marie Sabine Chicot Thibodeaux (called Sue for short) lives on a houseboat deep in Louisiana's Atchafalaya Swamp. One lazy summer afternoon when the air grows heavier than a catfish's bath towel, a ...

  • A Girl's Best Friend

    Elizabeth Young

    Dogs Are Better Than Men They never brag about their ex's stunning cleavage. They don't moan or sulk if you're a half-hour late. They never tell you a Brazilian would really turn them on. After her most recent disaster with the King of the Unre...

  • The Scoundrel Worlds

    Chris Bunch

    THE STAR RISK, LTD., TEAM IS BACK--AND THIS TIME THEY'RE PLAYING TO THE DEATH.... The planet...Trimalchio IV. Neutral. Uninvaded. Mild climate. No history, save for hedonism. Damn lucky. The team...Star Risk, Ltd., a mercenary outfit struggling...

  • Truth and Shadows

    Martin Delrio

    THE NORTHWINDS OF WAR The Highlanders defeated Anastasia Kerensky the last time she attacked Northwind-- although she retreated with most of her troops. Now dispersed among several planets, the Highlanders will need a bigger edge if they are to e...

  • Death Masks

    Jim Butcher

    HARRY DRESDEN -- WIZARD Lost items found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, should be happy ...

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    Sharon Duncan

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    Lyle Brandt

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    Ellen Byerrum

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    Patricia Rice

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    Laura Childs

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    Marcus Stevens

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    Vincent Lardo

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    Ellen Schreiber

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    Simon Brett

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    S.L. Viehl

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  • Lost Tribe

    Paul Zakrzewski

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  • Bachelorette #1

    Jennifer O'Connell

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    Orson Scott Card

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    Sarah Weeks

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    Laura Leuck

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    Amy Edgar

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    Daniel Pinkwater

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    Cathy Hapka / Catherine Hapka

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    Cathy Hapka / Catherine Hapka

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    Thea Feldman

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    Jenny Markas

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    ...

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    Liza Baker

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    Jodi Huelin

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    Bruce Jones

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    Peter Kuper

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    Shannon Hale

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    Elizabeth Fackler

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    Robert J. Horton

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    Adam-Troy Castro

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    Patrick Robinson

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  • Swagbelly

    D.J. Levien

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    David Hagberg

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  • Miracle Girl

    Keith Scribner

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  • Diary Of A Blues Goddess

    Erica Orloff

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  • The Bang Devils

    Patrick Foss

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  • When Perfect Ain't Possible

    Suzette D. Harrison

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    Carole Matthews

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  • Idlewild

    Nick Sagan

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  • Fatal Harvest

    Catherine Palmer

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    Jessica Stirling

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    Deborah Bedford / Debbi Bedford

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    Anna Cheska

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  • An Echo of Hope

    DiAnna Crawford

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  • Get Some Love

    Nina Foxx

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  • Speak to Me of Love

    Robin Lee Hatcher

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  • The Pixel Eye

    Paul Levinson

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  • Come Armageddon

    Anne Perry

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  • The Beloved Enemy

    Gilbert Morris

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  • My Name Is Light

    Elsa Osorio

    An international bestseller about the blackest period of Argentinean history.

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  • Shaken and Stirred

    Doranna Durgin
    in

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  • End Game

    Virginia Kantra
    in

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    Meredith Fletcher
    in

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  • Faces of the Dead

    J.R. Roberts

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    Tamara Thorne

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    Jon Sharpe

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    Lea Wait

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    Latwaan Green
    in

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    Gabriella Anderson

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    Marilyn Pappano

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    Lashell Shawnte Stratton
    in

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    Jodi Thomas

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    Mildred E. Riley

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    David Robbins

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    Kori Nicole Brown
    in

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    Maria Greene

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    Don Pendleton

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    Liz Williams

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    Angela Winters

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    Tabor Evans

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    Lori Foster

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    L.J. Martin

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  • The Sundered

    Michael A. Martin; Andy Mangels

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    Don Pendleton

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    Melinda McRae
    in

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    Josie Metcalfe

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  • Shades of Scarlet

    Linda Fallon

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  • Slocum and the Deadly Damsel

    Jake Logan

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  • Tong Lashing

    Peter David

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  • Wizard's Funeral

    Kim Hunter

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  • Incriminating Passion

    Ann Voss Peterson

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  • The Glory of Love

    Kim Louise

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  • The Nine Month Plan

    Wendy Markham

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  • My Lord Vampire

    Debbie Raleigh

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  • Mr. Jeffries and the Jilt

    Joy Reed

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    Patricia Frances Rowell

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