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New Books List: 911 titles


  • John David Anderson

    Drew Bean might be a part of a secret organization for the training of superhero sidekicks, but that doesn’t mean that life is all leaping tall buildings in single bounds. Drew is possessed of super senses -- his hearing, sight, taste, touch, an...



  • Brian Biggs

    Good Night, Trucks: A Bedtime Book is the latest board book in Brian Biggs’s acclaimed Everything Goes series all about vehicles on land, in the air, and by sea. Good Night, Trucks is the perfect way for a truck-loving kid to end the day. As th...



  • Mike Boldt

    Mike Boldt's bright and playful picture book asks a big question: Which is more important, numbers or letters? Numbers and letters, the colorful characters in this story, compete to be the stars of this book. Their debate escalates when funny ani...



  • Teri Brown

    Anna Van Housen has a secret. A gifted illusionist, Anna assists her mother, the renowned medium Marguerite Van Housen, in her stage show and séances, easily navigating the underground world of magicians, mediums, and mentalists in 1920’s New York...



  • Clyde Robert Bulla

    Young and orphaned, Tom Pippin has just been sold by his greedy uncle to the captain of a great sailing ship bound for America. Although Tom has been sold into slavery, no one can buy or sell his unwavering spirit. Tom longs to be free on the shores ...



  • Alafair Burke

    Magazine journalist McKenna Jordan is chasing the latest urban folktale--the story of an unidentified woman who heroically pulled a teenage boy from the subway tracks seconds before the arrival of an oncoming train. When McKenna locates a video snipp...



  • Jenna Burtenshaw

    Jenna Burtenshaw’s dark fantasy trilogy The Secrets of Wintercraft comes to a pulse-pounding conclusion with YA dystopian novel Winterveil. Teen Kate Winters and her powers are unique. She alone can understand Wintercraft, a book of ancient sec...



  • Emma Cane

    It's the wedding all of Valentine Valley has been waiting for Bridesmaid Heather Armstrong arrives for Nate and Emily's big weekend, only to discover that one of the ushers is the man she had a close encounter with when they were trapped by a bliz...



  • Jennifer Castle

    Readers of John Green, Sarah Dessen, and Laurie Halse Anderson will be touched by the emotional depth and realistic characters of Jennifer Castle’s YA novel You Look Different in Real Life. Justine charmed the nation in a documentary film featu...



  • Agatha Christie

    A beautiful actress tells a mysterious tale, but Miss Marple has her suspicions about the story’s truth....



  • Agatha Christie

    Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems. A dinner party takes a deadly turn when somebody poisons the guests. ...



  • Caroline Jayne Church

    Meet Ruff the Dog, star of the picture book "Ruff! And the Wonderfully Amazing Busy Day." He’s an adorable new animal character created by bestselling illustrator Caroline Jayne Church. What Ruff wants most is to make some friends. He accidental...



  • Lauren Conrad

    Kate and Carmen are about to become big stars, but they're going to have to survive some backstage drama first. And Madison is learning hard lessons about fame as she deals with backstabbing "friends" and family, out-of-control paparazzi, and a scand...



  • Glenn Cooper

    Prophecy is prologue England, 1775. An ambitious American pushes his expedition onward despite dire warnings from the locals. But what Benjamin Franklin discovers on the Isle of Wight isn't just superstition. It's a secret with the power to save t...



  • Doreen Cronin

    Children already know and love Worm from the hilarious bestselling picture book by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bills. Worm is all about having fun, respecting the earth, and never taking baths. Now he’s the star of a series of I Can Read books with ful...



  • Susan Dennard

    He has stolen Eleanor Fitt's heart, but who was Daniel Sheridan before he became a Spirit-Hunter? In this suspenseful 100-page digital-original romance novella from Something Strange and Deadly author Susan Dennard, Daniel's past -- and his first lov...



  • Ree Drummond

    Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Charlie the Ranch Dog, shares Charlie's newest tale: Charlie Goes to School. Charlie the Ranch Dog may be top dog, but he's ready to share his skills -- and his responsibi...



  • Ree Drummond

    Kids already love Charlie the Ranch Dog from the humorous picture books by Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman. Now hard-working, bacon-loving basset hound Charlie is starring in a series of illustrated books for beginning readers. In Charlie the Ran...



  • Matthew Dunn

    Master spy Will Cochrane must catch a missing Russian defector as well as one of Europe's deadliest assassins in this action-packed follow-up to Sentinel, written by real-life former field officer Matthew Dunn Will Cochrane monitors the nighttime ...



  • Adam Jay Epstein; Andrew Jacobson

    Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson, authors of the beloved Familiars series, ramp up the action in this space-age adventure that School Library Journal calls "a satisfying choice," perfect for fans of Star Wars and Percy Jackson. Zachary Night ...



  • Dan Fante

    From Dan Fante, the son of novelist John Fante, comes a gritty detective novel featuring JD Fiorella, an ex-private investigator who's bent on avenging his friend's murder. Failed private investigator JD Fiorella was a pro at finding trouble. Mixi...



  • Robin Farley

    Ballerina kitten Mia is back in a seventh I Can Read Book by Robin Farley. Adorable full-color illustrations by Olga and Aleksey Ivanov and a dance dictionary add to the fun. In Mia and the Girl with a Twirl, Mia and her friend Ruby are excited to...



  • Robin Farley

    In Mia Dances Back to School!, ballet-loving kitten Mia puts on her favorite tutu for her first day back at school. She’s so excited! Then she finds out she’s not in the same class with her best friends Ruby and Anna, and she’s not excited ...



  • Neil Gaiman

    Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. He is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock. He hasn't thought of Lettie in de...



  • Grace Gilman

    Beginning readers devoted to such characters as Henry and Mudge, Clifford, and Marley will adore this Dixie adventure, Dixie and the Good Deeds. Dixie the puppy faces many of the problems elementary school kids do. She wants to be good, but she ma...



  • Andrew Sean Greer

    From the critically acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller The Confessions of Max Tivoli comes The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, a rapturously romantic story of a woman who finds herself transported to the “other lives” she might ha...



  • Bethany Griffin

    In Dance of the Red Death, Araby’s world is in shambles -- betrayal, death, disease, and evil forces surround her. She has no one to trust. But she finds herself and discovers that she will fight for the people she loves, and for her city. Her ...



  • Michael Gutch

    Kids will love Annie, the heroine of the charming and funny picture book "Sticky, Sticky, Stuck!" by Mike Gutch. Annie has a problem. She gets sticky -- a lot. She can even get sticky in the bathtub. And sometimes it feels like the only time Anni...



  • Dan Gutman

    A.J. and his friends are now third graders at Ella Mentry school in Dan Gutman’s outrageously funny chapter book series My Weirder School. In this eighth book, Dr. Nicholas Is Ridiculous!, college professor Dr. Nicholas visits A.J.’s class to...



  • Bruce Hale

    Clark the Shark has a loose tooth and needs to visit the dentist. But he's heard that the dentist is scarier than a box of blue whales! Uh-oh, and oh no! Can Clark find a way to stay cool when it comes to tooth trouble? Beginning readers will be ...



  • HarperCollins

    In the dark, nothing - and nowhere - is off-limits, and anything can happen. This title features 17 original stories about unforgettable teens who find comfort, confront fears, lose what they value most, and gain everything in the enveloping darkness...



  • Jonathan Holt

    Set in two Venices, the modern physical world and its virtual counterpart, The Abomination by Jonathan Holt is a propulsive tale of murder, corruption, and international intrigue -- the first book in an outstanding new trilogy in which Carabiniere Ca...



  • Tara Hudson

    Tara Hudson brings the dark, romantic Hereafter trilogy to a thrilling conclusion with her YA novel Elegy. The passionate love between ghost girl Amelia and human boy Joshua was powerful enough to break the barrier between life and death. Now the...



  • Kate Kerrigan

    The heartrending and inspiring sequel to Ellis Island, Kate Kerrigan's City of Hope is an uplifting story of a woman truly ahead of her time When her beloved husband suddenly dies, young Ellie Hogan decides to leave Ireland and return to New York,...



  • Kristen Kittscher

    Fans of the humor and clever clues in the Sammy Keyes books will enjoy The Wig in the Window, first in Kristen Kittscher’s funny middle-grade mystery series. Best friends and seventh graders Sophie Young and Grace Yang have made a game out of s...



  • Stephanie Laurens

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with the next in her Cynster Sisters series... The Honorable Miss Mary Cynster always gets what she wants. As the last unwed Cynster of her generation, she is determined to remain in c...



  • Laura Lippman

    Perennial New York Times and national bestselling author and acclaimed, multiple prizewinner Laura Lippman delivers a brilliant novel about a woman with a secret life who is forced to make desperate choices to save her son and herself. Heloise con...



  • J.A. London

    After Daybreak brings J. A. London's romantic dystopian Darkness Before Dawn series to a thrilling conclusion. Dawn grew up behind a wall, terrified of the vampires outside who controlled the lives of humans and demanded their blood. But when she...



  • Julie Anne Long

    More than one beautiful woman's hopes have been dashed on the rocky shoals of Jonathan Redmond's heart. With his riveting good looks and Redmond wealth and power,the world is his oyster -- until an ultimatum from his father and a chilling gypsy proph...



  • Demitria Lunetta

    In this heart-stopping postapocalyptic thriller from debut author Demitria Lunetta, one courageous girl must navigate a world that has been overtaken by Them -- vile creatures that are rapidly devouring mankind. Perfect for fans of books like Marie L...



  • Patricia MacLachlan

    Patricia MacLachlan, Newbery Medal-winning author of Sarah, Plain and Tall, is celebrated for making emotions accessible to children through her gentle writing style. She brings this gift, as well as her talent for writing about families, to the chap...



  • Mercer Mayer

    Little Critter: Just Big Enough, written and illustrated in full color by bestselling author Mercer Mayer, offers a gentle but important lesson about bullying. In this 8x8 paperback, Little Critter is being bullied. Bigger kids steal his seat on ...



  • Pamela Palmer

    ONLY ONE WOMAN CAN SAVE VAMP CITY. . . One of the few humans who managed to escape the deadly twilight world of Vamp City, Quinn Lennox vows never to return. But the vampires want her back, for only she has the power to renew the magic of their cr...



  • J.D. Riley

    Axel is a little truck with big, big wheels who loves speed and adventure. In Axel the Truck: Beach Race by J.D. Riley, first in a series, Axel’s going to find out if he’s fast enough to win an off-road race by the ocean against some bigger truck...



  • James Rollins

    In The Eye of God, a Sigma Force novel, New York Times bestselling author James Rollins delivers an apocalyptic vision of a future predicted by the distant past. In the wilds of Mongolia, a research satellite has crashed, triggering an explosive ...



  • Lynsay Sands

    She never expected to marry Annabel was about to take the veil to become a nun, when her mother suddenly arrived at the abbey to take her home... so that she can marry the Scottish laird who is betrothed to her runaway sister! She knows nothing abou...



  • Rob Scotton

    Join Splat the Cat on a school trip to the zoo in New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton's hilarious new adventure, Splat and the Cool School Trip. Splat the Cat is so excited when Mrs. Wimpydimple announces that the class will be go...



  • Sara Shepard

    In the thirteenth Pretty Little Liars novel, the secrets are more crushing than ever. . . . It's springtime in Rosewood, but while everyone else is searching for the perfect prom dress, Hanna, Spencer, Emily, and Aria are on a different kind of hu...



  • Sara Shepard

    Set just months before Sutton Mercer's untimely death, this stand-alone 100-page digital original novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard is an exciting, must-read companion to the Lying Game series. It's the summer after ju...



  • Lionel Shriver

    Big Brother is a striking novel about siblings, marriage, and obesity from Lionel Shriver, the acclaimed author the international bestseller We Need to Talk About Kevin. For Pandora, cooking is a form of love. Alas, her husband, Fletcher, a self-...



  • Eve Silver

    Rush pulls you headlong into the thrilling, high-stakes world of Eve Silver's teen series The Game, about teens pulled into and out of an alternate reality in which battling aliens is more than a game -- it's life and death. This teen debut novel off...



  • Hank Steinberg

    From the creator of the hit television series Without a Trace, Hank Steinberg's Out of Range is an action-packed thriller in which a husband searches for his missing wife -- a hunt that leads him into a dangerous world of international espionage. ...



  • Shannon Stoker

    Welcome to a safe and secure new world, where beauty is bought and sold, and freedom is the ultimate crime The Registry saved the country from collapse, but stability has come at a price. In this patriotic new America, girls are raised to be bride...



  • Candis Terry

    HE'S STUBBORN AND THOROUGHLY MALE. . . If Charlotte Brooks thinks she and her TV makeover show can turn Reno Wilder's hometown upside-down, he'll be happy to prove her wrong. The ex-Marine has seen too much turmoil and he likes Sweet, Texas, just ...



  • Simon Toyne

    After the rise -- comes the fall When a cyber-attack at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland disables the Hubble telescope and the Nobel Prize-winning scientist in charge disappears, the only clues left behind are a cryptic countdown clo...



  • Simon Van Booy

    In The Illusion of Separateness, award-winning author Simon Van Booy tells a harrowing and enchanting story of how one man’s act of mercy during World War II changed the lives of strangers, and how they each discover the astonishing truth of their ...



  • Lori Wilde

    The newest Cupid, Texas romance, from the author of The First Love Cookie Club and the Jubilee, Texas novels . . .Football star Pierce Hollister has fame, fortune, and beautiful women who'll do anything for him . . . whether he asks them to or not. B...



  • Stan Berenstain; Jan Berenstain

    Kids will have a great time learning to read with Berenstain Bears Phonics Fun, a twelve-book program written and illustrated in full color by Jan and Mike Berenstain. Each twelve-page book features a Berenstain Bears story with a separate phonics co...



  • Peter Lance

    In Deal with the Devil, five-time Emmy winning investigative reporter Peter Lance draws on three decades of once secret FBI files -- and exclusive new interviews -- to tell the definitive story of Gregory Scarpa Sr., aka "The Grim Reaper;" a Mafia c...



  • Bella Sinclair

    Jane O’Connor’s classic story for beginning readers Lulu Goes to Witch School has been given fresh illustrations by Bella Sinclair in this beautiful new edition. Lulu the witch girl is a little nervous about her first day of school, but she h...



  • Robyn Schneider

    Robyn Schneider's The Beginning of Everything is a witty and heart-wrenching teen novel that will appeal to fans of books by John Green and Ned Vizzini, novels such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and classics like The Great Gatsby and The Catche...



  • Julia Quinn

    He thinks she's an annoying know-it-all Hugh Prentice has never had patience for dramatic females, and if Lady Sarah Pleinsworth has ever been acquainted with the words shy or retiring, she's long since tossed them out the window. Besides, even i...



  • Scholastic Inc.

    A full-color quiz book with fun facts and activities based on LEGO(R) Friends--a buildable play world for girls! Are you a fashionable friend like Emma? Can you keep a secret as well as Stephanie? Find out in this fun quiz book all about the LEGO(...



  • Jason Aaron

    Collects Thor: God of Thunder #1-5. Continuing the series of graphic novels handpicked by Marvel Editorial to showcase pivotal story lines written and drawn by some of Marvel’s most acclaimed creators! A trail of blood threatens to consume Thor’s...



  • Amir Abrams

    The rules are simple: Play or get played. And never, ever, catch feelings. That's the motto 17-year-old heartthrob Antonio Lopez lives by. Since his mother walked out, Antonio's father has taught him everything he needs to know about women: they c...



  • Marta Acosta

    JANUARY 1 CURRENT STATUS: No job, no boyfriend, no permanent place to live, no car, and most of my clothes are held together with staples and duct tape. Bank account almost wiped out. Many of my former associates have expressed a desire that I never...



  • Guy Adams

    Max and Tom are old, old friends, once actors. Tom now owns a jazz nightclub called Deadbeat which, as well as being their source of income, is also something of an in-joke. In a dark suburban churchyard one night they see a group of men are loading ...



  • C.H. Admirand

    Welcome to Apple Grove, Ohio (pop. 597), a small town with a big heart. Caitlin Mulcahy loves her family. She really does. But sometimes they can drive her to her last shred of sanity -- from her dad ("I'm not meddling, I just want what's best for...



  • Ania Ahlborn

    Ryan Adler and his twin sister, Jane, spent their happiest childhood days at their parents’ mountain Colorado cabin -- until divorce tore their family apart. Now, with the house about to be sold, the Adler twins gather with their closest friends fo...



  • Ginny Aiken

    Inspired by the biblical story of Abigail in 1 Samuel, a Christian woman stands up for what is right, despite life-threatening consequences. When Faith married her husband Roger Nolan he seemed to be an upstanding businessman, owner of a remote me...



  • Hanan Al-Shaykh

    From one of the world's most acclaimed contemporary Arab writers: a sparkling new translation of twenty mesmerizing tales from the beloved masterpiece. The original tales of the One Thousand and One Nights were framed as stories told by the young ...



  • Toni Aleo

    Toni Aleo’s sexy new eBook original novella featuring the Nashville Assassins will have you believing in the power of love at first sight . . . and second sight . . . and third. After serving as a dutiful bridesmaid in the wedding from hell, Ay...



  • Rochelle Alers

    A Hideaway Wedding Wager Twins Ana and Jason and their cousin Nicholas are successful thirtysomethings who are single--and loving it. They have no idea that their relatives are betting on which one of them will get married first. But by the family'...



  • Cassie Alexander

    Nurse Edie Spence is once again called upon to save a life…and this time, it’s personal. Can her new community of zombies, vampires, and shapeshifters come to her rescue when she needs them most? When Edie was fired from her paranormal nurs...



  • Lyndi Alexander

    Even the smallest degree of hope can spark love. Against her wealthy father's demands, and the usual blockades of a male dominated profession, Kylie Sanderson proves worthy of her position as lead investigator of planet Andan's Scientific and Inv...



  • Annamaria Alfieri

    It is the most dramatic and tumultuous period in Argentina’s history. Colonel Juan Perón, who had been the most powerful and the most hated man in the country, has been forced out of power. Many people fear that his mistress, radio actress Evita D...



  • Jeffrey Allen

    It isn’t that stay-at-home dad Deuce Winters wants to be his small town’s unofficial sleuth. Between caring for his peppy five year-old-daughter Carly and helping to keep his ten-months-pregnant wife Julianne sane, he’s certainly got his hands ...



  • E.C. Ambrose

    The Dark Apostle is a powerful, energetic historical fantasy series set in an alternate 14th century England: a land of poverty and opulence, prayer and plague... witchcraft and necromancy.As a child, Elisha witnessed the burning of a witch outside o...



  • Caroline Anderson

    He had promised to look after her…now he wants so much more. "Promise me you'll take care of her." Simple as that. Except for Dr. James Slater, fulfilling his vow to look after his best friend's wife after he died in Afghanistan has never been s...



  • Amy Andrews

    One night to rewrite the rule book! Spontaneity is not in Miranda Dean's vocabulary. Life as a single mum with a demanding career leaves no time for anything impulsive. But that's before the appearance of the delectable Dr. Patrick Costello! Mi...



  • Mary Kay Andrews

    Take a splash of betrayal, add a few drops of outrage, give a good shake to proper behavior and take a big sip of a cocktail called..."Ladies' Night" Grace Stanton's life as a rising media star and beloved lifestyle blogger takes a surprising turn...



  • Tom Angleberger

    “Yankee Doodle went to town / a-riding on a pony / stuck a feather in his hat / and called it macaroni.” Many know the song “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” but few understand it. This unapologetically silly picture book reveals that the legendary ride...



  • Anonymous

    In the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the Sky, a harrowing account of anorexia and addiction. She was a good girl from a good family, with everything she could want or need. But below the surface, she felt like she could never be good enoug...



  • Zoe Archer

    When Jack Dalton escapes from Dunmoor Prison, he has only one thing in mind -- finding the nobleman who murdered his sister and making him pay. But when he reaches the inn where the Lord Rockley is rumored to be staying, three well-dressed strangers ...



  • Elana K. Arnold

    A sizzling love story between a small-town boy and a Gypsy girl unfolds as the Burning Man festival is in full swing. Ben: Having just graduated from high school, Ben is set to leave Gypsum, Nevada. It's good timing since the gypsum mine that is ...



  • Keri Arthur

    Half-werewolf, half-Aedh Risa Jones is beginning to believe that the only way to find the keys she’s been searching for and save her friends is by dying. And when Wolfgang Schmidt, the lover of her boss at the vampire council, is found dead, her wo...



  • Maureen Ash

    When a royal servant is murdered, Templar Bascot de Marins is once again called upon to serve justice -- and protect a royal secret. As King Phillip of France leads a devastating attack on Normandy, defection spreads among once-loyal English vass...



  • Madeline Ashby

    THE SECOND MACHINE DYNASTY Javier is a self-replicating humanoid on a journey of redemption. Javier's quest takes him from Amy's island, where his actions have devastating consequences for his friend, toward Mecha where he will find either sa...



  • Jennifer Ashley

    He was once a captive, but his urges were never caged. Now he’ll release them on a beautiful stranger whose own secret desires are longing to be sated... He doesn’t have a name. He doesn’t have a clan. The humans who held him prisoner for fo...



  • Kristen Ashley

    Lanie Heron isn't looking for love-no surprise, considering her last serious relationship nearly got her killed. So when Lanie propositions Hop Kincaid, all she wants is one wild night with the hot-as-hell biker who patrols with the Chaos Motorcycle ...



  • Phillipa Ashley

    Sophie McBride has been in love with Adam Templar for as long as she can remember. Talented, brilliant and sexy, he shines like the sun over the tiny Lakeland village where she's grown up. Now, at eighteen, she has her own big ideas and what's more, ...



  • Lori Austin

    In a time of war, love has its own rewards… Saving soldiers’ lives at the Confederate army hospital Chimborazo, Annabeth Phelan is no ordinary Southern belle. She’s never known work more exhausting or rewarding. And she’s never known a ma...



  • Alan Averill

    Takahiro O'Leary has a very special job... ...working for the Axon Corporation as an explorer of parallel timelines--as many and as varied as anyone could imagine. A great gig--until information he brought back gave Axon the means to maximize pro...



  • Susan Aylworth

    When Karen Burnett receives word that 100-year-old Granny Adelaide is fading fast, she and her husband rush to the hospital to say their good-byes. As the end draws near, Granny reveals her dying wish: she wants each member of her fragmented family p...



  • Liz Baddaley

    Freddie Perkins has lost a lot. His mum, for a start. His friends and his home, now he's been dragged up to Scotland to live with his granny. And even his dad - because even though Dad's still there, he and Freddie can't seem to talk any more. But so...



  • Nina Bangs

    Return to the Castle of Dark Dreams, where USA Today bestselling author Nina Bangs lures readers into a world of pleasure, adventure, and revenge... Thorn Mackenzie was a young Viking when he met Sparkle Stardust long ago. She used him and then ab...



  • Anna Banks

    The Syrena don't trust many humans. Rachel is one of them. The story of how Galen met her " and how they bonded -- is both exciting and heartbreaking.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (D...



  • Iain M. Banks

    Eighteen-year-old Kit is weird: big, strange, odd, socially disabled, on a spectrum that stretches from "highly gifted" at one end, to "nutter" at the other. At least Kit knows who his father is; he and Guy live together in a decaying country house o...



  • Kendall Banks

    There's an exclusive lifestyle in America where your body, your game and good looks, all get you paid. These girls become rich girls and are down for whatever it takes to stay on top. Meet Jewell, a five foot nine diva, who was born with a silver ...



  • Maya Banks

    The Kelly Group International (KGI): A super-elite, top secret, family-run business. Qualifications: High intelligence, rock-hard body, military background. Mission: Hostage/kidnap victim recovery. Intelligence gathering. Handling jobs the U.S. gov...



  • Leigh Bardugo

    DARKNESS NEVER DIES. Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. But she can't outrun her past or...



  • Leigh Bardugo

    In Ravka, just because you avoid one trap, it doesn't mean you'll escape the next. This story is a companion folk tale to Leigh Bardugo’s upcoming novel, Siege and Storm, the second book in the Grisha Trilogy....



  • Mac Barnett

    Kids will giggle as they count all the animals that have frightened the monkeys off the pages. Full of fun reader interactions and keeps readers guessing until the very last page! Matching Mac Barnett's brilliant wit are Kevin Cornell's luminous illu...



  • Kim Barnouin

    In this new novel based on the #1 bestselling Skinny Bitch books, a twenty-something chef loses her dream job--only to find happiness after she launches a vegan cooking school and falls for a sexy carnivore. Twenty-six-year-old Clementine Cooper i...



  • Max Barry

    At an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren’t taught history, geography, or mathematics -- they are taught to persuade. Students learn to use language to manipulate minds, wielding words as weapons. The very best ...



  • James C. Bassett

    Combining the timeless fairy tales that we all read as children with the out-of-time technological wizardry that is steampunk, this collection of stories blends the old and the new in ways sure to engage every fantasy reader.... Inspired by Hans ...



  • Marlene Bateman

    Meet Erica Coleman: a gifted and quirky private investigator with a penchant for sleuthing and a passion for chocolate.

    Erica imagined that her trip to Florida would be a slice of heaven -- a chance to get away from it all and catch up with her ...



  • Marni Bates

    It's not easy being best friends with a celebrity... I'm invisible at my high school and I'm fine with it. It‘s kind of inevitable with a name like Jane Smith. But when the school newspaper staff insisted that I write a cover story, I decided to...



  • Marion Dane Bauer

    Meet Mr. Geo, everybody’s favorite geography teacher! He loves to explore new places. Today, he’s visiting California, the Golden State. His first stop is a TV studio for a front-row seat at his favorite television talent show! Then he will feed ...



  • Marion Dane Bauer

    Meet Mr. Geo, everybody’s favorite geography teacher! He loves to explore new places. Today, he’s visiting Florida, the Sunshine State. His first stop is the Everglades to see alligators and other amazing animals. He’ll also go to Fort Myers be...



  • Travis Beacham

    ABOUT THIS BOOK... Don't miss this exciting sci-fi prequel graphic novel of the highly anticipated Warner Bros. & Legendary motion picture, Pacific Rim directed by Guillermo del Toro! Chronicling the very first time Earth is menaced by incred...



  • Glenn Beck

    The last battle for freedom is under way. An unlikely band of ordinary Americans is ready to make its last stand in defense of self-rule, freedom, and liberty. Among them is Molly Ross, a young rebel who exposed a shadow war for the nation’s fate t...



  • Tonino Benacquista

    Imagine The Sopranos transplanted to the French countryside.... This thrillingly comic, internationally bestselling Mafia farce is the inspiration for the major motion picture The Family starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Tommy Lee J...



  • Brian Michael Bendis

    Collects All-New X-Men #6-10. Yesterday's X-Men continue to adjust to a present day that's simultaneously more awe-inspiring and more disturbing than any future the young heroes had ever imagined for themselves. And things get even more dangerous wh...



  • Christopher L. Bennett

    A new nation has arisen from the ashes of the Romulan War: the United Federation of Planets, an unprecedented union of diverse species cooperating for the good of all. Admiral Jonathan Archer -- the former captain of the Earth starship Enterprise, wh...



  • Jules Bennett

    Calling L.A.'s most eligible M.D.! Brilliant Hollywood cosmetic surgeon Noah Foster has perfection at his fingertips. Even so, he knows better than any man that losing someone you love comes at a cost. Which is why he can't walk away from Callie ...



  • Jim Benton

    Dear Dumb Diary, Just when I was pretty sure we could let the Student Awareness Committee quietly die a dignified death like some majestic old elephant or the Square Dancing Club, Angeline has to be aware of something. Great. And, of course,...



  • Kei Bernstein

    An interactive opposite book from Caroline Jayne Church! Join two loveable kids as they gallop up, down, fast, and slow with horsey toys big and small in this adorable introduction to opposites. With novelties on every page, young readers can move...



  • Jedediah Berry

    "A Window or a Small Box," by Jedediah Berry, is a charming and weird contemporary novelette of magic realism about a couple about to get married who find themselves on the run from "goons" in an alternative United States. At the Publisher's request,...



  • Steve Berry

    New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author Steve Berry returns with another Cotton Malone thrill ride, which takes readers to the heart of England, uncovering a secret that threatens to rock Great Britain to its royal foundations. Wh...



  • Lauren Beukes

    THE GIRL WHO WOULDN'T DIE HUNTS THE KILLER WHO SHOULDN'T EXIST. The future is not as loud as war, but it is relentless. It has a terrible fury all its own." Harper Curtis is a killer who stepped out of the past. Kirby Mazrachi is the girl who ...



  • Lewis E. Birdseye

    Dr. Donald Michaelson knows it is impossible to exist for any length of time without wondering whether life is worth living at all. For five years, he has watched the eyes of his students glaze over with boredom as he lectures about beauty, truth, an...



  • Jake Black

     This homage to travel guides serves as an all-in-one entry point into everything Adventure Time. It features sections on all the show's popular characters and locations, its languages--real and invented--its odd customs, and even its bizarre histor...



  • Bloomsbury

    Bloomsbury Mystery Sampler: a free e-book featuring advance material from upcoming Bloomsbury titles like Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogford, Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night by James Runcie, The Memory Key by Conor Fitzgerald, and The C...



  • K.B. Bogen

    An inept, wandering sorcerer throws his lot in with an aged, doddering knight and takes to the road to elude an old flame, save a damsel in distress, and maybe find a job, in this humorous fantasy. Original. ...



  • Janet Bolin

    In Threadville, Pennsylvania, known for its textile art courses and shops, everyone's stories are connected by a common thread--even the ones ending in murder... Every town has a legend. For Threadville, it's the story of Snoozy Gallagher, the hot...



  • S.J. Bolton

    Like everyone reading the newspapers these days, 10-year-old Barney Roberts knows the killer will strike again soon. The victim will be another boy, just like him. The body will be drained of blood, and left somewhere on a Thames beach. There will be...



  • Baen Books

    Magical, miraculous???and sometimes mischievious???fourteen tales of angelic adventure!A collection of fifteen short stories depicts angelic interventions in subtle forms and includes the writings of such authors as Isaac Asimov, Tanith Lee, Ursula K...



  • Baen Books

    Stories about legendary creatures of myth and magic!???An anthology of extraordinary stories about legendary creatures of myth and magic features works by Tanith Lee, T.H. White, Jane Yolen, and Gene Wolfe???The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule??? ...



  • Baen Books

    Sixteen spellbinding stories of uncanny canines, heroic hounds and magical muttsThis latest volume of the Magical Tales series contains tales of fantasy involving a range of unusual canines and features works by Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Fritz ...



  • Baen Books

    The future isn???t through with you yet.Featuring stellar contributions from some of today's most masterful practitioners of speculative fiction, Beyond Singularity presents fourteen visions of a tomorrow where rapid technological and genetic breakth...



  • Baen Books

    Are you ready to rumble?Enter a world of weird sportsmanship in this unique sci-fi anthology of stories by such great visionaries as: Arthur C. Clarke, Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Swanwick, Howard Waldrop, Jonathan Lethem, Alastair Reynolds, Ian Mc...



  • Baen Books

    Change the past???and the future may come undone.Change the past-and the future may come undone.An outstanding collection of time-traveling alternate history stories from 16 major science fiction writers, both old and new. Every day, a thousand possi...



  • Baen Books

    Joe Haldeman, Lucius Shepard, Allen Steele and others storm the battlefields of tomorrow???Second Variety by Philip K. DickSalvador by Lucius ShepardFloating Dogs by Ian McDonaldThe Private War of Private Jacob by Joe HaldemanSpirey and the Queen by ...



  • Chris Bradford

    A new action-packed adventure series for young fans of Alex Rider and Jason Bourne! Following the nail-biting cliff-hanger of Bodyguard 1: Recruit, the action resumes in Hostage as martial arts expert and trained bodyguard Connor Reeves battles to...



  • Peter Brandvold

    While on the run from Rurales in Mexico, Lou Prophet stops at the familiar desert town of Chisos Springs. Except now it’s called Moon’s Well. And it appears that more than the name has changed. It’s being controlled by the scoundrel Mordecai Mo...



  • Allison Brennan

    Sean Rogan risks his life when he goes undercover ... but the last thing he expects is to put the woman he loves in danger. LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH Nothing is more important to private investigator Sean Rogan than his relationship with FBI tr...



  • Lori Brighton

    In all his time as a male prostitute at Lavender Hills, Gideon Drake has never been hired out, never been allowed to leave the gilded cage in which he pleasures the well-heeled wives of London. So when a young widow convinces Lady Lavender to release...



  • Martha Brockenbrough

    It's the comeback of the millennium for a Tooth Fairy whose last collection was in the Mesozoic era! The Dinosaur Tooth Fairy lives in the Museum, where she polishes her giant tooth collection and remembers the good old days. But when a little gir...



  • Tracy Brogan

    To build a future, sometimes you have to tear down the past… Chicago event planner Libby Hamilton can turn any bland setting into a dramatic venue -- but when she abruptly loses her job, and her fair-weather boyfriend moves to another state, Lib...



  • Terry Brooks

    An old friend urges Shea Ohmsford to take a dangerous risk in the concluding story of this gripping Shannara eBook series by New York Times bestselling fantasy master Terry Brooks. Shea Ohmsford has had quite enough of quests. A year after surviv...



  • Carolyn Brown

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  • Eli Brown

    A gripping adventure, a seaborne romance, and a twist on the tale of Scheherazade -- with the best food ever served aboard a pirate’s ship The year is 1819, and the renowned chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by the ruthless pirate Mad Hannah...



  • Natalie Brown

    A spectacularly vibrant, original debut, The Lovebird takes us from the orange-scented streets of Southern California to the vast prairie landscape of Montana, and introduces us to Margie Fitzgerald, a spirited and unforgettable heroine for our times...



  • Margaret Brownley
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    It all started with an ad in a mail-order bride catalogue . . . Mary-Jo has traveled halfway across the country to meet her match, arriving just in time for his funeral. Returning home seems like her only option until her would-be brother-in-law p...



  • Wanda E. Brunstetter

    Meredith needs a new beginning... Despite the disapproval of her late husband's parents, Meredith Stoltzfus has become closer to Jonah Miller. Meredith knows he can never replace her first love, but Jonah is head over heels for Meredith and cares dee...



  • Clyde Robert Bulla

    Join Frank, Ellen, and the whole Davis family on their adventure west during the Gold Rush of 1849. This exciting chronicle has the same appeal as Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books....



  • Clyde Robert Bulla

    Who ever heard of a shoeshine girl? The last thing Sarah Ida wants to do is spend the summer with her Aunt Claudia. But when her parents send her away because of problems at home, that is exactly what she has to do. With no allowance and no fun to ...



  • Jessica Burkhart

    The new exchange student means serious competition for Lauren and her friends -- because at Canterwood Crest, only one rider can be at the top. Rankings on Canterwood’s intermediate team are falling into place -- in Lauren’s favor. Then blond,...



  • Grace Burrowes

    Ethan Grey's life was shattered... Estranged from his family, widowed after an unhappy marriage, and weary from fighting his troubled past, Ethan Grey now has a chance for redemption. His son's beautiful and remarkable governess might help him bat...



  • Anne Calhoun

    For as long as he could remember, he wanted her... Raised by a single mother, Adam Collins resolved to take no chances with a girl’s future -- or his own. That’s why, as hard as it was, he resisted everything he felt for Marissa Brooks. Then ...



  • Aifric Campbell

    A hard-living investment banker has three days to decide her destiny in this thrilling novel. It has been 182 days of vodka and insomnia since Geri Molloy got dumped. A twenty-eight-year-old investment banker with a rare knack for numbers, Geri c...



  • John L. Campbell

    When the end came, it came quickly. No one knew where or exactly when the Omega Virus started, but soon it was everywhere. And when the ones spreading it can't die, no one stands a chance of surviving. "San Francisco, California." Father Xavier C...



  • Alexander Campion

    Murder is always on the menu for the ever chic and always capable Commissaire Capucine Le Tellier, highly esteemed member of the Paris Police Judiciaire. . . Quel horreur! When the body of acclaimed Chef Jean-Louis Brault and a shotgun are discove...



  • Candlewick Press

    Peppa Pig is back! Get ready to join in on two new adventures starring the beloved, award-winning U.K. sensation. Peppa is having a busy day at school -- learning numbers and letters, painting, making music, and playing outside. Peppa can’t wa...



  • Louise Candlish

    A child falls into the river, a stranger jumps in to rescue him, and four lives are changed for ever On a perfect summer's day in Paris, tourists on the river watch in shock as a small boy falls into the Seine and disappears below the surface. As ...



  • Louise Candlish

    Three short stories to heat up your summer by bestselling author Louise Candlish The Alibi When Kim oversteps the mark and 'borrows' a dress belonging to her employer, she has no idea she is also providing an alibi... The Assignation Agnes...



  • Molly Cannon

    Here comes trouble... Etta Green kissed Everson, Texas, goodbye years ago. A big city chef, she intends to return only long enough to settle her beloved grandmother's estate and then hightail it back to Chicago. But Grammy Hazel had other plans. I...



  • Orson Scott Card; Aaron Johnston

    One hundred years before Ender's Game, the aliens arrived on Earth with fire and death. This is the story of the First Formic War. Victor Delgado beat the alien ship to Earth, but just barely. Not soon enough to convince skeptical governments that...



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  • Kate Carlisle

    It’s a recipe for disaster when bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright is asked to restore an antique cookbook.... Brooklyn has always been a little obsessed with food, but it was her sister Savannah who became a chef, graduating from the prestigious C...



  • Melody Carlson

    Aunt Dee has a secret. In fact, she had a lot of secrets. With high hopes, Daphne Ballinger lands her dream job at The New York Times. But it's not long until writing about weddings becomes a painful reminder of her own failed romance, and her lov...



  • Cora Carmack

    Mackenzie "Max" Miller has a problem. Her parents have arrived in town for a surprise visit, and if they see her dyed hair, tattoos, and piercings, they just might disown her. Even worse, they’re expecting to meet a nice wholesome boyfriend, not a ...



  • Lea Carpenter

    Powerful and lean, Eleven Days is an astonishing first novel full of suspense that addresses our most basic questions about war as it tells of the love between a mother and her son. When the story opens on May 11, 2011, Sara’s son, Jason, has been ...



  • Robyn Carr

    With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr explores letting go of the past -- and finding something worth building a future on. Single dad and Thunder Point's deputy sheriff "Mac" McCain has worked hard to keep his tow...



  • Grace Carroll

    These days, not even a new wardrobe can keep fashionista Rita Jewel from feeling blue. Perhaps the cure is a cooking class with a celebrity chef But her appetite is ruined when murder becomes the main course... As a salesgirl at Dolce's, a chic b...



  • Aimee Carson

    Bridal shop owner Amber Davis dreaded the moment she'd run in to Parker Robinson while working on his sister's wedding. She'd spent every summer in the Hamptons with his family as a kid, fantasizing about kissing him. But she's shocked to discover th...



  • Anne-Marie Casey

    Sometimes what you want in your twenties isn’t what you want or need in your forties. . . . When Lucy Lovett’s husband loses his job, she is forced to give up her posh life in London and move their family to a tiny apartment in Manhattan, whe...



  • Linda Castillo

    A rainy night, an Amish father returning home with his three children, a speeding car hurtling toward them out of nowhere What at first appears to be a tragic but routine hit-and-run accident becomes personal for Chief of Police Kate Burkholder wh...



  • Diane Chamberlain

    An e-original short story that sets the stage for bestselling author Diane Chamberlain's novel "Necessary Lies". "The First Lie" gives readers an early glimpse into the life of thirteen-year-old Ivy Hart. It's 1958 in rural North Carolina, where I...



  • Holly Chamberlin

    Bestselling author Holly Chamberlin welcomes readers to the sunny beaches and unspoiled beauty of Maine, in this poignant, thoughtful new novel of a mother and daughter in the midst of profound change. . . When Louise Bessire was living in Boston...



  • Robert Chandler

    For fans of fairy tales and the literary supernatural: a unique collection of Russian short stories from the last 200 years In these folk tales, young women go on long and perilous quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese, and tsars as...



  • Joelle Charbonneau

    Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Isn’t that what they say? But how close is too close when they may be one and the same? The Seven Stages War left much of the planet a charred wasteland. The future belongs to the next generation...



  • Samantha Chase

    All work and no play... would make Jason Montgomery a very happy man. Ever since his brother had married a woman who worked for their company, Jason has been walking around fending off the unwanted advances of all of the single women in his employ...



  • Agatha Christie

    A young girl finds out she’s pregnant and throws herself off a bridge, but Miss Marple is not so sure it was suicide....



  • Agatha Christie

    When her maid asks Miss Marple to intervene in the delicate problem of her rather opinionated cousin Gladys, she doesn’t think much can be done. Poor Gladys has been accused of stealing a precious brooch belonging to her employers, the reserved Mis...



  • Agatha Christie

    Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems. A murder-suicide in a small village mimics events that took place years before. ...



  • Agatha Christie

    The lady of the house at Greenshaw’s Folly is murdered in the midst of drawing up her will....



  • Agatha Christie

    There's a body in a trunk; a dead girl's reflection is caught in a mirror; and one corpse is back from the grave, while another is envisioned in the recurring nightmare of a terrified eccentric. What's behind such ghastly misdeeds? Try money, revenge...



  • Beth Ciotta

    History is repeating itself. For ambitious engineer Simon Darcy, winning Queen Victoria’s competition to recover lost inventions of historical significance is a matter of pride -- and redemption. After all, it was Simon’s failed monorail proj...



  • Cassandra Clare; Sarah Rees Brennan

    Magnus Bane leverages his alliances with Downworlders and Shadowhunters on a venture to Victorian London. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles. When immortal warlock Magnus Bane attends preliminary peace talks between the Shadowhunters and...



  • Chris Claremont

    Collects Uncanny X-Men (1963) #199-209, X-Men Annual (1970) #10. Change is in the air for the X-Men as Rachel Summers lays claim to the Phoenix Force, Magneto stands trial and joins the team, Professor X departs for outer space, and Cyclops becomes a...



  • Chris Claremont

    Collects Wolverine (1982) #1-4. He's the best there is at what he does but what he does best isn't very nice! Logan goes solo in Japan for the love of his life. It's ninjas, claws, and blood as only everyone's favorite mutant can deliver!...



  • Anne Cleeland

    A Deadly Game of Deception Notorious and beautiful, Vidia Swanson works as an "angel," trying to coax incriminating secrets from powerful men who may or may not be traitors of the Crown. Her latest target is suspected of stealing gold from Welling...



  • Jane K. Cleland

    For antiques dealer Josie Prescott, an abandoned storage unit is the perfect place to find some killer treasure, but finding a dead body amongst the wares is more than she bargained for With Valentine's Day a week away and the sun sparkling on the...



  • Amy Clipston

    In Hopeful Heart, the first novel of the new Hearts of the Lancaster Grand Hotel series from bestselling author Amy Clipston, Hannah Glick, a recent widow, finds herself stuck at a crossroad in her life. Her community offers her love and support, but...



  • Debra Clopton
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    Ellie had no idea she’s not what Matthew ordered. And what’s wrong with being a “Bible thumper” anyway? She’s determined to show him she’s tougher than she looks -- and just the girl he needs....



  • Peg Cochran

    Gourmet health food caterer Gigi Fitzgerald is used to helping dieters drop a dress size. But when her clients start dropping dead, she's ready to switch her chef's hat for a detective's cap and track down a killer. . . Aging soap star Felicity Da...



  • Billy Coffey

    hat marks the boundary between a miracle from God and the imagination of a child? Leah is a child from Away, isolated from her peers because of her stutter. But then she begins painting scenes that are epic in scope, brilliant in detail, and suffu...



  • Manda Collins

    The beautiful Miss Amelia Snow is not accustomed to being snubbed by the gentlemen of the ton. But when her mother dies unexpectedly, forcing Amelia to take employment as companion to a wealthy cit’s daughter, she quickly learns to play down her lo...




  • Ellen Conford

    Annabel is dead set on becoming a famous actress. When the camp play calls for auditions, she is only too happy to try out for the big part. Annabel clinches it with her blood-curdling screams, and she thinks this gig just might be her big break. But...



  • Ellen Conford

    When aspiring actress Annabel sees the movie company vans roll into her neighborhood, she is determined that this will be her big break. With her friend Maggie by her side, Annabel schmoozes her way onto the set and lands a role as an extra! She stay...



  • Mary Connealy
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    It all started with an ad in a mail-order bride catalogue . . . David’s convinced he’s not long for the world. He needs someone to mother his boys when he’s gone -- nothing more. Can plucky Irish Megan convince him to work at living instead ...



  • John Connolly

    Books alter men, and men, in their turn, alter worlds. Soter is a man who has been haunted by World War I. But when he's sent to investigate the disappearance of Lionel Maudling, the owner of a grand country house whose heir may be accused for his d...



  • Sheila Connolly

    As president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia, Nell Pratt relies on the generosity of philanthropists. But when someone starts killing benefactors, it's Nell's turn to come to their aid... When Nell reads the obituary of a f...