Recently Released in Paperback

Kent State

An American Tragedy

by Brian VanDeMark

Paperback: Nov 2025

A definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam War protestors and the National Guard, illuminating its causes and lasting consequences.

Saints of the Household

by Ari Tison

Paperback: Nov 2025

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town - beautifully told by a debut Indigenous Costa Rican-American writer - that will take your breath away.

We Refuse

A Forceful History of Black Resistance

by Kellie Carter Jackson

Paperback: Nov 2025

A radical reframing of the past and present of Black resistance—both nonviolent and violent—to white supremacy.

Before the Mango Ripens

by Afabwaje Kurian

Paperback: Oct 2025

Set against the backdrop of 1970s Nigeria teetering between post-colonial dependency and self-rule, Before the Mango Ripens examines the enduring themes of faith, disillusionment, and the search for belonging. Both epic and intimate, Afabwaje Kurian'...

My Good Bright Wolf

A Memoir

by Sarah Moss

Paperback: Oct 2025

An unflinching memoir about childhood, food, books, and our ability to see, become, and protect ourselves.

Absolution

Southern Reach, book 4

by Jeff VanderMeer

Paperback: Oct 2025

The surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach series―and the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time.

Bright Objects

by Ruby Todd

Paperback: Oct 2025

A young widow grapples with the arrival of a once-in-a-lifetime comet and its tumultuous consequences, in a debut novel that blends mystery, astronomy, and romance, perfect for fans of Emma Cline's The Girls and Ottessa Moshfegh's Death in Her Hands....

The Book of George

A Novel

by Kate Greathead

Paperback: Oct 2025

From the author of the critically acclaimed Laura & Emma comes a The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. for our times: Kate Greathead's razor-sharp but big-hearted excavation of millennial masculinity, The Book of George.

Under This Red Rock

by Mindy McGinnis

Paperback: Oct 2025

From award-winning author Mindy McGinnis comes a mesmerizing YA psychological mystery following a teen girl who is grappling with the death of her brother as she starts a new job in the caverns of Ohio—only to become the number one suspect in ...

Blood Test

A Comedy

by Charles Baxter

Paperback: Oct 2025

From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and "one of our most gifted writers" (Chicago Tribune) comes a comic novel about a divorced Midwestern dad who takes a cutting-edge medical test and learns that he has a predisposition to murder.

The Sequel

The Book Series #2

by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Paperback: Sep 2025

After the "insanely readable" (Stephen King) and "perfectly told" (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times bestseller The Plot comes Jean Hanff Korelitz's equally captivating new novel: The Sequel.

Playground

A Novel

by Richard Powers

Paperback: Sep 2025

A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory and Bewilderment.