August Releases

Mika In Real Life

A heartwarming novel about motherhood, daughterhood and love finds 35-year-old Mika Suzuki a complete mess and failure, so when the daughter she gave up for adoption contacts her wanting to forge a relationship, Mika's little white lie about her wonderful life snowballs out of control.

Author: Jean, Emiko Publisher: William Morrow Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9780063215689 eBook ISBN: 9780063215702

Print Price: $27.99

eBook Price: $32.19

The Devil Takes You Home

A father desperate to salvage what's left of his debt-ridden family, even if it means a descent into violence, Mario reluctantly agrees to hijack a cartel's cash shipment before it reaches Mexico, but this job will either leave him with a cool $200k or with a bullet in his head.

Author: Iglesias, Gabino Publisher: Mulholland Books Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9780316426916 eBook ISBN: 9780316426817

Print Price: $28.00

eBook Price: $65.00

Mother Of Strangers

At times darkly humorous and ironic but also profoundly moving, this novel set in Jaffa in 1947-51, and based on a true story, follows the lives of a gifted 15-year-old mechanic, Subhi, and 13-year-old Shams, a peasant girl he hopes to marry one day.

Author: Amiry, Suad Publisher: Pantheon Books Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593316559 eBook ISBN: 9780593316566

Print Price: $27.00

eBook Price: $55.00

Mademoiselle Revolution

Sylvie de Rosiers, a biracial heiress escapes to Paris when the Haitian Revolution burns across her island home, but as she works her way into the inner circle of Robespierre and his mistress, she learns that not even oceans can stop the flames of revolution.

Author: Sivak, Zoe Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593336038 eBook ISBN: 9780593336052

Print Price: $27.00

eBook Price: $55.00

The Fixer Upper

In this funny and sharp romantic comedy, a woman with a knack for turning her boyfriends' lives around starts a professional service to help wrangle men, only to be unexpectedly matched with an old flame.

Author: Forsythe, Lauren Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593422519 eBook ISBN: 9780593422526

Print Price: $16.00

eBook Price: $55.00

All This Could Be Different

A riveting portrait of young people forging love and community amidst struggle is also a moving story of one immigrant's journey to make her home in the world.

Author: Mathews, Sarah Thankam Publisher: Viking Press Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593489123 eBook ISBN: 9780593489130

Print Price: $27.00

eBook Price: $55.00

Alias Emma

In this breakneck, race-against-the-clock thriller, Emma Makepeace, a newly minted British spy has 12 hours to deliver her asset across London after Russia hacks the city's security cameras.

Author: Glass, Ava Publisher: Bantam Books Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593496794 eBook ISBN: 9780593496800

Print Price: $27.00

eBook Price: $55.00

The Rabbit Hutch

Set across one week and culminating in a shocking act of violence, a debut novel sheds light on an odd assortment of residents living in a crumbling apartment building in the post-industrial Midwest town of Vacca Vale, Indiana.

Author: Gunty, Tess Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593534663 eBook ISBN: 9780593534670

Print Price: $28.00

eBook Price: $55.00

The Book Eaters

Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it, but real life doesn't always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger — not for books, but for human minds. 150,000 first printing.

Author: Dean, Sunyi Publisher: Tor Books Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9781250810182 eBook ISBN: 9781250810199

Print Price: $26.99

eBook Price: $60.00

Face

In a sci-fi domestic drama that reimagines race and class in a genetically engineered society fed by performative fame, skin color is an aesthetic choice designed by professionals, consent is a pre-checked box on the path to social acceptance and your online profile isn't just the most important thing — it's the only thing. 60,000 first printing.

Author: West, Joma Publisher: Tor.Com Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9781250810298 eBook ISBN: 9781250810304

Print Price: $26.99

eBook Price: $60.00

Ben And Beatriz

A queer, biracial young woman must untangle her complicated relationship with the scion of a wealthy, white dynasty, in what becomes a complex and nuanced rumination on race, colorism, class, sexuality and privilege. 100,000 first printing.

Author: Gamarra, Katalina Publisher: Graydon House Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9781525899959 eBook ISBN: 9780369720504

Print Price: $15.99

eBook Price: $14.94

Dogs Of Summer

In a lyrical debut novel set in a working-class neighborhood of the Canary Islands, two girls coming of age in the early aughts share a friendship that simmers into erotic desire over the course of one hot summer.

Author: Abreu, Andrea. Trans By Julia Sanches Publisher: Astra House Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9781662601590 eBook ISBN: 9781662601606

Print Price: $23.00

eBook Price: $57.99

The Wild Hunt

When Leigh Welles finds herself called home from life on the Scottish mainland by her father's unexpected death, she searches for a fresh start, as does fellow islander, widower Iain MacTavish, but the sluagh — the birdlike creatures of Celtic legend — still haunt the poor souls of the island and hold long buried secrets.

Author: Seckel, Emma Publisher: Tin House Books Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9781953534224 eBook ISBN: 9781953534286

Print Price: $16.95

eBook Price: $50.00

Delphi

As Covid-19 arrives in London, the narrator, a classics academic researching prophecy in the ancient world, becomes obsessed with predicting the future, first by chiromancy (prophecy by palm reading) then zoomancy (prophecy by animal behavior) and oenomancy (prophecy by wine), but she fails to notice the future creeping into the heart of her very own home.

Author: Pollard, Clare Publisher: Avid Reader Press Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9781982197896 eBook ISBN: 9781982197919

Print Price: $26.00

eBook Price: $59.99

Moth

Fourteen-year-old Alma is soon to be married; her parents hoping it will give her stability and safety during a tumultuous time as Muslim Pakistan is split off from India, but when Alma's meddling grandmother interferes with the engagement, she sets off a chain of events that will wrench the family apart. 30,000 first printing.

Author: Razak, Melody Publisher: Harpercollins Available: 08/09/2022 Print ISBN: 9780063140066

Print Price: $26.99

Diary Of A Void

When 34-year-old Ms. Shibata gets a new job to escape sexual harassment at her old one, she finds that the only way to keep from doing all the menial tasks is to perpetuate the lie that she is pregnant — a ruse she keeps up for nine months and beyond.

Author: Yagi, Emi Publisher: Viking Press Available: 08/09/2022 Print ISBN: 9780143136873 eBook ISBN: 9780525508366

Print Price: $23.00

eBook Price: $55.00

Mother In The Dark

A story about sisterhood, the complications of class and the chains of inheritance between mothers and daughters delivers an unvarnished portrayal of a young woman consumed by her past and a family teetering on the edge of a knife.

Author: Maiuri, Kayla Publisher: Riverhead Books Available: 08/09/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593083284 eBook ISBN: 9780593086421

Print Price: $26.00

eBook Price: $55.00

The Making Of Her

Spanning the nineties and the sixties, with Dublin as its backdrop, a tender and page-turning story of marriage, motherhood, a culture that would not allow a woman to find true happiness and her journey to finally claim it is an unforgettable debut novel about family secrets, falling apart and coming together.

Author: Jiwa, Bernadette Publisher: Dutton Available: 08/09/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593186138 eBook ISBN: 9780593186145

Print Price: $26.00

eBook Price: $55.00

A Map For The Missing

An epic, mesmerizing debut novel set against a rapidly changing post-Cultural Revolution China reckons with the costs of pursuing one's dreams and the lives we leave behind.

Author: Tang, Belinda Huijuan Publisher: Penguin Group Usa Available: 08/09/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593300664 eBook ISBN: 9780593300671

Print Price: $27.00

eBook Price: $55.00

Cat Brushing

A provocative debut vigorously explores the sensual worlds of 13 older women, unearthing their passions, libidinal appetites, integrity and sense of self as they fight against prevalent misconceptions and stereotypes of the aging.

Author: Campbell, Jane Publisher: Grove Press Available: 08/09/2022 Print ISBN: 9780802160027 eBook ISBN: 9780802160034

Print Price: $26.00

eBook Price: $26.00

The Last Karankawas

When word spreads of a storm gathering strength offshore, building into Hurricane Ike, each member of the tight-knit community of Mexican and Filipino families in Galveston must make a difficult decision: board up the windows and hunker down, or flee inland and abandon their hard-won homes. 75,000 first printing.

Author: Garza, Kimberly Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. Available: 08/09/2022 Print ISBN: 9781250819857 eBook ISBN: 9781250819864

Print Price: $26.99

eBook Price: $60.00

Benevolence

A brutal reimagining of the first contact between Indigenous people and white British settlers draws on historical events to recreate this pivotal time —things that may have happened to the author's own ancestors — to give voice to an Aboriginal experience of early-settlement in Australia. 40,000 first printing.

Author: Janson, Julie Publisher: Harpervia Available: 08/16/2022 Print ISBN: 9780063140950 eBook ISBN: 9780063140974

Print Price: $27.99

eBook Price: $32.19

A History Of Present Illness

In the troubled world of the hospital, where the language of blood tests and organ systems so often hides the heart of the matter, the narrator's long hours and heartrending work begin to blur the lines between her new life as a physician and the lifelong traumas she has fled.

Author: Deforest, Anna Publisher: Little Brown & Co Available: 08/16/2022 Print ISBN: 9780316381062 eBook ISBN: 9780316381284

Print Price: $25.00

eBook Price: $65.00

Love In The Time Of Serial Killers

Turns out that reading nothing but true crime isn't exactly conducive to modern dating — and PhD candidate Phoebe Walsh is going to have to learn how to give love a chance when she's used to suspecting the worst.

Author: Thompson, Alicia Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Available: 08/16/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593438657 eBook ISBN: 9780593438664

Print Price: $16.00

eBook Price: $55.00

Paul

A sharp, timely debut about a young woman's toxic relationship with an older man and her ability to find the inner strength to regain her sense of self is a fascinating exploration of the power dynamics between men and women.

Author: Lafarge, Daisy Publisher: Riverhead Books Available: 08/16/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593538845 eBook ISBN: 9780593538869

Print Price: $26.00

eBook Price: $55.00

The Milky Way: An Autobiography Of Our Galaxy

An approachable and utterly fascinating autobiography of the galaxy details what humans have discovered about everything from its formation to its eventual death, and what more there is to learn about this galaxy we call home.

Author: Mctier, Moiya Publisher: Grand Central Pub Available: 08/16/2022 Print ISBN: 9781538754153 eBook ISBN: 9781538754177

Print Price: $27.00

eBook Price: $65.00

Witches

Weaving together two parallel narratives that mirror and refract one another, this extraordinary novel envisions the healer as storyteller and the writer as healer, and offers a generous and nuanced understanding of a world that can be at turns violent and exultant, cruel and full of hope.

Author: Lozano, Brenda. Trans By Healther Cleary Publisher: Catapult Available: 08/16/2022 Print ISBN: 9781646220687 eBook ISBN: 9781646220694

Print Price: $26.00

eBook Price: $28.00

Kit Mcbride Gets A Wife

The four McBride brothers have their worlds turned upside down when their precocious younger sister secretly places an advertisement for a mail-order bride.

Author: Barry, Amy Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Available: 08/23/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593335574 eBook ISBN: 9780593335581

Print Price: $16.00

eBook Price: $55.00

The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches

In a warm and uplifting novel, an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family — and a new love — changes the course of her life.

Author: Mandanna, Sangu Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Available: 08/23/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593439357 eBook ISBN: 9780593439364

Print Price: $16.00

eBook Price: $55.00

Aphrodite And The Duke

Evander Eagleman, the Duke of Everely, lost his chance for true love, but now that he is an unattached widower, he is determined to win back Aphrodite Du Bell's trust — and her hand in marriage — but just as the couple make strides to mend old wounds, Evander's true reason for rejecting Aphrodite threatens their coveted future, and even their lives.

Author: Mcavoy, J. J. Publisher: Dell Pub Co Available: 08/23/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593500040 eBook ISBN: 9780593500057

Print Price: $17.00

eBook Price: $55.00

My Government Means To Kill Me

A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story follows the personal and political awakening of a young gay Black man in 1980s New York City. 150,000 first printing.

Author: Newson, Rasheed Publisher: Flatiron Books Available: 08/23/2022 Print ISBN: 9781250833525 eBook ISBN: 9781250833532

Print Price: $27.99

eBook Price: $60.00

Small Town, Big Magic, No. 1 (Witchlore)

In a fun, witchy rom-com, a bookstore owner who is fighting to revitalize a small midwestern town clashes with her rival, the mayor, and uncovers not only a clandestine group that wields a dark magic to control the idyllic river hamlet, but hidden powers she never knew she possessed. 75,000 first printing.

Author: Beck, Hazel Publisher: Graydon House Available: 08/23/2022 Print ISBN: 9781525804717 eBook ISBN: 9780369717078

Print Price: $16.99

eBook Price: $17.24

Bad Fruit

A masterful exploration of mothers and daughters, inherited trauma and the race to break its devastating cycle will leave readers breathlessly questioning their own notions of femininity, race and redemption.

Author: King, Ella Publisher: Astra House Available: 08/23/2022 Print ISBN: 9781662601491 eBook ISBN: 9781662601507

Print Price: $27.00

eBook Price: $67.99

Dirty Lying Faeries

Thea Kanelos, a young woman who believes she was human, only to discover she's fae, discovers that she is powerful in her own right and, as cracks in the fae world begin to surface, she may be the only one who can end the conflict that plagues both sides. 125,000 first printing.

Author: Blackburry, Sabrina Publisher: Wattpad Books Available: 08/23/2022 Print ISBN: 9781990259197 eBook ISBN: 9781990259203

Print Price: $27.99

eBook Price: $60.00

Wake

The grief and guilt surrounding an unsolved disappearance still haunt a small farming community in the Australian outback 19 years later. 50,000 first printing.

Author: Burr, Shelley Publisher: William Morrow Available: 08/30/2022 Print ISBN: 9780063235229 eBook ISBN: 9780063235373

Print Price: $27.99

eBook Price: $32.19

My Dirty California

In this literary thriller, a young man descends into the Los Angeles underworld to find his family's killer — aided by a group of strangers with their own shadowy pasts.

Author: Mosberg, Jason Publisher: Simon & Schuster Available: 08/30/2022 Print ISBN: 9781982178666 eBook ISBN: 9781982178697

Print Price: $28.99

eBook Price: $59.99

How To Date A Superhero And Not Die Trying

When she discovers her boyfriend is a superhero, Astrid finds all her perfectly laid life plans thrown into chaos as she is forced to lead a double life, which wasn't part of her plan. 40,000 first printing.

Author: Fernandez, Cristina Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Available: 08/02/2022 Print ISBN: 9780063114302 eBook ISBN: 9780063114326

Print Price: $18.99

eBook Price: $21.84

Seton Girls

Seton Academic High's football team always say they'd never have their 13-year conference win streak without Seton's girls, but no one ever divulges why, until the actual secrets to the team's enduring success leak to a small group of girls who suddenly have the power to change their world forever.

Author: Thomas, Charlene Publisher: Dutton Childrens Books Available: 08/30/2022 Print ISBN: 9780593529348 eBook ISBN: 9780593529355

Print Price: $18.99

eBook Price: $45.00

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