Winter 2016 January - April Domestic Rights Guide

Winter 2016
January - April
Domestic Rights Guide
Harper ♦ William Morrow ♦ HarperOne ♦ Ecco
Dey Street Books ♦ Amistad ♦ Broadside Books ♦ HarperWave
HarperBusiness ♦ Morrow Cookbooks ♦ Harper Voyager
Harper Perennial ♦ Harper Paperbacks ♦ Harper Design
William Morrow Paperbacks ♦ Avon/Harper Mass Market
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Contact Information
Michele Corallo
Director, Domestic Rights
Mary Brower
Senior Manager, Domestic Rights
Phone: 212-207-7001
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 212-207-7818
Email: [email protected]
Book club: William Morrow, Morrow Cookbooks,
Harper Voyager, Avon, Witness, Morrow
Paperbacks, Ecco, Harper Business
Book club: Harper, HarperOne, Harper Design,
Amistad, HarperWave, Broadside Books
First serial: Harper, HarperOne, Harper Design,
First serial: William Morrow, Morrow Cookbooks, Amistad, HarperWave, Broadside Books
Harper Voyager, Avon, Witness, Morrow
Paperbacks, Ecco, Harper Business
Large print: All imprints except William Morrow
and Morrow Paperbacks
Large print: William Morrow, Morrow Paperbacks
Summary: All imprints
Caitlin Ellis
Manager, Domestic Rights
Phone: 212-207-7510
Email: [email protected]
Book club: Dey Street Books, Harper Perennial,
Harper Paperbacks
First serial: Dey Street Books, Harper Perennial,
Harper Paperbacks
Second serial: All imprints
Audio: All imprints
Reprint: All imprints
Film/TV: All imprints
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HarperCollins Publishers Winter 2016 Domestic Rights Guide
Table of Contents
Harper
Page 4
Ecco
Page 15
Amistad
Page 19
HarperWave
Page 20
Harper Perennial/Paperbacks/Bourbon Street
Page 22
HarperBusiness
Page 26
Broadside Books
Page 28
Harper Design
Page 29
Dey Street Books
Page 31
HarperOne
Page 35
William Morrow
Page 41
Harper Voyager
Page 50
William Morrow Cookbooks
Page 53
William Morrow Paperbacks
Page 54
Avon/Harper mass market
Page 61
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Harper
Fiction
Anderson, Alison
THE SUMMER GUEST
March -$27.99
Author and literary translator Alison Anderson delivers a remarkable literary novel, inspired by historical
events, in which a diary weaves together the lives of three women: a dying Ukranian doctor in the 19th
century, a modern-day London book editor, and the woman she hires to translate the diary into English. In
1888, an illness forces a young doctor, Zinaida Mikhailovna, into premature retirement on her family’s rural
estate. When a family rents an estate cottage for the summer, Zinaida befriends the son, Anton Pavlovich-a writer who will soon be known to the world simply as Chekhov, an author renowned for his mastery of
the short story...and for the fact that he never published a novel. In 2014, Zinaida’s diary lands in translator
Ana Harding’s inbox, sent by the proprietor of a small London press. Katya Kendall hopes to rescue the
failing press, and her failing marriage, by publishing an English translation. Ana accepts the poorly paid
project as a distraction from professional and romantic disappointments, and is soon consumed by Zinaida’s
intense, reflective narrative of two summers spent with the Chekhovs as she confronts her death. In its
pages, there are tantalizing hints indicating that Chekhov did write a novel, inspired by Zinaida during their
time together, and Ana becomes obsessed with tracking it down. As her search intensifies, she realizes the
hidden novel is just one of several mysteries surrounding the diary.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
Burke, Alafair
THE EX
January -$26.99
A breakout standalone novel from New York Times bestselling author Alafair Burke (If You Were Here, All
Day and a Night). Widower Jack Harris has resisted the dating scene ever since the shooting of his wife by
a fifteen-year-old boy three years earlier. However, Jack spies a woman who catches his eye and
apparently the attraction is reciprocated as three days later Jack stumbles across a ‘missed connections’
posting describing the scene and Jack himself. When he goes to meet the intriguing stranger, however, he
discovers he’s the victim of an elaborate setup: a triple homicide has just taken place—and one of the
victims is the father of his wife’s killer. Jack turns to criminal defense attorney Olivia Randall--his former
fiancée—to help prove his innocence. Olivia has harbored feelings of intense guilt ever since she broke off
their engagement nearly twenty years earlier, and is only too happy for a chance to redeem herself, but
even as things look good for Jack’s acquittal, Olivia begins to suspect that she too is being set up.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Philip G. Spitzer Literary Agency
Cornwell, Bernard
WARRIORS OF DARKNESS
January -$27.99
In this the ninth installment in the Saxon Tales, historical fiction master Bernard Cornwell continues his
best-loved series depicting the defining moments of England’s creation. The BBC has announced a
television series, The Last Kingdom, based on Cornwell’s series, which should air in the United States in
winter, 2016.
Audio: Harper; First serial, Dramatic: HarperCollins, Ltd., U.K.
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Donovan, Kemper
THE DECENT PROPOSAL
April -$25.99
A debut romantic comedy set in Los Angeles where two people are brought together by a very decent
proposal cooked up by a very secretive benefactor. Richard is a twenty-nine year old struggling Hollywood
producer who is hungover, and broke. Elizabeth is thirty-three and on track to make partner at her law firm.
One afternoon they are called into a lawyer’s office and offered a proposal by a unknown individual: if they
go on one year of dates, one date a week, the prize is half a million dollars each if they can stand each
other for the whole time. Neither of them fully believes the proposal. Elizabeth thinks Richard is attractive,
but can’t stand his emails or his entitled attitude. Richard can’t believe that Elizabeth isn’t on Facebook and
doesn’t know how they are going to get through the next year. What ensues is a delightful and surprising
journey full of friendship, In-and-Out Burger, pop music, and secrets of the most unexpected variety. A
warm, wise, and often hilarious look at romance, at life’s twists and turns, and how sometimes it just takes
that one song to make you stop and appreciate the moment.
First Serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: International Creative Management
Feldman, Ellen
A TERRIBLE VIRTUE
March -$25.99
In the spirit of The Paris Wife and Loving Frank, acclaimed novelist Ellen Feldman brings to life Margaret
Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, who revolutionized women’s rights around the globe even as
she struggled to balance her public image with her complicated, ultimately tragic personal life. From the
early years of the twentieth century when she fled to England under an assumed name to escape an
indictment for sending women’s health information through the mail and served a prison term for opening
the first birth control clinic in the country to her role in the development of the pill in the 1950s and ‘60s,
Sanger endured repeated arrests, scored hard-won public triumphs, experienced two troubled marriages,
had innumerable tempestuous affairs, and suffered the worst tragedy a mother can know. Feldman’s
portrait of this larger-than-life woman is at once sympathetic to her suffering and loss and unsparing of her
faults and foibles. Deeply insightful, brilliantly imaginative, Terrible Virtue is Margaret Sanger’s story as
she herself might have told it.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Emma Sweeney Agency, LLC.
Fishman, Boris
DON’T LET MY BABY DO RODEO
March -$26.99
Russian immigrants Alex and Maya Rubin have thrown themselves into the quiet, calm life of suburban
New Jersey, and their young adopted son, Max. However, Max grows more feral every day: sleeping
outside whenever he can, eating grass and dirt, communicating with wildlife, running away from home to
sneak onto farms and sleep with the horses. Max has always been a bit of a mystery to Alex and Maya,
ever since his biological mother dropped him off at their house eight years earlier, insisting “Don’t let my
baby do rodeo.” Maya convinces Alex to travel to Montana with Max, hoping to track down Max’s biological
parents and solve the puzzle that is their son. Maya was once a force of nature herself, a wild girl who
chased her dreams with a single-minded ferocity, but two decades of marriage have refashioned her into
simply a wife, a daughter-in-law, and a mother. The trip to Montana—and what they find there—force Maya
to wrestle with her choices, with seismic consequences for her family. Fishman is also the author of A
Replacement Life.
Audio: Harper; First serial, Dramatic: Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
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Grippando, James
RETURN TO JUSTICE
March -$25.99
New York Times bestselling author James Grippando brings back attorney Jack Swyteck in a case featuring
a death-row client and an eleventh-hour race for a stay of execution. Sashi Burgette vanished three years
ago on her way to school. The next night, ex-con Dylan Kyle was stopped for drunk driving. Sashi’s
underwear was found in his car, and a police videotape of his drunken explanation of how it got there was
his undoing at trial. Kyle is days away from execution when Sashi’s mother visits Jack with shocking news:
“Sashi called me.” The police have dismissed the call as a cruel hoax. The State Attorney considers the
case closed, and the governor has signed the death warrant. However, as Jack investigates, nothing is
what it appears to be: not the victim, not her alleged killer, and definitely not Sashi’s parents, whose grieving
led to divorce, each openly blaming the other for what happened to their daughter. As their gut-wrenching
and hopelessly conflicting version of events unfolds in a Miami courtroom, it appears that there is one thing
even harder to find than Sashi--the truth. Black Horizon is the previous novel featuring Jack Swyteck.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: InkWell Management. LLC.
Hadley, Tessa
THE PAST
January -$25.99
As three sisters and one brother gather at their country house for a summer holiday, their everyday secrets
threaten to crack the idyllic surface of their lives. Sophisticated and sleek, Roland’s new wife arouses his
sisters’ jealousies. Harriet, spying on their lovemaking, is surprisingly stirred and unsettled, her own
suppressed passions awakened. Lust, too, is on the mind of Kasim, the twenty-year-old son of Alice’s exboyfriend, as he attempts to seduce Molly, Roland’s sixteen-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, Fran’s children
find their innocence upended when they must confront death for the first time. As their stories and silences
intertwine, small disturbances build into familial crises, even as a way of life—bourgeois, literate, ritualized,
Anglican—winds down to its inevitable end. With uncanny precision and extraordinary sympathy, Tessa
Hadley (Clever Girl, Married Love) renders her characters’ internal worlds and small agonies with truth,
complexity, and subtlety.
Audio: Harper; First serial, Dramatic: Joy Harris Literary Agency, Inc.
Margolin, Phillip
VIOLENT CRIMES
February -$26.99
New York Times bestselling master of mystery Phillip Margolin delivers a haunting thriller featuring lawyer
Amanda Jaffe—who debuted in Wild Justice—entangled in a complex case involving environmentalists,
Big Oil, an estranged father and son. Dale Masterson, senior partner in a large law firm, has built his career
on representing the corporate interests of oil and coal companies. However, the apple has fallen very far
from the tree with his son, Brandon, who has grown up to be an ardent eco-warrior. When Dale is found
beaten to death in his mansion, Brandon is seen fleeing from the scene covered in blood. Soon afterwards,
Brandon walks into the police station and confesses to his father’s murder. He claims it is a revenge killing,
on behalf of all the people on earth who are being murdered by his father’s controversial clients. Veteran
lawyer Amanda Jaffe is hired to represent Brandon, but what seems like an open-and-shut case quickly
unravels before her eyes. If Brandon is innocent, but determined to martyr himself for his cause, then who
beat Dale Masterson to death? When Amanda finds out, she’ll face the most challenging ethical dilemma
yet of her legal career.
Audio: Harper; First Serial, Dramatic: Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
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McKinney-Whetstone, Diane
LAZARETTO
April -$25.99
Acclaimed and award-winning author Diane McKinney-Whetstone uses the Philadelphia Lazaretto, the
nation’s first quarantine hospital, as the setting for her next thoughtful and engaging tale of a group of
diverse characters whose lives are connected by blood and passion. Among them are Sylvia, a hospital
nurse; Vergie, her beautiful, light-skinned cousin; Lincoln, a charismatic young white gambler; and Carl, a
boat captain who loves Sylvia yet once broke her heart. Vergie and a group of friends and family are sailing
down the river to attend the wedding of one of the hospital’s live-in staff members when drunken river
couriers, ferrying a sick patient, shoot at them and wound Carl. Arriving at the Lazaretto, the gravely injured
man is cared for by Sylvia—the woman he once abandoned at the altar. Lincoln, too, is at the Lazaretto,
searching for his best friend who mysteriously collapsed. When a case of deadly Yellow Fever is confirmed,
the hospital is locked down. As the hours of their confinement tick away, the deepest secrets and desires
these men and women conceal begin to arise, forcing them to make irrevocable choices that will echo
throughout their lives. The author’s most recent titles are Trading Dreams at Midnight and Leaving Cecil
Street.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
Percer, Elizabeth
ALL STORIES ARE LOVE STORIES
March -$25.99
Elizabeth Percer, the author of An Uncommon Education, follows a group of survivors thrown together in
the aftermath of two major earthquakes that strike San Francisco within an hour of each other. Among the
survivors are a motley crew of about a dozen individuals who have found shelter in the auditorium of the
Nob Hill Masonic and Performing Arts Center. There is Max, who is still haunted by an abandonment long
ago. Vashti, who has lost several people in her life...but she can’t stop thinking about one in particular--Max, the one who got away, and Gene, a geologist from Stanford who knows too much about the
earthquakes happening around them. As the night goes on, and fires begin around the city, Max and Vashti,
trapped in the Masonic Temple, have to finally confront each other while Gene embarks on a frantic search
around the city to find his partner, Franklin, who isn’t answering the phone. By morning nothing will look the
same. A beautiful, lyrical novel about the power of nature, the resilience of survival, and most importantly,
love.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Fletcher & Company, LLC.
Petrowskaja, Katja
MAYBE ESTHER
April -$25.99
This inventive, unique debut work of fiction—from a prize-winning Russian Jewish author—follows a
fictional account of her search for meaning amidst the stories of her ancestors. Petrowskaja delves into
family legends, introducing a remarkable cast of characters: Judas Stern, her great-uncle, who fired on a
German diplomatic attaché in 1932 and was sentenced to death. Her grandfather Semyon, who went
underground during the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and took on an alias, forever splitting their branch
of the family from the rest. Her grandmother Rosa, who ran an orphanage in the Urals for deaf-mute Jewish
children. Her Ukrainian grandfather Vasily, who disappeared during World War II and reappeared forty-one
years later, with no explanation, settling into his family’s lives as if he’d never been gone, and her greatgrandmother, whose name is lost to time but may have been Esther, who stayed behind in Kiev after her
family had fled and was killed by the Nazis. A poignant, haunting investigation of the effects of history on
one family.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Suhrkamp Verlag
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Ruff, Matt
LOVECRAFT COUNTRY
February - $25.99
Part historical fiction, part fantasy homage, Lovecraft Country is the new mind-bending novel from cult
novelist Matt Ruff, author of Bad Monkeys and The Mirage. In 1950s Chicago, Atticus Turner is a twentytwo year old black Army veteran who is repairing his relationship with his father, Montrose, when he
discovers his dad is missing. With his uncle George, a fellow aficionado of the novels of HP Lovecraft, and
his cousin Ruby, Atticus sets off into Jim Crow America, onto a road filled with malevolent spirits to arrive
on the Eastern Seaboard at the manor of Mr. Braithwhite, heir to the estate that owned Atticus’s dead
mother’s grandmother, a slave. At the manor, Atticus finds his father hidden below in chains and a secret
cabal called the Order of the Ancient Dawn, its members gathered to conduct a ritual that Atticus is shocked
to find centers around himself.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Melanie Jackson LLC
Searle, Nicholas
THE GOOD LIAR
January -$27.99
In this arresting novel from debut author Nicholas Searle, which evokes Robert Goolrick’s A Reliable Wife,
a veteran con man sees an easy mark in a wealthy widow looking for love. At first, Ron and Betty’s online
connection appears to be a heartwarming tale of finding love late in life; they grow close, and Ron moves
in with Betty. However, we soon learn that it’s not love he wants, after all. His complex scheme to swindle
the wealthy widow is working just as he’d planned. As this contemporary relationship moves forward, and
the web of lies Ron spins around Betty tightens, the novel retreats through time to unravel the gripping
stories of their individual lives, leading to a shocking, totally unforeseeable climax. In Searle’s hands, a
page-turning saga of suspense becomes so much more—a haunting tale of buried secrets, a damning
portrayal of a life lived in denial of consequences, and a breathtaking portrait of premeditated revenge.
Audio: Harper; First serial, Dramatic: International Creative Management
Smith, Charlie
GINNY GALL
February -$25.99
Reminiscent of The Good Lord Bird and Salvage the Bones, comes a lyrical and emotionally devastating
masterpiece by the award-winning poet and acclaimed novelist Charlie Smith. When Delvin Walker begins
to assist Cornelius Oliver, mortician and proprietor of Chattanooga’s leading negro funeral home he finds a
rare peace in a hostile world. When Mr. Oliver must care for the body of a young black boy who was lynched,
burned, and mutilated, Delvin’s peace shatters. Soon, an incident in the woods ignites Delvin’s fear and
sends him to flight. However, before Delvin can reach more enlightened territories, he must face the gravest
threat to his life: along with a half-dozen other young black men, he must stand trial for the alleged rape of
a white woman. The only defendant with mind enough to argue on their behalf, Delvin becomes the main
target of the prosecution and the public. Here the world teeters between good and evil, and Delvin knows
that his only salvation is in his unwavering, bullheaded, personal commitment to truth.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Smith, Katy Simpson
FREE MEN
February -$27.99
From Katy Simpson Smith, the author of the highly acclaimed The Story of Land and Sea, comes a
captivating new historical novel set in the late 18th century American South. Three men converge in the
southern woods: Cat, an emotionally damaged white man who has wandered aimlessly as he grieves the
death of his wife and son in childbirth; Bob, a garrulous black man who adopts Cat as a form of camouflage,
is fleeing slavery; and Istillicha, a Creek man who was edged out of his tribe’s leadership by an
unscrupulous adversary named Seloatka, is hunting for money and supplies so that he can return, and
reclaim his village. When they attack a group of travelers under Seloatka’s protection, a tracker named Le
Clerc is sent to pick up their trail. Far from being anomalies, Cat, Bob, and Istillicha are the beating heart
of the new America that Le Clerc struggles to comprehend. In these territories caught between European
and Native nations, a wilderness exists where four men grapple with the importance of family, the stain of
guilt, and the competing forces of power, love, and freedom.
Audio: Harper; First serial, Dramatic: The Clegg Agency
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Tessaro, Kathleen
RARE OBJECTS
February -$25.99
In Boston, 1932, twenty-seven year old Mae Fanning is a first generation Irish immigrant born and raised
in Boston’s North End who obtains a job as a sales girl in an antiques store in Boston’s exclusive Beacon
Hill district. The business of Winshaw and Kessler Antiques deals in much more than fine china or old
tapestries. Sourcing rare objects and artifacts from around the globe, Winshaw and Kessler cater to a very
particular clientele. As Mae becomes increasingly entwined with this group, she is pulled into a world where
deception is the currency of the day. Then, on a stifling August evening, Mae finds herself sitting in a South
Boston police station, answering questions about “the bodies”…. Kathleen Tessaro is the New York Times
bestselling author of The Perfume Collector.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: International Creative Management
Van Booy, Simon
FATHER’S DAY
April -$24.99
With quiet emotional power, Van Booy tells the moving story of an orphaned girl raised by her father’s
troubled, reluctant brother in this unforgettable tale of loss and the power of forgiveness. When a tragic
accident orphans young Harvey, a thoughtful social worker places her in the home of her only living family—
an uncle who is an ex-con and black sheep of the family. Though hesitant at first, her uncle realizes that
Harvey’s only chance is to be in his care, and that, despite everything he feels he knows about himself, his
temperament, and his limitations, he must step forward as her legal guardian. Now a young woman living
in Paris, Harvey plans a surprise for her uncle when he comes to visit—a surprise that may not be what
either of them thinks, and that causes them both to rethink the meaning of their relationship. In a novel that
is rich with emotional nuance and yet deeply suspenseful, Van Booy captures the relationship between
fathers and daughters, the prevailing force of loss, and the power of forgiveness. Van Booy’s most recent
work is Tales of an Accidental Genius.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Conville & Walsh, Ltd.
Wilson, Sari
GIRL THROUGH GLASS
January -$25.99
This enthralling literary debut is told in interweaving narratives that move between past and present,
illuminating the costs and privileges of ambition and excellence, and whether the sacrifices we make for an
ideal destroy—or save—us. In 1977, eleven-year-old Mira enters the high-stakes world of New York City
ballet, a fiercely competitive world of struggle, obsession, a passion for beauty—and something sinister that
will challenge her, protect her, and ultimately take her innocence. Over the course of four years, she hones
her talent, becoming a dancer for Balanchine and eventually attracting the attention of forty-seven-year-old
Maurice, a reclusive, charismatic balletomane who haunts the city’s dance studios and takes the young girl
under his wing. As Mira plunges deeper into the ballet world, her relationship with Maurice intensifies,
isolating her and taking her to darker and darker places within herself. In the present day, Kate, a professor
of dance at a Midwestern college, embarks on a risky affair with a student that threatens to obliterate her
career and upend the new life she has painstakingly created for her reinvented self.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Winspear, Jacqueline
JOURNEY TO MUNICH
March -$25.99
Maisie Dobbs returns in the twelfth installment of Jacqueline Winspear’s New York Times bestselling series.
It’s early 1938, and as Maisie Dobbs walks towards Fitzroy Square she is intercepted by Brian Huntley and
Robert MacFarlane of the Secret Service. During a drive across the city, Huntley explains that a British
subject is soon to be released from a prison in Germany under an agreement with the German government,
but with the caveat that he must be handed over to a family member. The man’s wife is bedridden and,
unbeknownst to the prisoner, his daughter has been killed in an accident. Given that Maisie bears a striking
resemblance to the daughter, she is asked to make the journey to the prison in Dachau, on the outskirts of
Munich. Journey To Munich follows Maisie Dobbs into the heart of Nazi Germany, as she encounters
dangers she never envisaged in her quest to bring an ailing man—and, against her better judgment, a hotheaded young woman—home to England. A Dangerous Place is the most recent novel in this series.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Amy Rennert Agency, Inc.
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Nonfiction
Anderson, Bill
THE CORRESPONDENCE OF LAURA INGALLS WILDER
March -$24.99
For the first time in print, the correspondence of one of America’s most beloved authors: Laura Ingalls
Wilder. This book spans Wilder’s correspondence from 1894-1956. These letters are culled from the
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library’s Wilder-Lane Collection, from Library and Museum files, and private
collections. They reveal Wilder’s day-to-day life as well as her political opinions, relationship with readers,
and her relationship with her daughter, Rose. Mentioned in these letters are several of the beloved Little
House books, including Little House on the Prairie and On the Banks of Plum Creek. Also included is
correspondence to Wilder’s legendary Harper editor, Ursula Nordstrom. An entertaining, historical
collection, this book is not only a snapshot of history, but a window into a much beloved household name.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Little House Heritage Trust
Bate, Jonathan
TED HUGHES
October -$35.00
An explosive and absorbing biography of one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, Ted Hughes—
drawn from newly opened archives and exclusive interviews and filled with revelatory information about his
relationship with Sylvia Plath—which illuminates his life as it was lived, remembered, and reshaped in his
art. Opening with the dramatic interrogation of Ted Hughes in The Bell Jar libel lawsuit—a case embargoed
until only recently—Jonathan Bates examines the ferociously talented writer’s life anew, using previously
unavailable letters, journals, notebooks, annotated books, and unpublished poetry. Bates opens Hughes’
world to us the way the revered writer saw it, including his impressions of Sylvia Plath during their famous
first meeting, their move to America, and the disintegration of their marriage. Here too we see Plath’s death
in a new light—through the diary entries of both Hughes and the woman he was actually with the night of
Plath’s death (not, as previously assumed, Assia Wevill)—completely altering our picture of one of the most
tragic moments in the history of modern poetry. As much a masterful exploration of Hughes’s poetry as a
sensitive, illuminating biography of the man, Ted Hughes is a remarkable achievement that honors a worldrenowned poet, author, editor, and translator, and his acclaimed body of work.
Audio: Harper; First serial, Dramatic: The Wylie Agency, LLC.
Blum, Howard
DEATH OF A HEART
February -$28.99
New York Times bestselling author Howard Blum, delivers a fascinating biography of American debutante
Betty Pack, who became an Allied spy during WWII. Until relatively recently, much of Betty Pack’s career—
first for MI-6, and then for the OSS—remained classified. Only now can Blum tell the story of the ultimate
“swallow,” the industry term for a female agent who uses sex as a weapon in her fight to obtain vital enemy
secrets. Recruited just before WWII, Betty’s handlers soon discover her biggest asset is her unabashed
willingness to employ her femininity. Her operational targets are always men of influence and position, and
inevitably, they fall prey to her charms—as does her British boss, Harford Montgomery-Hyde. Intertwined
with the breathtaking narrative of her accomplishments is the story of a woman troubled by the very traits
that made her so successful: her lack of family commitment and her readiness to risk everything for her
goal. Death of a Heart is a provocative and moving tale of a spy and her boss doomed by their natures to
exploit each other, and betray their shared loyalties, as they collaborate on one last mission.
Audio: Harper; First serial, Dramatic: Janklow & Nesbit Associates
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Brinkley, Douglas
RIGHTFUL HERITAGE
March -$35.00
In this sequel to his bestselling book The Wilderness Warrior, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley reveals
the environmental legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal. Brinkley revisits FDR’s life and
career through the lens of his love for the natural world, beginning with his time exploring the Hudson River
Valley as a young boy, continuing through his days finding his political voice as a New York state senator
championing conservation bills, and culminating in the defining legislation of his presidency: the New Deal.
FDR’s brilliance as a politician was his ability to reposition his environmental goals as economic ones. With
the lively prose and meticulous research that are his trademarks, Brinkley delivers not only a masterful
portrait of FDR’s unrivaled passion and drive, but also an indispensable addition to the timeless American
narrative of the tension between nature and industry.
Audio: Harper; First serial, Dramatic: International Creative Management
Busbee, Jay
THE EARNHARDTS
February -$25.99
A portrait of the Earnhardts -- the larger-than-life first family of NASCAR -- and the rise of the world’s fastest
stock car racing organization. Busbee charts the rise of the Earnhardt family from a textile mill in North
Carolina where Ralph (father to Dale Sr. and grandfather to Dale Jr.) worked day in and out to support his
growing family, but spent his weekends on the race track during the earliest days of box car racing. Dale
and his son after him were born into a dynasty of car racing which would propel the family forward at the
same time it threatened to tear it apart. Covering all the white-knuckle races, including the finish that claimed
the Intimidator’s life, this book goes deep into the fast-paced world of NASCAR and its first family’s struggle
with celebrity. From failed relationships to rivalries large and small, Busbee gains unprecedented access
to the men and women that shaped NASCAR, delves into a complex and competitive father-son
relationship, and explores the legacy the Earnhardts struggle to uphold. Busbee is a journalist and
sportswriter whose work has appeared in Esquire, USA Today, and The Washington Post, among others.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Waxman Leavell Literary Agency
Garten, Jeffrey
FROM SILK TO SILICON
March -$28.99
Jeffrey Garten, former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the
Clinton administration, offers a groundbreaking and accessible history of globalization through the lives of
ten of its most important figures. Garten’s historical cast of characters includes: Genghis Khan, Cyrus Field,
Margaret Thatcher, and Andy Grove. Even as Garten takes a strong stance on why he has chosen these
ten people, his book takes up a spirit of debate of these protagonists’ accomplishments and styles, and
asks as many questions as it answers. The result is a wise and considered analysis that acknowledges the
rarity of consensus in historical debate and wrestles with the complexities of revisiting history from a
contemporary vantage point. Written in Garten’s lively, but erudite, style and moving deftly over a nearly
thousand-year sweep of history, From Silk to Silicon offers a compelling and entirely original interpretation
of how the decisions and personalities of the past have shaped our world’s present and future.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Domestic: Levine Greenberg Rostan
Graham, Wade
DREAM CITIES
January -$27.99
Landscape designer and historian Wade Graham follows the acclaimed American Eden with a lively,
accessible cultural history of modern cities—from suburbs, downtown districts, and exurban sprawl, to
shopping malls and “sustainable” developments—seen through the lens of planning, design, and the
architects and movements behind them. From the 19th century to today, what began as visionary concepts
sometimes utopian, sometimes outlandish, always controversial—were gradually adopted and constructed
on a massive scale, becoming our concrete reality, in cities around the world, from Dubai to Ulan Bator to
London to Los Angeles. Through the lives of these pivotal dreamers and campaigners and those of the
acolytes and antagonists who translated or fought their plans, we can trace the careers not just of the urban
forms that surround us—the houses, towers, civic centers, condominiums, shopping malls, boulevards,
highways, and spaces in between-but also of the ideas that inspired them. This highly original work offers
nothing less than a field guide to our modern urban world.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Kuhn Projects
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Hastings, Max
THE SECRET WAR
April -$29.99
The highly anticipated new book by acclaimed historian Max Hastings -- a sweeping examination of World
War II intelligence on a global scale, showing how various intelligence successes and failures by the primary
competing nations influenced the war’s outcome. Hastings argues that a major reason why the Allies
triumphed in the war was their decisive victory on the intelligence front and in particular their willingness to
make use of civilian contributions to this effort -- from the celebrated Bletchley Park code-breakers in Britain
to Hoover’s FBI. His account makes plain that while espionage and intelligence have always been important
in warfare, the evolution of electronic communications dramatically increased their possibilities and
significance for the Second World War. Moving between the various Allied and Axis camps in a gripping,
fast-paced narrative, The Secret War is a brilliant work of history that seamlessly blends the human stories
of spies and intelligence officers with the masterful analysis of military strategy that is Hastings’s trademark.
Audio: Harper; First serial, Domestic: Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.
Hauser, Brooke
ENTER HELEN
January - $25.99
Marking the 50th anniversary of her arrival at Cosmopolitan, this is an intimate, in-depth portrait of the
inimitable, iconic, and highly controversial champion of Sex and the Single Girl: Helen Gurley Brown. In
1965, Brown took over the ailing Cosmopolitan magazine and under her stewardship, it became one of the
most bankable brands on the planet. At a time when women’s magazines were instructing housewives on
how to make the perfect casserole, Brown reimagined Cosmo for the single girl next door: a hard-working,
sex-loving woman, who didn’t need to be married with children to be happy. Drawing from her personal
letters, documents, and writings, as well as new interviews with former colleagues and friends, Brooke
Hauser focuses on Brown’s most transformative years at Cosmo, splicing her narrative with insightful
flashbacks. Enter Helen tells the story of an icon who bucked the trend to define her destiny on her own
terms, and urged future generations of woman to do the same.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Larry Weissman Literary LLC
Humes, Edward
DOOR TO DOOR
April -$27.99
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edward Humes reveals the hidden wonders, heroes, and villains that help
us transport ourselves and our things from here to there. Humes uses factual interviews and statistics to
reveal and unravel the behind-the-scenes functions that go into transportation anywhere--from the willingly
car-less citizens on the road to the distance Amazon goes to in order to deliver a leopard printed phone
case. By delving into one week in the life of his family in southern California, Humes uses their commutes,
traffic jams, grocery stops, and online shopping excursions as a jumping off point for exploring the
paradoxes and the challenges inherent in our system. In essence, Door to Door is a transportation detective
story, investigating the worldwide cast of supporting characters and technologies behind the movement of
ourselves and our stuff-past, present, and future.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Writers’ House, LLC.
Lunden, Joan
UNTITLED
April -$25.99
In this follow-up to Had I Known, her memoir of battling breast cancer, the former Good Morning America
host shares with readers the health and diet roadmap that transformed her life after her diagnosis, revealing
how the worst health scare of her life led her to a healthier-than-ever lifestyle. This book will pick up where
her memoir left off, providing readers with a plan to be their best selves through healthy eating and active
lifestyles. Fans will be eager to read advice from their new health role model and the rest of her team as
she shows them what it means to be strong and make healthy lifestyle decisions. Complete with 40-50
illustrations, 12-15 recipes, and sidebars, this book will be a beautiful and informative companion to Joan’s
memoir.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Domestic: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
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Marron, Catie
CITY SQUARES
April -$35.00
From Times Square to Tahrir square, City Squares offers fascinating history, breathtaking photography,
and the intimate thoughts of celebrated writers. Marron has approached sixteen writers and public figures
and asked them to reflect on sixteen individual squares. The extraordinary list of contributors includes David
Remnick, Zadie Smith, Ari Shavit, Rebecca Skloot, Richard Stengel and several others. Each essay
focuses on a city and its squares. Sometimes it will be a square which holds special meaning for the
contributor (like Pankaj Mishra’s village square); sometimes it will be a square -- Red Square in Moscow,
Tiananmen Square in Beijing -- which has seen history enacted time and again within its enclosed space.
From the personal to the political, City Squares is a fascinating and compelling anthology of writing and
pictures which reflect the significance of this public space. Marron is the editor of City Parks.
Audio: Harper; First serial, Dramatic: Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Orenstein, Peggy
GIRLS AND SEX
March -$26.99
New York Times bestselling author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Peggy Orenstein offers a clear-eyed
picture of the new sexual landscape for girls in the post-Cinderella stage—high school through college—
and reveals how they are negotiating it, successfully or unsuccessfully. Orenstein examines the ways in
which porn culture and all its sexual myths have seeped into young people’s lives, what it means to be “the
perfect slut” and why many girls scorn virginity, the reduction of female pleasure in sex and the complicated
terrain of hookup culture, the unfortunate realities surrounding blurred lines and assault, and the internet’s
role as a sexual educator. In Orenstein’s hands these issues are never reduced to simplistic “truths;” rather,
her powerful reporting opens up a dialogue on a potent, often silent, subtext of American life today—giving
readers comprehensive and in-depth information with which to navigate this complicated landscape.
Audio: Harper; First serial, Dramatic: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
Overton, Iain
GUN, BABY, GUN
October - $25.99
In this fast-paced and revelatory book, an investigative journalist explores the life-cycle of the gun - following
those who make guns, sell them, live with them, and die by them - in an attempt to understand our complex
relationship to firearms. In some places around the globe, it’s easier to get a gun than a glass of clean
water. In others, it’s legal to carry concealed firearms in schools. There are about 950 million guns in the
world today and 300,000 people die annually at the end of a barrel. Overton unearths some hard truths
about the terrible realities of war and gun crime, articulating them in a style that’s eloquent and accessible
to create a riveting expose about guns, and human beings, and what happens when the two intersect.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Cannongate Books Ltd.
Passan, Jeff
THE ARM
April -$26.99
The story of the pitching arm, the most valuable commodity in sports, and how baseball sat by idly as
injuries affected players from the major leagues to Little League, by the lead baseball columnist at Yahoo!
Sports. One tiny ligament in the elbow keeps snapping and sending teenagers and major leaguers alike to
undergo Tommy John surgery. For three years, Passan has traveled the world to better understand the
arm and its place in baseball’s past, present and future--from the inside story of how the Chicago Cubs
decided to spend $155 million on one arm to sitting down with Sandy Koufax, whose career ended at 30
because of an arm injury, for a rare one-on-one interview. Passan also went to Japan to understand how
another culture treats its arms, and he followed two major league pitchers, Daniel Hudson and Todd Coffey,
throughout their returns from Tommy John surgery. The epidemic is only getting worse, and The Arm
explains why baseball is losing hundreds of millions of dollars every year to injuries. Moreover, it serves as
a wakeup call for a generation of parents who will understand Tommy John surgery isn’t something anyone
would wish upon their child.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
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Reid, L.A.
SING TO ME
February -$29.99
Legendary music producer L. A. Reid—the man behind artists such as Mariah Carey, Toni Braxton, Kanye
West, Rihanna, TLC, Outkast, Pink, Justin Bieber, and Usher—changed the music business forever. Now,
he tells his story, taking fans on an intimate tour of his life--from Reid’s small-town R&B roots in Cincinnati,
Ohio, and his work as a drummer to his fame as a Grammy Award-winning music producer and his gig as
a judge on the hit reality show, The X Factor. Part music memoir, part inspirational business guide, this
beautifully designed memoir, jam-packed with photos, showcases Reid’s trademark passion and ingenuity
and introduces a multifaceted genius who continues to shape pop culture today.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Dupree/Miller & Associates
Sakamoto, Pamela Rotner
MIDNIGHT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
February -$27.99
Meticulously researched and beautifully written by a brilliant scholar of Japanese-American relations,
Midnight in Broad Daylight captures the story of a single resilient family in a time of war, and in so doing
explores an extraordinary moment in our nation’s history. A family of Japanese immigrants are raising five
American-born children near Seattle, with little certainty about their future in the United States. When the
patriarch dies, his widow moves back to Hiroshima with the children. Two of them return to Seattle area in
the late 1930s, but are interned in the wake of Pearl Harbor. One, Harry, volunteers to serve in the Army
as an interpreter and island-hops through the Pacific, slowly making his way toward his two younger
brothers, now both Japanese soldiers. As it alternates between the American and Japanese perspectives,
this work offers a moving narrative of children separated from their families out of perceived necessity, life
in two suspicious cultures, the distress of ethnic internment, divided loyalties in two countries, and fraught
military campaigns throughout the Southwest Pacific.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Writers’ House, LLC.
Williams, Jay
LIFE IS NOT AN ACCIDENT
February -$26.99
This big-hearted memoir by the most promising professional basketball player of his generation details his
rise to NBA stardom, the terrible accident that ended his career and plunged him into a life-altering
depression, and how he ultimately found his way out of the darkness. In this intense, hard-hitting, and
deeply profound memoir, Jay Williams talks about the accident that transformed him. Most days, he finds
a quiet peace as a commentator on ESPN and as an entrepreneur who can only look back in astonishment
at his younger self—a kid who had it all, thought he was invincible, and lost everything . . . only to gain new
wisdom. Williams also shares behind-the-scenes details of life as an All-American. He tells it straight about
the scandalous recruiting process and his decision to return to Duke and Coach K—a man who taught him
about accountability—to finish his education. He also speaks out about corruption—among coaches,
administrators, players, and alumni—and about his time in the NBA, introducing us to a dark underworld
culture in the pros: the gambling, drugs, and sex in every city, with players on every team.
Audio: Harper; First serial, Dramatic: Gersh Agency
Wittman, Robert & David Kinney
THE DEVIL’S DIARY
October - $28.99
Adolf Hitler was initially the figurehead of the Nazi party, but the chilling principles he espoused were
formulated by his “chief social philosopher,” Alfred Rosenberg. Behind the scenes, Rosenberg developed
the toxic denunciations of Jews, Christians, and Communists that propelled the genocidal Nazi crusade for
a quarter century. (He was also tasked with orchestrating the Nazi plan for post-invasion Russia.) For the
first time, readers will get a look inside the mind of this arguably intelligent, but deeply sociopathic, man
through the discovery of his personal, confidential wartime diary, which preserved for posterity his private
thoughts and personal observations about Germany during the conflict. Wittman was an FBI agent for 20
years and is the author of Priceless. Kinney is a journalist and the author of The Big One and The
Dylanologists.
First serial, Audio: Harper; Dramatic: Larry Weissman Literary LLC
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Ecco
Fiction
Ginsburg, Melissa
SUNSET CITY
March - $24.99
A finely crafted and riveting literary novel set in Houston about a woman who investigates her friend’s
shocking murder, and the dark truths she uncovers. Before the drugs, Danielle was a loyal friend to
Charlotte. After Danielle’s addiction got the best of her, she went to jail for four years. Now free, she and
Charlotte reconnect. When a detective shows up at Charlotte’s apartment informing her Danielle was
murdered, Charlotte is determined to understand how her friend, who finally had her act together, ended
up dead. She discovers that not only was Danielle hanging out with desperate strippers and manipulative
pornographers, barely avoiding endless amounts of drugs and alcohol, but her mother was pressuring
Danielle to join a land deal worth millions. The deeper Charlotte descends into Danielle’s dark world, the
less she understands. Was Danielle a hapless victim or master manipulator? Was she really intent on
starting over or was it all an act? To find out the truth, Charlotte must keep her head clear and her guard
up. Tautly written and unabashedly sexy, Sunset City is a searing noir about secrets and lies, truths and
betrayals, love and loss.
First serial, Audio: Ecco; Dramatic: Aragi, Inc.
McGrath, Campbell
XX
March - $25.99
A poetic history of the twentieth century by the award-winning, popularly acclaimed poet Campbell McGrath,
XX is an astonishing sequence of one hundred poems, one per year, written in a vast range of forms, and
in the voices of figures as varied as Picasso and Mao, Frida Kahlo and Elvis Presley. Based on years of
historical research and cultural investigation, XX turns poetry into an archival inquiry and a choral
documentary: Hollywood and Hiroshima, Modernism and propaganda, Bob Dylan and Walter Benjamin—
its range of interest encompasses the entire century of art and culture, invention and struggle. An
acknowledged master of historical poetry, McGrath gives us his most ambitious book yet. Both elegiac and
celebratory, deeply tragic and wickedly funny, XX is truly a collection like no other.
Audio: Ecco; First serial, Dramatic: Campbell McGrath
Mulhauser, Travis
SWEETGIRL
February - $26.99
A powerful debut novel about a fearless, whip-smart sixteen-year-old girl whose search for her missing
mother leads to a fight for survival. In the midst of a blizzard, Percy is searching for her mother, who’s most
likely off on a bender that’s gone on far too long. She heads for Shelton Potter’s cabin, expecting to find
her mother there, yet instead she discovers a baby girl, wailing alone in a freezing room. Percy decides to
save this baby, and this split-second decision will forever alter the course of her life. Driven by Percy’s
unflinching, acerbic narration, Sweetgirl is both a deeply felt exploration of the ties that bind and a darkly
comic tour-de-force, by turns horrifying, compassionate, and a lot funnier than it should be. Set in the hills
of fictional Cutler County in northern Michigan, Sweetgirl combines the sweeping sense of cultural and
geographic isolation of its location with Percy’s indelible voice, delivering a taut and ultimately hopeful story
that crackles with a tragic-comic sensibility.
Audio: Ecco; First serial, Dramatic: Don Congdon Associates
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Oates, Joyce Carol
THE MAN WITHOUT A SHADOW
January - $27.99
New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates delivers a
fascinating novel that examines the mysteries of human memory and personality as they are bound up with
the most mysterious emotion of all: love. In 1965, a young research scientist named Margot Sharpe meets
Elihu Hoopes, the subject of her study, a handsome amnesiac who cannot remember anything beyond the
last seventy seconds. Over the course of thirty years, the two embark on mirrored journeys of self-discovery:
Margot, enthralled by her charming, mysterious, and deeply lonely patient, attempts to unlock Eli’s shuttered
memories of a childhood trauma. Eli, haunted by memories of an unknown girl’s body underneath the
surface of a lake, pushes to finally know himself once again, despite potentially devastating consequences.
Although Margot and Eli meet over and over, in the same room, with the same greeting, Oates’ tightly
written, nearly clinical prose propels the lives of these two characters forward, seemingly balanced on the
thinnest, sharpest of lines between past and future, both suspended in a dream-like, shadowy present.
Made vivid by Oates’ searing insight into the human psyche, The Man Without A Shadow is an eerie,
ambitious, and structurally complex novel, as poignant as it is thrilling.
Audio: Ecco; First serial, Dramatic: John Hawkins & Associates
Rash, Ron
UNTITLED
March - $24.99
In this deeply profound and moving poetry collection, beloved and award-winning poet, novelist, and shortstory writer Ron Rash vividly recreates the rhythms of life in the Appalachian mountains. With precise,
supple language, Rash richly describes both the splendor of the natural landscape and poignantly renders
the lives of those who work the land and enable its industry. It is the memories and shared histories of these
people that animate the land, and which are celebrated in Rash’s crystalline, fiercely imagined poetry. With
an eye for the surprising detail, this collection powerfully captures the sorrows and unexpected exaltations
of an intensely imagined mountain past and further cements Ron Rash’s legacy as a standard-bearer for
the literature of the American South. Rash is the author of the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Finalist and New York
Times bestselling novel Serena, in addition to four prizewinning novels, four collections of poems and six
collections of stories.
Audio: Ecco; First serial, Dramatic: Marly Rusoff Literary Agency
Rosenblatt, Roger
THOMAS MURPHY
January - $24.99
Thomas Murphy, or “Murph,” is an aging poet living in New York. Through Murph’s wry, lyrical prose, we
learn about his childhood on an island off of Ireland, and about his life in America with his family. Murph’s
mind is deteriorating -- it jumps from fact to memory to fancy. We see in him both the man he used to be
and the man he is in his most lucid moments-and this lucidity makes the novel all the more poignant. When
a man asks Murph to use his poetic skills to help him tell his blind wife that he’s dying, Murph reluctantly
consents. After spending more and more time with this man’s wife, Sarah, Murph begins to fall in love.
When Sarah eventually reveals that she knows her husband isn’t dying, but has merely fallen in love with
another woman, Murph and Sarah begin to fall in love themselves. As Murph’s mental acuity declines, it
becomes harder to distinguish fact from imagination. With humor and heart, Thomas Murphy asks, can our
relationships save us and is there any better reason to stay alive than love? Rosenblatt is the author of
several books, including Making Toast and Kayak Morning.
First serial, Audio: Ecco; Dramatic: Watkins/Loomis Agency
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Sweeney, Cynthia D’Aprix
THE NEST
April - $26.99
A wickedly smart, funny, and deeply felt debut novel about four adult siblings and the fate of their long
depended-upon family inheritance. On a wintry afternoon in New York City, Melody, Beatrice, and Jack
Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, who has just been released from
rehab. Leo’s bad behavior before entering rehab, culminating in a car crash while under the influence, has
left the Plumbs’ joint trust fund, “The Nest,” as they’ve taken to calling it, endangered. All four siblings, at
very different places in their lives, believe that this money will solve a host of self-inflicted problems. Until
Leo’s accident, they’d been mere months away from receiving it. The siblings grapple with family tensions,
old histories, and the significant emotional and financial cost of the accident. Tender, funny, and deftly
written, The Nest explores what money does to relationships, what happens to our ambitions over the
course of our lives, and the fraught, but unbreakable, ties we have with our families.
Audio: Ecco; First serial, Dramatic: Dunow, Carlson & Lerner
Nonfiction
Bukowski, Charles
ON LOVE
February - $24.99
Charles Bukowski was a man of intensely felt passions. In On Love, we see Bukowski reckoning with the
complications of love and desire, as well as its exaltations. Alternating between the tough and the tender,
the romantic and the gritty, Bukowski exposes the myriad faces of love in the poems collected here-its
selfishness and its narcissism, its randomness, its mystery and its misery, and, ultimately, its true
joyfulness, endurance, and redemptive power. Whether writing about his daughter, his lover, or his work,
Bukowski is fiercely honest and reflective, using love as a prism to look at the world and to view his own
vulnerable place in it. “My love is a hummingbird sitting that quiet moment on the bough,” he writes. “As the
same cat crouches.” Memorably moving and, at times, hilarious, On Love reveals Bukowski at his most
candid and affecting.
Audio: Ecco; First serial, Dramatic: Linda Lee Bukowski
Clark, Duncan
ALIBABA
April - $27.99
The extraordinary story of how Jack Ma, a teacher and civil servant, built one of the most valuable
companies in the world and forever changed our global economy. In just a decade and a half, Jack Ma built
a company that rivals Walmart in value and is worth as much as Amazon and eBay. A man from humble
beginnings, propelled forward by an outsize ambition and drive, Ma created Alibaba, the second largest
Internet company in the world and one that dominates China’s e-commerce market while also serving as
an icon for the country’s booming private sector. In this fascinating, insider’s account, Clark reveals how
Alibaba and its charismatic creator have transformed the way the Chinese communicate, consume, and
entertain, while inspiring—and enraging—entrepreneurs across the world. He sheds light on the life of an
unlikely corporate titan and the key role his company has played in transforming China’s service economy
while developing an increasingly powerful role on the world stage. An expert on China’s internet sector,
Clark has known Jack Ma since 1999 and has been granted access to new material for this authoritative
account.
First serial, Audio: Ecco; Dramatic: Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Dillard, Annie
THE ABUNDANCE
March - $25.99
A landmark collection of new and previously published pieces, curated by the inimitable Annie Dillard, to
mark her long career as an American master of the essay. Dillard is the author of several books, including
the Pulitzer Prize-winner Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, as well as An American Childhood, The Living, and
Mornings Like This. She is a member of the Academy of Arts and Letters and has received fellowship grants
from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Audio: Ecco; First serial, Dramatic: Lippincott Massie McQuilkin
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Lakshmi, Padma
LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT WE ATE
March - $25.99
Padma Lakshmi, the glamorous host of the wildly popular show Top Chef, is known for her beauty, her
tumultuous personal life and for somehow maintaining her impossibly svelte figure while eating like most of
us can only dream. In Love, Loss, And What We Ate, a candid and intimate memoir, Lakshmi reveals a
different, more vulnerable side of herself. She shares her struggles with the shattering pain of injury and
sickness, the devastation of divorce and death, and the insecurities all women face, while also encouraging
readers to embrace the challenges and pleasures of our lives--and both our inner and outer beauty in all
its variations. A vivid, poignant memoir that’s one part Ruth Reichl’s Tender at the Bone and one part Nora
Ephron’s Heartburn, reading Love, Loss, And What We Ate is like having a long, leisurely conversation with
an old friend or confidant.
Audio: Ecco; First serial, Dramatic: Janklow & Nesbit Associates
McFarlane, Bonnie
YOU’RE BETTER THAN ME
February - $15.99 pbk
Before McFarlane starred on Last Comic Standing and directed her own films, she was an inappropriately
loud tomboy growing up on her parents’ farm in Cold Lake, Canada, wetting her pants during standardized
tests and killing chickens. Desperate to find “her people,” Bonnie turned to comedy. In her explosively funny
and no-holds-barred memoir, You’re Better Than Me, you’ll find McFarlane at her rawest. She puts into
words the feelings you’re too ashamed to admit to your friends, to your therapist, and even to yourself.
From fist-fights in elementary school and writing her first jokes behind the bar of a comedy club, to riding
motorcycles with guy comics on the way to the World Famous Comic Strip and through to her infamous “c”
word bit on Last Comic Standing and triumphant appearances on Letterman, Bonnie documents her path
through the good, bad, and ugly in her life in comedy. An honest and hilarious fish-out-of-water story, You’re
Better Than Me is about resolving to be yourself, even if it freaks other people out. Anthony Bourdain
Books
First serial, Audio: Ecco; Dramatic: Inkwell Management
Nordland, Rod
THE LOVERS
January - $26.99
A riveting, real-life equivalent of Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Rod Nordland’s
The Lovers is an astonishingly powerful and deeply felt story of love and hope that puts a human face on
the ongoing debate about women’s rights in the Middle East by chronicling the profoundly moving story of
a young couple willing to risk everything for love. Zakia, a strikingly beautiful and opinionated young Tajik
woman who always insists on looking her best, and Mohammad Ali, a careful and tender Hazara man, grew
up neighbors and, separated by custom when they reached puberty, fell in love with each other from afar.
After years of dodging each other’s families and the authorities, Zakia and Mohammad Ali live within a mile
of her family’s farm with a baby girl, still under threat by her large and vengeful family, who have vowed to
restore the family’s honor by killing her. Following the deeply moving story of one Afghani couple as they
risk everything to be together, Nordland takes an intimate look at the legacy of the Western invasion of
Afghanistan and the nuances of a culture inimical to women’s rights. Nordland is the Kabul bureau chief for
the New York Times.
Audio: Ecco; First serial, Dramatic: Foundry Literary + Media
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Tigay, Chanan
THE LOST BOOK OF MOSES
February - $27.99
In this literary, historical detective story—which occupies a space somewhere between The Hare with the
Amber Eyes and The Lost City of Z—Chanan Tigay goes on a quest to find evidence of history’s famous
biblical forgery and to solve the mystery of its doomed, brilliant forger. Moses Shapira was born in a Polish
Shtetl, but by the 1870s he had transformed himself into the Anglican Wilhelm Shapira, one of Jerusalem’s
most important antiquities dealers. Laid low by scandal, Shapira launched a theatrical comeback with the
discovery of an ancient, and variant, version of Deuteronomy. Debate over the scrolls’ authenticity raged
across Europe and the Middle East. Shapira’s nemesis, Charles Clermont-Ganneau took to the press,
denouncing the scrolls along with Shapira’s character. By the time the Museum had condemned the scrolls
as forgeries, the public had already turned on Shapira. On March 9, 1884, he took his own life. In, 1947,
the very similar Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Efforts were made to track down Shapira’s Deuteronomy
scrolls to weigh their authenticity against this new discovery, but it was too late: the scrolls had vanished.
Chanan, galvanized by this peculiar story and this indecipherable man, becomes determined to find the
scrolls and find their true provenance—and Shapira’s guilt or innocence.
Audio: Ecco; First serial, Dramatic: ICM
Woolley, Scott
THE NETWORK
April - $26.99
The Network tells the true story of one of the greatest business heists in American history: the rip-off of
the airwaves. Edwin Armstrong was a prolific inventor: he developed the first amplifier, the modern radio
transmitter, and FM radio. David Sarnoff, a prescient and savvy businessman, recognized the power of
Armstrong’s inventions. The two men worked together for decades, inaugurating the communications age
in America. In the mid-1930s, however, Armstrong suspected that Sarnoff had orchestrated a cadre of
government regulators to seize control of the FM airwaves. Devastated by this presumed betrayal,
Armstrong killed himself. Yet the commodification of the airwaves continued, and its legacy reaches the
present. Woolley uses the story of Sarnoff and Armstrong to tell the origin story of the American
communications technology business and the various masterminds who took a resource, air, and turned it
to industrial fortune.
Audio: Ecco; First serial, Dramatic: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
Amistad
Washington, Patrice C.
REAL MONEY ANSWERS FOR EVERY WOMAN
January -$15.99 pbk
A popular, self-published go-to guide to help women get out of debt, rebuild their credit, and fulfill their
financial dreams from media savvy, motivated, and on-the-rise author Patrice C. Washington. Presented in
a Q and A format, this comprehensive guide offers relatable advice on a range of subjects, such as ways
to create “wealthy” habits, the benefits of establishing an opportunity fund, how to avoid collecting STUFF
that causes debt, journaling through financial development, managing credit cards, homeownership,
student loans, recommendations for affordable child care, as well as tips on negotiating a higher salary.
Speaking regularly in front of groups, Washington has sold roughly 6,000 copies of this title in its selfpublished edition.
First serial, Audio: Amistad; Dramatic: Steve Harvey World Group
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HarperWave
Axe, Josh
EAT DIRT
February -$27.99
Functional medicine expert and wellness authority Dr. Josh Axe, delivers a groundbreaking guide to
diagnosing and treating an often-discussed yet little-understood condition -- leaky gut syndrome. In Eat Dirt,
Dr. Josh Axe explains what leaky gut is; how modern “improvements” to our food supply-such as such as
refrigeration, sanitation, and modified grains-have harmed our intestines; and the steps readers can take
to heal their gut in 30 days or less. Drawing upon the latest scientific research, his book asserts that one
size doesn’t fit all when it comes to leaky gut; rather, there are five different “Gut Types,” each of which
requires a separate protocol to alleviate the problem. The premise is simple: identify your gut type, learn
which foods to eat and to avoid, incorporate daily supplements and probiotics, and make simple lifestyle
changes. This guide revolves around an easy-to-follow diet plan complete with recipes designed to help
restore gut health and eliminate leaky gut for good.
First serial, Audio: HarperWave; Dramatic: Solow Literary Enterprises
Brogan, Kelly
THE WONDER DRUG
March -$26.99
A rising star and the face of the progressive field of integrative psychiatry, Dr. Brogan argues that antidepressants are not only the wrong way to treat depression, but that their long-term use can permanently
dismantle the body’s self-healing mechanisms. Far from the belief in the neurochemical origins for
depression, Brogan asserts that depression is an inflammatory disease, a manifestation of irregularities in
the body that start far away from neural synapses and serotonin. Her expert interpretation of medical
findings combined with years of evidence from helping her own patients’, challenges readers to question
their assumptions about depression and regain control of their own wellbeing. In part one, Dr. Brogan
exposes the myths traditional medicine has built around the causes and treatment of depression. The
second part is a prescriptive, step-by-step 30-day action plan for how women can heal their bodies,
eradicate inflammation, and feel like themselves again through dietary modifications, over-the-counter
supplements, detoxification, sleep, and stress reduction.
First serial, Audio: HarperWave; Dramatic: Solow Literary Agency
Diaz, Cameron & Bark, Sandra
THE LONGEVITY BOOK
April -$26.99
From Cameron Diaz, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Body Book, comes a fresh, personal,
and authoritative examination of the art and science of growing older and a roadmap for abundant health
and resilience as we age. In The Longevity Book, she will explore what history, biology, neuroscience, and
the women’s health movement can teach us about maintaining optimal health as we transition from our
thirties to midlife. From how growing older impacts various bodily systems to the biological differences in
the way aging effects men and women; the latest science on telomeres and slowing the rate of cognitive
decline to how meditation heals us and why love, friendship and laughter matter for health. Without
sugarcoating the hard facts (yes, a 60-year-old body is different than a 35-year- old body, no matter how
much yoga you do) or romanticizing the upside (yes, wisdom comes with age -- if you live your life wisely),
Cameron offers women a compassionate, informative, and intimate tour through the next stage of life.
Audio: HarperWave; First serial, Dramatic: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
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DiSpirito, Rocco
THE NEGATIVE CALORIE DIET
January -$27.99
In The Negative Calorie Diet, bestselling author, chef, and healthy living expert Rocco DiSpirito explains
why his latest weight loss philosophy is whole-foods centric: because eating Real food delivers Real results.
Rocco identifies the Top 10 Negative Calorie Foods-whole foods that make up the backbone of his eating
plan, and can be consumed in unlimited quantities. The list of delicious options includes: almonds, apples,
berries, celery, citrus fruits, cruciferous vegetables, cucumbers, leafy greens, mushrooms, and nightshade
vegetables, including peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, and more. Rocco begins his plan with a 10-day cleanse
designed to kick-start weight loss and detox the body, preparing it to reap the benefits of a nutrient-rich,
whole foods diet. Next comes the 20-day meal plan, with step-by-step guidance on what to eat for maximum
results and more than 75 recipes for meals, snacks, smoothies, and desserts. Complete with grocery
shopping lists, troubleshooting FAQs, a guide to dining out, and advice for tailoring the plan for kids and
families, The Negative Calorie Diet helps readers build healthy habits that will not only result in sustained
weight loss, but better health for a lifetime.
First serial, Audio: HarperWave; Dramatic: Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.
Harvey, Ryan & Harvey, Kate
THE BARE BONES BROTH COOKBOOK
February -$25.99
From the founders of the popular small-batch broth manufacturers, Bare Bones Broth Co., the definitive
cookbook for the latest health food trend, explaining the myriad health benefits of bone broth and featuring
125 simple, delicious recipes. The collagen, bone, skin, marrow, and fat that is extracted when animal
bones simmer in water for hours (or days) are the building blocks of life. Broth makes them easy for the
body to absorb, and they contain proteins that help to combat inflammation in our joints, muscles,
respiratory, and cardiovascular systems; boost immunity; strengthen bones and give us healthier and better
looking hair, skin and nails; and solve or ameliorate a whole host of digestive issues, promoting optimum
gut health. This comprehensive book offers foolproof directions to create your own broth and incorporate it
into everyday meals in delicious new ways.
First serial, Audio: HarperWave; Dramatic: Folio Literary Management
Heskett, Jamé
THE WELL PATH
April -$27.99
From Madison Avenue doctor and anti-aging expert, Dr. Jamé Heskett, a clinically-proven, holistic lifestyle
plan to lose 20 pounds and reverse the aging process in just 60 days. Dr. Heskett explains that in order to
lose weight, we first have to heal the damage we’ve done to our bodies by achieving balance or
homeostasis. Her 60-day plan consists of a detailed week by week and day by day calendar of small
changes and challenges to get you on your own Well Path. The Well Path’s roadmap to homeostasis
consists of six areas of focus: Circulation, Hunger, Activity, Nutrition, General Health, and Exercise. The
Well Path is a clear guide from sickness to health, fat to fit, and old to young -- in just 60 days.
First serial, Audio: HarperWave; Dramatic: Glass Literary Management
Kessler, David A.
CAPTURE
March -$27.99
From former FDA Commissioner and New York Times bestselling author of The End of Overeating comes
a revolutionary and provocative exploration of the history, biology, treatment, and shared experience of
mental affliction, one which seeks to answer a profound question: how and why we become the agents of
our own suffering. Kessler draws upon the latest thinking in psychology, medicine, and neuroscience to
examine the common mechanism by which mental disorders takes hold in the mind; it also offers a
sweeping narrative history of the role of “capture”—the term Dr. Kessler coins for the phenomenon by which
the mind is taken hostage. This includes candid conversations and raw accounts of substance abuse,
anorexia, obsessive love, gambling, and sexual compulsions in everyday people. The closer we can come
to fully comprehending this mechanism, Dr. Kessler argues, the better chance we stand at being able to
both alleviate its deleterious effects and, ultimately, overcome its grip by changing our thoughts and
behavior.
First serial, Audio: HarperWave; Dramatic: Robbins Office, Inc.
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Ozment, Katherine
GRACE WITHOUT GOD
March -$25.99
An award-winning writer and mother of three, Katherine Ozment offers an insightful, surprising, and
compelling exploration of the many ways nonreligious Americans are creating meaning in their lives in our
increasingly secular age. She explores the grassroots of the secular movement, its beliefs and aspirations,
and the hope it holds for all of us, including those who believe in God. Ozment visits diverse houses of
worship and traverses the frontier of nonreligious life, from attending an atheist church to witnessing a
nature-based coming-of-age ritual meant to stand in for the traditional bar mitzvah or confirmation. She
seeks guidance in science and the humanities, talks with noted scholars in a range of disciplines, and
shares her own family’s search for meaning and connection without religion. For those who long to
understand the conflicts, desires, and joys of a life beyond organized religion, Grace Without God offers
examples of those grappling with these issues in surprising ways.
First serial, Audio: HarperWave; Dramatic: Gillian MacKenzie Literary Agency
Ramsey, Drew
EAT COMPLETE
April -$26.99
From Dr. Drew Ramsey, author of Fifty Shades of Kale, comes a new cookbook that identifies the core
nutrients missing from many peoples’ diets and shows how to incorporate them skillfully and deliciously into
everyday meals. Dr. Ramsey explores the role our brains play in every part of our life, including our mood,
health, focus, memory, and appetite. Along the way, he uncovers what’s required for a properly fueled
brain. Drawing from cutting-edge science, he identifies the 21 nutrients most important to brain health and therefore overall health. With 100 simple, delicious, affordable, and sustainable recipes, Dr. Ramsey
shows us how to incorporate these 21 core nutrients into our diets. Each recipe is engineered for optimal
nourishment, ensuring that your brain - and the rest of your body—has the right nutrients it needs to perform
at its best. By pinpointing the nutrients missing from your diet and teaching you how to incorporate these
recipes into your weekly meal plan, Dr. Ramsey will help you transform your health —and transform your
life.
First serial, Audio: HarperWave; Dramatic: David Black Literary Agency
Harper Perennial / Paperbacks / Bourbon Street
Fiction
Chabon, Michael
SUMMERLAND
April - $15.99
From the Pulitzer Prize winning Michael Chabon, a bestselling fantasy novel set against the background of
the American myth—in a new edition, with an original introduction by the author. In this cherished modern
classic, the New York Times bestselling author brings his masterful storytelling, dexterous plotting, and
singularly envisioned characters to a coming-of-age novel for readers of all ages. Ethan Feld is having a
terrible summer: his father has moved them to Clam Island, Washington, where Ethan has quickly
established himself as the least gifted baseball player the island has ever seen. Ethan’s luck begins to
change, however, when a mysterious baseball scout named Ringfinger Brown and a seven-hundred-andsixty-five-year-old werefox enter his life, dragging Ethan into another world called the Summerlands. This
beautiful, winter-less place is facing destruction at the hands of the villainous Coyote, and it has been
prophesized that only Ethan can save it.
Audio: Harper Perennial; First Serial, Dramatic: Mary Evans Inc.
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Crane, Elizabeth
THE HISTORY OF GREAT THINGS
April - $14.99
A warm, witty, and deeply moving novel in which a woman, Elizabeth, and her mother, Lois, attempt to
narrate the stories of each other’s lives, reimaging events that they remembered, wanted or hoped for: a
luminous story of two women whose lives span the 1930s through today, whose connections run deeper
than either may be willing to concede, and who learn through storytelling, the values of love, loss, and
letting go. Not bound by truth, the alternating accounts, in a unique and powerful way, show the emotionallydynamic relationship, the entangled feelings of love, guilt, resentment, and deep understanding that that
exists between mother and daughter. Crane is also the author of the novel We Only Know So Much.
First Serial; Audio: Harper Perennial, Dramatic: Jean V Naggar Agency
Gargash, Maha
THAT OTHER ME
January - $15.99
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Sand Fish, Maha Gargash’s second novel is set in
mid-1990s Dubai and Cairo and tells the story of how secrets and betrayals consume three members—an
authoritarian father, a rebellious abandoned daughter, and a vulnerable niece—of a prominent Emirati
family. Majed, the head of the eminent Naseemy family and one of the richest businessmen in Dubai,
spends his days berating his wife and staff and cavorting with friends at a private apartment, but he’s
suddenly plagued by nightmares and he feels his control further slipping away with the discovery that his
niece and his daughter are defying his orders. His niece Mariam, though mostly dutiful, falls for a brash,
mischievous fellow student named Adel, and his daughter of a second secret marriage, Dalal, is the runnerup on “Nights of Dubai,” an American Idol-type reality show for Arab talent. When her efforts to become a
celebrity finally begin to pay off, she attracts the attention of her father, who is determined to subdue Dalal
to protect the family name. As Majed increasingly exerts his control over both Dalal and Mariam, both girls
resist, with explosive consequences.
First Serial, Audio: Harper Perennial; Dramatic: Emile Khourey
Gottlieb, Amy
THE BEAUTIFUL POSSIBLE
February - $15.99
This epic, enthralling debut novel—in the vein of Nicole Krauss’ The History of Love—follows a postwar
love triangle between an American rabbi, his wife, and a German refugee that spans sixty years and several
continents. November 1938, Berlin: Walter Westhaus witnesses the murders of his lover and his father
when Nazis invade their apartment. Walter flees for Bombay, loses himself in an ashram, resurfacing four
years later at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. Sol Kerem, an earnest rabbinical student,
is drawn to the haunted, out-of-place man… as is Sol’s fiancé, the fiery Rosalie, and before long they fall
passionately in love. Their affair is short-lived and Walter leaves for Chicago before settling in California.
Sol and Rosalie marry, move to the suburbs and start a synagogue congregation, but their life doesn’t prove
as fulfilling as they expected—Sol has a crisis of faith, while Rosalie chafes at the limitations of her role as
a housewife. When Sol, struggling with depression, sends Rosalie to Walter to brainstorm ways to re-inspire
Sol’s tired sermons, he unwittingly thrusts them all into a spiral of forbidden desire. With extraordinary
empathy and virtuosic skill, The Beautiful Possible explores the boundaries of desire, love, marriage, and
faith.
First Serial, Audio: Harper Perennial; Dramatic: Deborah Harris Agency
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Harris, Oliver
THE HOUSE OF FAME
February - $15.99
Oliver Harris’s shrewd, cynical, and brilliant London detective, Nick Belsey, is back in his third novel after
Deep Shelter. Twenty-seven, rich and beautiful, Amber Knight is living the dream: her music career is
established, her acting career is taking off, and she has a lifestyle fit for the top of the A-List. So why has
she started acting so strangely? Nick Belsey, a less celebrated resident of North London, is nearing the
end of a decade-long career at Hampstead CID, but he still can’t seem to kick his habit of getting into
serious trouble. When he’s asked by a desperate mother to help find her only son, Belsey has to infiltrate
Amber’s world. He discovers a realm of excess, obsession, lust and greed—precisely as he’d hoped, but
he hadn’t been prepared for the blood trail to lead to Amber herself. As one sickening crime is followed by
another, Belsey finds himself chasing answers as his only means of survival. It may be too late to save his
reputation, but he’s not ready to die just yet-- not at the hands of a celebrity.
First Serial, Audio: Bourbon Street Books, Audio: Inkwell Management
Lawrenson, Deborah
300 DAYS OF SUN
April - $15.99
Deborah Lawrenson, author of The Sea Garden and The Lantern, delivers another “escapist mix of mystery,
romance and murder” (Wall Street Journal). Journalist Johanna Millard travels to Faro, Portugal, seeking
to escape an unsatisfying relationship and stalled career. It’s an enchanting town, with seaside views
enhanced by the company of Nathan Emberlin, her charming classmate. She soon learns of Faro’s seedy
underbelly, a history compromised by an economy built on Nazi spoils, and that Nathan has motives beyond
friendship for seeking out her company: to discover the truth of a child kidnapping that took place two
decades earlier. Johanna joins his quest, leading her to Ian Rylands, a mysterious English expat who
cryptically directs Johanna to The Alliance, a novel written by American Esta Hartford. The book recounts
an American couple’s entanglements with their German colleagues in Lisbon during World War II. Only
Rylands insists the book isn’t fiction, and as Johanna reads deeper into the story, she begins to suspect
that Esta Hartford’s story and Nathan Emberlin’s may indeed converge in Faro.
First Serial, Audio: Harper Paperbacks; Dramatic: Gernert Agency
LeBor, Adam
THE REYKJAVIK ASSIGNMENT
April - $15.99
The final book of the thrilling trilogy featuring United Nations covert negotiator Yael Azoulay. Homs, Syria:
The man known as Al-Bosni (the Bosnian) is spared from execution and instead handed off to a mysterious
man with one blue and one brown eye. New York: Yael Azoulay, covert negotiator for the UN Secretary
General, is still reeling from derailing a conspiracy to throw the Middle East into chaos and has made a
powerful enemy of Clarence Clairborne, the head of the Prometheus Group. Clairborne wants his revenge,
and he will use Al-Bosni. Clairborne’s target is a secret meeting between the US Secretary of State, the UN
Secretary General Fareed Hussein, and the Iranian president, brokered by Yael, in Reykjavik—where
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met in 1986. When Yael discovers the plot, she must race against
time to stop Al-Bosni. Amid the treacherous lava fields of Iceland, the hunter will become the hunted in a
nail-biting climax. LeBor is the author of The Geneva Option and The Washington Stratagem, the first two
books in this trilogy.
First Serial, Audio: Bourbon Street Books, Dramatic: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
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Myerson, Julie
THE STOPPED HEART
March - $15.99
Julie Myerson’s beautifully written, yet deeply chilling, novel of psychological suspense explores the
tragedies—past and present—haunting a picturesque country cottage. Mary Coles and her husband have
just moved to a cottage on the edge of a small village. The house has been empty for years and it’s idyllic
and exactly what they need to put the horror of the past behind them. 150 years earlier, a huge oak was
downed at the cottage during a raging storm. Beneath it lay a young man with a shock of red hair,
miraculously alive, and whom the family living in the cottage takes in. The children all love him, but the
eldest daughter has her reservations. There’s something about the red-haired man… A presence. An evil.
Back in the present, weeks after moving to the cottage and still drowning beneath the weight of
insurmountable grief, Mary Coles starts to sense there’s something in the house. Children’s whispers,
footsteps from above, half-caught glimpses of a young man with a shock of red hair wandering through the
orchard. Has Mary’s grief turned to madness? Or have the events that took place so long ago finally come
back to haunt her?
First Serial, Audio: Harper Perennial; Dramatic: Curtis Brown LTD
Thornton, J.R.
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY
April - $15.99
A coming-of-age story set in modern day China, and centering on the friendship between two fourteenyear-old boys who meet training with Beijing’s junior national tennis team. Chase Robertson is a fourteenyear-old American boy who moves to Beijing six months after the death of his older brother, Tom. A top
ranked tennis player in the United States, Chase dreams of one day turning pro and while in China he trains
everyday with the Beijing junior national tennis team. Lonely and isolated, Chase forms a friendship with
one of his teammates, Bowen, a very poor, but exceptionally talented Chinese boy. The two boys dream of
winning grand slams together, but Bowen gets caught between the old rules of Mao’s China and the
emerging entrepreneurial culture of new China. Soon, Chase is caught up in secrets and isn’t sure what
will win out--his friendship with Bowen, or the rules of his new country. Beautiful Country, Thornton’s’ bighearted debut novel, was a #1 bestseller in China.
Audio: Harper Perennial; First Serial, Dramatic: Wylie Agency
Upson, Nicola
LONDON RAIN
March - $14.99
Intrepid writer and amateur sleuth Josephine Tey returns in this sixth installment of Nicola Upson’s popular
series. May, 1937, London: The country is still reeling from Edward VIII’s shocking decision to abdicate the
throne in order to marry the woman he loves, Wallis Simpson. As London prepares for the Coronation of
his brother, George, Josephine Tey is in town to oversee a BBC radio production of her play, Queen of
Scots. When one of the BBC’s best-known broadcasters is murdered at the height of the Coronation
celebrations, Josephine has a front row seat. Detective Chief Inspector Archie Penrose is called to
investigate—and then another killing occurs. The victim this time is the leading actress in Josephine’s play,
who happened to be the broadcaster’s mistress. Adultery, treachery, and pent-up jealousies clearly haunt
the BBC, suggesting the motive lies close to home, but Josephine suspects that the killings are linked to a
decade-old scandal. It’s up to Josephine to untangle a long-hidden web of love, deceit and betrayal. The
most recent entry in The Josephine Tey series was The Death of Lucy Kyte.
First Serial, Audio: Bourbon Street Books; Dramatic: Fletcher & Company LLC
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Harper Perennial / Paperbacks / Bourbon Street
Non-Fiction
Brockman, John
LIFE
April - $15.99
The newest addition to John Brockman’s Edge.org series explores life itself, bringing together the world’s
leading biologists, geneticists, and evolutionary theorists—including Richard Dawkins, Edward O. Wilson,
J. Craig Venter, and Freeman Dyson. Scientists’ understanding of life is progressing more rapidly than at
any point in human history, from the extraordinary decoding of DNA to the controversial emergence of
biotechnology. Featuring pioneering biologists, geneticists, physicists, and science writers, Life explains
just how far we’ve come—and takes a brilliantly educated guess at where we’re heading.
First Serial: Harper Perennial; Audio, Dramatic: John Brockman Inc.
Haag, Michael
THE QUEST FOR MARY MAGDALENE
March - $15.99
From the international bestselling author and historian Michael Haag comes this spellbinding new take on
the most mysterious and controversial figure of the New Testament, Mary Magdalene.The canonical
gospels say little about Mary Magdalene; in fact until the crucifixion she is absent from all of them, except
for a brief mention in Luke. Yet Mary Magdalene is the only figure described in the Bible as a witness to all
three defining events of the first Easter, the crucifixion, burial and resurrection of Jesus. She suffers the
death of Jesus at the foot of the cross, and when he rises from the tomb he appears first to Mary Magdalene.
Mary Magdalene is the mediator of the divine mystery, and she has remained a potent and mysterious
figure ever since. Intelligent and insightful yet completely accessible, this unique work of cultural history
follows Mary Magdalene through the centuries, explores how she has been reinterpreted for every age, and
examines what she herself reveals about man and the divine.
First Serial: Harper Paperbacks; Audio, Dramatic: Inkwell Management, LLC
HarperBusiness
Gramm, Jefferson
DEAR CHAIRMAN
February - $29.99
Combining sharp analysis and compelling narrative with original letters from Wall Street icons--including
Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, Ross Perot, Carl Icahn, and Bill Ackman--this essential book traces the
history of one of capitalism’s longest running tensions: the battle between what the management of public
companies wants and what its shareholders think is best for them. Dear Chairman is not, however, a onesided tribute to the ingenuity of public company investors. It also discusses shareholder activism at its very
worst, when hedge funds engineer stealthy land-grabs at the expense of a company’s long term prospects.
More than anything else, it’s vital that everyone understands the public company/shareholder relationship
better. Dear Chairman accomplishes this goal in a fresh, entertaining way. Gramm runs a successful value
investing hedge fund and is an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School.
First serial, Audio: HarperBusiness; Dramatic: The Gernert Company
Miller, Jeremy
WARREN BUFFETT'S GROUND RULES
April - $29.99
Veteran financial advisor Jeremy Miller takes readers through the 33 Partnership letters that Warren Buffett’
wrote between 1956 and 1970, setting forth Buffett’s “ground rules” for investing--rules that remain
startlingly relevant today. The letters, compiled comprehensively and accessibly for the first time and with
Buffett’s permission, include his contrarian diversification strategy, his almost religious celebration of
compounding interest, his conservative (as opposed to conventional) decision making process and his goal
and tactics for bettering market results by at least 10% annually. Perhaps the greatest contribution these
letters make is that they introduce an intellectual rigor and framework to the craft of investing that hadn’t
existed before. The letters make a powerful argument for a long-term value-oriented strategy and provide
lessons in control and discipline that are the bedrock of Buffett’s success.
First serial, Audio: HarperBusiness; Dramatic: Folio Literary Management
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Nease, Robert
THE POWER OF FIFTY BITS
January - $29.99
Bob Nease created his Fifty Bit Design process after learning a startling statistic: Out of the ten million bits
of information our brains process each second, only fifty bits are devoted to conscious thought. This
limitation means that, to a large degree, humans are wired for inattention and inertia, which leads to a gap
between what people really want and what they do. The Power Of Fifty Bits provides important practical
solutions that marketers, human resources professionals, teachers, and even parents can use to improve
human behavior around them, and provides a set of powerful strategies for changing behavior. Some of
these strategies include: Require Choice - mandate that people stop and deliberately choose among
options; Lock in Good Intentions - allow people to make decisions today about choices they will face in the
future; Let It Ride - set the default to the desired option and let people opt out if they wish; and Get in the
Flow - go to where peoples’ attention is likely to be naturally. Through these strategies and more, Nease
shows how users can make decisions in their own best interests.
First serial, Audio: HarperBusiness; Dramatic: The Anderson Literary Agency
Pittampalli, Al
PERSUADABLE
January - $29.99
Drawing on evidence from social science, history, politics, and business, Persuadable makes a compelling
case for why and how you should be prepared to change your mind for the best outcomes. In Persuadable,
you’ll come to realize that not only is being prepared to change your mind the right thing to do, but it is also
the smart thing to do - a vastly under-appreciated and under-utilized advantage in business and life. It’s a
skill, that when cultivated, leads to mastery, agility, influence, and even well-being. In short, persuadability
is power. Throughout this book, business consultant Al Pittampalli introduces readers to various men and
women who - under difficult circumstances - demonstrate humility, open-mindedness, and intellectual
honesty, and as a result have succeeded in creating positive change for their organizations, their societies,
or themselves.
First serial, Audio: HarperBusiness; Dramatic: Writers’ House LLC
Rust, Dan
WORKPLACE POKER
March - $25.99
Career expert Dan Rust reveals that the reason most talented, hard-working individuals run into career
setbacks is that all too often, they get in their own way. Rather than let these setbacks derail them, the
hyper-successful continue their career acceleration through every tough situation. Rust reveals the
strategies you can use to prevent your disappointments from making a bad situation worse, and minimize
the negative impact on your career trajectory. He teaches skills that help the reader focus inward before
addressing the outward challenges. These breakthrough skills include: A willingness to deeply “own” and
learn from career missteps and failures; Comfort with the natural tension of a difficult conversation; Interest
in “corporate anthropology” and the complex human dimensions of business; An ability to communicate
complex issues in a compelling manner; Personal charm and engagement with others. With Workplace
Poker¸ readers will learn to get out of their own way, and find the success they deserve.
First serial, Audio: HarperBusiness; Dramatic: Susan Rabiner Literary Agent, Inc.
Vaynerchuk, Gary
ASK GARY VEE
March - $25.99
New York Times bestselling author Gary Vaynerchuk (Crush It, The Thank You Economy, and Jab, Jab,
Jab, Right Hook) is back with surprising, sometimes outrageous, and imminently useful answers to
everything you’ve ever wanted to know about crushing it in everything you do. Based on his extremely
popular YouTube show, this book showcases Gary’s irreverent, inspiring and singular voice as well as his
instantly actionable advice for getting things done, having fun, and being massively successful. Drawing on
questions that come directly from his fans, the book’s wisdom is both timely and timeless and highly
practical, covering everything from using twitter to launching a small business to hiring superstars to
creating a personal brand to launching products to staying healthy to buying wine. Whether you’re planning
to start your own company or working for a digital ad agency, Ask Gary Vee is an essential guide to making
things happen in a big way.
First serial, Audio: HarperBusiness; Dramatic: Cowan DeBaets Abraham & Sheppard LLP
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Broadside Books
Barnett, Randy E.
OUR REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION
February -$25.99
A concise history of the long struggle between two fundamentally opposing constitutional traditions from
one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars. In Our Republican Constitution, renowned legal scholar
Randy E. Barnett tells the fascinating story of how this debate arose shortly after the Revolution, leading to
the adoption of a new and innovative “republican” constitution; and how the struggle over slavery led to its
completion by a newly-formed Republican Party. Yet soon thereafter, progressive academics and activists
urged the courts to remake our Republican Constitution into a democratic one by ignoring key passes of its
text, and eventually the courts complied. Drawing from his deep knowledge of constitutional law and history,
as well as his experience litigating on behalf of medical marijuana and against Obamacare, Barnett explains
why “We the People” would greatly benefit from the renewal of our Republican Constitution, and how this
can be accomplished in the courts and the political arena.
First serial, Audio: Broadside Books; Dramatic: Trident Media Group
D’Souza, Dinesh
THAT’S NOT FAIR!
November -$27.99
From #1 New York Times bestselling author, hit documentary filmmaker, and outspoken political pundit
Dinesh D’Souza, comes a timely and controversial manifesto in defense of Conservative morality that
unmasks progressives’ true motives. This book will defend conservatives and show that they--and their
policies--are not greedy, selfish and warlike. On the contrary, progressives are the bad guys, but their sins
go unnoticed because they are less visible. Progressives are motivated by a volatile combination of envy
and resentment, which are camouflaged as compassion and a desire for social justice. In this book Dinesh
D’Souza not only refutes progressive arguments; he also unmasks progressive motives. This is a book that
vindicates conservative morality and exposes progressive immorality. It is aimed at provoking a national
debate, and also at equipping Republicans and conservatives to answer their critics in a fresh and
convincing way.
First serial, Audio: Broadside Books; Dramatic: Author c/o Broadside Books
Tantaros, Andrea
TIED UP IN KNOTS
February - $26.99
Women today are told they should work like men, behave like men, and have sex like men. There’s just
one problem. Women aren’t men. The result? Today’s women are tied up in knots - trying to strike a balance
between what they want and what they’re told to want. In this lively contrarian romp through the American
cultural landscape, FOX News personality Andrea Tantaros argues that the swapping of gender roles has
had a drastic effect on the modern American family, the workplace, the bedroom and beyond. With scathing
wit and insight born of personal experience, Tantaros tears apart the illusion of gender equality that has left
men and women alike dejected and confused. This is a book that shows what modern feminism has
wrought--and it isn’t pretty. It’s a much needed gut check for females everywhere on where they are and
what they really want out of love and life.
First serial, Audio: Broadside Books; Dramatic: Javelin Group LLC
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Harper Design
Chin, Marcos
FAIRIES IN WONDERLAND
April -$14.99 pbk
A beautifully illustrated interactive coloring and activity book designed to appeal to all ages, Fairies in
Wonderland takes readers on a trip through a magical fairy world created by renowned illustrator Marcos
Chin. With black and white line art ready to be brought to colorful life and a puzzle element that engages
readers in solving riddles and collecting prizes this special volume offers hours of engaging entertainment.
Divided into two parts, “Day” and “Night,” the book presents fairies in various intricately illustrated scenarios
for readers to explore and animate with color. As readers color in and discover more of this wonderland,
they also look for images of keys with letters embedded in them to spell out the answers to a series of
riddles that run throughout the book. Upon finding the lettered keys on the pages and unscrambling them
to form a single word that is the correct answer to the riddle, the reader then collects a prize--an image of
the object that represents the word. Collecting all the prizes leads to the disclosure of a final message at
the end of the book.
First serial: Harper Design; Audio, Dramatic: Author c/o Harper Design
Colucci, Jim
GOLDEN GIRLS FOREVER
April -$35.00
The first ever complete Golden Girls retrospective, including exclusive interviews with more than 250 of the
Golden Girls’ creators, actors, guest stars, producers, writers and crew members, behind-the-scenes and
never-before-revealed stories and photos, facts, commentary, and more. Among the book’s treasures are
exclusive interviews with stars since departed, such as the famously private Bea Arthur and Rue
McClanahan, as well as several actors who made guest appearances and whom fans remember fondly.
The book will also include stills from the show, and a treasure trove of never-before-seen photos that have
just resurfaced.
First serial, Audio: Harper Design; Dramatic: Foundry Media, LLC
Hoshi, Mitsuki
AMI AMI KITTENS
March -$14.99 pbk
Following the success of Ami Ami Dogs and Ami Ami Dogs 2 comes Mitsuki Hoshi’s third installment in the
amigurumi series. Amigurumi, which means knitted stuffed toy in Japanese, is the art of crocheting stuffed
animals. The technique results in animals with large heads and small bodies, upholding the cute aesthetic
of amigurumi animals. This book is complete with detailed step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and
photographs of the finished characters. It also offers instructions for transforming these super adorable
felines into key chains, finger puppets, and magnets. The book has a wide range of techniques from basic
crochet skills that are perfect for beginners to more challenging patterns for experts. This is the perfect book
for crocheters of any level!
First serial, Audio: Harper Design; Dramatic: Star Seeds, Inc.
Kamikaze Factory Studio
CHIBI MANGA
March -$25.99
From the highly respected Kamikaze Factory Studio comes the ultimate guide to drawing this adorable
manga style of oversized heads, chubby cheeks, and enormous and expressive eyes, popular in graphic
novels, video games, and films. An easy-to-follow guide to all of the tricks—both freehand and digital—to
creating the best chibi manga characters. The book features both manga and anime, and includes detailed
information on how to apply digital color, 3D designs, vectorial drawing, and a host of other fascinating and
useful design applications. Each project includes step-by-step instructions specifying software, tools, and
professional tricks to achieve the big heads, chubby cheeks, childlike appearances, and mischievous quality
of the chibi manga characters and animals. Chibi Manga takes manga artists, illustrators, and graphic
designers from initial black-and-white sketches to vibrant, fully costumed collections of characters.
First serial, Audio, Dramatic: Monsa
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Kipling, Rudyard
THE JUNGLE BOOK
March -$27.99
The second in Harper Design’s newest series of deluxe reimagined children’s classics, this new unabridged
gift edition features stunning new artwork and nine interactive features from the award-winning design
studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise, MinaLima. The book is timed to coincide with
the upcoming major motion picture release of The Jungle Book, directed by Jon Favreau, set to release
April 15th 2016, starring Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Idris Elba, Christopher Walken, and Ben Kingsley.
The Jungle Book will have an in-world feel with stunning new four color illustrations and nine exclusive
inserts, including a map of the lost Indian city where Mowgli is taken by the monkeys, a trifold detailing the
Laws of the Jungle, the hypnotic dance of the python Kaa, and a spinning dial of the elephant dance. Peter
Pan is the first book in this series.
First serial, Audio: Harper Design; Dramatic: Minalima, Ltd.
McNairy, Mark
UNTITLED
February -$29.99
Supported by the strength of a cult following of dedicated, fashion-forward young men around the globe,
designer Mark McNairy has risen from an under-the-radar favorite to a driving force in contemporary
American style. His collection of menswear and footwear, Mark McNairy New Amsterdam, is defined by a
strong sense of sartorial history with an eye fixed on the future, and combines the designer’s vast knowledge
of American and English tailoring tradition and complete dedication to craftsmanship. At once a style guide
that provides invaluable style tips for today’s audience, it is also, like his clothing and accessories, a witty
riff of sorts on the 1965 Japanese classic, Take Ivy, a presentation of the Ivy League look coveted highly
by fashion insiders. Filled with a mix of vintage fashion and film images that reference traditional menswear
and style icons like Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood, examples of streetwear and McNairy’s clothing,
and advertising and pop culture references, the book is a visual treat from spread to spread, with text that
offers solid sartorial advice and humor. With a foreword by longtime GQ creative director Jim Moore, this
book presents renowned designer Mark McNairy’s views on dressing and behaving well.
First serial, Audio: Harper Design; Dramatic: DMA United
Moses, Susan
THE ART OF DRESSING CURVES
April -$35.00
With a foreword by plus-size supermodel Emme, and written by celebrity stylist Susan Moses, the go-to
stylist for curvy women both on and off the red carpet, The Art of Dressing Curves is an inspirational,
confidence-building, prescriptive style guide for plus-size women who want to dress as fashionably as their
thinner counterparts. This gorgeous volume, filled with high-fashion photography, is stylishly designed and
written in a down-to earth way that is accessible, enthusiastic, and covers every aspect of dressing, from
foundation garments to accessories, hair, and makeup. Susan has developed a formula and a format for
seamless dressing that some of the most iconic curvy women in music, film, and fashion have trusted when
it matters the most, and she reveals her tips and secrets throughout. She also shares her personal story
and journey to self-acceptance and uses anecdotal stories about celebrity clients and examples of her work
to show readers exactly how it’s done.
First serial, Audio: Harper Design; Dramatic: DMA United
Smith, Michael Acton
CALM
January -$19.99 pbk
Based on the popular iPhone app of the same name, this book will show you how to take back a little bit of
peace, space, and all-important calm with a few simple tools, tricks, and habits that will change the rest of
your life. Calm is about simple, achievable habits that work with the demands of your busy life instead of
pretending those demands don’t exist. It combines extracts from fascinating neurological research with
wisdom from history’s great thinkers and the real-life experiences of individuals across the globe. Each
section contains a mixture of fascinating research, creative prompts, activities, and instructions, sensory
stimuli and inspiration. Pick up Calm whenever you need it, dip in and out, read it and choose which bits
work best for you. Michael Acton Smith has written a game-changing book, one that will finally balance
everyone’s need for calm with the realities of modern life.
First serial, Audio: Harper Design; Dramatic: Penguin Books, Ltd.
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Dey Street Books
Bach, Sebastian
18 AND LIFE ON SKID ROW
January- $27.99
In this uncensored, unfiltered memoir, the musician and former front man for Skid Row tells the story of
how a choir boy became a mega-successful hair metal god, rode the wave of fame in Heavy Metal’s heyday,
and came out alive on the other side. Sebastian Bach is an iconic rock vocalist who has sold in excess of
twenty million records worldwide. From first joining Kid Wikkid, Bach has rocked out with Skid Row, Madam
X, The Last Hard Men, The Frogs, and Frameshift, and with famous friends such as Aerosmith, Bon Jovi,
Soundgarden, Pantera, and Guns ’N Roses. In this no-holds-barred memoir there’s sex, drugs, parties,
women, hair products, and headbanging rock ‘n’ roll, but also a raw, powerful, wild, funny, and reflective
story of a stand out member of the metal music scene since the age of fourteen.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: Rick Sales Entertainment Group
Beaven, Colin
HOW TO BE ALIVE
January - $25.99
Deeply concerned about the environment, Colin Beavan went on a yearlong experiment to lead a zero netimpact existence in the middle of New York City. The project went far beyond the typical “reduce, reuse,
recycle” credo and had a profound effect on Colin and those around him, in the process prompting what he
came to refer to as a “lifestyle redesign.” His project, chronicled in a book, a documentary, and an ongoing
lecture series, has provoked and inspired tens of thousands of people. In this thoughtful, enlightening guide,
Colin offers insight to help readers negotiate for ourselves the maze of dilemmas and questions that
confront us all when trying to do right by ourselves and the planet..
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books, Dramatic: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
Biancaniello, Matthew
EAT YOUR DRINK
March - $22.99
A fully-illustrated guide to creating artisanal “farm-to-glass” specialty cocktails that utilize local, seasonal,
and organic produce and daringly unique flavor combinations from Chef Matthew Biancaniello. You won’t
find a Whiskey Sour or Tom Collins on his menu—instead think “The Heirloom Tomato Mojito,” the 25 year
aged balsamic vinegar and strawberry libation named “The Last Tango in Modena,” or the fresh arugula
infused “Roquette.” In his first cocktail cookbook Biancaniello takes readers on a journey into the world of
culinary cocktails. Eat Your Drink explores cocktails that push boundaries through never-before-imagined
flavor combinations. Biancaniello blends alcohol and food together to create an elevated cocktail
experience that requires the drinker to savor, explore and . . . eat their drink.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
Conrad, Lauren
LAUREN CONRAD CELEBRATE
April - $28.99
From Lauren Conrad, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lauren Conrad Style and Lauren Conrad
Beauty comes Lauren Conrad Celebrate, her essential guide to entertaining. Applying the same
approachable attitude, Celebrate shows everyone that they can throw a fantastic party. This four-color book
features all-original photographs and step-by-step instructions, along with anecdotes from her own life
including her annual 4th of July barbeque and her recent bridal shower and wedding. Best known for starring
in MTV’s hit series, The Hills, Conrad has become an inspiration and trusted advisor to woman everywhere
to look and feel their best.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: DiFiore and Co.
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Dunn, Dan
AMERICAN WINO
April - $16.99 pbk
Part travel memoir, part exploration of American wine, American Wino follows professional booze writer
and certified beer and spirits expert Dan Dunn as he travels to wineries (good and bad!) across America in
an attempt to become the ultimate blue-collar wine expert. Dunn knows all there is to know about beer and
whiskey, but not so much about wine. After a fateful tasting experience, and at a sobering crossroad in his
life, career, and relationships, Dunn decided to hit the road and visited every corner of the United States-a
bold 14,000 mile trek to visit wineries and give his personal troubles the opportunity to breathe. Dunn
bounced from winery to winery, tasting all of the good and all of the bad, and found out everything there is
to know about how wine is made, sold and consumed. Crisscrossing the states from Sonoma, CA to St.
Petersburg, FL, Dunn drinks it all in with makers, connoisseurs, and celebrities like Kurt Russell, Drew
Barrymore, Dave Matthews, Emilio Estevez, and “the most interesting man in the world” Jonathan
Goldsmith, all of whom have tapped into the booming wine business.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: RLR Associates Ltd
Gibbons, Leeza
THE NEW NICE
February - $26.99
Most people know Leeza Gibbons as the former host of Entertainment Tonight, but she is also a savvy
businesswoman who has quietly thrived for decades. In 2015 Leeza won Celebrity Apprentice,
outmaneuvering her opponents by embracing a “no drama” mentality. Even Donald Trump made a point of
admiring her uncharacteristic poise on the show. The New Nice is Gibbons’ lively and prescriptive guide to
leading with kindness and succeeding in life and business, focusing on the tools she has used throughout
her decades long career. The book draws on dozens examples from Gibbons’ life including her successful
partnership with HSN/QVC, stories from her early days in Hollywood featuring Dick Clark, Suzanne Somers,
and of course, Celebrity Apprentice. The Hollywood veteran shows readers that with kindness, authenticity,
and real teamwork, you can play it your way and win.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: Dupree Miller & Assoc.
Goodman, Elizabeth
MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM
March - $26.99
In the tradition of beloved, now classic music tomes like Please Kill Me, Our Band Could Be Your Life and
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop comes an oral history of the last great moment in rock-and-roll in New York City.
Charting the first decade of the 2000s, journalist Elizabeth Goodman tells the story of the rise of indie
darlings The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol and Vampire Weekend and how
their music became the soundtrack of the last gasp of the old guard music industry, the final throes of a
music scene in Manhattan, how Brooklyn became the epicenter of all that was new and cutting edge,
and which artists made it through to today and why.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: Levine Greenberg Literary Agency
Hook, Peter
POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES
April - $27.99
New York Times bestselling author and post punk icon Peter Hook returns with the final installment of his
three-part memoir, focusing on the rise of New Order from the ashes of Joy Division and the heyday of 80s
New Wave and Dance Punk. Following the suicide of Ian Curtis, the remaining members of Joy Division
resurrected themselves as New Order and went on to become one of the most critically acclaimed and
influential bands of the eighties. In Power, Corruption & Lies, Peter Hook tells the story of the band’s
founding and evolution; their experiences in the early eighties New York City club scene; their rise to
international fame and impact on house music, techno, and rave; as well as their eventual dissolution. Full
of Hook’s trademark humor and vivid, witty storytelling, this volume is arguably the most important and
certainly the most controversial part of his story, while simultaneously providing a backstage pass to the
80s cultural scene in all its neon-hued glory.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: DeFiore & Company
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Hudson, Kate
UNTITLED
April - $25.99
A smart, beautiful, inspirational book from smart, beautiful, inspirational actress and fitness icon, Kate
Hudson. This book shares Kate’s insights into how every woman can live healthy, strong and beautiful-from
the inside out. In October of 2013, Kate Hudson announced that she was launching Fabletics, a subscription
based fitness clothing retailer for women of all shapes and sizes. The line, affordable and fashion forward,
has been a massive success. The face of the campaign, and the heart of the messaging, has been Kate
Hudson. Long admired for her natural beauty and dedication to fitness, Hudson will now give readers a
series of achievable goals for healthy living. Filled to the brim with inspiration, Hudson’s relatable beauty
and dedication to wellness comes through on every page.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: Creative Artists Agency
Janowitz, Tama
SCREAM
January - $25.99
In 1986, Tama Janowitz’s Slaves of New York established her as a literary “It Girl.” The success of that
book raised Janowitz’s profile immensely, and for years her life was full of parties, fame, Hollywood,
marquee names and attention grabbing social circles. She published multiple books after her breakout –
seven novels and a work of nonfiction – but was never able to recreate that early success. Beloved by her
readers, and now nearly regarded as a cult writer, Janowitz hasn’t been published since 2004. Scream is
her darkly funny memoir, and tells the story of what happened when Tama Janowitz left the city that made
her famous and moved upstate to Ithaca, New York to care for her ailing mother. In a story that Janowitz
describes as A Year in Provence meets Green Acres meets Orange Is the New Black, Scream also harkens
back to the NYC of the ‘80s, a time and place that is now long gone.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: Selectric Artists LLC
Kinsman, Kat
HI, ANXIETY
March - $25.99
From food writer and television personality Kat Kinsman, comes a deeply personal, funny and sometimes
painful look at anxiety, a common foe for millions of women. Feeling anxious? Can’t sleep because of
cycling thoughts? Unable to make a decision because you’re too afraid you’ll make the wrong one? So
are a lot of other women. Diagnosed with depression at fourteen-years-old, Kinsman has dealt with many
crippling bouts of the darkest blues. Though she found relief through medication and counseling,
depression and anxiety are still ever present in her life. In August 2014, Kinsman published an op-ed piece
on CNN.com that intimately related the author’s experience with the illness and advocated for others to
share their depression struggles publicly. Several months later, she followed up on that piece with “Living
with Anxiety, Searching for Joy.” Hi, Anxiety was born out of those articles, and is a response to the
thousands who commented with a collective “thank you.”
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: Mendel Media Group
Kienzle, Rich
THE GRAND TOUR
March - $27.99
A biography of the recently passed George Jones, who the New York Times called “the definitive country
singer of the last half century” (and who was a major influence on everyone from Bob Dylan and John
Fogerty to Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks), looking at his wild life, alcoholism and drug use and turbulent
marriages—most famously to Tammy Wynette—as well as his legendary music and career. Veteran music
journalist and country historian Rich Kienzle conducted hundreds of interviews and did extensive research
to bring forth a fresh, new understanding of this enormously talented yet tragically tormented icon. Jones
was often considered “the Keith Richards of country” and his life was one of deep pain. In his darkest times,
his anguish bordered on schizophrenia, with him spending time in a psychiatric hospital and often talking
to himself and arguing with a Donald Duck-voiced alter ego which he named “Deedoodle.” Kienzle has
delivered an authoritative look at a country legend.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: Harvey Klinger Inc.
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Lohan, Lindsay
UNTITLED
March - $28.99
Finally, and in her own words…the memoir from the most infamous, misunderstood child star turned tabloid
cover girl, Lindsay Lohan. A searing, honest, and painfully true memoir from the “little girl lost” of our
generation, from her too cute to be believed remake of Parent Trap and Freaky Friday, to her breakout role
in the cult favorite Mean Girls, to her highly publicized battles with alcohol and drug use, to her explosive
relationships and infamous “sex list,” to her embattled parents and reported money woes…Lindsay Lohan’s
life has been a train wreck we couldn’t help but watch. Now, for the first time ever, Lindsay speaks openly,
honestly, and in detail about the ups and downs of her career and her life.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: Waxman Leavell Literary Agency
Roy, Rachel
DESIGN YOUR LIFE
March - $26.99
From internationally renowned designer and entrepreneur Rachel Roy comes a style guide that’s equal
parts strong and sexy, with both practical and inspirational tips for women—plus personal insights from
Rachel’s own journey to success—that will empower them to look and be the very best version of
themselves. Rachel Roy designs clothing for accomplished women such as Michelle Obama, Mindy Kaling,
and Gwyneth Paltrow—and is a successful, ambitious entrepreneur herself. Rachel grew up in a struggling
family, in a low income neighborhood in California but always believed she could design the life she wanted,
if only she stayed true to her dream, and looked the part along the way. This vision brought her from an
internship at Rocawear to her own clothing line to a fashion empire. In Design Your Life Rachel gives
accessible tips for developing personal style while staying true to yourself, using and updating what you
have, and acquiring essential pieces, while interweaving personal stories from her journey to success and
the vital contribution fashion and style played each step along the way.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: Foundry Media LLC
Smith, Danyel
SHE’S EVERY WOMAN
February - $26.99
She’s Every Woman tells the stories of some of the most important female performers of our age-Aretha
Franklin, Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, and more, and uses their lives as a lens to look
at the importance of black women in pop music. Former editor-in-chief of Billboard and Vibe magazine,
Danyel Smith, offers a narrative history of black female pop stars. Drawing on hundreds of original
interviews and years of personal and editorial experience with the artists, Smith charts the evolution of
African American women in popular music, and how their music, and their place on stage, evolved from
“race music” and “girl groups” to the world domination of Whitney Houston, Beyoncé and Rihanna.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: Sterling Lord Literistic
Tuteur, Amy
THE GUILT TRAP
March - $26.99
Amy Tuteur MD, a Harvard trained obstetrician-gynecologist, prominent blogger and author, tells the truth
behind the natural parenting industry focusing on how parenting, and childbirth, has become synonymous
with guilt. The natural parenting movement, which praises the virtues of birth without medical interference,
the importance of breast feeding at all costs, and attachment parenting, has become a big business in
recent years. Dr. Amy Tuteur provides a voice of reason. With a long career in obstetrics and gynecology
and as the mother of four children, Tuteur is no stranger to the insurmountable pressures and subsequent
feelings of guilt that mothers encounter in the early years of their children’s lives. In The Guilt Trap, she
takes on the proponents of the natural parenting movement, taking them down point by point, and exposes
the overtly anti-woman attitude.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: Gillian MacKenzie Agency
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Williams, Patricia
RABBIT
April - $25.99
They called her Rabbit. Born to a single mother of 5, living on welfare in a tough West End neighborhood
of Atlanta, Ms. Pat learned early on she would have to fend for herself in this world. Her Grandfather ran a
“bootleg” house where as a kid Pat learned how to roll the drunks for food money. She had her first child at
14 and her second child at 15. She became a drug dealer, was shot twice and arrested numerous times all
before the age of 19 when she met a man, and with his help and encouragement decided to get out of the
“life”. Almost transgressive in its frankness, Rabbit is evocative of worlds portrayed in The Wire and
Precious, but those stories lack the core of this unusual memoir: a truly remarkable, happy ending. Pat was
encouraged by her case worker to go on-stage for Open-Mic-Night in Atlanta. From the moment she
stepped on stage she knew she had found her place. Today Williams, a stand up comedian, lives with her
husband and their children in a comfortable, middle-class enclave in Indiana. Rabbit is a bold and deeply
original story of one woman’s unyielding determination, and unlikely humor.
First Serial, Audio: Dey Street Books; Dramatic: Foundry Media
HarperOne
Altmann, Tanya
HOW TO FEED YOUR BABY
April -$17.99 pbk
Dr. Tanya Altmann, practicing pediatrician, bestselling author, and spokesperson for the American
Academy of Pediatrics, reveals the ways that parents have been misinformed when it comes to feeding
their children, and offers a simple, fool-proof plan for how to raise kids who love eating nutritious food—
with no fuss! This program introduces eleven foundation foods that should make up every child’s diet. It is
set up in three phases: the infant phase, the toddler phase, and the preschooler phase, providing
information about what these foods are, why they are important for your child’s nutrition, and tips on how
to introduce them. The eleven foods are: eggs, prunes, avocado, fish, yogurt/cheese/milk, nuts,
chicken/beans, fruit, green veggies, whole grains, and water. By starting your child with these eleven foods,
you are not only giving them nutrition that is important for brain development and growth, but also training
young taste buds and cultivating palates to enjoy and desire real, whole, non-processed foods.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Abrams Artists Agency
Bell, Rob
HOW TO BE HERE
February -$25.99
New York Times bestselling author Rob Bell shows us how to discover the greatness we were born for,
successfully pursue our dreams, and joyfully embrace the lives God created us to lead . Bell believes that
each of us has a path, a calling—whether it’s writing a novel, starting a business, joining a band, or simply
becoming a volunteer, but many people are afraid to start on that path. Interweaving engaging stories,
lessons from Biblical figures, honest personal experience, and practical advice, he offers invaluable insight
on how to silence our critics, move from idea to action, take the first step, find joy in the work, persevere
through hard times, and surrender the outcome. Combining the practical inspiration of The War of Art and
the warm instructional insight of Bird By Bird, How to Be Here encourages us to leave boring behind and
embrace the fulfilling lives we are meant to have.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Author c/o HarperOne
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Bowden, Jonny & Masley, Steven
SMART FAT
January -$25.99
A well-known nutritionist and weight loss expert teams with a highly respected physician and educator to
show that eating more fat—the smart kind—is the key to health, longevity, and permanent weight loss.
In Smart Fat, Bowden and Masley explain the amazing properties of healthy fat, including its ability to
balance hormones for increased energy and appetite control, as well as its incredible anti-inflammatory
benefits. By seeking out smart fats and combining them with fiber, protein, and most importantly, flavor,
you’ll be able to reach your weight loss goals and maintain them for life. Bowden and Masley also explain
what not to eat, and offer a 30-day meal plan and 50 recipes that deliver the magic formula of fat, fiber,
protein and flavor. Getting smart about fat—and everything that goes into your body—is the only solution
you’ll ever need.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Allen O’Shea Literary Agency for Jonny Bowden and Sterling Lord Literistic,
Inc. for Steven Masley
Cargill, Robert R.
THE CITIES THAT BUILT THE BIBLE
March -$29.99
Dr. Robert Cargill, archeologist, Bible scholar, and host of numerous television specials and documentaries,
explores the cities that influenced the Bible, revealing that in order to truly understand the Bible, we must
understand the cities from which it was developed. The story of these cities—their history, their archaeology,
their mysteries, and the people who both lived in and excavated them—is responsible for the existence and
final shape of the Bible. Accessible, engaging, and written with a sense of humor, this is a travelogue that
brings to life the setting of the Bible. Cargill visits Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Qumran, Samaria, and
other locations, including photos of the journey. Along the way, he reveals surprising facts, such as: there
is no archaeological evidence for the existence of Jesus, nor is there any literary evidence from the first
century outside of the Bible that mentions Jesus. Neither does he find archaeological evidence for a biblical
Exodus. It’s a journey that readers will be excited to take with Cargill, and one that has implications for
historians, archeologists, and people of faith all over the world.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Author c/o HarperOne
Claiborne, Shane
EXECUTING GRACE
January -$17.99 pbk
Champion of the new monastic movement, popular speaker, and author of the bestselling The Irresistible
Revolution, Shane Claiborne makes the case for why it is time to put the death penalty to death. Executing
Grace explores the contrast between punitive justice and restorative justice, with the death penalty serving
as the primary backdrop. He uses testimonials, Scripture, and an historical lens to argue that the death
penalty is not the ideal of justice and instead thwarts the possibility of grace. Claiborne writes about the
power of forgiveness and the fundamental truth of the Gospel—that no one, even a criminal, is beyond
redemption.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Author c/o of HarperOne
Cooper, Alex & Brooks, Joanna
THE CURE
March -$24.99
This provocative work tells the story of Alex Cooper, a Mormon, lesbian teenager whose harrowing captivity
at an unlicensed “residential treatment program” inspired a battle for LGBTQ rights that challenged both
religious traditions and legal institutions alike. Here, for the first time, Alex tells her horrifying story, written
along with Joanna Brooks, a recognized author and expert on Mormonism, gender issues, and LGBTQ
advocacy. It’s a gripping captivity narrative, in the same vein as Elizabeth Smart or Jaycee Lee Dugard, but
Alex’s story is about so much more. It’s about coming to terms with your identity, even and especially when
it clashes with the religious values you’ve been raised with. It’s about the strength to overcome adversity,
to escape captivity both literally and figuratively. It’s about when religious beliefs go too far, and when
religion becomes dangerous. Ultimately, it’s about the hope that brought Alex through this ordeal.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Folio Literary Management
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Davidson, Brad
THE STARK NAKED 21-DAY METABOLIC RESET
December -$25.99
A groundbreaking lifestyle plan to help you attain lasting peak levels of health and fitness by resetting and
optimizing your metabolism—resulting in a lean, strong body, more energy, mental sharpness, better sleep,
a heightened sex drive, and increased resiliency to stress. In The Stark Naked 21-Day Metabolic Reset,
fitness expert and co-founder of Stark fitness Brad Davidson shares his exclusive two-tiered program to
help readers feel great and perform at consistent peak level. Davidson shows readers how to repair
metabolism by reducing common stressors and removing food sensitivities and toxins that cause
inflammation, weight gain and burn out. He then teaches how to optimize metabolism by safely
reintroducing the right foods for you and learning how to carb cycle, a method of eating carbohydrates that
enhances performance without health risks. Designed to withstand the hectic demands of modern life, this
work includes step-by-step meal plans and easy to follow recipes, without using any expensive, hard to find
foods or complicated calculations. Get the results you’ve always wanted but never thought possible—The
Stark Naked 21-Day Metabolic Reset is the lifestyle plan to help you take control of your health and fitness
forever.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
Ebbin, Michelle
THE TOUCH REMEMDY
April -$24.99 pbk
The Touch Remedy is a concise, practical compendium of healing solutions for some of our most common
physical and emotional problems, including PMS, headaches, back and neck pain and digestion issues.
The Touch Remedy illustrates powerful strategies to strengthen the immune system, balance hormones,
optimize weight, detoxify the body, increase energy, rejuvenate skin, and prevent chronic disease along
with new ways to improve intimacy in relationships, bond with your children, and communicate through
touch. In each chapter, focused on a different modality, Ebbin provides clear instructions (coupled with
beautiful photography) and invaluable insight. Her approach to each solution is quick (2-3 minutes), easy
(3-steps), and useful. With candor, wisdom and charisma, Ebbin shares her knowledge about how taking
charge of your own health, by literally taking it into your own hands, can improve your body, mind and spirit,
and enhance every part of your life. Michelle Ebbin is a leading touch therapy and wellness expert. Harper
Elixir
First serial, Audio: HarperElixir; Dramatic: The Stuart Agency
Ehrman, Bart D.
JESUS BEFORE THE GOSPELS
March -$27.99
Leading Bible scholar, author, speaker, and public figure, Bart Ehrman (How Jesus Became God, Did Jesus
Exist?) examines oral tradition and its role in the creation of the New Testament and ultimately in our
understanding of Christianity. In his new book, he researches oral history behind the New Testament,
specifically the Gospels. Erhman uses various modes of scholarship-including psychology and
anthropology-to examine the role of memory in the Gospels. He observes how oral tradition evolves, and
how this tradition is important in both our understanding of the gospels and how the early Christian
communities kept the stories of Jesus alive after his death.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Author c/o HarperOne
Enns, Peter
THE SIN OF CERTAINTY
February -$25.99
Controversial evangelical Bible scholar and author of The Bible Tells Me So, Enns explains how
evangelicals have gone off course by putting belief and certainty at the center of the faith instead of simply
following and trusting Jesus. The Sin of Certainty will offer invaluable help to Christians who are finding that
traditional doctrine “once for all delivered to the saints” creates questions they can’t answer. Enns offers a
model of vibrant faith where skepticism does not mean a loss of belief, but instead an opportunity to deepen
religious conviction with courage and confidence. This is not just an intellectual conviction, but a more
profound kind of knowing that only true faith can provide. This work models, through a series of Enns’s
reflections on his own journey of faith combined with an examination of Scripture, an acceptance of mystery
and paradox. It will give Christians who have known only the demand for certainty the permission to view
faith on their own, sometimes flawed and unsure, yet heartfelt terms.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Creative Trust, Inc.
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Fuhrman, Joel
THE END OF HEART DISEASE
April -$27.99
New York Times bestselling author Joel Fuhrman (Super Immunity, The End of Diabetes) presents a
scientifically proven, practical program to prevent and reverse heart disease. Heart disease is the leading
cause of death in the United States, taking 600,000 lives each year. Drugs and surgery are often offered
as the only options for fighting the disease, resulting in skyrocketing demand for complicated, expensive
medical care. As with his previous programs that have tackled everything from diabetes to dieting, Dr.
Fuhrman’s plan begins with what we eat. He focuses on a high nutrient per calorie ratio, with a range of
options for different needs and conditions. He shows readers what to remove and add to our diets for
optimum heart health, and includes helpful questions for doctors and patients, as well as menu plans and
recipes for heart-healthy meals and snacks. By understanding heart disease and its triggers, Dr. Fuhrman
gives us the knowledge to counter-attack this widespread epidemic and live a longer, healthier life.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: DeFiore & Company, LLC.
Kries, Jennifer
WAKING ENERGY
March -$26.99
A groundbreaking synthesis of the greatest wisdom traditions of the east--from QiGong to yoga--designed
to reboot our energy reserves and unleash our potential, from unrivaled mind-body-spirit innovator Jennifer
Kries. By combining Western athleticism, Eastern philosophies, and ancient practices Waking Energy helps
readers integrate some of the greatest traditions on earth into their busy modern schedules. Each clear,
concise chapter covers one of the wisdom traditions. Kries succinctly explains the historical background of
the practice; its philosophy; the relevant exercises and movement sequences (illustrated with color
photographs of her demonstrating the postures); the areas being balanced and activated in the body, mind,
and spirit, as well as quick reference guide summaries for daily practice. The final chapter focuses on
different ways to combine the techniques in order to achieve energy mastery that will engender true
transformation in health, fitness, spiritual insight, and longevity. Harper Elixir
First serial, Audio: HarperElixir; Dramatic: Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Larson, Theresa
WARRIOR
April -$25.99
Theresa Larson has lived multiple lives: ten-year-old caregiver to a dying mother, All-Star high school,
college, and professional softball player, fitness competition winner and model, beauty pageant contestant,
high-achieving Marine platoon leader and combat veteran, and recovered bulimia survivor. In Warrior, she
takes readers into all of these roles, animating every snapshot in intimate and vivid detail, examining the
extremely personal and sometime painful moments. From growing up in a log cabin outside Seattle to
deployment in Iraq, Theresa’s journey proves that the path to health and happiness is a daily, intentional
act that requires persistence and commitment. Startling and hilarious, terrifying and triumphant,
heartbreaking and inspirational, this is ultimately a success story, written with the hope and desire to help
other people battling their own demons. Theresa offers the message that asking for help can be an act of
courage, and that we are all stronger than we think we are when faced with impossible odds.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Foundry Media, LLC.
Long, Jeffrey & Perry, Paul
GOD AND THE AFTERLIFE
February -$25.99
Based on the largest near-death experience study in history, involving 3,000 people from diverse
backgrounds and religious traditions, including nonbelievers, God and the Afterlife presents startling
evidence that a Supreme Being exists—and there is amazing consistency about what he is like. In his
bestselling book Evidence of the Afterlife, Dr. Long showed readers that there is a strong scientific case for
life after death. Now, he goes further, revealing evidence that God is real. At the Near Death Experience
Research Foundation, Dr. Long studied the stories of thousands of people who have journeyed to the
afterlife. Though there are a wide variety of differences in how people experience NDEs—some see a bright
light, others go through a tunnel, still others experience a review of their life—he discovered that many of
the accounts shared a remarkably similar description of God; a Supreme Being who radiated love and
grace. Groundbreaking and profound, it provides new insight into the human experience and expands our
notions of mortality, offering possibility, hope, and comfort.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Authors c/o HarperOne
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Ludwig, Robi
YOUR BEST AGE IS NOW
April -$25.99
Nationally-known psychotherapist and prominent television personality Dr. Robi Ludwig brings together the
latest scientific research with her extensive experience as a therapist to show women how to revolutionize
their perceptions of midlife and explode the age-based myths and stereotypes that keep women from feeling
great about being “middle-aged.” In Your Best Age Is Now, Dr. Ludwig will show women how to revolutionize
their own concepts of midlife by bringing myth-busting data from psychological and sociological research
that show things are simply not as bad as women think. She will share specific insights and tools to help
women: identify false thinking that is holding them back, question assumptions that keep them from realizing
their dreams, cope with family demands, find work that serves a soul-satisfying life and much more. Your
Best Age is Now will help readers unlock the secrets to thriving at midlife, providing strategies to help
women reject the status quo and become more “themselves” than ever before—and find the kind of
happiness they never thought possible.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: The Stuart Agency
Martin S.J., James
SEVEN LAST WORDS
February -$18.99
From the best-selling author (The Abbey. Jesus) and editor-at-large of America magazine, James Martin,
S.J., comes a new book about Jesus’s seven last words on the cross. In Seven Last Words, Martin explains
why Jesus on the cross is an important teaching moment in the Gospels and argues that at the core is the
message that Jesus loves, understands, and forgives. Martin explores the messages of grace within
Jesus’s final words and asserts that the cross is a symbol of our continued relationship with God.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Bookmark Literary Agency
Minich, Deanna
WHOLE DETOX
March -$27.99
Combining her experience as scientist, researcher, and clinician, Deanna Minich offers a comprehensive,
personalized approach to detox, one that allows readers to heal their unique set of physical challenges
while overcoming life obstacles. Whole Detox goes beyond any diet or detox book to offer a proven plan to
uncover all the obstacles that prevent you from feeling your best. Using an integrative, color-coded system
Deanna has developed and guided thousands of people through successfully, Whole Detox teaches
readers how to identify which of their 7 “health systems” are out of balance and need attention, and offers
a personalized prescription for exactly what they need to eat, do, and surround themselves with to feel
better. Deanna takes the reader on a systematic, step-by-step 21-day journey through all 7 systems, with
questionnaires and charts that allow readers to finally remove toxins, lose weight, repair existing health
issues, boost energy, improve relationships, and find purpose and passion.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Stephanie Trade Agency, LLC
Morissette, Alanis
PERFECT
February -$26.99
Grammy award–winning singer and songwriter Alanis Morissette shares her incredible journey from
Canadian pop star to international music legend. Morissette has redefined what it means to be an artist and
icon. From her soul–baring, breakthrough album, Jagged Little Pill, to her portrayal of God in Kevin Smith’s
Dogma, Morissette has consistently pushed the boundaries of creativity, challenging the music and TV/film
industries’ expectations of her, as well as upending any preconceived notions of the woman who wrote You
Ought to Know. Fearless, funny, and free, Morissette continues to make her own rules, and Perfect is no
different. Like her music, these pages are poignant, poetic, and grounded in the details of her rich life. The
book will offer readers Morissette’s intelligent, humorous, and one–of–kind perspective on music, acting,
and life as an artist, mother, wife, activist, and seeker.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: GSO Business Management, LLC.
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Prothero, Stephen
WHY LIBERALS WIN THE CULTURE WARS (EVEN WHEN THEY LOSE ELECTIONS) Jan -$26.99
Reading today’s headlines, you might think that the United States is headed for an unprecedented rift. As
our twenty-first century political battles rage—right vs. left, Obama vs. the Tea Party, Christian vs. Muslim—
we wait, anxiously, for a victor, and the cultural fragmentation that feels inevitable. However, the truth is,
this isn’t different from any other year in American history. As Stephen Prothero retells that story as a series
of culture wars, he reminds us of the flash points that have shaped our national identity: the conflict between
Puritans and dissenters in 17th-century Massachusetts; the Biblical debate over slavery leading up to the
Civil War; the anti-Mormon crusade of the Victorian era; the culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s; and the
current crusade against Islam. If that list makes one thing clear, it’s that our culture wars have always been
religious wars. To explore them is to look into the soul of America—and maybe, done right, to find fruitful
answers to the questions that beset us.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Seppala, Emma
THE HAPPINESS TRACK
January -$27.99
Emma Seppala, a leading expert on health psychology, well-being and resilience from Stanford University,
stands our current theories of success on their head and explains that taking care of our emotional wellbeing and being happy can fast track our professional and personal success. Seppala explains that we
don’t have to succeed at our personal expense or happiness. Rather, finding happiness and fulfillment may
just be the most productive thing we can do to thrive professionally. She offers an accessible survey of the
most important findings from the fields of cognitive psychology and neuroscience—research on happiness,
resilience, willpower, growth mindset, positive stress, creativity, optimism—as well as practical advice on
how to apply those scientific findings to our daily lives so we can nurture ourselves, fast track our success,
and create the stress-free, anxiety-free life we all want.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Anderson Literary Agency
Spong, John Shelby
BIBLICAL LITERALISM—A GENTLE HERESY
March -$26.99
Bestselling and controversial bishop and teacher John Shelby Spong (Why Christianity Must Change or
Die, Eternal Life) reveals how the church’s literal reading of the Gospels is heretical compared to what the
original Jewish authors meant to convey. Looking through the lens of the Gospel of Matthew, he explores
the literary and liturgical roots of this Jewish gospel and how the original reading provides a better blueprint
for the future than where the church’s leaden and heretical reading of the story of Jesus has led us.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Author c/o HarperOne
Williamson, Marianne
STANDING IN THE BREACH
February -$25.99
Bestselling author and world-renowned teacher Marianne Williamson became a guru to millions with the
publication of A Return to Love. Her latest book, Standing in the Breech once again returns to this topic,
exploring what God has to teach us through our closest relationships. The universe has one true intention
for us: that all life be actualized to its fullest divine potential, and we find this most fully through our
relationships. We meet and become involved with lovers and spouses and partners because through
interaction with them we will be challenged and healed, our rough parts will be made smooth. We can grow
through these relationships, and in fact reconnect with the initial romantic high that is the ultimate truth. This
work will show readers how to uncover the issues that are holding one back from finding that spiritual
connection with another person, ultimately leading to relationships that are healthy, thrilling, and soaked in
the divine, healing both our souls and our relationships.
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Author c/o HarperOne
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Wirzba, Norman
WAY OF LOVE
March -$25.99
Author of Food and Faith and Living the Sabbath, Norman Wirzba’s new book explains that at the core of
Christianity is love and everything goes wrong when Christians forget this basic truth. Why does Christianity
matter if it isn’t about love? Norman Wirzba, Duke University professor of Theology and Ecology, invites
the reader to experience the heart of Christianity that is centered on love. He notes that extensive
theological training cannot replace the way of love that transforms and connects the individual to
Christianity, and he uses testimonials, historical references, and Scripture to back his claim. Wirzba
explains that love allows us to move into the fullness of life, and says that what is at stake when we do not
love is a loss of faith. In his own words, “to fail to love is to lose God.”
First serial, Audio: HarperOne; Dramatic: Author c/o HarperOne
William Morrow
Fiction
Agee, Jonis
UNTITLED
April - $25.99
Set in the unforgiving Nebraska Sandhills in the years following the massacre at Wounded Knee, a multigenerational family saga, from the award-winning author of The River Wife. The novel opens with the
murder of J.B. Bennett, a white rancher, and Star, a young Native American woman. When their bodies are
discovered, it forces together the dysfunctional Bennett family—but as the mystery behind the deaths
unfolds, so does the family’s secrets. At the story’s heart are two extraordinary women: Dulcinea, J.B.’s
estranged wife, who struggles for redemption and the courage to mend her broken family, and her land;
and Rose, Star’s sister, who refuses to rest until the murderer is brought to justice. Told from the perspective
of a colorful cast whose lives are shaped by violence, love, and a desperate loyalty to the land. Agee’s new
novel is at once a mystery, a tragedy a romance and an unflagging exploration of the beauty and brutality
that defined the settling of the American West.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Emma Sweeney Agency
Crawford, Susan
THE OTHER WIDOW
January - $26.99
In the second novel of psychological suspense from the author of The Pocket Wife, a wealthy business
man dies in a car accident on an icy road, leaving behind the two women who loved him-- his wife and his
mistress. Was it really an accident? After her husband Joseph’s tragic and sudden death, Karen Dempsey
must accept the loss, the pain of his adultery and another looming threat . . . she’s being stalked. Karen
fights to clear her husband’s name and to discover what connection, if any, her faceless stalker has to his
death. Dorrie, his mistress, escaped from the wrecked car undetected but was nearly run down by an
unknown assailant. Now, being harassed by menacing calls and fighting to preserve her own flagging
marriage, she relies on her acting skills to pull her through the danger and grief that threaten to consume
her. Patrick Devlin, a zealous young insurance investigator, knows this was no accident and soon discovers
that the death he’d pegged as a suicide is actually a murder. Connected by the threads of two unraveling
marriages and the desire to keep what they consider necessary secrets, this unlikely trio often works at
cross purposes, leading to a shocking and deadly ending.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: The Bent Agency
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Daheim, Mary
HERE COMES THE BRIBE
February - $23.99
Judith McMonigle Flynn has her hands full with unexpected family ties and a dead body in the backyard in
this delightfully zany mystery in Mary Daheim’s popular Bed-and-Breakfast series. Rodney Schmuck and
his wife, Cleo, Hillside Manor’s latest guests, seem completely ordinary until Rodney reveals he has come
to visit his mother—who, he claims, is none other than Judith herself! Shocked to meet a son she’s certain
she never had, she insists he’s made a mistake. Then Rodney shows her a birth certificate from Norway
General Hospital listing Judith Anne Grover as his mother. Rodney announces he wants Judith to financially
compensate him for years of abandonment, but Judith’s got an even bigger problem on her hands when
one of the B&B’s own guests turns up dead. The previous two books in the series were Clam Wake and
Gone with the Win.
First Serial; Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: The Moran Agency
Dorsey, Tim
COCONUT COWBOY
January - $25.99
New York Times bestselling author Tim Dorsey sends his anti-hero Serge Storms to the Panhandle, in
search of the American Dream. This time Serge, with his addled travel buddy Coleman, mounts an iconic
motorcycle inspired by Easy Rider, determined to fulfill the original protagonists’ ill-fated dream of reaching
the Sunshine State. As they venture south through the Panhandle, Serge is on a mission to rediscover the
lost American Dream in the Main Street small towns running down the rural neck of the peninsula. Yet the
interstate-bypassed hamlets of his home state are now quite the same as elsewhere, and one particular
speed-trap locale is so aggressively corrupt that investigators are baffled where to start. Will Serge’s path
intersect with this hyper-dysfunctional bucolicness? Dorsey’s previous novels were Tiger Shrimp Tango
and Shark Skin Suite.
Audio: William Morrow; First Serial, Dramatic: Sobel Weber Associates
Evanovich, Stephanie
THE BEST EVER
March - $26.99
The New York Times bestselling author of Big Girl Panties and The Sweet Spot is back with a funny, sweet,
and sizzling novel about the game of love. Star quarterback, first-round draft-pick, and heartthrob Tyson
Palmer had made a name for himself with his spectacular moves, but when Tyson makes a Hail Mary pass
at redemption, he succeeds with everyone but Dani, whose negative comments about his performance
draw high ratings and spectacular notices of her own. Dani can’t forgive Tyson for the passionate love they
shared in college that he casually threw away, and even more infuriating, he doesn’t recognize who she is
now! What will happen when Tyson—riding high now that he’s revived his career—realizes he needs to
make an even more important comeback with Dani? Can he make some spectacular moves to get past her
defenses—or will she sideline him for good?
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Jane Rotrosen Agency
Gaylin, Alison
WHAT REMAINS OF ME
February - $26.99
L.A. Confidential meets Gone Girl in this standalone novel from the USA Today bestselling author of the
Brenna Spector series, Alison Gaylin. An enigmatic 17-year-old girl commits the crime of the century in
1980 when she shoots and kills a famous movie director -- for reasons known only to her. Five years after
her release from prison, her past comes back to haunt her when she is suspected in yet another high profile
murder. What Remains of Me is a dark tale of revenge, guilt and innocence lost, in which 30-year-old
secrets come to light and no one is as they seem.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Gelfman Schneider Literary
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Gowda, Shilpi Somaya
THE GOLDEN SON
January - $26.99
Shilpi Somaya Gowda, author of the bestselling novel Secret Daughter, returns with an unforgettable love
story. Young Anil Patel leaves his tradition-bound life in a village in Gujurat to complete his medical
residency in Dallas. He is the first person in his family to leave India and the first to go to college, rather
than become a farmer. More importantly to his family though: Anil is the eldest boy, the golden son. As the
eldest, he will inherit the mantle of arbiter for all family disputes, from minor squabbles to serious conflicts.
Anil wants no part of this tradition and is determined to define himself apart from his family. At the same
time, Leena, a young girl and Anil’s dear childhood friend, leaves her parents’ house to join her husband at
his family compound in an arranged marriage. She soon finds that nothing is as she’d hoped it would be
and must make a difficult decision that will change her life forever. This accomplished novel follows Anil
and Leena as they realize their identities. Anil finds himself torn between a beautiful American girl and
Leena. Leena must decide whether she will obey tradition or follow her heart.
First Serial; Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Pande Literary
Hamilton, Glen Erik
UNTITLED
March - $25.99
Following Past Crimes, this is the second novel in Glen Erik Hamilton’s critically acclaimed thriller series
about Army Sergeant Van Shaw. On a favor, Van hikes deep into the forest of the Olympic Mountains in
search of a missing girl with ties to Van’s own criminal past. There he finds a brutal murder scene, including
a victim from one of Seattle’s most influential families. A fellow Ranger from Afghanistan turns up at Van’s
doorstep, seeking support from his former sergeant as Van wrestles with his own reemerging PTSD. The
murder investigation leads to heavy pressure, with a billionaire businessman on one side and vicious thugs
on the other, all of them willing to play dirty. When trusted friends betray him, Van has to enlist help from
some unexpected places, including someone Van believed was lost forever. A hidden player with a lot of
muscle has the plans and material to unleash a firestorm on Seattle, and aims to burn Van and his people
to ashes right along with it.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Aaron M Priest Literary Agency
Hill, Joe
THE FIREMAN
April - $28.99
From Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Horns, comes a thrilling new novel about
a worldwide pandemic that’s making civilization go up in smoke: “Dragonscale” — a highly contagious,
deadly spore that kills its hosts by spontaneous combustion. No one knows where it came from; there is no
antidote. Soon, a million people have it worldwide. There’s a fire on every street corner; hospitals have
become funeral pyres. Harper Grayson is three months pregnant when she discovers the telltale goldflecked marks on her skin. A nurse who has treated hundreds of infected patients, Harper knows she is
sure to burn, but she is also aware that some medical research suggests the baby might be born
uninfected . . . if she can live long enough to deliver her child. There’s a rumor: the story of the Fireman.
He strolls the ruins of New Hampshire, a madman afflicted with Dragonscale who has learned to wield flame
itself, using it as a shield for the ill and as a weapon in the service of the wronged. Harper will do anything
to find the Fireman and learn his secrets—before what’s left of her life goes up in smoke.
Audio: William Morrow; First Serial, Dramatic: Choate Agency
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Jackson, Joshilyn
THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYONE
February - $26.99
Paula Vauss had an unusual childhood, living on the road with her free-wheeling, hippie mother, Kai, a
roving storyteller who re-invented their history every year. When she was eleven, Paula told the wrong truth
at the wrong time, sending her mother to prison and landing herself in foster care. Paula hasn’t seen her
mother for fifteen years. In her current incarnation, she’s a tough-as-nails Atlanta attorney with an
impressive string of wins. She lives alone and likes it that way, but when her estranged mother goes missing
out in Texas, a secret from the ever-mutable past lands on Paula’s doorstep, literally, and Paula learns
she’s not an only child. She enlists the help of Zach Birdwine, an ex-cop and Paula’s ex-lover. With the
case heating up and ghosts of her past selves and her past decisions rising, Paula needs his skill set. From
the nationally bestselling author of Someone Else’s Love Story, this a story about how the tales we tell
connect us, break us, and define us, and how the endings and beginnings we choose can destroy us or
make us whole.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: J. de S. Associates, Inc.
Jiles, Paulette
NEWS OF THE WORLD
March - $26.99
From bestselling author of Stormy Weather and Enemy Women comes a new novel set after the Civil War,
in which an aging Army captain agrees to transport a young girl, held captive by the Kiowa tribe for four
years, back to her people in San Antonio, Texas. Johanna’s family was killed in an Indian raid years earlier,
but the little girl had been spared, renamed Cicada, and raised as a Native American. The Captain agrees
to transport the girl on the 400-mile journey to south Texas. Traveling with Cicada is difficult as she is very
stubborn but slowly, the two lonely survivors build a bond of trust and Cicada proves to be a dead shot with
a revolver during a spectacular gunfight with bandits. When the duo reaches San Antonio, The Captain
must hand her over to an aunt and uncle who regard the girl as little more than a savage and an unwanted
burden. Now he faces a terrible choice for a respectable man: abandon the girl to her fate or become—in
the eyes of the law—a kidnapper.
Audio: William Morrow; First Serial, Dramatic: Darhansoff & Verrill
Johnson, Julia Claiborne
BE FRANK WITH ME
March - $25.99
In Los Angeles, a reclusive literary legend holed up in her Bel Air mansion is anxious to provide for the
future of her young eccentric son. After losing her money to a Bernie Madoff-style ponzi scheme, the writer
M.M. “Mimi” Banning is forced to write her first new book in decades. When her publisher insists on sending
an on-premise assistant to keep an eye on her progress, Mimi reluctantly complies. Alice, a young assistant,
flies cross-country to live in the mansion where she ultimately becomes a full-time companion to Mimi’s son
Frank, who is always donning an elaborate get-up (whether coat-tails or an aviator’s helmet) and uses
words like “verisimilitude.” Alice also becomes consumed with finding out who Frank’s father is and how
his gorgeous “piano teacher and itinerant male role model” fits into the family equation. A debut novel with
the spunk of Eloise and the psychological quirks of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and
the page-turning spirit of Where’d You Go Bernadette?, Be Frank With Me will charm readers from
beginning to end.
Audio: William Morrow; First Serial, Dramatic: ICM
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Maynard, Joyce
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
February - $25.99
The New York Times bestselling author of Labor Day returns with a poignant story about the true meaning,
and the true price, of friendship. Alcohol cost Helen her marriage and custody of David, her seven-year-old
son. Though she once had aspirations to be an art photographer, she now photographs grade-school
children and works society parties for a catering company. When she meets Ava and Swift Havilland, Helen
is instantly enchanted by these wealthy, connected philanthropists and their home filled with glamorous
friends, edgy art, and fabulous parties. As Helen increasingly falls under the Havillands’ influence, Ava and
Swift hire a good lawyer to help her regain custody of her son, but the debt Helen now owes them is about
to come due. David witnesses an accident involving Swift, his grown son, Cooper, and the daughter of the
Havillands’ housekeeper. With David’s future in the balance, Helen must choose between the truth and the
friends who have given her everything.
Audio: William Morrow; First Serial, Dramatic: Kuhn Projects
Mosse, Kate
TAXIDERMIST’S DAUGHTER
March - $26.99
Internationally bestselling author Kate Mosse (Labyrinth, Sepulchre, Citadel) is at the height of her
storytelling powers with this eerie, spine-tingling historical thriller. It’s 1912, and in a rural English
churchyard, villagers gather on St Mark’s Eve, the night when ghosts of those who will die in the coming
year are said to appear and walk through the church doors. Constantia Gifford stands alone, twenty-two
and unmarried, living with her father in Blackthorn House, the decaying mansion that was Gifford’s once
world-famous museum of taxidermy. Why the museum closed, and how the Giffords fell so low is never
spoken of, and a childhood accident has robbed Connie of any memory of her earlier days. When the
midnight bell has finished tolling, a woman lies dead. Connie struggles to discover who is responsible, and
why the stranger’s death causes memories to surface from her own vanished years. Who is the mysterious
figure that seems to be watching her from the marsh near her house? Who does her father seem to be
protecting with his silence? Most importantly, what is the secret that lies at the heart of Blackthorn House,
hidden among the bell jars of her father’s workshop?
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: InkWell Management
Murphy, Shirley Rousseau
CAT SHOUT FOR JOY
February - $19.99
Feline P. I. Joe Grey and his pals are back solving crime in the 19th installment of the enchanting series.
Joe Grey and Dulcie grieve for the old yellow cat as Misto’s life draws to an end, but a philosophical Misto
tells them that a bright new era awaits him. He predicts, as well, that among the kittens Dulcie and Joe are
expecting will be a little calico returned from the distant past, with the exact same markings as Joe Grey
himself. As the pair awaits the birth of their babies, Kate Osborne succeeds in buying the old Pamillon
estate; and Ryan Flannery begins construction of a new cat shelter as part of their volunteer rescue project;
while at Molena Point PD, patrols are increased to apprehend a mugger who preys on the elderly. Then
one of the victims dies and it is now up to the cats, and the police, to find links between the victims. Murphy’s
most recent mystery was The Cat, The Devil, The Last Escape.
Audio: William Morrow; First Serial, Dramatic: Martha Millard Agency
Pauw, Marion
GIRL IN THE DARK
February - $25.99
Internationally bestselling author Marion Pauw delivers a domestic thriller about a long-lost brother
convicted of a horrifying crime and a sister’s fight to clear his name. Iris is a successful lawyer and single
mother trying desperately to keep it all together with a full caseload, a young son with behavior issues, and
a judgmental mother. By coincidence Iris stumbles across a deep family secret: a brother, Ray Boelens,
who Iris discovers is autistic and in jail for brutally murdering his neighbor and her daughter. Iris goes to
visit Ray and finds a man who looks so much like her own son, with a naiveté that unnerves her. Ray is odd
and obsessive, unable to communicate, but is he really a killer? Told from Ray’s and Iris’s points of view,
Girl In The Dark is a page-turning thriller about lies, murder and the tenacity of a family staying together
despite being torn apart at the seams.
Audio: William Morrow; First Serial, Dramatic: InkWell Management
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Powers, Tim
MEDUSA’S WEB
January - $26.99
From the award-winning author of Hide Me Among the Graves and Last Call, comes an intriguing new
thriller in which one man must uncover the supernatural secrets of 1920s Hollywood in order to save his
sister. After the death of their grandmother, Scott and Madeline Madden return to their childhood home,
only to find themselves in “the House of Usher in the Hollywood Hills.” Their decadent and reclusive cousins
Claimayne and Ariel are addicted to “spiders,” ancient eight-limbed patterns that provoke unpredictable
temporal dislocations in those unwise enough to view them. It soon becomes evident that the ghost of their
deceased grandmother is trying to possess Madeline’s body through the spider patterns, and Scott
discovers that to save his sister he must allow himself to fall under the sway of the perilous spiders.
Audio: William Morrow; First Serial, Dramatic: Scovil, Chichak & Galen Literary Agency, Inc.
Rowley, Aidan Donnelley
THE RAMBLERS
February - $25.99
Set in New York City, The Ramblers is the captivating story of three lost souls trying to find their way to
happiness. Clio Marsh is a brilliant ornithologist known for her popular bird-watching rambles through
Central Park. Clio keeps a solitary life as a way to cope with her broken childhood, but as she falls in love
with a much older man, she must come to terms with her past and try to make sense of what the future
might hold. Smith Anderson has been Clio’s best friend since their first fateful days as undergraduates at
Yale, when a painful secret bound them forever to each other. Smith’s life has been a wreck ever since her
fiancé mysteriously called off their engagement and quickly married another woman. As Smith’s younger
sister prepares to wed her college sweetheart, Smith finds herself spiraling out of control and into the arms
of an old friend. Tate, a quirky photographer, is on the verge of a bitter divorce, but now he is hoping for a
second chance at love. Set over the course of one life-changing week, The Ramblers is a sumptuous, sexy
and, in the end, joy-filled novel about fate, loss, hope and the mysteries of the human spirit. Rowley is also
the author of Life After Yes.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: The Kneerim & Williams Agency LLC.
Rollins, James & Blackwood, Grant
WAR HAWK
April - $27.99
Former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his war dog Kane are thrust into a global conspiracy that threatens
to shake the foundations of American democracy in this second exciting Sigma Force spin off adventure
following The Kill Switch. Tucker Wayne’s past and his present collide when a former army colleague comes
to him for help. She’s on the run from brutal assassins hunting her and her son. To keep them safe, Tucker
must discover who killed a brilliant young idealist—a crime embedded in the most powerful figures in the
U.S. government. From the haunted ruins of a southern plantation to the beachheads of a savage civil war
in Trinidad, Tucker and Kane must discover the truth behind a mystery that leads back to World War II, to
a true event that is even now changing the world . . . and will redefine what it means to be human.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Scovil, Chichak & Galen Literary Agency, Inc.
Smith, Wilbur
UNTITLED
March - $28.99
The New York Times bestselling author of Desert God and Golden Lion returns with a gripping
contemporary adventure-thriller, the third book in his hugely popular Hector Cross series. Major Hector
Cross, an ex-SAS operative and the man behind the world’s most powerful private-security firm, has
survived explosive tangles with warlords, pirates, and arms dealers. In this new adventure, co-written with
internationally bestselling author Tom Cain, Cross faces both an old enemy and a deadly new nemesis in
pursuit of global domination.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Tibor Jones Management Ltd
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Todd, Charles
NO SHRED OF EVIDENCE
January - $25.99
New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd brings back Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge, who must
unravel an unsolved, old case before he can bring a murderer to justice. In Cornwall an act of mercy is
repaid by an arrest for murder. Four young women have been accused of a crime, and when an irate father
calls in a favor at the Home Office, Scotland Yard is asked to review the case. Dispatched to the scene,
Detective Inspector Ian Rutledge must deal with the father of another young woman, who swears he
witnessed the murder and demands justice. To clear the names of the accused, Rutledge will have to find
the key to a much older mystery that was never solved and that still haunts the village to this day. A Fine
Summer’s Day was the previous mystery featuring Ian Rutledge.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Jane Chelius Literary
Wellington, David
THE CYCLOPS INITIATIVE
January - $25.99
David Wellington returns with an all new fast-paced Jim Chapel action thriller, following his acclaimed
novels Chimera and The Hydra Protocol. Jim Chapel, the one-armed veteran spy returns, this time on the
wrong side of the law. The person he trusts most in the world, the brilliant hacker known only as Angel, has
been accused of being a terrorist. He knows his friend has been framed, but when his boss calls for Angel’s
arrest, Jim has only one option: to go rogue. He must find Angel--a woman he’s never actually met--and
clear her name. It won’t be easy with a deadly Marine sniper, a drone aircraft gone feral, and the entire
intelligence community hunting for them. Along the way, he’ll enlist the aid of old friends and his ex-lover
Julia in a desperate race to uncover who framed Angel. What Jim discovers is a conspiracy with deep roots-and a plan that will destroy the United States as we know it.
First Serial; Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Scovil, Chichak & Galen Literary Agency, Inc.
Williams, Beatriz
A CERTAIN AGE
March - $26.99
It’s the Jazz Age in Manhattan and wealthy society hostess Marie Marshall has found love at last—after
years married to a philandering husband—with Octavian, a handsome young aviator newly returned from
the battlefields of Europe. When Marie’s brother proposes marriage to Sophie, the daughter of an upstart
industrialist, she sends Octavian to investigate the industrialist’s shifty origins. As Octavian works his way
into Sophie’s confidence, he falls under the spell of the enchanting young woman…just as he uncovers the
traces of a shocking family secret. A reinterpretation of Strauss’s classic Der Rosenkavalier, the love
triangle of Sophie, Marie, and Octavian transforms into a saga of divided loyalties and dangerous
revelations, until Marie is forced into a devastatingly bittersweet choice. A Certain Age is a compulsively
readable tale of familial intrigue, romance and scandal sure to delight fans of this New York Times
bestselling author.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: ICM
William Morrow
Non-Fiction
Alpert, Karen
UNTITLED
April - $19.99
In this next highly anticipated book by the New York Times bestselling author of I Heart My Little A-Holes,
Karen Alpert (aka Baby Sideburns of the wildly popular parenting blog) brings us her brutally honest and
hilarious take on parenting guides. Regular moms and dads everywhere are worried that they’re bad
parents. They see parents on Facebook and Pinterest showing off their children who always look smiley
and put together, standing in pristine Pottery Barn playrooms. They see posts from parents complaining
because they can’t get their daughter to eat her french fries because she’s too full from broccoli. Despite
what the world is telling us every day, Alpert reassures readers there is no such thing as the perfect parent.
Yes, parenting is messy, parenting is hard. Parenting brings out the best AND the worst in us and some of
the best parents in the world are mediocre parents.
First Serial; Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Chalberg & Sussman
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Alter, Cathy
CRUSH
February - $19.99
Memoirists Cathy Alter and Dave Singleton edit a star-studded, delightful anthology on love, longing and
the lasting power of that first celebrity crush, full of heartbreak, humiliation and hilarity. Contributors include
Stephen King, Carrie Fisher, James Franco, Roxane Gay, Jodi Picoult, Emily Gould and Hanna Rosin,
among many others. Their crushes run the gamut from Donny Osmond to River Phoenix. Obsessive fanletter writing, pictures taped into lockers, posters above beds--it’s all here. Some of these essays will make
you laugh, some might make you cry, but they are all swoon-worthy and unforgettable—just like your first
celebrity crush.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Wendy Sherman Associates
Boilen, Bob
YOUR SONG CHANGED MY LIFE
April - $25.99
Is there an unforgettable song that changed your life? From the beloved host and creator of NPR’s All
Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts comes an essential oral history of modern music, told in the
voices of iconic and up-and-coming musicians, including: Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), St. Vincent, Jonsi
(Sigur Ros), Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), David Byrne (Talking Heads), Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters),
Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Jenny Lewis, Carrie Brownstein (Portlandia, Sleater-Kinney), Cat Stevens, Colin
Meloy (The Decemberists) and other artists. A diverse collection of personal experiences, both ordinary
and extraordinary, Your Song Changed My Life illustrates the ways in which music is revived, restored, and
revolutionized. It is also a testament to the power of music in our lives, and an inspiration for future artists
and music lovers.
First Serial; Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Levine Greenberg Agency
Carlsen, William
JUNGLE OF STONE
March - $28.99
When they set out to explore the jungles of Central America, Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of the Species
was still twenty years away. In the West, the bible was the basic template of history, and most people
believed the world was less than 6,000 years old. What John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood
discovered— the wondrous ruins of Mayan civilization— would change western thinking forever. No longer
was it so easy to discount native groups and societies as savages left behind by the modern world; here
was evidence of their own stunning modernity. This is an extraordinary story, uncovering the rich history of
the ruins as veteran journalist William Carlsen himself follows Stephens and Catherwood’s path through
present day Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Jungle of Stone offers a fascinating window into one of the
greatest untold stories of 19th century exploration.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Writers House LLC
Dykstra, Lenny
LENNYBALL
March - $27.99
Arguably the wildest and craziest sports memoir ever written: from Lenny Dykstra, the legendary member
of the 1980s Mets and ‘90s Phillies, a tell-all memoir about his years playing baseball and his equally
tumultuous post-baseball career. The story of the underdog whose grit, hustle, and reckless abandon made
him an indispensable part of the 1986 Mets, one of the most iconic World Series champions in baseball
history. Lennyball is the unrepentant inside account of wild nights of excess during the ‘80s and early ‘90s
sports world. It’s also Lenny’s equally fascinating post-baseball career, in which he made millions as a
stock market “guru” before landing in prison-making national headlines every step of the way. Told for the
first time, this is a no-holds-barred account of Lenny’s tumultuous career from stardom, to steroid and
alcohol abuse, to jail, to looking ahead to better times.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: N.S. Bienstock, Inc.
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Keenan, Jillian
SEX WITH SHAKESPEARE
April - $25.99
A provocative, deeply moving, and often absurdly funny memoir about how a young woman came to
understand love and sexuality through the work of Shakespeare. Jillian Keenan’s childhood was filled with
broken relationships. Her mother was estranged from her parents, her father was estranged from his
parents, and her parents were estranged from each other. The only exposure Jillian had to loving
relationships came from Hollywood movies and TV shows. It wasn’t until she started studying Shakespeare
that she began to understand love, in all its many forms. Sex With Shakespeare tells the story of how
Shakespeare’s plays helped Jillian understand human relationships and her own sexuality--and find a
happy ending of her own.
Audio: William Morrow; First Serial, Dramatic: Kuhn Projects
Kingsland, James
SIDDHARTHA’S BRAIN
March - $27.99
A groundbreaking exploration of the “science of enlightenment,” told through the lens of the journey of
Siddhartha (aka Buddha), by Guardian science editor James Kingsland. While the foundations of western
science and philosophy were being laid by the great thinkers of Ancient Greece, Siddhartha Gautama, a
homeless man in his late 30s, sat beneath a fig tree in India discovering the astonishing capabilities of the
human brain and the secrets of mental wellness and spiritual “enlightenment.” Framed by the historical
journey and teachings of the Buddha, Siddhartha’s Brain shows how meditative and Buddhist practice
anticipated the findings of cutting-edge science by two millennia. Moving from the evolutionary history of
the brain to the disorders and neuroses associated with modern life, Kingsland shows why the ancient
practice of mindfulness has been so beneficial and so important for human beings across time. Siddhartha’s
Brain offers a leading-edge, big-picture assessment of meditation and mindfulness: how it works, what it
does to our brains, and why meditative practice has never been more important than it is now.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: The Science Factory
Pacelle, Wayne
THE HUMANE ECONOMY
March - $26.99
A major new exploration of the economics of animal exploitation and of how we can use the marketplace
to promote the welfare of all living creatures, by the renowned animal-rights advocate Wayne Pacelle,
President/CEO of the Humane Society of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of The
Bond. In the 1800’s, New Bedford, Massachusetts was the whaling capital of the world. By the middle of
the 19th century whale populations were hunted nearly to extinction by whalers seeking profits. Then the
harpooners were pushed out by the advent of fossil fuels; today the whale populations are on the rebound.
This transformation is emblematic of a new sort of economic revolution, one that has the power to transform
animal welfare in the coming years. In The Humane Economy, Wayne Pacelle, embarks on a practical
exploration of how our everyday economic decisions impact animal welfare.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Ross Yoon Agency
Selingo, Jeffrey
THERE IS LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
April - $25.99
The antidote to parents’ anxiety about their kids being prepared for the job market upon graduation -- a
hopeful and inspiring guide on what to do right, from Jeffrey Selingo, bestselling author of College Unbound.
The facts are daunting: 1.7 million students will graduate with a bachelor’s degree from an American
institution; the average student-loan debt is $33,000; 44 percent of graduates ages 22 to 27 are
underemployed; and the average age of financial independence for today’s college graduates is 30. Many
parents are left wondering: what did I pay all that money for? Jeffrey Selingo offers students, parents, and
recent graduates practical advice on what they should be doing during these college years to acquire indemand skills that will jumpstart their careers. There Is Life After College gives parents and college-age
students a blueprint for doing the right things in college to reduce the anxiety about what happens when
they get out. Following Selingo’s plan will help graduates launch themselves professionally in an evolving
economy.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Ross Yoon Agency
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Torres, Tia
UNDERDOGS
April - $26.99
A collection of heartwarming, funny, and inspiring stories about rescued pit bulls from Tia Torres, beloved
pit bull advocate and star of Animal Planet’s hit show “Pit Bulls & Parolees”. Tia Torres has devoted her life
to proving to the world that pit bulls have nothing but love to give, and that the stereotypes about their
inherent bad behavior are false. As the owner of the Villalobos Rescue Center in New Orleans, the largest
pit bull facility in the world, and the star of a hit Animal Planet show about pit bulls, Tia knows more than
anyone that it’s because of their easygoing, adaptable and vulnerable nature that the dogs are so easily
taken advantage of. Combining never-before-told rescue stories with the most popular ones from “Pit Bulls
and Parolees,” Underdogs is a testament to the love these dogs have to give when offered the chance.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: William Morris Endeavor
Yang, Jinduan
FACING EAST
March - $25.99
In Facing East, Dr. Jingduan Yang, a fifth-generation practitioner of Chinese medicine and a respected
authority in integrative medicine joins forces with style icon and wellness advocate, Norma Kamali to reveal
the ancient healing secrets, adapted for the modern age, that will help preserve, maintain, and restore
vitality, health, and beauty in all its forms. Drawing from 2,500 years of wisdom adapted to today’s lifestyles,
Facing East teaches how to restore qi—the vital energy at the root of every function in the human body—
to become both internally healthy and externally radiant.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow; Dramatic: Creative Management Partners
Harper Voyager
Allan, Jay
FUNERAL GAMES
January - $15.99 pbk
The third book in the Far Stars series after Shadow of Empire and Enemy in the Dark, this novel concludes
the battle for the unification and rule of the Far Stars Confederation. After Marshal Lucerne is assassinated
at the behest of the imperial governor, his forces, with no clear successor, begin to fragment, and his
lieutenants start battling each other to inherit his position. Blackhawk was the marshal’s chosen successor,
but he refuses at first, unable to bring himself to accept a top military command after his experiences as an
imperial general. After finally claiming the succession, Blackhawk quickly defeats the rival claimants
(several of whom are secretly backed by the imperial governor) and unites all of Lucerne’s remaining forces.
Now in command of the Far Stars, Blackhawk faces a difficult choice - to stay and rule beside the woman
he loves, or to leave before he succumbs to the darkness within?
First serial, Audio: Harper Voyager; Dramatic: Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency
Bonesteel, Elizabeth
THE COLD BETWEEN
March - $16.99 pbk
The Cold Between is the start to a stellar military science-fiction series, with a hint of mystery and romance
in the tradition of Lois McMaster Bujold. Central Corps starship mechanic Elena Shaw doesn’t have time to
grieve when her crewmate Danny is murdered during shore leave on the rich-but-lawless colony planet
Volhynia. All evidence points to Treiko Zajec: former captain of one of the huge generation ships making
up the mostly-benevolent outlaw tribe known as PSI, and Elena’s lover. However, Elena knows Trey is
innocent and the cops are covering for the real killer. Elena and Trey discover Danny was studying the
mysterious explosion of a Central Corps starship twenty-five years ago, at a wormhole near Volhynia. An
explosion that Central Gov has been lying about ever since, even willing to risk a war with PSI to protect
the secrets of the wormhole. Forced on the run, Elena and Trey head to the wormhole. What they find on
the other side points to a conspiracy deep within Central Gov, and a threat to human civilization throughout
the inhabited reaches of the galaxy.
First serial, Audio: Harper Voyager; Dramatic: Liza Dawson Associates
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Chan, Kylie
BLACK JADE
January - $7.99 pbk
From the International bestselling author of The Dark Heavens and Journey to Wudang series comes the
third and final book in the Celestial Battle series following the story of John Chen and Emma Donohoe. The
Heavenly defenses struggle to hold against the combined might of the Eastern and Western demon hordes.
The God of War Xuan Wu is now at full strength—but is his might enough to safeguard the realm when half
the Heavens are already in their hands? As everything around them falls apart, John and Emma must fight
a last-ditch desperate struggle to conserve their kingdom and protect their families. Dark Serpent and
Demon Child were the first two titles in the Celestial Battle series.
Audio: Harper Voyager; First serial, Dramatic: HarperCollins Australia
Douglas, Ian
STARSCAPE
January - $7.99 pbk
Galaxies collide in the thrilling new Andromedan Dark series from bestselling author Ian Douglas, as the
last humans in the universe face off against a chilling new threat. 2162: Thirty-eight years after first contact,
Lord Commander Grayson St. Clair leads the Tellus Ad Astra on an unprecedented expedition to the
Galactic Core, carrying more than a million scientists, diplomats, soldiers, and AIs. Despite his reservations
about their alien hosts, St. Clair is deeply committed to his people—especially after they’re sucked into a
black hole and spat out four billion years in the future. Civilizations have risen and fallen. The Andromeda
Galaxy is drifting into the Milky Way, and Earth is most certainly a distant memory. All that matters now is
survival. As the ship’s Marines search for allies amid ancient ruins and strange new planetary structures,
St. Clair must wrap his mind around an enemy capable of harnessing a weapon of incomprehensible power:
space itself.
Audio: Harper Voyager; First serial, Dramatic: Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency
Gordon, Alex
JERICHO
January - $14.99 pbk
In this gripping follow-up to Gideon, Lauren Reardon must think about her own future as she battles an
even more ancient evil. Lauren has recently learned that she is a Child of Endor, a sect of witches who
believe that they have been empowered to guard the “thin places”—areas where evil can more easily
breach the divide between our world and that of the restless dead. She was warned that there were other
thin places throughout the world, and that she would be called upon to close these breaches and prevent
sinister souls from infiltrating our realm. After seeing a vision of an Oregon forest, she returns to the Pacific
Northwest to further investigate. People had long whispered about the abandoned logging camp of Jericho,
of the disappearances, the strange sounds heard in the woods at night. Yet the ghost stories only hint at
the evil lurking in the ruined buildings—an evil with roots in ancient times. An evil that Lauren never
imagined could exist, and that she must face even at the risk of her life, and her soul.
Audio: Harper Voyager; First serial, Dramatic: Donald Maass Literary Agency
Harbour, Katherine
NETTLE KING
April - $12.99 pbk
The mesmerizing conclusion to the Night and Nothing series—part Buffy the Vampire Slayer and part Alice
in Wonderland—finds Finn fighting against the land of the dead. In Nettle King, Finn’s efforts to enter the
land of the dead and find Jack result in a dangerous fissure that gives the dead access to the true world.
Then their friend Moth returns with Sombrus, the magical house once owned by Seth Lot, with terrible news:
Something dark--something that resembles Jack—has escaped Sombrus and is now stalking Fair Hollow,
killing, turning others into Jacks and Jills, and recruiting the Unseelie—and it wants Finn.
First serial, Audio: Harper Voyager; Dramatic: Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
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Hogan, Mitchell
BLOOD OF INNOCENTS
February - $17.99 pbk
The second book in The Sorcery Ascendant Sequence following A Crucible of Souls. Anasoma, jewel of
the Mahruse Empire, has fallen. As Caldan and his companions flee the city, horrors from the time of the
Shattering begin to close in. With Miranda’s mind broken by forbidden sorcery, Caldan is forced to disobey
the most sacrosanct laws of the Protectors if he is to have any chance of healing her. However, when one
of the emperor’s warlocks arrives to take control of him, he begins to suspect his burgeoning powers may
be more of a curse than a blessing, and that the enemies assailing the empire may be rivaled by even more
sinister forces within.
First serial, Audio: Harper Voyager; Dramatic: HarperCollins Australia
Kadrey, Richard
THE EVERYTHING BOX
April - $24.99
The first in an all new series from New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey, in the vein of edgy,
offbeat comedic writers like Chris Moore and Matt Ruff. 4000 years ago, a beautiful, grimly determined
angel stands on a mountaintop and looks out over the beautiful world and the little people below. The angel
is excited about his task, which is to destroy the last of humanity after the great flood. He usually doesn’t
get to do field work, so this is a chance for a promotion. The angel reaches into his pocket for the instrument
of humanity’s doom. Then the other pocket. Frantically, he pats himself down. Nope. He’s lost the object.
Fast forward to the present day, where a thief named Coop (a thief who specializes in stealing magic
objects) has just been hired to steal a small box. Not long after delivering the box, Coop is snatched up by
The Department of Peculiar Science, who believes the box isn’t an heirloom - it’s a doomsday device. This
object is powerful, and everyone’s out to get it. Kadrey is the author of the Sandman Slim series and, most
recently, The Getaway God.
Audio: Harper Voyager; First serial, Dramatic: Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Kittredge, Caitlin
GRIM TIDINGS
March - $14.99 pbk
The second book in the commercial dark fantasy series featuring a badass heroine from award-winning
Vertigo comic author Caitlin Kittredge. Ava is now a masterless hellhound, and Leo has died and returned
as the Grim Reaper—the first in centuries. As both try to adjust to their new roles, Ava’s past comes back
to wreak havoc...on the whole world. A breed of monsters that act like zombies with the intelligence of
vampires (nicknamed “zompires”) who first ran into Ava in a Nazi death camp in the 1940s have now been
sighted in Kansas, spreading their infection faster than ever. Behind the outbreak is Cain, released after
being locked up for millennia in Hell. To stop Cain, Ava must strike a deal with past foes, and in the process
she learns some deeply buried truths about her past, and Leo’s future. The first book in this series was
Black Dog.
Audio: Harper Voyager; First serial, Dramatic: Barry Goldblatt Literary, LLC
Lowe, Helen
DAUGHTER OF BLOOD
February - $7.99 pbk
Sworn to defend Haarth from the vile Darkswarm, the Nine Houses of the Derai stand less than united.
With a half-Blood daughter to be married off to the Earl of Night, political bickering threatens their sacred
bonds. Meanwhile, Malian, the Chosen One, and her trusted friend Kalan, roam the southern lands in
pursuit of their destinies—though their Houses believe they are dead. Following Malian’s prophecy, Kalan
seeks safe passage to the Wall of Night in time for the wedding, but the port of Grayharbor offers more
secrets than allies. Malian has made an uneasy truce of her own in her quest for a powerful relic… and an
army. She must act fast. For already Swarm demons have descended upon Haarth, shedding blood in the
name of unholy vengeance.
First serial, Audio, Dramatic: Writers’ House, LLC
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Cookbooks
Dickerman, Sara
THE BON APPETIT FOOD LOVER’S CLEANSE
January - $30.00
The Bon Appetit Food Lover’s Cleanse is an expansion of the magazine’s popular online plan, an interactive
two-week post-holiday program that helps readers reboot their eating habits by following a detailed
schedule that maps out every meal, complete with recipes. The Food Lover’s Cleanse was developed by
Sara Dickerman along with nutritionist Marissa Lippert and the bonappetit.com staff. Following the principle
that delicious home-cooked meals are the best way to help readers develop healthy eating habits that
continue well beyond the two-week program, recipes from the FLC can be revisited again and again
throughout the year. The book maps out four different two-week cleanse plans, one for each season, and
includes 125 recipes. The program puts an emphasis on mindful eating, guiding readers on portion control,
and curbing grazing impulses with protein or fiber-rich snacks each day. To keep meals interesting, bold
flavors and fresh produce are a must. This is food you can eat and feel good about, every day for life.
Audio: William Morrow Cookbooks; First serial, Dramatic: Inkwell Management
Griffin, Brooke
SKINNY SUPPERS
March - $29.99
Skinny Suppers will help families take the first steps towards a slimmed-down kitchen. For over three years
Brooke Griffin, aka Skinny Mom, has been bringing skinny recipes, simple meal planning techniques and
grocery lists to millions of online readers through her popular monthly Supper Club. The cookbook includes
over 100 brand new original Skinny Mom recipes such as Open-Faced Sloppy Janes and Easy Chicken
Parmesan, plus 25 reader favorites like Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas and Skinny Pizza Pasta
Casserole. All of the recipes feature easy-to-find ingredients and are quick to prepare, making it possible
for even the busiest parent to find time to get a lightened-up, homemade dinner on the table. Brooke Griffin
is a Fitness Universe Champion who successfully lost all her pregnancy weight by customizing a diet and
fitness routine she previously used to get competition-ready. Her website is the fastest-growing healthy
community for moms, with over 3.4 million unique visitors per month and over 500,000 social media
followers.
First serial, Audio: William Morrow Cookbooks; Dramatic: ICM
Johns, Audrey
LOSE WEIGHT BY EATING
April - $24.99 pbk
After dropping 150 pounds by simply eating all-natural foods and eliminating “fake” foods, Audrey Johns
started her extremely popular blog to share healthy versions of favorite foods and show how you can lose
weight without giving up everyday family staples, like pasta, scones, fried chicken, nachos, meatloaf, and
cookies. Lose Weight By Eating takes more than 130 recipes that are typically full of unhealthy fat and
empty calories, and creates skinny versions with fewer than 500 calories. Imagine losing weight by eating
skinny pizzas for only 125 calories per slice or 150-calorie cheesecake bars! In addition to recipes, a 6week meal plan and weight loss tips keep readers motivated. With the recipes in Lose Weight By Eating,
readers can expect to lose 8 to 16 pounds the first week and up to 15 to 25 pounds a month.
First serial, Audio: William Morrow Cookbooks; Dramatic: Sterling Lord Literistic
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Miller, Darcy
CELEBRATE EVERYTHING
April - $30.00
A beautiful, inspirational, fun-packed party-planning book by the “it girl” party planner and editorial director
of Martha Stewart Weddings. Celebrate Everything is bursting at the seams with advice, easy-to-master
projects, recipes, and ideas for any celebration in life. Filled with the ultimate list of party themes, the
book also includes full party coverage for events including an Over the Rainbow birthday party, Bells Are
Ringing bridal shower, Splish Splash Bash swim party, Woodland baby shower, and a Let it Snow winter
party-- along with many more! Darcy Miller has rounded up every tip, trick, and idea to help readers
celebrate special occasions. In Celebrate Everything, Darcy opens up her little black book so readers can
use her vetted sources, from the best places to buy stickers and favor boxes to websites that let you shop
for supplies by color and theme.
First serial, Audio: William Morrow Cookbooks; Dramatic: The Betsy Nolan Literary Agency
O’Keeffe, Stuart
THE QUICK SIX FIX
March - $27.99
Chef Stuart O’Keeffe maintains that preparing a meal needn’t be hard and doesn’t have to require a lot of
time. The Quick Six Fix brings this philosophy to home cooking, offering 100 no-fuss, full-flavor recipes that
require no more than 6 minutes of prep work, 6 minute of clean-up, and 6 key ingredients, all designed to
be made in around 30 minutes or less. Stuart offers a range of dishes in homage to his native Ireland
(Bangers with a Melted Leek mash and Cranberry Compote, Sweet Berries “Yorkshire Pudding,” or his
Easter dinner of Mustard Crusted Pork with Apple Cabbage Slaw), favorites accrued in culinary school
(Moules Frites and Pistachio Basil Buttered Crispy Salmon), and those influenced by his adopted California
home (Mexican Street Corn and the “LA” Cheeseburger). The foundation of the book and overall philosophy
is simplicity. Quick, easy-to-follow recipes result in great-tasting dishes that are sure to wow. O’Keeffe has
appeared on The Food Network’s Private Chefs of Beverly Hills, CBS’s The Talk, and other nationwide
shows.
First serial, Audio: William Morrow Cookbooks; Dramatic: Folio Literary Management
William Morrow Paperbacks
Fiction
Arsenault, Jennifer
EVENING SPIDER, THE
January - $14.99
A new mother discovers a disturbing connection between her Connecticut home and a horrible crime that
occurred in 1884. Abby Bernacki has been adjusting fine to motherhood until odd noises, sensations, and
dreams begin to unsettle her. When she starts looking into her house’s history, she discovers the journal
of a woman who lived in the house in the late 19th century. The diary, while charming at first, takes on a
dark tone and ends abruptly. The more Abby learns about the house’s history, the more she suspects that
a ghostly presence in the house is taking an interest in her baby daughter and she becomes convinced that
when she sleeps, she leaves her daughter vulnerable to supernatural influences... From critically acclaimed
author of The Broken Teaglass and Miss Me When I’m Gone.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Laura Langlie, Literary Agent
Banks, Maya
UNTITLED
March - $14.99
#1 USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Maya Banks continues her suspenseful and sizzling
Slow Burn series with this fourth book-- a mesmerizingly sexy tale of a strong, brilliant woman who
encounters the one man who makes her lose all control. Previous books in the series include In His Keeping
and Safe At Last. Avon Trade Paperback
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Trident Media Group
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Benson, Angela
THE SUMMER OF ME
April - $13.99
The nationally bestselling author of Delilah’s Daughters and The Amen Sisters returns with a single mother,
Destiny, who makes sacrifices for her children-including letting them spend the summer with their father
and stepmother. The time alone gives her an opportunity to address her own needs, like finishing her
college degree. However, her friends think her summer should include some romance, but Destiny doesn’t
want to be set up…until she meets Daniel. The handsome, warm and charming pastor sweeps her off her
feet. As the days pass, Destiny will make new discoveries—about herself, the man she’s fallen for, and the
people around her. She’ll grow in ways she never imagined, learning unexpected lessons and truly become
the woman she wants to be.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Natasha Kern Literary
Cabot, Meg
REMEMBRANCE
February - $14.99
The highly anticipated return of the bestselling Mediator series from the author of the New York Times
bestselling young adult fiction series, The Princess Diaries. All Susannah Simon wants is to make a good
impression at her first job, but when she’s hired as a guidance counselor at her alma mater, she stumbles
across a decade-old murder. Soon old ghosts as well as new ones are coming out of the woodwork and it
isn’t only because she’s a mediator, gifted with second sight. Among the ghosts is Paul Slater, Suze’s ex,
who shows up to make a bargain Suze is certain must have come from the Devil himself. Suze is used to
striking first and asking questions later, but what happens when ghosts from her past- including one she
found nearly impossible to resist- strike first?
Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; First Serial, Dramatic: Laura Langlie, Literary Agent
Chase, Nichole
BEDMATES
April - $13.99
From the bestselling author of Suddenly Royal comes the first in a new series about the First Daughter.
After a serious error in judgment lands Maddie McGuire, the First Daughter, in police custody, she agrees
to do community service as penance. Maddie didn’t bargain though on having to do it all with the vice
president’s son, Jake Simmon. Back from Afghanistan and dealing with a life-altering injury, Jake doesn’t
have time to deal with someone like Maddie, but it’s not long before their fiery arguments give way to
infinitely sexier encounters. When Jake finds out that the last remaining member of his unit has committed
suicide, the darkness he’s resisted for so long begins to overwhelm him. He pushes Maddie away, but
Maddie isn’t going to give up on this hurting man she’s fallen in love with. Soon they both discover that love
is a battlefield and there are some fights you just can’t lose.
Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; First Serial, Dramatic: Rebecca Friedman Literary Agency
Colgan, Jenny
SUMMER AT LITTLE BEACH STREET BAKERY
March - $14.99
The New York Times bestselling author of Little Beach Street Bakery and Christmas at the Cupcake Café
returns with a delightful new novel, already an international bestseller. Summer has arrived on the coast of
Cornwall and Polly Waterford couldn’t be happier. She loves the beautiful seaside town, she adores running
the bakery, and she’s in love with her beekeeping boyfriend, Huckle. Yet there’s an unsettling feeling…
Selina, recently widowed, hopes that moving to the coast will ease her grief, but Polly has a secret that
could destroy her friend’s fragile recovery. When Huckle begins to disappear for days on end, nothing can
calm the storm she knows is coming: Is Polly about to lose everything she loves?
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Gelfman Schneider Literary
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Crownover, Jay
BUILT
January - $14.99
From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men books comes an
electrifying new spin-off series, Saints of Denver. Sayer Cole and Zeb Fuller couldn’t be more different.
Zeb’s wanted the stunning blonde since the moment he laid eyes on her, but the reserved lawyer seems
determinedly oblivious to his interest. Sayer is certain the rough, hot-as-hell Zeb could never want someone
like her, which is a shame because he might be the guy to finally melt her icy exterior. Just as things start
to heat up, Zeb is blindsided by a life altering moment from his past. He needs Sayer’s professional help to
right a wrong and as they battle together to save a family, the steam created when fire and ice collide can
no longer be ignored.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Donaghy Literary Group
Crownover, Jay
UNTITLED
April - $14.99
The fourth book in Jay Crownover’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling Welcome to the Point
series. The previous titles in this successful New Adult series include Better When He’s Bad, Better When
He’s Bold and Better When He’s Brave.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Donaghy Literary Group
Cudmore, Libby
THE BIG REWIND
February - $14.99
A quirky hipster-mystery debut perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Raymond Chandler, “Veronica Mars”
and “Girls”, about a young Brooklynite, Jett, who receives a mysterious mix tape by mistake and must use
the eclectic compilation to uncover the truth behind her neighbor KitKat’s untimely death—and come to
terms with her own past. Jett and her best friend Sid set out to discover the real killer on an epic urban
quest through strip joints and record stores, vegan bakeries and basement nightclubs. The further into
KitKat’s past she goes, the more Jett discovers about her own left-behind love life—and the mysterious
man whose song she still clings to….
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Dystel and Goderich Literary Management
Douglas, Ronnie
UNRULY
February - $13.99
Hot on the heels of Undaunted, the adventure continues in Ronnie Douglas’ next thrilling installment in her
beloved Southern Wolves motorcycle club series. When a wannabe fashion designer whose clothes are
her calling card, gets a flat in the middle of a thunderstorm, what’s a girl to do? For Ellen, a tried-and-true
Southern girl, it means stripping down to her underwear and getting a little muddy. Anything’s better than
ruining the clothes she painstakingly made. But when Alamo, the sexy biker she’s known and wanted for
years, shows up, things are bound to get a whole lot dirtier.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Writers House LLC
Dray, Stephanie & Kamoie, Laura
AMERICA’S FIRST DAUGHTER
April - $15.99
Bestselling authors Dray and Kamoie team up to tell the sweeping, untold story of a woman who shaped
an American legacy: Martha Jefferson Randolph, Thomas Jefferson’s daughter. Martha “Patsy” Jefferson
is just a child when her mother dies and she must step into her shoes as mistress of Monticello. She
becomes her father’s confidante and fierce defender, accompanying him to France to take the role of
American Ambassador. In Paris, Patsy comes of age among parlor diplomacy and a budding flirtation with
her father’s secretary and protégé, William Short, giving her dreams of a life as a diplomat’s wife. However,
on the eve of war Patsy discovers her father’s liaison with his slave, Sally Hemings. She rebels furiously,
but political winds threaten Thomas Jefferson and she leaves all she dreamed of behind to return to Virginia.
She marries for duty, becomes the matriarch of the Jefferson family, and devotes her life to maintaining the
name. When the widowed Thomas Jefferson is elected President, Patsy acts as his First Lady. As political
adversaries threaten to reveal family secrets that may destroy everything, Patsy is determined to protect
her father, defining his political legacy, and our own...
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
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Gaynor, Hazel
THE MUSE
February - $14.99
In post-war London of the roaring twenties, Dolly Henderson works as a chambermaid at the renowned
Savoy Hotel, determined to put the past behind her and make a new and better life for herself. She stands
outside the hotel watching, envious of the glamorous occupants stepping out of impressive cars, before
gliding toward the hotel entrance and disappearing behind the revolving doors. Dolly catches the eye of a
struggling songwriter and not before long makes the transformation from domestic maid to West End star.
As her life changes, Dolly must ultimately choose between the love of her life, and a life she loves; between
the man who has captured her heart and the man who liberates her soul. Gaynor is the New York Times
and USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Folio Literary Management
Gore, Steven
WHITE GHOST
March - $14.99
From the author of Final Target, Absolute Risk, and Power Blind comes the fourth book in the high stakes
thriller series featuring private investigator Graham Gage. Diagnosed with a treatable but incurable cancer,
Gage delays treatment in order to repay the woman who saved his life thirty years earlier when he was
homicide detective. She emerged from hiding after her teenage son was killed in a multimillion dollar
microchip robbery executed by the United Bamboo Triad. Gage crosses Asia to untangle a fast moving and
brilliantly orchestrated deal bartering the chips for a billion dollars of China White heroin. Racing ahead of
the disease, he puts in place a scheme to tie the conspiracy directly to the US-based godfather behind her
son’s death. With his plan in place, Gage returns to the US, hands off the case to the FBI and begins
treatment, but is soon drawn into a deadly confrontation with the godfather himself.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramtic: Author c/o William Morrow Paperbacks
Gray, Shelley Shepard
A SON’S VOW
January - $12.99
Beloved New York Times bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray launches her 8th series with Avon
Inspire in the quaint Amish village of Charm, Ohio with the stories of the Kinsinger siblings, each struggling
to find both forgiveness and love in the face of tragedy. Her previous books were Christmas Bride in
Pinecraft and Wedding at Orange Blossom Inn. Avon Inspire
First Serial, Audio, Dramatic: Avon Inspire
Kellerman, Faye
UNTITLED
January - $15.99
After his young sister’s disappearance, high school senior Ben Vicksburg dedicates himself to finding her
and when he stumbles across her body, during a search on the anniversary of her disappearance, Ben’s
life is changed forever. Four years pass and her brutal murder becomes a cold case. Yet Ben has never
stopped searching for her killer. Too smart for his high school classes, he spends most of his time hanging
out at the local police precinct, and unbeknownst to the police, soon begins investigating unsolved cases
similar to his sister’s. He is convinced her death connects to six other murders, the work of notorious serial
killer “Demon”. Without DNA evidence, the police cannot tie her death to Demon so Ben prepares to take
matters into his own hands. He’d better act quickly for the murderer is hiding in plain sight and his killing
season is right around the corner. New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman has delivered a
unique and creepy new standalone thriller.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Plot Line Inc.
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Livingston, Billie
FUGITIVES FROM MERCY
March - $14.99
Fugitives From Mercy is award winning author Billie Livingston’s heart wrenching US debut about a young
couple whose lives are torn apart by tragedy and how they come together again to heal one another’s
wounds. Ben/ “Not-Ben” is a formerly sharp-tongued limo driver who finds himself locked up in a psych
ward with a hole in his head he can’t explain. His wife, Maggie, is the only one who can save him, but she’s
paralyzed with her own grief and struggling to find redemption. Maggie’s brother Francis, a gloriously
debauched Catholic priest, is the newly minted star of YouTube’s latest viral video sensation thanks to yet
another DUI. When the embarrassment is enough for Francis to be asked to leave the rectory before going
to rehab, he has nowhere to turn, except to Maggie. Faced with helping her brother, Maggie is forced to
reengage with the world, but it is Francis who helps Ben and Maggie lean on one another to heal. As this
broken family struggles to find their way forward they realize that their only salvation is in one another and
they must mend the pieces to begin living again.
Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; First Serial, Dramatic: C. Fletcher and Company LLC
Macmillan, Gilly
BURNT PAPER SKY
January - $14.99
A gripping psychological debut about a mother who will stop at nothing to find her missing son. It was an
ordinary day. Rachel Jenner was out for a walk in a local park with her eight-year-old son Ben and their
dog. She turned her back for an instant...and he vanished. Police are called, search parties go out, and
Rachel pleads with the public for her son’s safe return. Wrapped up in a parent’s worst nightmare and
caught between her personal pain and a public too ready to condemn, Rachel begins to suspect everyone
as one by one those around her reveal their true colors. There is no one left Rachel can trust, but can the
public trust Rachel?
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Little, Brown UK
Proby, Kristen
LISTEN TO ME
April - $13.99
Mia, Addison, Riley, Camilla and Katrina have been best friends since elementary school and now as adults
they’ve all returned home to Portland, Oregon to open a restaurant: Seduction. When former superstar
rocker, Jake Keller, swaggers through the doors of Seduction for a weekend music gig, Addison Wade’s
eyes just about pop out of her face. He is exactly Addie’s type: 100% Bad Boy. Jake walked away from the
limelight five years ago, and yearns to return to what drives him: the music. If he gets to work for a sexy,
smart-mouthed, funny as hell bombshell, all the better. Just when Addie begins to trust that Jake isn’t like
the cheaters she’s fallen for before, Jake’s past catches up to him. Will he be able to convince her that his
womanizing ways are far behind him and or will Addie’s heart be broken all over again? New York Times
and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Proby is also the author of the bestselling With Me in Seattle and
Love Under the Big Sky series.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
Robinson, Peter
NO CURE FOR LOVE
February - $14.99
Featuring a foreword by Michael Connelly, this suspenseful standalone thriller from the New York Times
bestselling author of the Inspector Banks novels marks the first time that Peter Robinson has set a novel in
America. Actress Sarah Broughton is living her dream life: a hit cop show, a beautiful beach house… and,
with every passing day, more distance from her traumatic past. Then the first letter arrives, signed with a
sinister M. Caught in a web of obsession, menace, and murder that soon ensnares her loved ones, Sarah
turns to LAPD Detectives and stalker specialists Arvo Hughes and Maria Hernandez—who must explore
the lost years of Sarah’s life in order to save her. However, Sarah can’t remember everything… and she’ll
reveal even less.
Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; First Serial, Dramatic: Dominick Abel Literary Agency
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Robson, Jennifer
MOONLIGHT OVER PARIS
January - $16.99
USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson (Somewhere in France, After the War is Over) takes readers
to Paris in the spring of 1924 where Lady Helena Montagu-Douglas-Parr has just arrived. Nursing a broken
heart, she is ready to embrace the year her parents gave her to live with her eccentric aunt. She’s drawn
into the world of the Lost Generation and its circle of American expatriates. One of them, Sam Howard, a
journalist working for the Chicago Tribune, is simply the most fascinating and intriguing man Helena has
ever met, but he’s also entirely unsuitable. As Paris is born anew, rising from the ashes of the Great War,
Helena realizes that the good girl she once was is gone forever. Who will she become now and where, and
with whom, does she belong?
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
Tulathimutt, Tony
PRIVATE CITIZENS
February - $14.99
From a talented new writer comes this sweeping comic portrait of privilege, ambition and friendship in the
Bay Area. Four estranged college friends unexpectedly reunite in millennial San Francisco: Cory, an activist
who wants to save the world, but gets stuck saving her ailing nonprofit; Will, a reclusive computer addict,
who does everything he can to appease his paraplegic girlfriend Vanya; Linda, who believes she’ll be a
canonical writer, even though she spends most of her time hustling; and Henrik, a shy engineer, who has
managed to conceal a host of illnesses and his bizarre road-wandering past-but whose research funding
gets pulled, setting him adrift once again. The friends, Stanford grads, away from the security and easy
friendships of college, are making a huge mess out of their twenties but out of sheer chance and
desperation, they wind up back together again, finding to their surprise that they haven’t outgrown each
other. Tulathimutt has contributed to Threepenny Review, Salon, The New Yorker online, and elsewhere
First Serial, Audio, Dramatic: Trident Media Group
Valentine, Tamara
WHAT THE WAVES KNOW
February - $14.99
A charming coming of age debut novel set in the 1970s about a young girl’s journey to reclaim her missing
voice through the help of her dysfunctional family and the eccentric inhabitants of a quaint town. Iz hasn’t
heard her voice since her sixth birthday. Not a word, not a sound, since the night her father vanished. Now
fourteen, after eight years of failed psychiatry sessions, Iz must go back to the place it all began. Her mother
packs up the tattered remains of their life and returns them to the tiny New England island of Tillings,
determined to end her daughter’s silence. However, once there, memories of the people they used to be
clash with the reality of who they’ve become-and what they’ve lost. Torn between moving forward and
holding on to the past, she’ll have to decide: what’s the true cost of silence? And, more importantly, how
does one find the courage to speak?
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
Webb, Heather
FALL OF POPPIES
March - $14.99
The best voices in historical fiction unite in this gripping anthology about those left to pick up the pieces
after the smoke of World War I has cleared. The Great War has ravaged Europe and in spite of the peace
treaty signed on Armistice Day, war still rages within. Men and women, those who fought and those who
watched from the sidelines, attempt to reconstruct their shattered lives: widows dream of revenge, nurses
hold secrets, prisoners plan for escape, lovers reunite, and the product of violence brings an innocent warchild. In the deep silence of the ceasefire, peace does little to hinder the emotional battles still to come. Yet
on the scorched battlefields, a fall of poppies brings hope. Contributors include internationally bestselling
authors Hazel Gaynor, Beatriz Williams, Jennifer Robson and more.
First Serial, Audio, Dramatic: Folio Literary Management
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Yu, Ovidia
AUNTY LEE’S CHILLED VENGEANCE
April - $14.99
This is the third book in the popular Aunty Lee series following Aunty Lee’s Delights and Aunty Lee’s Deadly
Specials. With a twisted ankle, crime-solving super cook Aunty Lee begrudgingly agrees to take a rest from
running the show at Aunty Lee’s Delights, and sits by as her new partner Cherril and stepdaughter-in-law
Selina squabble over the running of the café. She soon plunges both feet into solving an intriguing murder
involving animal rescuers, avenging expats, and of course, Aunty Lee’s food. Before anyone else gets hurtand to save her business-Aunty Lee must get to the bottom of what really happened and figure out who is
to be trusted in this tangled web of scandal and lies.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Lotus Lane Literary
William Morrow Paperbacks
Non-Fiction
Benincasa, Sara
LET’S GROW UP TOGETHER
April - $15.99
For readers of Lena Dunham, Mindy Kaling, and #Girlboss, a hilarious yet heartfelt guide to growing up and
taking your place in the world, by the popular comedian and author of the highly praised Agorafabulous!
While the practical aspects of new adulthood can be nerve-wracking-- dating, job-hunting, moneymanaging-- the most important task of all is figuring out who you are and where you fit in the world. Sara
Benincasa, now in her mid-thirties, has a lot of hard-earned wisdom from her 20s to share. Let’s Grow UP
Together includes 52 witty, provocative essays, in a smart and empathetic voice, on how to live like a real
adult. Among them: How To Read a Book, Ask For Exactly What You Want, and Real Artists Have Day
Jobs. Equal parts entertaining and educational, Let’s Grow Up Together is a life-changing book for strivers
and misunderstood creatives everywhere.
Audio, First Serial: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Mendel Media Group
Budig, Kathryn
AIM TRUE
March - $22.99
Yoga teacher and inspirational speaker Kathryn Budig extends her empowering message beyond the mat
in this ultimate girl’s guide to yoga, diet, and mindfulness. Kathryn, who has an impressive list of high-profile
clients including Bill Murray, Alanis Morissette, Eva Mendes, and Giada De Laurentiis, helps readers to
embrace and strengthen their body, build their powerful mind and put it to use, and find true balance that
will help them to pursue their passions. Featuring beautiful photos throughout, the book offers accessible,
instructional yoga sequences, a 5-Day Purification Plan co-authored with Dr. Deborah Kim, an LA-based
holistic nutritionist, and food and beauty recipes. Jam-packed with empowering advice written with the
humorous voice of a girlfriend, Aim True is a must-have for anyone who is interested in yoga.
Audio, First Serial: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Alan O’Shea Literary Agency
Doland, Erin Rooney
NEVER TOO BUSY TO CURE CLUTTER
March - $15.99
Never Too Busy To Cure Clutter shows readers the way to make space in their home and life for what really
matters to them, offering practical advice, real-world examples, and small projects they can complete on
their schedule to help them achieve a cleaner, more organized, and less cluttered home. Chapters
correspond to a particular room and feature tasks you can accomplish whether you have 30 seconds, 5
minutes, or a weekend to devote to a major project. Also included are fun quizzes and encouragement from
clutter-solving pros as Doland walks readers through establishing maintenance routines that will save them
time with household chores. This book is a loyal resource that readers can rely upon for straightforward,
inspiring advice and tips from the editor-in-chief of unclutter.com and author of Unclutter Your Life in One
Week.
First Serial: William Morrow Paperbacks; Audio, Dramatic: Sanford J Greenburger
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Green, Deborah
YOUR SHARPIE STYLE
February - $15.99
The author of 100 Appliqué Motifs shares 75 easy-to-follow and stylish projects to transform your home and
accessories using just a Sharpie pen. Whether you are a beginner crafter or you’re looking for the next craft
challenge, this book has something for everyone. With crafts ranging from homewares and accessories,
upcycled cups and saucers to sneakers and bangles, this book is guaranteed to transform your home and
your garments with fun and colorful designs. Clear and easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions take you
through the basics of working with Sharpies, from permanent marker to paint pen and bleach pen, and
more!
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Quantum Books LTD
Jones, Anna Newell
THE SPENDER’S GUIDE TO DEBT FREE LIVING
April - $14.99
A self-help manifesto that reveals how a “spending fast” will help you live debt-free, by a popular blogger
who went from almost $24,000 in debt to debt-free in only 15 months. Anna Newell Jones was rapidly
suffocating under the weight of her debt and decided to go on a spending fast, creating her own method to
save. She created the blog AndThenWeSaved.com and 15 months later eliminated all but $400 of her debt,
gaining national coverage on Forbes, Self, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, and the Chicago Tribune. The
Spender’s Guide to Debt Free Living takes readers through a detailed step-by-step plan on how to do a
Spending Fast and get out of debt and is filled with do-it-yourself ideas, insight from experts, and tons of
motivational tips and real-life practical advice.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Bent Agency
Whittington, Hillary
RAISING RYLAND
February - $15.99
A moving story - which has already touched more than seven million through a viral video created by the
Whittington family – Raising Ryland is a mother’s first-hand account as she makes the emotional choice to
embrace her transgender child through his transition. The book is divided into two parts, “Learning to Listen”
(pre-transition) and “Embracing Our Son” (post-transition), and demonstrates both the resistance and
support that Hillary has encountered as she tries to erase the stigma surrounding the word “transgender.”
In telling her family’s story, Whittington shows what it means to love unconditionally, accepting others for
who they are and to assist the world in accepting that even children as young as five, can have profound
and impactful things to say and share.
First Serial, Audio: William Morrow Paperbacks; Dramatic: Author c/o William Morrow Paperbacks
Avon/Harper
Mass Market
Ashe, Katharine
THE ROGUE
March - $7.99
The first in a brand new series from award winning Katharine Ashe, author of I Loved A Rogue and I Adored
A Lord. Lady Constance Read is independent, beautiful, and in need of a husband. The last man on earth
she wants is the rogue who broke her heart six years ago. Evan Saint-André Sterling is rich, scarred, and
finished with women-forever. He’s not about to lose his head over the bewitching beauty who once turned
his life upside down, no matter how much she tempts him. Constance needs a warrior so she can breech
the doors of Scotland’s most notorious secret society and bring a diabolical duke to justice. Saint is the
perfect man for the job. When scandal forces them to the altar, and the adversaries become allies-and
passionate lovers-he’ll risk everything to protect the only women he has ever loved.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Trident Media Group
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Barnes, Sophie
EARL’S COMPLETE SURRENDER
January - $7.99
Despite the diversions offered at Thorncliff Manor, former spy James, the Earl of Woodford, has one
purpose in staying there: he must find an encoded book that exposes a conspiracy within the British
aristocracy without revealing his motives to Chloe Heartley. Somewhere within Thorncliff’s labyrinth of
rooms lies the journal Chloe desperately seeks. When she realizes the brooding, handsome earl is hunting
the same quarry, Chloe enters into an uneasy partnership. In the face of public danger and enemies hiding
in plain sight, both must decide how much they’re willing to risk to solve the mysteries of the heart. Barnes’
most recent book was Lady Sarah’s Sinful Desires
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Author c/o Avon
Bernard, Jennifer
CAUGHT BY YOU
January - $7.99
The second book in an incredible, brand new series about a crazy minor league baseball team from the
USA Today bestselling author of the Bachelor Firemen series. Months of alternately flirting and bickering
with Kilby Catfish catcher Mike Solo just turned into the hottest kiss of Donna MacIntyre’s life. However,
any hint of scandal could keep her from getting her son back from her well-connected ex. Then Mike comes
up with a game-changing idea: a marriage proposal that could help win her case-even as it jeopardizes her
heart. Now Mike has found a passion that puts all his emotions in play, and a woman he’ll go to bat for
again and again. The first book in the Love Between the Bases series was All of Me.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: ICM
Boyle, Elizabeth
KNAVE OF HEARTS
February- $7.99
The fifth novel of the captivating Rhymes with Love series from New York Times bestselling and RITA
award winning author Elizabeth Boyle. Lavinia Tempest has been eagerly anticipating a spectacular
Season, but one disastrous pile-up on the Almack’s dance floor derails all her plans. Add to that, the very
stunning revelations about her mother’s scandalous past and now Lavinia’s future has gone from shining
bright to blackest night in one misstep. Alaster “Tuck” Rowland admits he’s partly to blame for Lavinia’s
disastrous debut and he’s now placed a wager that he can make Lavinia into of the most sought-after ladies
in London. Tuck’s motives are hardly noble, but in teaching the lovely Lavinia how to win any man she
wants, he suddenly finds himself tangled in the last place he ever imagined: in love. The previous title in
this series was The Viscount Who Lived Down the Lane.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Jane Rotrosen Agency
Callen, Gayle
THE GROOM WORE PLAID
March - $7.99
The second book in the fun, romantic series set in the Scottish Highlands from USA Today bestselling
author Gayle Callen (The Wrong Bride, The Redemption Duke). Maggie McCallum never intended to
become the wife of Owen Duff—not after he bartered for peace between their clans using her like a piece
of property. Now, with the wedding approaching, Maggie is haunted by disturbing dreams of her husbandto-be’s death. Something terrible may happen to Owen if they marry, yet breaking the engagement could
ignite the feud between their clans. Maggie can’t deny the passion growing between them, but what right
do they have to risk peace for a chance at happiness?
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Fallon Literary Agency
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Chase, Loretta
DUKES PREFER BLONDES
January - $7.99
Lady Clara, the fan-favorite character from Loretta Chase’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling
Dressmakers series, finally gets her own happily ever after! Biweekly marriage proposals from men who
can’t see beyond her looks are starting to get on Lady Clara Fairfax’s nerves. Desperate to be something
more than ornamental, she escapes to her favorite charity. When a child goes missing, she turns to Oliver
Radford—a handsome, brilliant, excessively conceited barrister. Having unexpectedly found himself in line
to inherit a dukedom, Radford needs a bride who can navigate the Society he’s never been part of and
Clara—blonde, blue-eyed, and he must admit, not entirely bereft of brains—will do. As long as he can woo
her, wed her and not lose his head over her…
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Nancy Yost Literary Agency
Diaz, Lena
NO EXIT
January - $5.99
As an agent of the Equalizers, Jace Atwell will risk everything to destroy EXIT Inc, the corrupt antiterrorist
group, before more innocent lives are lost. The only way to infiltrate EXIT is by getting close to the CEO’s
beautiful daughter, Melissa, but when they get a little too close, Jace finds himself falling for the woman he
is duty-bound to deceive. The chemistry between Melissa and Jace is undeniable, but their opposing views
of justice make teamwork tricky. With their lives on the line—and the truth something neither of them
expected—the only way to survive will be to trust their hearts and each other…if they can. The first book in
the Exit Inc. series was Exit Strategy
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Spencerhill Associates Ltd
Frampton, Megan
ONE-EYED DUKES ARE WILD
February - $7.99
Proper, correct, and faultlessly perfect, the Duke of Lasham is also incredibly bored, so when he encounters
a lady in a dark room during a ball who challenges him to do something that isn’t proper, he takes her up
on her challenge-and finds that being wild is perfect after all. Lady Margaret Sawford is no stranger to
scandal, but she wants something more. When she spots a mysterious stranger with an eye patch and a
dangerous look about him, she’s intrigued. Margaret is disappointed to discover he is a Duke... and just as
proper as the rest of Society, despite his outward appearance. Then, it seems, the Duke wants to go a little
wild-and Lady Margaret is just the one to show him how to do it. Frampton is also the author of The Duke’s
Guide to Correct Behavior.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Bent Agency
James, Eloisa
MY AMERICAN DUCHESS
February - $7.99
The Duke of Trent is elated that his dissolute twin brother is engaged. If this mysterious Boston heiress is
anything like the outspoken American that Trent just spent the most thrilling half hour with, perhaps Cedric
can be finally brought into line. As it happens, they are one and the same. Merry Pelford’s third engagement
needs to be her last and this time, she knows she’s chosen wisely, right up to the moment she meets
Cedric’s dangerously virile twin. Trent wants Merry more than he ever imagined possible, but he cannot
allow himself to love her. She’s taken. Soon, the only thing more impossible than stealing his brother’s
betrothed is the thought of losing her forever… New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James delivers
a standalone historical romance sure to satisfy her legions of fans.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Inkwell Management
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Jenkins, Beverly
FORBIDDEN
February - $7.99
USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins (Destiny’s Captive, Destiny’s Surrender) returns with the
first book in a breathtaking new series set in the Old West. Rhine Fontaine is building the successful life
he’s always dreamed of—one that depends upon him passing for White, but for the first time in years, he
wishes he could step out from behind the façade. The reason: Eddy Carmichael, the young woman he
rescued in the desert. Outspoken, defiant, and beautiful, Eddy tempts Rhine in ways that could cost him
everything…and the price seems worth paying. No matter how handsome Rhine is, no matter how fiery the
heat between them, Eddy can’t fall for Rhine. She has set her plans, but giving in for just this once might
quench this longing-- or it might ignite an affair as reckless and irresistible as it is forbidden.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Nancy Yost Literary Agency
MacLean, Sarah
THE ROGUE NOT TAKEN
January - $7.99
The first in a brand new series from New York Times bestselling author, Sarah MacLean, author of the
RITA award-winning books A Rogue by Any Other Name and No Good Duke Goes Unpunished. The leastinteresting Talbot sister, Sophie, scandalized society by striking her notoriously philandering brother-in-law
and landing him in a goldfish pond. Scorned by society she flees by stowing away in a carriage, vowing to
start a less scandalous life away from London... but then she meets Kingscote, Marquess of Eversley. King
has never met a woman he couldn’t charm, causing him quite a reputation, and when he discovers the
stowaway on board his carriage, his journey becomes anything but boring. Carriages bring close quarters,
dark secrets, and unbearable temptation, making opposites altogether too attractive.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: The Axelrod Agency
Rodale, Maya
LADY BRIDGET’S DIARY
February - $7.99
In the first hilarious entry in her brand new series, USA Today bestselling author Maya Rodale re-invents a
love story we all know and cherish. Lord Darcy is wealthy, titled, impossibly proper and horrified that a pack
of Americans have inherited one of England’s most respected dukedoms. His better judgment flies out the
window when he meets Lady Bridget Cavendish. It was loathing at first sight for Lady Bridget and Lord
Darcy, but their paths keep crossing...and somehow involve kissing. When Lady Bridget’s diary goes
missing, both Darcy and Bridget must decide what matters most of all-a sterling reputation or a perfectly
imperfect love.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Author c/o Avon
Kaye, Laura
RIDE HARD
March - $7.99
Spinning off from her New York Times bestselling Hard Ink novels (Hard To Be Good, Hard To Let Go),
this is the first in Laura Kaye’s sexy, thrilling Raven Riders series about the alpha men of a Motorcycle club
and the women they protect. Raven Riders MC President Dare Kenyon rides hard, fights for the brotherhood
he leads, and protects those who can’t defend themselves. When a recent kidnapping victim lands on his
doorstep, he takes her in and pushes to learn what she’s hiding before he’s tempted to break down all the
shy beauty’s walls. Haven Randall fled from years of violence at the hands of a man who should’ve
protected her only to find herself imprisoned by a gang. She’s distrustful and suspicious-even of the sexy
and overwhelmingly intense Ravens’ leader who promises to keep her safe and makes her want things she
never thought she would. The past never dies without a fight, but Dare Kenyon’s never backed down
before…
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
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Linden, Caroline
UNTITLED
April - $7.99
The fourth book in a deliciously sexy series from USA Today bestselling and RITA award winning author
Caroline Linden, in which an utterly shocking book--Fifty Shades of Grey for the Regency era-- has all of
London talking and gives more than one young miss a mind for scandal. Previous books include Love in
the Time of Scandal and It Takes a Scandal.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Caroline Linden
Quinn, Julia
UNTITLED
April - $7.99
A new historical romance from the blockbuster New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets of Sir
Richard Kenworthy.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Axelrod Agency
Ranney, Karen
THE MACLAIN BRIDE
March- $7.99
The next Scottish historical romance by New York Times bestselling author Karen Ranney (Scotsman of
My Dreams, In Your Wildest Scottish Dream). Rose is a woman with a secret. Desperate to sell her family’s
cotton to Duncan MacIain, the handsome Scotsman, she crafts a fake identity for herself, posing as the
wife of Duncan’s American cousin. However, when a simmering attraction rises up between Rose and the
Scotsman, she begins to regret the whole charade. Duncan is determined to resist Rose at all costs.
Agreeing to transport her from Charleston to Nassau, their desire for each other only burns hotter. After a
series of mishaps on the sea, they give into temptation. When the truth comes to light, these two stubborn
people must put away their pride to escape the Confederacy and along the way discover that their dreams
of love are all they need.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Author c/o Avon
Ryan, Jennifer
UNTITLED
April - $7.99
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Hunted series and the McBride series continues
her wildly successful Montana Men series. Previous books include When It’s Right and At Wolf Ranch.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: New Leaf Literary
Sands, Lynsay
UNTITLED
March - $7.99
A new paranormal romance from nationally bestselling author of the Argeneau/Rogue Hunter vampire
series (The Immortal Who Loved Me, Vampire Most Wanted) as well as numerous historical novels and
anthologies.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Bent Agency
Terry, Candis
UNTITLED
April - $7.99
From the author Rachel Gibson called: “A fun and refreshing voice in contemporary romance” comes an all
new sweet and sexy series set at a family vineyard in the Pacific Northwest. The Sunshine Creek Vineyard,
once the brightest spot in Oregon’s wine country, has fallen into disrepair and is on the verge of bankruptcy.
In close-knit Sunshine Valley, there are no secrets that won’t be ferreted out by the locals. The six Kincaide
brothers must band together to save their family’s name and legacy and along the way, tackle a chance at
happily ever after. First brother up to score his happy ending: Jordan, the tattooed hockey player. Candis
Terry’s recent books include Truly Sweet, Sweet Surprise and Something Sweeter.
First Serial, Audio: Avon; Dramatic: Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
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