Here’s a selection of what went on sale today. Click the titles for full descriptions of the books. Blurbs provided are taken from the publisher’s descriptions.
HARDCOVER FICTION
Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson – Moving back and forth between Vermont and New York City, Ten Thousand Saints is an emphatically observed story of a frayed tangle of family members brought painfully together by a death, then carried along in anticipation of a new and unexpected life.
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett – Ann Patchett has dazzled readers with her award-winning books, including The Magician’s Assistant and the New York Times bestselling Bel Canto. Now she raises the bar with State of Wonder, a provocative and ambitious novel set deep in the Amazon jungle. SIGNED COPIES AVAILABLE!
Robopocalypse by Daniel Wilson – When the Robot War ignites — at a moment known later as Zero Hour — humankind will be both decimated and, possibly, for the first time in history, united. Robopocalypse is a brilliantly conceived action-filled epic, a terrifying story with heart-stopping implications for the real technology all around us…and an entertaining and engaging thriller unlike anything else written in years.
Upright Piano Player by David Abbott – An adroit first novel of exceptional grace and emotional power by a legendary British ad executive. The Upright Piano Player is about the myriad ways in which life tests us—no matter how carefully we have constructed our own little fortresses.
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PAPERBACK FICTION
The Lion by Nelson DeMille – In this eagerly awaited follow-up to The Lion’s Game, John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back. “The Lion” is a killing machine once again loose in America with a mission of revenge, and John Corey will stop at nothing to achieve his own goal — to find and kill Khahil.
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HARDCOVER NONFICTION
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter by Mark Seal – The story of Clark Rockefeller is a stranger-than-fiction twist on the classic American success story of the self-made man: because Clark Rockefeller was totally made up, a career con man who convincingly passed himself off as Rockefeller.
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PAPERBACK NONFICTION
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell – A collection of Gladwell’s landmark investigations into the world around us.
Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris – Reading this book will make you less sure of yourself—and that’s a good thing. In The Invisible Gorilla, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, creators of one of psychology’s most famous experiments, use remarkable stories and counterintuitive scientific findings to demonstrate an important truth: Our minds don’t work the way we think they do. We think we see ourselves and the world as they really are, but we’re actually missing a whole lot.
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