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Upcoming Fiction Highlights…

The Last Druid by Terry Brooks

“Hope blooms anew for the Four Lands in this riveting conclusion, not only to the Fall of Shannara series but to the entire Shannara saga - a truly landmark event over forty years in the making!”

Lincoln’s Sisters by Jennifer Chiaverini

”The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker returns to her most famous heroine, Mary Todd Lincoln, in this compelling story of love, loss, and sisterhood rich with history and suspense.”

28 Summers By Elin Hilderbrand

“Based on the classic film Same Time Next Year (which Mallory and Jake watch every summer), 28 Summers explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love.”

More Forthcoming Fiction…

Shadows of Foxworth - V.C. Andrews

Don't Turn Around - Jessica Barry

Devolution - Max Brooks

The Grim Reader - Kate Carlisle

The Last Flight - Julie Clark

500 Miles from You - Jenny Colgan

The Marriage Game - Sara Desai

Recipe for Persuasion - Sonali Dev

One Last Lie - Paul Doiron

The Guest List - Lucy Foley

The Lies That Bind - Emily Giffin

The Art of Deception - Leonard Goldberg

Party of Two - Jasmine Guillory

American Demon - Kim Harrison

Take a Hint, Dani Brown - Talia Hibbert

Always the Last to Know - Kristan Higgins

Credible Threat - J.A. Jance

The Persuasion - Iris Johansen

The Mist - Ragnar Jonasson

The Half Sister - Sandie Jones

Grown Ups - Marian Keyes

Riviera Gold - Laurie R. King

Tom Clancy Firing Point - Mike Maden

The Girl from Widow Hills - Megan Miranda

Two Truths and a Lie - Meg Mitchell Moore

Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars. - Joyce Carol Oates

Love and Other Crimes - Sara Paretsky

The Dilemma - B.A. Paris

Hush - James Patterson

The Summer House - James Patterson

Dance Away with Me - Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Once Dishonored - Mary Jo Putney

The Black Swan of Paris - Karen Robards

Home Before Dark - Riley Sager

The Summer Deal - Jill Shalvis

An Ocean Without a Shore - Scott Spencer

Daddy's Girls - Danielle Steel

Remain Silent - Susie Steiner

Friends and Strangers - J. Courtney Sullivan

I Was Told It Would Get Easier - Abbi Waxman

Fiction Author Spotlight: Beatriz Williams

This novelist sets her largely romantic tales in the past and populates them with engaging characters and locations, where secrets and suspense move her stories forward in surprising ways. Some of her most popular titles include:

Along the Infinite Sea A Certain Age The Golden Hour A Hundred Summers The Summer Wives Tiny Little Thing

According to the publisher, Williams’ latest novel, Her Last Flight, explores “the story of a lost pilot and a wartime photographer that will leave its mark on your soul.” __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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June 2020 Nonfiction Highlights…

The Light of Days by Judy Batalion

“A spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters - a group of unknown heroes whose exploits have never been chronicled in full, until now.”

One by One

by Aaron Berkowitz

“The inspiring story of a young American neurologist's struggle to make a difference in Haiti by treating one patient - a story of social justice, clashing cultures, and what it means to treat strangers as members of our family.”

The Book of Rosy by Rosayra Pablo Cruz

“With an unprecedented level of sharp detail and soulful intimacy, Rosy tells her story, aided by Julie Schwietert Collazo, founder of Immigrant Families Together, the grassroots organization that reunites mothers and children.”

Exercise of Power by Robert M. Gates

“A candid, sweeping examination of power in all its manifestations, and how it has been exercised, for good and bad, by American presidents in the post-Cold War world.”

Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen

“Gessen not only highlights the corrosion of the media, the judiciary, and the cultural norms we hoped would save us but also tells us the story of how a short few years have changed us.”

Code Name Madeleine by Arthur Magida

“The captivating story of the valiant Noor Inayat Khan, daughter of an Indian Sufi mystic and unlikely World War II heroine.”

More Forthcoming Nonfiction Titles…

Our Time Is Now - Stacey Abrams

Night of the Assassins - Howard Blum

Empty - Susan Burton

Perfectly Wounded - Mike Day

Trump and the American Future - Newt Gingrich

Democracy in One Book or Less - David Litt

Lost Companions - Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson

Taking a Knee, Taking a Stand - Bob Schron

How to Die in Space - Paul Sutter

Countdown 1945 - Chris Wallace

Nonfiction Spotlight: Wendy Williams

Not to be confused with the famous television host of the same name, this writer specializes in exploring the environment and animal life.

Williams’ most recent book has quite a descriptive title: The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World’s Favorite Insect. According to the publisher, “Williams takes readers to butterfly habitats across the globe and introduces us to not only various species, but to the scientists who have dedicated their lives to studying them.

Other titles by Williams include: Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound The Horse: The Epic History of Our Noble Companion Kraken: The Curious, Exciting and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid