New Book Releases

Welcome to the recently released books section where you will find some of the hottest new books to hit bookshelves. For more hot books, visit our Coming Soon page.

  • The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama (Crown) - Michelle Obama has a new memoir coming out in November. If follows her inspirational bestseller Becoming. She writes in her memoir, "When we are able to recognize our own light, we become empowered to use it." (November 15, 2022)


  • Desert Star by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) - Harry Dosch teams up with LAPD detective RenĂ©e Ballard in this latest thriller from Connelly. They are working together to hunt a killer responsible for killing an entire family. (November 8, 2022)


  • Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine) - Jodi Picoult's latest suspense novel follows a surgeon named Olivia McAfee. She is shocked when her son, Asher, is being questioned in the murder of his wife. (October 4, 2022)


  • American Demon by Daniel Stashower (St. Martin's) - Daniel Stashower investigates Eliot Ness's hunt for a sadistic killer in Cleveland in American Demon. The killer was known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run or Cleveland Torso Murderer. (September 6, 2022)


  • The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child (Delcaorte Press) - Lee Child teamed up with his brother Andrew Child for this new entry in the Jack Reacher series. (October 27, 2020)


  • House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Mass (Bloomsbury) - This novel is the start of a new Crescent City series following Bryce Quinlan, a half-fae, half-human who finds herself dragged into a murder investigation. (January 28, 2020)


  • The Night Fire by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) - Connelly returns with a new Blallard and Bosh novel. In The Night Fire, Harry Bosch asks LAPD Detective Renee Ballard for help with the unsolved killing of a trouble man in an alley. (October 22, 2019)


  • Everything Awesome About Dinosaurs by Mark Lowery (Orchard Books) - Author and illustrator Mike Lowery has packed cool facts, comics, timelines, dino artwork, dinosaur jokes and more into a new book called Everything Awesome About Dinosaurs. (October 15, 2019)


  • The Guardians by John Grisham (Doubleday) - Grisham's latest legal thriller is set in a small Florida town named Seabrook. A young lawyer is shot dead at his desk while working late at night. Police are unable to find clues, a motive or any witness but they suspect Quincy Miller, a young black man who was a clinet of the lawyer. He maintains his innocence but is sent to prison for life. Miller writes a desperate letter to Guardian Ministries for help and Cullen Post takes up to case and finds there are powerful, ruthless people who don't want Miller's conviction overturned. (October 15, 2019)


  • The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher (Gallery) - A woman finds secrets about a strange colony of beings that live in the woods in the attic of her deceased grandmother's home. (October 1, 2019)


  • The Institute by Stephen King (Scribner) - Stephen King returns with a tale of kids with telekinesis and telepathy. These kids are being kept against their will at an evil institution. (September 10, 2019)


  • Dr. Seuss's Horse Museum by Dr. Seuss (Random House Kids) - Dr. Seuss's Horse Museum is a newly published Dr. Seuss book that was derived from original sketches by the late children's author. A horse guides the reader through an art museum in the book. The new book is illustrated by Andrew Joyner. (September 3, 2019)


  • Unicorns 101 by Cate Atkinson (Random House Kids) - Unicorns 101 provides unicorn facts from Professor Glitter Pants, Professor Sprinkle Steed and other experts. One fact is that a unicorn once made in rain waffles for a week and unicorns have slides inside their homes. The children's book is meant for readers ages 3 to 7. (September 3, 2019)


  • The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier by Ian Urbina (Knopf) - Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Ian Urbina investigates high seas crime in his new book, The Outlaw Ocean. The criminal activity includes traffickers, smugglers, pirates, mercenaries, repo men, poachers and more. (August 20, 2019)


  • Temper by Layne Fargo (Gallery) - Chicago theater actress Kira Rascher lands a breakthrough role but she will have to work with a mercurial director. She's also faced with the theater's cofounder who sees her as a threat. (July 2, 2019)


  • The Mueller Report by The Wasington Post (Scribner) - Robert Mueller is expected to release his report this spring. The Washington Post already has a book in the works. (April 30, 2019)


  • The Hellfire Club by Jake Tapper (Little, Brown) - CNN correspondent Jake Tapper's first novel is set in the political underworld of the 1950s. The mystery evolves from a fatal car accident to include a secret society. (April 28, 2019)


  • Neon Prey by John Sanford (G.P. Putnam's Sons) - Sanford's next Lucas Davenport novel involves a serial murderer who has been able to kill for years without notice. The killer is discovered when U.S. Marshals stumble upon scores of trophies. (April 23, 2019)


  • The Three Secret Cities by Matthew Reilly (Gallery Books) - Jack West, Jr. must find three incredible lost cities of legend while being hunted by the greatest hunters in history. (December 4, 2018)


  • Oath of Office by Marc Cameron (G.P. Putnam's Sons) - Marc Cameron pens Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan CIA analyst character for a new adventure. Ryan, now president, faces a threat of stolen Russian nuclear missiles. (November 27, 2018)