Grand Central Publishing Fall 2026 Catalog

Returning to print after nearly 50 years, Survivor completes Octavia E. Butler’s thrilling Patternist series, including a short story from the Patternist saga and new historical essays from a major Butler scholar.

This deluxe edition includes:

• An incredible new cover and package
• Premium French flaps and newly designed, full color interior covers
• High-quality paper with elegant deckled-edges
  

The Patternist books (Wild Seed, Mind of My Mind, Clay’s Ark, and Patternmaster) comprise Butler’s longest, most complex series, stretching from late 17th century Africa to outer space in the far future, as rival factions of humanity develop incredible powers—only to use them to subjugate others. For nearly half a century, the fourth volume, Survivor, has been out of print at Octavia E. Butler’s request.

It tells the story of Alanna, a colonist fleeing a plague-scarred Earth. But the planet she lands on is inhabited by the alien Kohn, whose battling tribes soon trap Alanna in their war. She must make alliances—while plotting betrayals. She must protect her heart—while putting it at risk. And she must decide if the best way to retain her humanity … is to leave it behind.

Now, Survivor is put into its proper historical context thanks to contributions from scholar and Octavia E. Butler Fellow Alyssa Collins. This long-awaited volume also contains “A Necessary Being,” the only short fiction set in the Patternist universe, to finally, fully bring together and complete the Patternist series for readers everywhere.

A groundbreaking, practical guide to accomplishing your goals and thriving in life, written for people with ADHD, autism, trauma and anxiety.

“Overcoming the Wall of Awful is not only endlessly validating, but epically empowering. This book needs to be in the hands of everyone who has ever failed at anything.” —Jessica McCabe, New York Times bestselling author of How to ADHD

We’re afraid to talk about it—that feeling we all get when we need to do something as simple as cleaning the kitchen or sending an email and we just … can’t. It’s not because we don’t want to, it’s because we feel paralyzed. We’re not aimless. We’re not lazy. Our brains are working against us! We have purpose, we just need guidance.

This is that guide. Just like bricks, negative emotions and experiences can build up until they feel like an impenetrable wall between us and our goals. Brendan Mahan, MEd., MS. calls this the Wall of Awful—and he’s lived it. Diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, Mahan has made it his life’s work to help people overcome their own Walls of Awful and accomplish their biggest, scariest ambitions.

Mahan draws on twenty years in teaching, counseling, and coaching people with anxiety, ADHD, autism, and trauma. He teams up with writer Alex Hughes Capell in Overcoming the Wall of Awful to present his comprehensive model. The book explores:

• How anxiety works and why it gets in the way
• Ways people try to get past the Wall that don’t work—and what does
• How to climb your Wall of Awful and take back control

Learn how to identify key emotions, the bricks in your Wall. Then, learn the tricks, systems, and habits you’ll need to not just climb one Wall—but to overcome your blocks throughout your life, one step at a time. The Wall is real, but you are stronger than you know.

This debut novel from a former NFL player is a hard-hitting, heart wrenching crime novel that brilliantly blends elements of jazz, football, and a gritty portrait of a city divided—perfect for fans of S.A. Cosby and Walter Mosley.

Coltrane Davis is at once a knight and a hustler. He has risen to wealth and success, graduating from San Diego’s back alleys to the halls of power through his partnership with Saul Sollman, a crooked kingmaker among the city’s elite. Running multimillion dollar scams with Saul, he has been Saul’s fixer, but now he wants out of the hustle so that he can focus on his teenage daughter’s burgeoning tennis career and finally be the dad he has always wanted to be.

But when the Los Angeles Chargers’ star running back vanishes one evening before a big game, Coltrane is drawn into an investigation of what happened by Saul and his protégé, the player’s agent; the stakes escalate with a gut-punch when the trail leads into San Diego’s underworld of drugs and prostitution and reveals clues to the disappearance of his daughter’s best friend, whose loss has haunted him.

Torn by the unreconcilable demands of the life he can’t seem to quit and the fierce desire he has to protect his own, Coltrane brings himself and his loved ones to the brink of destruction in his quest to free himself once and for all of Saul’s control—and focus on what really matters: family.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben offers a look behind the curtain at his own writing process in an inspiring, candid memoir filled with indispensable insights and techniques.

“For aspiring writers, Harlan’s advice, stories, and anecdotes are wise, proven, and valuable. For published authors, his book evokes memories of what it was like back then. It’s a romp, a riot, and a joy to read.” —John Grisham

With 100 million books in print world-wide and over twenty blockbuster television and film adaptations of his work, Harlan Coben has much to teach us about the creative process. Part deeply personal memoir, part masterclass in storytelling, Plot Twist is a refreshingly honest look at the life of a writer whose stories have thrilled us for decades.

Plumbing memories from his suburban childhood and his early years trying to break into publishing, Coben tells his own story for the first time, revealing the real-world inspirations for some of his most beloved characters as well as the innovative plots that drive his propulsive novels. Filled with useful tips and techniques on the creative process, Coben does away with the traditional “categories” of writing—characters, plot, setting, etc—and looks at the process holistically.

Plot Twist is a masterclass on the act of being a writer, and everything that comes with it: the self-doubt, the hubris, the contradictions, the passion and dedication. At the end of the day, his calculus is a simple one: “If it helps me produce pages, good. If it doesn’t, bad.” This book will help every aspiring writer produce pages.

Honest, funny, insightful, and at times deeply moving, this is both a captivating memoir and an essential guide for anyone looking to master the art of storytelling from one of our most beloved authors.

A practical, compassionate guide to sibling loss, with research, stories, and strategies for “forgotten mourners” as they move through the stages of grief towards finding meaning.

“Orenstein shares with us a powerful, universal, and uplifting truth: that death is not the end of our story, nor does it sever the connection and love we feel with the most important people in our life.” -Kate Spencer, author of The Dead Moms Club and Co-Host of the Forever35 podcast

After her brother was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan, Annie Sklaver Orenstein was heartbroken and unmoored. Standing in the grief section of her local bookstore, she searched for guides on how to work through her grief as a mourning sibling—and found nothing. More than 4 million American adults each year will lose a sibling, yet there isn’t a modern resource guide available that speaks directly to this type of grief that at times can be overshadowed by grieving parents and spouses and made even more difficult by the complexities of sibling dynamics.

In Always a Sibling, Annie uses her own story and those of others to create the empathic, thoughtful, practical resource that she sought. Divided into three sections: With, Without, and Within, it creates a framework that enables the reader to ground themselves in order to process and validate this often overlooked grief. Annie guides readers to capture the memories and emotions of life with their now deceased sibling, then moves to addressing the grieving process in detail as they navigate life without them. Ultimately, readers will find ways to experience their sibling’s presence within themselves and acknowledge their legacy.

With practical strategies rooted in proven grief processing techniques, trauma recovery, and psychoanalysis, Always A Sibling truly supports mourners through the unique experience of sibling loss.

“A graceful eulogy for rock bands, centered on rock’s last best hope.” — Kirkus Reviews

From an acclaimed music critic and author, an in-depth analysis of the rise and fall of rock n’ roll through the lens of one of the best albums of the 21st century—The Strokes’ Is This It.
 
In 2001, The Strokes broke into the indie alt-rock scene with their debut album Is This It, a work that was supposed to “save” rock music from the evils of nü-metal and teen pop.
 
It did not.
 
Despite the album’s countless accolades and acclaim from critics and fans alike, it failed to break into the mainstream like Nevermind did a decade before, and the band never reached as wide an audience as they’d hoped. But then why is it that no other rock band from the 21st century has captured the mystique of The Strokes? And how did a band defined by their repeated failure gain such a transcendent and enduring allure?
 
In Is This It: The Never Ending Rise And Fall Of The Strokes (And Rock ‘n’ Roll), music critic and author Steven Hyden provides keen insight into The Strokes’ tumultuous longevity by turning a socio-cultural and critical lens on their entire career, as well as the careers of their contemporaries: The Killers (more successful but less cool), Kings Of Leon (the southern Strokes), The White Stripes (their friendly rival), The National (the tortoise to The Strokes’s hare), and more. Hyden uses The Strokes’ classic album Is This It as a vehicle for examining rock’s radically changing role in pop culture over the last twenty-five years, and explores how while rock music may rise and fall, it—much like The Strokes—will never die.
 

An indispensable guide for taking back your life from an eating disorder and reclaiming your health—respectful, inclusive, and relatable.

“Disobey is a compassionate, practical guide for anyone navigating the challenges of an eating disorder.” —Mallary Tenore Tarpley, author of SLIP: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery

Encouragement. Support. Freedom. When you’re struggling with an eating disorder, it can be hard to imagine that recovery is possible. Your eating disorder has probably disconnected you from your friends and family, given you so many rules to follow, and it’s even taken over your thoughts and feelings. But it’s important to remember your ED is not your best friend. It doesn’t want what’s best for you. How can you say goodbye to your eating disorder and take back your life?

In Disobey, Doctors Christina Tortolani, Renee Rienecke, and Melissa Freizinger support you on your recovery journey and show you step-by-step how to find your freedom. Using science-backed tools, you’ll learn how to push back against your eating disorder and reconnect with yourself again. Disobey also includes:

• Journal and art prompts to help you reflect on what you’ve learned
• Inspiring and reassuring stories from others who have struggled with similar challenges
• Engaging exercises so you can start practicing new behaviors and ways of thinking

Recovery is tough—but the payoff is absolutely worth it.

A defining and uncompromising memoir from Super Bowl quarterback and renowned civil rights activist, Colin Kaepernick.

“A candid, observant, generous chronicle of his development as an elite, suddenly dispensable NFL quarterback and also of the relentless, high-profile civil rights warrior he’s become.” —Booklist Starred Review

On September 1, 2016, Colin Kaepernick took a knee during “The Star Spangled Banner,” but the world never fully understood the whole story. Not the “why” or the cost of his courage. That story begins in Turlock, California, where Kaepernick, a Black kid adopted into a white family, navigated constant resistance to His Blackness and sense of self. Sports became his refuge and his proving ground, where his talent could not be questioned. The extraordinary result? A quarterback whose arm and instincts would carry him to the Super Bowl and into history books. But with success came an education he hadn’t anticipated.

In the fraught world of sports politics, he saw the hidden powerhouses pulling the strings. Steeled with the readings of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Huey P. Newton, and Angela Davis, he saw in the NFL, in Turlock, in the repeated, unpunished police killings of Black and Brown Americans, an undeniable truth revealed: this was not someone else’s fight. It was his. It is ours.

When Kaepernick knelt, the NFL blackballed him. But in the ten years since, the questions his protest raise have not gone away. In The Perilous Fight, Kaepernick delivers his story with the same unflinching conviction that defined his most-watched moment, a single act of protest that changed American sports and culture forever. And ultimately, it is a story about the future we are all still fighting to build.

In this stunning and compulsively readable memoir, the Oscar-winning star of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Goonies, and Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ke Huy Quan, tells the story of his journey from Vietnamese refugee to 80s child star to the most inspiring comeback in Hollywood history. 

“A monumental work of self-discovery and the power and grace of communal survival. Quan’s voice is crystalline and luminous, and his Odyssean journey to the screen is, in itself, a triumph of storytelling.” –Ocean Vuong

Ke Huy Quan’s Hollywood adventure began when he was twelve years old, a mere five years after his family escaped Communist Northern Vietnam and settled down to a relatively peaceful life in L.A.’s Chinatown. After attending an open call audition on a whim, he was unexpectedly swept up in the wild world of filmmaking: learning to swim from Harrison Ford on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, receiving trucks full of toys from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for his birthday, meeting Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker, and making lifelong friends on the set of The Goonies.
 
A star of two of the most beloved movies of the ‘80s, there appeared to be no limit to Ke’s rise. But just a few years later, the roles had dried up and it seemed like Hollywood no longer had a place for him. He eventually left acting to work odd jobs behind the scenes for directors like Wong Kar Wai. His confidence was badly shaken, but his love of performing never abated. It wasn’t until decades later, when he was 49 years old, that he stepped back in front of the camera to star in a strange little indie film called Everything Everywhere All at Once, which surprised everyone with its incredible box-office and awards season success. To call Ke’s Oscar-winning performance a triumphant return would be an understatement.
 
In this moving, inspirational memoir, Ke paints a vivid self-portrait, telling both heart-wrenching and funny stories of his early rise, slow fall from the spotlight, the resilience that kept him going through his darkest times, and his eventual resurrection on one of the biggest stages in Hollywood. Never Say Die is the story of Ke’s extraordinary life, a love letter to the movies and people that shaped him, and a powerful testament to never giving up on your dreams.

From New York Times editor Eric Athas comes a groundbreaking solution on how to rewire our impulses to consume new things and reclaim control of our lives and spending habits.

New things are everywhere—and they’re causing us to disconnect from what we value most in life. One of the biggest lies of modern times is that new is always better. A new phone is always better than the previous edition. A new pair of sunglasses is always better than the one you wore last summer. The new fitness app is always better than the one you already downloaded. Influencers are constantly promoting the latest trends, and retailers are designing frictionless experiences that optimize for speedy checkouts. Sooner or later, we can’t help but feel like a new product, trend, or fad is too good to resist.

Saying No to New recognizes that instead of improving our lives, new things often distract us from our goals. They steal our time, money and attention—and even our joy and happiness. As a solution to today’s challenges, Saying No to New will help you:

• Understand how your own brain may be pushing you to newness for brief dopamine hits
• Become knowledgeable about the landscape of new things and the forces pulling you in
• Master the art of detecting persuasion in humans and technology
• Make smarter decisions about what to embrace and what to deflect
• Develop a calmer, healthier, clutter-free lifestyle
  

In Saying No to New, Eric Athas draws upon his experiences and the latest research—as well as interviews with scientists, philosophers, tech insiders, happiness gurus, decision-making experts, and others—to provide a framework for reshaping your relationship with new things. You will learn how to break the flow of new things into your life and take a more intentional approach to the ones you do encounter.

Lights Out meets Butcher & Blackbird as a crime journalist tracks down a stalker only to discover he might be her perfect man in this sexy stalker rom‑com. 

She hunts killers. He is one. Opposites attract has never been so literal.

Crime journalist Oakley Novak has built her career exposing Boston’s darkest secrets, but she never expected a serial killer to turn the tables and stalk her.

Xander Rhodes spent weeks watching her through hidden cameras, captivated by her sharp mind and relentless drive, until she catches him red-handed and, instead of running, challenges him with a glare that could melt steel.
Xander’s either found his soulmate or lost his damn mind. Probably both.

When Oakley recruits him for her revenge plan against the man who murdered her parents, their partnership shatters every rule of Xander’s secret murder society.
Now they’re being hunted by both sides—the law and the shadows—while racing against time to take down the untouchable enemy who took everything from her.

If you’re obsessed with dark romance laced with wicked humor, serial killers with a knack for banter, and heroines who wield wit as sharply as weapons, this sinful story will carve its way into your soul.

Kaleidoscopic culture critic Chuck Klosterman rewrites the history of reality in an “ingenious” (Kirkus Reviews) work of speculative fiction based on a question that has never been considered or (in all likelihood) even asked: What if The Beatles had only developed a cult following while the Velvet Underground emerged as the most popular band in the world?

“This twisted, ironic tribute will delight, surprise, and provoke rock fans.” (Publishers Weekly starred review)

The Velvet Underground & Nico was released in the spring of 1967. For decades, the cliche has been that it initially only sold 10,000 copies, though everyone who bought it supposedly started a band. It is the definition of a record whose influence outstrips its mass popularity. But what if the opposite had transpired? What if instead of selling 10,000 copies, it had sold…10 million copies? What if it had sold 100 million copies? What would have happened if the Velvet Underground had inexplicably become the biggest group in the history of popular music, and everything about the rest of the 20th century was merely a footnote to that phenomenon?

Whatever answer you imagine is an infinitesimal splinter, at least when compared to Rock*. Chuck Klosterman has generated a fictitious universe where almost everything is different, except for the songs. The songs remain the same—the difference is how they are heard and what they now mean. Lou Reed is a messiah, reversing the monoculture and dictating the outcome of presidential elections. The Beatles disappear, though they never break up. The Rolling Stones collapse while Led Zeppelin goes bankrupt. Punk rock fills stadiums, undermined only by insouciant radicals like Boston and Van Halen. Disco is destroyed. Hip-hop becomes country. The 1980s are defined by disposable pop icons (like G.G. Allin) and Christian revivalists (like Madonna). Lenny Kravitz lets love rule, Oasis collides with a wonderwall, and the terrorist attacks of 9/11 are somehow blamed on the Strokes.

Presented like The Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll if written by Philip K. Dick, Jorge Luis Borges, and Patrick Bateman, Rock* intermixes satiric contrarianism and Spinal Tap-ish absurdity with darker theories about what makes art popular, how success delineates perception, and the inescapable consensus of subjective history. It is not, nor does it claim to be, the greatest book ever written about rock and roll. But it’s probably the last one that ever needs to be written.

A groundbreaking book from the “Stress Reset Expert” reveals that contrary to popular belief, cortisol isn’t the enemy—it’s an essential hormone your body depends on to function, heal, and thrive, and the key to reclaiming your health is restoring your natural supply. For fans of Good Energy and Age Like a Girl.

Our relationship to cortisol, the stress hormone, is often misconstrued. We believe cortisol is bad—something we want to lower and keep at bay. But here’s the truth: the migraines, bloating, mood swings, weight gain, and joint pain may not stem from too much cortisol at all. More often, they arise when your body’s cortisol levels are depleted. When you learn how your system really interacts with this vital hormone, you create the conditions for your body to repair, rebalance, and reset.

In The Cortisol Cure, Dr. Erin Kinney introduces her powerful and accessible framework: the “Cortisol Bank Account.” Think of cortisol as the “currency” your body uses to generate energy, handle stress, heal, and perform at its best. When you rest, you earn cortisol. When stress demands your attention—physical, emotional or environmental —you spend it. And just like with any budget, when you consistently spend more than you earn, you slip into hormonal debt. This debt sends your body into survival mode and can manifest as a wide range of symptoms that feel mysterious or disconnected.

This book maps the journey Dr. Kinney has used to help over 7,000 patients and clients heal their body, health, and life. You will:

• Understand what you want for your body—you’ll learn how to balance your relationship with cortisol in each area of your life.
• Read real patient stories that illustrate the science in clear, relatable, and empowering ways.
• Learn habits that you can put into practice—and that will stick for the long term.
  

The Cortisol Cure is a wake-up call and action plan for anyone who doesn’t feel well and isn’t sure why, but needs to feel better. If you’re human and you want to be well—this book is for you.

Hall of Fame baseball writer Peter Gammons dives deep into his encounters over the last six decades with the best in the sport, revealing a trove of behind-the-scenes stories about the fascinating and inspiring individuals at the heart of our national pastime.

Peter Gammons is the preeminent baseball writer of his generation. Born and raised in New England, Gammons was mentored by the revered basketball coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina. Smith told him that being a good listener was not only the key to journalism but to life—and Gammons has long taken that to heart. His early calling card was his Sunday notes column in the Boston Globe, which combined baseball and pop culture to deliver a weekly joyride through the sport. His story from Game 6 of the 1975 World Series is still considered the greatest game story ever written on deadline, and led to his hiring by Sports Illustrated in 1976. He moved to ESPN in 1990, becoming the first sportswriter the network ever put on TV.

Nearly every significant figure in the game has shared stories with Gammons. It’s All About the Players reveals what Gammons has learned from those greats about baseball and life. He details the emergence of Latin and Asian players in Major League Baseball and the symbiotic relationships between manager and general managers, catchers and pitchers, and second basemen and shortstops. He recalls his chance childhood meeting with Roger Maris as he was falling in love with baseball. He speaks to the marriage between rock n’ roll and baseball, and, yes, tells the story of how Ted Williams claimed he could smell the wood burning on his bat after smoking line drives to the outfield.

Now Gammons has put it all down on the page for baseball fans to treasure.

In her adult debut, award-winning author Tanaz Bhathena expertly weaves a tale of love and loss in ancient Persia with her take on the timeless tragedy of Tahmineh, a temptress, a witch, a victim, or, perhaps, a woman trying her hardest to protect her loved ones.

“A beautifully rendered mixture of magic and the Middle East.” —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of My Sister’s Keeper

Rumors of witchcraft follow Princess Tahmineh like a storm cloud, making it impossible for her to secure herself a marriage or any kind of future. With her father, the king’s, health in question, it becomes shockingly clear how desperate her situation will soon become in his absence. If she doesn’t act now, she will quickly find herself destitute and desperate.

Tahmineh seeks out a prophecy, from which she learns she will fall in love with a warrior of great renown named Rostam and bear him a son. However, she is warned this match is a dangerous one for her. Heedless of the warnings, Tahmineh boldly orchestrates a meeting with Rostam and the two develop a close friendship and ultimately fall in love and marry. At the peak of her joy, Tahmineh gives birth to Sohrab, Rostam’s son.

All too soon, Tahmineh learns the tragic second part of the prophecy. Father and son will meet as enemies in battle and one will die at the hand of the other. What follows is a mother’s desperate attempt to undo the threads of fate and try to protect her son at all costs.

“A bold love story.” —Lauren Kate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen series

“An aching, timeless, and lush tale.” —Samantha Sotto Yambao, New York Times bestselling author of The Elsewhere Express

The National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Pachinko returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic: a masterpiece by turns sweeping and intimate, that reckons with ambition and moderation, lust and loyalty, personal dreams and familial duty.

Min Jin Lee brings grand ambition, fierce heart, and the tenderest hope to a novel I didn’t want to end.” —Roxane Gay, bestselling author of Bad Feminist and Hunger

In schools and churches, hotel rooms and nail salons, law firms and fried-fish shops; in cramped, dingy apartments and luxury, gated communities, the men, women, and children in American Hagwon struggle to find satisfaction and meaning in a world that seems to grow less forgiving with each passing year. Once comfortably middle class in Korea, John and Helen Koh and their three children—Bo, DH, and Mido—find their lives upended, first by a shocking betrayal by John’s oldest friend, then by the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

Desperately striving to regain their footing, they leave Seoul for Sydney and eventually settle in Southern California—where new vistas of opportunity open up for the children as their parents, strangers in a strange land, must adjust to a new life in which their experience and education mean little, and they set their sights on whatever it takes to provide for their children’s futures. The Kohs, their friends, relatives, and even their foes move in and out of each other’s lives as they navigate new courses across the years, always nursing the almost all-consuming faith that education will lead the next generation to success and security.

In American Hagwon, Min Jin Lee has crafted an unforgettable, panoramic novel where the smallest of gestures can have enormous repercussions, where the bonds of family and of memory twist and fray but rarely break, and where willful self-sacrifice—for the benefit of loved ones and even strangers—is a kind of prayer.

An immersive, engrossing novel … this is panorama told in brilliant detail.”—Colm Tóibín, bestselling author ofLong IslandandBrooklyn

The instant #1 New York Times bestselling author and creator of PlantYou is back with her easiest recipes yet!

Thirty minutes or less. Five-minute prep. Batch cooking. Dump-and-bake meals everyone will love. No matter how little time you have for the kitchen, Quickies has you covered with healthy, delicious meals.

PlantYou: Quickies is your go-to guide for fast, easy, plant-based cooking on days when you feel like doing anything but. Designed for real life and real schedules, Carleigh’s recipes will help you get a fabulous meal on the table.
In Quickies you’ll find:

• Approachable, speedy recipes, many doable in 30 minutes or less
• Carleigh’s signature “Got This, Make That” visual guide to help you use what you have in your fridge and pantry
• Dump & Bake and S.O.S. (Save Our Sanity) Suppers sections for minimal mess and maximum ease
• Shortcuts and meal prep tips for when your time and energy are limited
• Gluten, nut, and oil-free options, giving you the flexibility to adapt to your own dietary needs
• A Plant Point counter with each recipe, so you can eat healthier without the stress.

With recipes for every meal, Quickies will make plant-based cooking simple, speedy, practical, and truly delicious!

Introducing an iconic investigative duo—a hapless detective and his capable cat—in this must-read by one of Japan’s most beloved novelists of crime fiction.

Detective Yoshitaro Katayama is afraid of many things: heights, dark spaces, blood and … women. When a young female student is found murdered, he’s given two choices—review the harrowing crime-scene photographs or head to Hagoromo Women’s College to investigate—and reluctantly opts for the latter.

But the threat escalates with additional murders, and soon Katayama has a different surprise on his hands: a calico cat named Holmes, orphaned when the dean himself falls victim.

Surely that’s the last thing Katayama needs. Until Holmes begins to display some uncanny investigative instincts of her own …

A comprehensive and compassionate approach to breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and what comes after, to educate and empower you to be your own—and best—advocate. 

A breast cancer diagnosis is profoundly life-changing at any age, but can be especially distressing for younger women who must navigate their diagnosis and treatment while balancing the responsibilities and pressure of career goals, parenting, fertility concerns, dating, relationships, marriage, and more. Despite the rise in breast cancer among younger women, resources for these patients can be few and far between, and it can be difficult to know which ones to trust.

Enter Beyond the Pink. As a board-certified medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer, Dr. Teplinsky picks up where the clinical visits leave off. Beyond the Pink goes beyond the science and medicine to focus on the challenges encountered by younger breast cancer previvors, survivors and thrivers, but the material is applicable for all who have been touched by breast cancer. Dr. Teplinsky helps them navigate their way through recovery and life, offering:

• A comprehensive look at screening, diagnosis, and genetics with the most up-to-date information on treatment options
• Practical tools for emotional and psychological issues, such as anxiety, depression, body image, and fear of cancer recurrence
• Information on treating and living with metastatic breast cancer
• A clear overview of how cancer treatments affect health, including menopause, cardiovascular, bone, muscle, brain, and sexual health, with practical strategies to manage them
• Real stories from breast cancer previvors, survivors and thrivers

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with breast cancer, Beyond the Pink is your go-to resource from a trusted expert.

Join a new kind of vampire hunter—former gangster Freddie Burns—as he fights for his place, for his family, and for the hell of it in London’s gritty magical underworld. Mostly for the hell of it, to be honest.

Freddie Burns just wants ten pints, a spot of football violence, and to take over his uncle’s fading South London crime business. But when a gangland execution goes wrong, Freddie discovers a new kind of organized crime—one where vampires are spine-breakingly real and monsters hide just out of sight.

Good thing Freddie has a supernatural gift for giving vampires a kicking—them and anyone else that looks at him funny.

Dragged into a world of shadowy organizations, secret sorcerous pacts, gruesome vampire initiations, and a plot to rule it all, Freddie realizes it’s up to him to save the world —or at least not wreck it entirely. He just needs a drink first.

A boy lost in the shadow of his father’s legacy.

A gifted artist dismissed as just a “TV actor.”

A first-time film producer who stunned the world by winning an Oscar at 31.

A maverick who changed Hollywood and became a global movie star. 

Hollywood icon Michael Douglas tells the unfiltered story of his life for the first time. 
 
“I spent a significant portion of my career playing some version of the modern, flawed, American male. You’ll see from these pages that it wasn’t exactly a stretch for me.”
 
Beginning with his fractured childhood and a complex relationship with his superstar father, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas finally gives the full and uncensored account of a remarkable life. One Helluva Ride reveals incredible behind-the-scenes stories featuring a Who’s Who of Hollywood, many of them never revealed before and some outrageously funny, with an unflinching honesty about his sometimes bad-boy life.
 
Initially dismissed as just the handsome son of a legendary movie star, at age thirty-one he shook up Hollywood when he won his first Oscar for producing the five-time Academy Award-winning classic film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Told he would never be more than a “TV actor,” he quit the hit series The Streets of San Francisco to become an international movie star, with a list of classic films that have grossed billions of dollars, winning a second Oscar for his riveting performance as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street.
 
“I can’t think about my life without thinking of my movies,” Douglas says, and he recounts his career through twelve of his most iconic films, including One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The China Syndrome, Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile, Fatal Attraction, Wall Street, War of the Roses, Basic Instinct, Falling Down, The American President, Traffic and Behind the Candelabra.  These movies not only captured the cultural zeitgeist but often defined it. 

Yet as Douglas’s fame grew, so did his personal struggles. He recounts the full, unfiltered story of his turbulent first mar­riage; infidelity and affairs with some of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood; his own serious struggle with alcohol, drugs and rehab; the heartbreaking fight to save his son from an addiction that sent him to prison; and his against-all-odds battle with stage IV cancer.

He saw Catherine Zeta Jones on a movie screen and instantly fell for her. Their incredible love story transformed his life and proved all the tabloids wrong, enduring after twenty-five years of marriage. 

Father, son, husband, actor, producer, brother and friend. This is the real, raw, deeply honest and vulnerable Michael Douglas you didn’t know—until now.

Seven ballerinas. One fallen primadonna. The audition of a lifetime. And a mysterious house that swallows the weakest one by one …

There is no performance art as punishing as ballet—and no top-tier ballerina is as punished as Eden. While others practice their steps over and over, Eden waits, knowing her body can perform only so many times before it breaks. But Eden will need to be perfect—or even better—at Deveraux Manor, secluded amid snowy mountains, where she and six other hopefuls are sequestered in a month-long audition for the mysterious, alluring, tragic former ballerina Leanora Karagianni.

Only one finalist will join Leanora’s company and dance the lead. Eden wants it more than anything, but not more than anyone. Her competitors will take every advantage they can. And the cursed house twisting around them will push each ballerina to the bloody edge—and over it. As Eden fights her attraction to the seductive Leonora and the stakes turn lethal, she’ll discover that only the dancer who pays the house’s terrible price can become the finalist.

The definitive autobiography from Alice Cooper, the Godfather of Shock Rock and one of the world’s most iconic musicians with a career spanning six decades.

In the beginning, Alice Cooper was the name of a rock group. Then my stage name. And then a monster. Now I’ve written a book that tracks Alice’s evilution, how he and I became almost fatally intertwined, and how I’ve tamed him at last. After over thirty records and sixty-plus years, the story of Alice Cooper has become a tangle of embellishments, elaborations and outright fabrications, that I think it’s time to sort reality from myth: the slaughtered chickens, the bans and record burnings, the evangelical terrors, Ouija boards and poltergeists, resurrections and revenge from the grave, the cross-dressers, thieves, drug addicts and hopeless alcoholics, the house fires and car crashes—all will be revealed for what they really were.

I’m also coming clean about the extent of my addictions, my blackout years, the creative process fuelled by alcohol, drugs and round-the-clock TV, my scramble to the top of the pile and the terrible slide back down. I want to talk about the origin of Cold Ethyl, the guillotine and the dead babies, the best and worst of my reviews, my feelings of guilt and regret after people got hurt or died, what life was like on the road until the wheels came off the bus, what a romantic I am at heart and how I’ve stayed married for half a century even after my wife came at me with a frying pan.

And I want to talk about God. Don’t worry, I’m not gonna bang you on the head with a Bible, I just want to describe how it is that I found Him dwelling in me. Alice, that inveterate liar, was a voice in my ear for so long, whispering lies and sweet nothings, pretending to be my better conscience and my inspiration, pretending to be me, that I think it’s only right to present both sides of the story: the angel on one shoulder, the devil on the other.

A social psychologist and Cornell professor of organizational behavior reveals the business and life benefits of knowing when to say something—and when to keep things to yourself.

Should I ask an upset colleague what’s wrong? Should I tell my bestie the truth when she asks about her new haircut? Should I tell my boss about my personal struggles? Should I apologize, even though it wasn’t my fault? Should I tell my friend her spouse is cheating on her? Should I tell my classmate I got the job we both applied for?

We all have moments in our daily lives when we wonder not only how to say something, but if we should say it at all. In Should I Say Something? social psychologist and organizational behavior expert Vanessa Bohns explores how to make informed decisions about when to express something and when to keep things to ourselves. Making the case for this vital communication skill, Bohns helps us determine the difference between oversharing and showing appropriate vulnerability, ultimately helping us to find support, feel less alone, and gain perspective.

Grounded in social psychological research, this book serves as a field guide for navigating moments of doubt about whether to say something. Bohns examines common inner conflicts, such as asking ourselves if we should be honest, apologize, or hold back in an interaction. Highly entertaining and eminently practical, Should I Say Something? addresses a modern-day pain point—the fear of being disliked, offending others, or getting cancelled—and offers concrete solutions to help readers avoid “sadfishing,” “success bombing,” “ghosting,” “love bombing,” “trauma dumping,” and more.

For fans of Vanderbilt and The Last Castle, a riveting biography of the reclusive heiress who became a fairy godmother to twentieth-century artists while intently guarding her own secrets.

“A journey through the bedrooms and drawing rooms of the twentieth-century art world where luminaries expressed forbidden sexual desires and found inspiration for much of the art they created. The book is so good, I picked it up and barely breathed until I was finished.” -Mary Gabriel, author of Ninth Street Women

In 1918, at twenty-three, Alice Delamar inherited the vast fortune of her mining magnate father, reportedly becoming the richest maiden of her time. She was swiftly hounded by the press, who wanted to know: Would she assume her father’s famed Pembroke Estate? What would she do with all that money? And most importantly, whom would she marry?

Determined to evade the public eye, Alice built sprawling, tree-covered estates, where she mixed with acclaimed figures like Vladimir Nabokov, Salvador Dali, Ludwig Bemelmans, George Balanchine, and Eva Le Gallienne. Behind a wall of her own making, she lived a life that hardly would have suited high society, also keeping the confidences of the cascade of characters who came to populate her compounds—in some cases, before being dramatically cast out of paradise.

After learning of Alice in a biography of La Gallienne, Nona Footz was spellbound. Who was this woman, and what was she hiding? She spent the next decade rummaging through musty attics and traveling to far-flung cities in search of a manuscript that Alice was rumored to have left behind. What she found, especially among Alice’s surviving posse, took her breath away.

A Mansion of Her Own is an illuminating portrait of the mysterious millionairess, as well as an exploration of the ways that the dead push and pull the living. Tender and probing, it’s an unforgettable story about what we hide and what we seek—both from others and ourselves.

A reporter’s dogged quest to solve the murder of two teens uncovers a forgotten corner of the Deep South and the chilling web of police corruption, violence, and miscarried justice beneath its surface.

“A captivating, richly reported and deeply humane story of found families, crooked cops, ferocious loyalties and the terrifying velocity of justice slipping away.” -Megan Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of El Dorado Drive

In 1999, in the rural Alabama town of Ozark, the bodies of two white teenage girls, J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett, were found shot in the trunk of Beasley’s car. The girl were out past curfew and celebrating Beasley’s birthday—but from there the story grew tangled, then went dark.

As months, then years, passed without answers, an eccentric cast of townspeople took it upon themselves to chase down leads. In this hardscrabble, farming region at the southern tip of the Bible Belt—a place cut off from freeways and wary of outsiders—everyone knew you couldn’t trust the cops. Their investigation was shoddy at best; at worst, it looked a lot like a cover-up.

Twenty years later, the chief of police called his childhood friend, a devout Black man and long-haul trucker named Coley McCraney, into the station. To the shock of the community, and most of all McCraney, he was arrested for the long-ago murder of two girls he didn’t seem to recognize. DNA evidence tied McCraney to the crime scene. But in a region rife with corruption, and haunted by a legacy of racist violence, was there any chance of finding the truth?

The Wiregrass is a twisting, deeply reported true-crime narrative, populated by Bible kids, white supremacists, and amateur sleuths. Unraveling the notorious Beasley-Hawlett cold case, it reveals the stunning, Southern gothic story of a region—and a nation—that cannot outrun the traumas of its past.

Collin Gosselin, one of the sextuplets from ​Jon & Kate Plus 8, breaks his silence ​to share the shocking story hidden behind the facade of a ​picture-perfect family.

“As someone who knows firsthand the lasting impact institutional trauma can have on a young person’s life, I was deeply moved by Collin’s honesty and strength. So proud of Collin for turning his pain into purpose and powerfully sharing his story with the world.”
—Paris Hilton

For years, the world watched Jon & Kate Plus 8 through a lens of curated joy. But while the cameras captured the milestones, they missed the moments that defined Collin Gosselin’s life: the Christmas morning where the gifts were reclaimed as soon as the cameras went down, and the basement room where silence was his only companion.

In the Shadow of Eight is the first account of a secret childhood lived in the gaps between the frames. Collin is finally sharing the truth about being held down, the basement cell where he was hidden for years, and the cocktail of powerful antipsychotics forced on an eleven-year-old boy. This is a reckoning with the dark side of fame: the systems, the entourage, and the institutions that allowed one boy to be erased. This is the never before told story of how he escaped and found his way back from the dark.

Clinical neuropsychologist and learning disorder expert Dr. Katie Davis offers a new, illuminating approach to child development, helping you to support your child through their challenges—without leaping to a diagnosis.

As parents, we want nothing more than our child to thrive in each stage of development. Seeing them struggle in that process can be difficult, but sometimes, it’s normal. After years of research, Dr. Davis suggests that a diagnosis isn’t always the answer helping our kids keep up with the curve.

Actually, You’re Fine is a compassionate guide to childhood development that reveals anxiety is natural when it comes to tracking your child’s development. Our instinct, when we notice a child struggling, is often to search for a label—to assume that difficulty must signal a disorder. But the rush to pathologize can be harmful for both parents and kids for a range of reasons, from unnecessary medication to misallocation of resources. Rather than feeling capable and ready to take on life’s challenges, children can feel that their challenges are unacceptable and taboo. Overdiagnosis can also stigmatize kids who are genuinely struggling.

With actionable insights, Dr. Davis empowers you to advocate for your children at school, and foster their development at home. You’ll learn:

• How diagnoses are achieved—and what they actually mean
• Critical information about emergent diagnoses that aren’t actually codified—and why this trend can do more harm than good
• The difference between symptoms and diagnoses
• Reasons why your child might be struggling in school, and interventions to help improve their functioning
• How to accurately identify when more support is necessary and navigate the institutions that can provide it
• The various interconnected challenges children can have—cognitive, social, and emotional
• An accessible, realistic approach to maximizing your child’s potential in a world of overachievement

Actually, You’re Fine offers clear-eyed and empathetic guidance to help parents, caregivers, and educators watch your kids succeed without pathologizing them—while still being able to recognize if a child does need an intervention.
 

New York Times bestselling author and esteemed TV critic Alan Sepinwall delivers the definitive biography of Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone.

Serling’s pioneering work not only included entertaining millions and shaping television standards, but also being an outspoken advocate on a range of social justice issues.

“What I write is a part of me,” Rod Serling once said. Serling put himself into everything he wrote. You could hear his distinct voice coming through whether a script was set on another planet or a familiar suburban street. Many of the hundreds of original radio and television scripts that he penned were in some way inspired by moments from his own life: his idyllic childhood, his time in combat in the Pacific, the period in his early career where he earned a reputation as Hollywood’s “angry young man,” and even his experiences as the famed screenwriter, producer, and narrator of The Twilight Zone.

So it seems fitting that the definitive biography of a man who poured so much of himself into his writing should be told in his own words. Renowned TV critic and bestselling author Alan Sepinwall employs Rod’s own writing to paint a portrait of this singular storyteller, using episodes of The Twilight Zone and Rod’s other work to set the scene and illustrate how thin the line was between the man and his art.

Serling died believing he had left not legacy, and that his work would quickly be forgotten. Yet celebrated fans like Steve Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro, J.J. Abrams, Ben Stiller, Rain Johnson, Vince Gilligan, Rob Mac, and many more discuss with Sepinwall how Serling inspired what they do.

A revealing portrait of a complicated, principled man, Serling pays due homage to perhaps one of the greatest activist writers ever known.

For fans of Chatter and On Our Best Behavior, a practical guide to teach you how to flip the script on envy.

Widely viewed as a negative aspect of human nature, envy can function as a powerful motivator for change and personal growth when viewed with the right lens. We all want things that other people have. It’s natural, yet we are ashamed of how it makes us feel—a mix of inferiority, ill will, and injustice. From a young age, we’re taught that comparison is the thief of joy. But as a first-generation Korean American, Dr. Stacy S. Kim was also raised viewing envy from a different lens—in Korea, people openly make social comparisons and express envy to better their lives.

As a social scientist and career coach, Dr. Kim spent years unpacking envy’s dichotomy, realizing that by expanding our view of what it can produce, we’ll ultimately be able to use it to our advantage. When we examine our envy in a more positive light, we can learn what we want, whom to emulate, and how to get it. Envy is for those of us who do everything we can to build our best life yet still find ourselves feeling behind. Thanks to social media and smartphones, we can experience this negative emotion at any hour, anywhere, and the feeling remains largely buried and unspoken. But through personal stories, interviews, and research, Dr. Kim provides concrete strategies on how to convert unexamined reckless use of envy into a guiding force and powerful motivator. You’ll learn how to:

• Recognize envy as a moral emotion, and how it can highlight social injustices and mobilize groups to create a greater common good.
• Understand why you can’t help but make comparisons and how to use them in a more strategic way.
• Stop feeling embarrassed about your desires and pay attention to what you truly want—not getting distracted by what you think you should want.
• Become more aware of your own potentially perfectionistic tendencies.
• Use envy to discover your life direction and build skills that challenge you.
• Deepen connections with people who matter to you, even when it can be difficult to do.
• Experience the satisfaction that comes from serving others and having an impact.

Within these pages, you’ll find that you have a choice: to use envy as an outlet for negative social comparison—or as a powerful tool to transform your life and decide what matters most to you.

A sweeping and cinematic narrative history that follows Renoir’s La Petite Irène, tracing its theft from one of Paris’s wealthiest Jewish families during WWII and the fate of the girl it immortalized.

“A vivid and deeply reported portrait of looted art, memory, and one family’s struggle for survival and justice during one of history’s darkest eras.” -Dana Canedy, New York Times bestselling author of A Journal for Jordan

In 1941, a specialized German looting unit raided the Chambord chateau in the Loire Valley of France and plundered one of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s most haunting masterworks: La Petite Irène. The portrait would enchant or curse nearly everyone who coveted it, but the living, breathing girl it depicted slipped from view. This is her story.

She was Irène Cahen d’Anvers, born into Belle Époque privilege and a wealthy Jewish dynasty. Defiant by nature, she abandoned her religion and her arranged marriage, becoming a figure at once scandalous, elusive and resilient. As the Occupation gripped Paris, her family was targeted, persecuted and deported—punished for demanding the return of what had been stolen. Irène survived by hiding in plain sight, while questions lingered decades later about how and why.

Drawing on newly uncovered documents, newspaper accounts, and archival records, Doreen Carvajal reconstructs the intertwined journeys of a woman and a painting that was seized by the Nazis, traded through a shadowy art market, and pursued by a powerful collector. Their paths converge in a story of beauty and betrayal—the painting a silent witness to what history tried to erase.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Bang Theory oral history comes an in-depth and thoroughly reported exploration of its prequel, Young Sheldon, with major revelations about the show, behind-the-scenes stories from every cast member (yes, that includes the fan-favorite actors behind Dr. Sturgis, Veronica Duncan, Paige, and more), and all the heart that made the show beloved.

When Young Sheldon debuted in 2017, no one could have anticipated how The Big Bang Theory prequel would take on a life of its own separate from the mothership. Sure, the now-beloved sitcom was the top-rated scripted show over its seven-season run on CBS, but it truly became a phenomenon when it hit Netflix (as well as TikTok and YouTube), eventually becoming the most streamed show of 2024. Fans of all age ranges and demographics were won over by the show’s humor and heart, and the characters and young stars endeared themselves to both Big Bang devotees and viewers who were being introduced to the Cooper family for the first time.

Young Sheldon: The (Juicier-Than-Meemaw’s-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy is the surprising story of how the wholesome sitcom overcame major challenges off-camera to become a massive show beloved around the globe. Bestselling author and journalist Jessica Radloff delves into the cast and crew’s real-life family dynamic behind the scenes, explores the often taboo subjects the writers didn’t shy away from, and reveals all the stories behind Big Bang canon-rewriting controversies and the heartbreak and anger over the decision to end the series. She explores a mix of memorable episodes—from the Jon Favreau-directed pilot to Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik’s return in the finale—through interviews with the entire cast, co-creators Chuck Lorre and Steve Molaro, writers, producers, guest stars—and even the real-life parents.

Fans of the show will love this revelatory behind-the-scenes look into one of the most heartwarming television hits of all time.

With a master spy and the U. S. government after him, former CIA assassin Oliver Stone is America’s most wanted man—but escaping D.C. won’t protect him from a lethal world of political corruption in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.

Known by his alias, “Oliver Stone,” John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who destroyed Stone’s life and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced. But his freedom comes at a steep price: The assassinations he carried out prompt the highest levels of the U.S. government to unleash a massive manhunt. Yet behind the scenes, master spy Macklin Hayes is playing a very personal game of cat and mouse. He, more than anyone else, wants John Carr dead. With their friend and unofficial leader in hiding, the members of the Camel Club risk everything to save him.

As the hunters close in, Stone’s flight from the demons of his past will take him from the power corridors of Washington, D.C., to the coal-mining town of Divine, Virginia—and into a world every bit as bloody and lethal as the one he left behind.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Truth About the Accident and The Family Across the Street comes another twisty psychological thriller that will leave you questioning the truth until the very end—perfect for fans of Freida McFadden.

Lana loves her job as a therapist, listening to other people’s worries, fears—and secrets. She tries never to get too close to her patients …

Until she meets Sandy, whose beautiful green eyes—eyes that Lana is sure look familiar—tear up as Sandy talks about her husband Mike. She swears the bruise on her face was just an accident.

But when Sandy leaves the session, Lana notices marks on the tissue she was dabbing her eyes with. It looks like make-up: blue, yellow, purple. There’s no way Sandy’s black eye was fake—is there?

Then Sandy goes missing. And Lana is accused of being involved.

The one person who might know the truth is Sandy’s husband. Mike says he’s desperate for answers, too –and to find his wife before it’s too late.

But who is lying? The heartbroken husband? The missing wife? Or the therapist who knows all their secrets?

From the founders of MeidasTouch, the independent news network that helped redefine how millions of people consume news, WTF America?! is an unflinching look at how the United States and the world arrived at this dangerous moment—with authoritarian movements gaining ground and democratic institutions under relentless attack—and, more importantly, how we can fight our way back and reclaim the future.

This is not simply a book about Donald Trump. Trump is the vessel, not the disease. He is the product of a system decades in the making, fueled by powerful interests, weakened democratic institutions, and a media ecosystem that too often chose access and complicity over accountability. The book confronts the defining questions of our time: How did we get here? Why did so many institutions fail when they were needed most? And what must we do now to defend democracy before it is too late?

What began as a private text chain between brothers Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas during the COVID pandemic grew into something no one imagined. Without careers in traditional journalism or the backing of an established news organization, the brothers challenged the conventional wisdom about how news could be reported, distributed, and consumed. MeidasTouch proved that independent journalism, direct engagement, and an unwavering commitment to accountability, facts, and democratic values could reach millions of people and reshape the social and media landscape.

WTF America?! examines a despicable era: Elon Musk’s blood-red chainsaw, the buried Epstein Files, the violent occupation of Minneapolis, the constant squeeze on hard-working Americans. But beyond such atrociousness, the brothers provide a call to action and a roadmap for what comes next. They expose the forces driving democratic backsliding, reveal why independent journalism has never mattered more, and offer a hopeful vision for rebuilding trust, strengthening democratic institutions, and reminding readers that history is not written by authoritarians alone. It is written by people who refuse to surrender the truth.

An annoying long-lost “cousin,” war, and the prospect of love all threaten the Demon Overlord’s tranquil retirement in the edgy, funny follow-up to The Demon Overlord’s Retirement Plan. Includes an exclusive bonus adventure coming 10/20/26!

There’s no rest for the wicked, especially when they have family next door.

After centuries of conquering kingdoms and terrifying the cosmos, the Demon Overlord just wants to retire in peace. Unfortunately, peace is hard to find in Lower Middleton, a quiet village full of gossip, feuds, and one dangerously charming succubus—who also happens to be his “cousin.”

Now Willem Porter (definitely not Galornus Prime, Destroyer of Worlds) must navigate enchanted pickles, noble politics, and the delicate art of staying out of trouble, all while pretending he’s just a humble turnip farmer.

A cozy, laugh-out-loud fantasy of infernal bureaucracy, reluctant heroism, and small-town chaos.

Perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes, Good Omens, and anyone who likes their comfort reads served with sarcasm, tea, and a touch of demonic meddling.

Start your next infernal vacation in Lower Middleton today.

• People who are funny already
• People who worry they can never be funny
• People who’ve been asked to give a wedding toast (hot hip: mention ex-partners in a list of 3, 5, or 17)
• Writers who work across genres or want to learn
• Employees who just want to get one solid laugh in their department meeting

Comedian and actor Byron Bowers’ wild, funny, and fearless memoir proves that healing can be a psychedelic experience—and that sometimes the only way to tell the truth is to laugh about it.

Byron Bowers is a comic’s comic—the guy other comedians watch from the back of the room wondering how he just pulled that off. His sets dive into spirituality, race, the dollar, and manhood—and sometimes he wings half of it on the spot. Most comics turn pain into jokes. Byron turns it into something stranger and deeper. And it all started with his father, a paranoid-schizophrenic visionary who accidentally taught him how to break reality open.

Part confession, part stand-up set, The Hardest Part of Schizophrenia is Spelling Schizophrenia takes readers from a childhood shadowed by loss in Georgia to the surreal absurdities of Hollywood. Each stop along the way is shaped by survival: hoop dreams and a basketball scholarship, hustling crack on a Christian campus, getting shot at, and standing on the edge of both suicide and homicide.

Determined not to let his past define him, Byron made it his mission to turn pain into purpose. He started grinding in Atlanta’s comedy clubs, earning his stripes one late-night set at a time, before heading west where he became a regular at the legendary Comedy Store and began landing breakout film and television roles.

Byron dismisses the idea that reality’s rules can’t be rewritten. His story educates, enlightens, and ultimately inspires anyone who refuses to let adversity stand between them and the peace found in the journey itself.
 

A moving, whimsical debut love story of ‘what if’ about a grieving widow who attempts to rewrite her past with magical typewriter ribbons to try to save her husband from his unfortunate fate, for readers of In Five Years and Me Before You.

“A wholly original tale of love, fate, and second (and third and fourth) chances that will leave your jaw on the floor. I’ll be thinking about this book for a long time.” —Colleen Oakley, USA Today bestselling author of Jane and Dan at the End of the World

Alone in her snowbound oceanfront cottage, Caroline Ora mourns the loss of her beloved husband Forest, killed earlier that year in a violent hit-and-run. Once a celebrated poet, Caroline now spends her days drowning in grief … until an unlikely discovery changes everything.

Buried deep in her attic in a dusty wooden case, Caroline finds several ancient typewriter ribbons. Spontaneously using one to write a story —a simple “what if” wherein her anguish has loosened its grip—Caroline wakes to find it’s miraculously come true.

Moment by moment, word by word, Caroline sets about rewriting her life, resurrecting her husband through ink and memories. But as the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur, Caroline learns that every wish has its cost, and every miracle has its reckoning.

Riveting, funny and heartbreaking by turns, The Seventh Ribbon is an inventive and unforgettable love story.

For fans of Mating in Captivity and Come as You Are, this bold and relatable book redefines fetishes for the 21st century, taking readers on an eye-opening journey through the full spectrum of human desire, offering tools to help individuals understand their longings, overcome shame, and celebrate their authentic self. 

Resources for folks with unique desires are scarce and often reinforce the debunked notion that fetishes are best suppressed or kept secret. Sex educator Niki Davis-Fainbloom is here to change the cultural narrative by tackling these tired stereotypes with fascinating stories and new research aimed at understanding a constellation of unconventional desires. You’ll learn from a woman whose love of bicycles shaped her romantic life, a man aroused by being wrapped in carpet and stepped on, and many more compelling characters.

FETISH is the first book of its kind, providing practical tools to help individuals understand the biological, cultural, and psychological underpinnings of their unique desires, overcome shame and fear, and navigate modern intimacy and relationships with confidence. 

With years of experience as a researcher and sexuality counselor focused on fetishes, Davis-Fainbloom offers a personal, candid, compassionate, and evidence-based exploration of what it means to have a fetish. Within these pages you’ll learn:

● How culture, media, and society shape our desires
● Why fetishes develop (spoiler: it’s not just childhood trauma)
● How they impact romantic relationships and intimacy
● Practical guidance for overcoming shame and building self-acceptance
● How AI and digital exploration of desire are reshaping our brains and our desires

Readers with a fetish will finish the book with a fresh set of strategies for living full, beautiful lives, while readers without a fetish will find themselves surprised and amused at the enormity of human sexual diversity—equipped to be caring partners and strong allies to folks with all types of desires.

Emmy Award-winning actor Christopher Lloyd—one of the most iconic performers of his generation—shares an intimate portrait drawn from the defining moments of his life, from his early years in theater to his time on the sets of iconic television and film, his struggles with addiction, and an isolated childhood of privilege.

Whether appearing as a disembodied head in Wednesday or taking on the title role in a stage production of King Lear, Christopher Lloyd has become known for portraying larger-than-life characters with a singular intensity and imagination. Now, for the first time, Christopher shares stories from his life that he has rarely spoken about before.

In My Own Time begins with Christopher’s childhood at Waveny, the sprawling Connecticut estate. Raised primarily by governesses and wandering the grounds, he became a quiet observer of the people and relationships around him, including the complicated dynamic between his creative mother and his stern father.

With New York already a familiar part of his world, Christopher immersed himself in the demanding life of the theater. On stage he developed the intensity, imagination, and fearlessness that would come to define his work. From there, Christopher’s career expanded across television and film, where audiences came to know him as the intense and unpredictable Taber in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the eccentric and beloved Reverend Jim Ignatowski on Taxi, and the wild-eyed genius Doc Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy—performances that helped define some of the most enduring films and television of their time.

Christopher Lloyd offers a rare and deeply personal reflection on a life spent both onstage and on screen, told with charm, dry wit, and honesty. In sharing the stories behind his work, his struggles, and the people and places that shaped him, In My Own Time reveals the thoughtful and deeply observant man behind the iconic characters.

Argento finds himself shielding a teenage boy caught up in a manhunt in this explosive installment of the Kurt Argento series, from USA Today bestselling author, Adam Plantinga.

“Brutal, unflinching and honest. A true triumph!.”—Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Terminal List and The Fourth Option

After the bloodshed in Fenton, Arizona, former Detroit cop Kurt Argento had to disappear. He reemerges in the small town of Barton, South Dakota, working under an assumed name as a church handyman. It’s a serene existence of tending to the church grounds and avoiding questions. Until he meets seventeen-year-old Majed, a Syrian refugee trying to build a life in Barton with his single mother, as he’s running for his life.

Two men with hard eyes are close behind. Argento steps in, and Majed’s pursuers retreat with a thin excuse about a stolen wallet. It’s a story Argento doesn’t buy for a second. Digging deeper, he uncovers something far more lethal than a street-level shakedown. Majed isn’t just in trouble—he’s a target. And the hunters are closing in.

To safeguard Majed, Argento hits the road with the boy, pushing west. And along the way it becomes clear that whatever Majed knows—or carries—someone powerful wants it and will kill to get it. But Argento can’t let that happen. Because he’s made a promise. Protect the boy. Or die trying.

“Explosive and compelling!” —Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Still See You Everywhere

Even diehard fans of the movie remain unaware that Isherwood’s Berlin Stories, celebrated as one of the best novels of the 20th Century, is based on a true story—and real people, from the larger-than-life landlady to the immortal, flighty, fantastical Sally Bowles, whose escapades in 1930s Weimar Berlin were comically exaggerated in one of the most memorable characters in Broadway history.

In a novelistic style that captures the joyful art-making and wild final parties of a democratic Germany before Hitler, Life is a Cabaret is a group biography of these enigmatic and provocative muses. Thanks to exhaustive research, investigative reporter Brian Fairbanks recounts the weird and wondrous lives of Jean Ross (the real Sally, a brilliant writer, free-loving film critic secretly working for Stalin’s communists), Wilfrid Israel (who saved more Jews than Oskar Schindler), Gerald Hamilton (a gay conman with questionable Nazi ties), and all of the others immortalized in the iconic, eternal Berlin Stories. Fairbanks unearths belief-defying details of survival, tragedy, sex, and brilliant art from these people and the world they inhabited–a world with illuminating, and at times disturbing, parallels to the one we live in today.

The Golden Girls meets Bonnie and Clyde and Thelma and Louise in this thrilling novel about two elderly women who go on the run to cover up a double murder they committed four decades ago.

Ida and Jean got away with murder. Settling into their golden years in late ’90s Rockaway, New York, Ida and Jean’s biggest problems are HOA squabbles, grown kids who don’t visit enough, and staying in the closet as a lesbian couple for fear of being ostracized. But when the electrical lines in their backyard need replacing, the women know that digging up the ground will unearth their long-held secret: the bodies of their late husbands buried under the rosebushes.

After their attempts to keep the electrical company from digging take a deadly turn, the lovers go on the run, launched into a cross-country adventure—with their cat, Frankie, in tow. To escape the law, they’ll need to outwit quirky midwestern locals, mend frayed relationships with their adult children, and shake off the detective that’s hot on their trail. But if Ida and Jean can pull it off, they’ll find their freedom in the place that has always represented their best shot at coming out and finally living their authentic lives together: San Francisco, California.

In the newest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci, the 6:20 Man is leaving U.S soil—this time drawn into a storm of billion‑dollar secrets and international power plays that could shatter the world order.

When fearless war correspondent Theresa Lee is shot on a storm-swept Manhattan street and the man she was meeting, Bill Walker, vanishes, the 6:20 Man, aka former Army Ranger turned federal investigator Travis Devine, is called in. Theresa is an investigative journalist, Walker a legendary analyst for the Five Eyes alliance that gathers intelligence that could topple governments around the world. A professional hit team has tried to silence one and snatched the other—and Devine has to find out why.

From New York’s glass‑and‑steel canyons to the glittering harbors of Australia, Devine is pulled into the orbit of the Woolwine empire—an Australian dynasty whose fortune makes them more powerful than some nations. Partnering with Anais Jones, a driven, Sydney-based homicide detective, he uncovers a lethal convergence of rogue intelligence operations, Russian mobsters, compromised prisons, and a quiet campaign to redraw the global balance of power.

To stop a conspiracy fueled by weaponized data and manufactured truths, Devine will have to untangle a love story that may be a lie, a rescue that may have been conjured, and a billionaire’s ambition with a body count. In a world where enemies wear the faces of allies, the only currency that matters is information—and the 6:20 Man is running out of time to keep it all from crashing down.

A deep dive into Dawson’s Creek, “one of the biggest teen dramas of all time,” (Variety) full of never-before-heard stories and behind-the-scenes insight into fan-favorite characters, from one of the show’s stars, Kerr Smith.

Welcome back to Dawson’s Creek, where the banter is fast-paced, a soulful, pop music soundtrack underscores every emotional moment, and friendships have the potential to turn on a dime and transform into something more. Written by one of its stars, this nostalgic trip down memory lane of the WB’s paradigm-shifting show will transport fans back to Capeside, Massachusetts, revealing all the fun, romance, friendships, and drama that occurred – on screen and off – in that charming coastal place we know as Dawson’s Creek.

From episode deep dives to never-before-heard stories of crazy days on set and crazier nights after filming wrapped, Dawson’s star Kerr Smith takes us behind the scenes of the classic show that kickstarted the teen TV revolution of the late 90s and early 2000s. Featuring interviews with his fellow cast members, crew, network and studio executives, creator Kevin Williamson and the writing staff, Smith has produced the ultimate yearbook for Capeside High, revealing the origin stories of Dawson, Pacey, Joey, Jen, and others; providing insights on how classic Dawson’s storylines came to be – and how a few almost didn’t – while telling his own personal story, from growing up in a small town of his own to what it was like to be part of that iconic first gay kiss on American primetime.



I DON’T WANT TO WAIT is the ultimate chronicle of a show that fans can’t help but return to, time and time again. As Joey Potter would tell you, “Things change. People change.” But Dawson’s Creek is forever.

For readers of Find Your People and How to Know a Person comes a transformational roadmap for healing existential loneliness from creator and host of the top-rated podcast The Life Stylist exploring how to break the cycle of separation at its source.

We are living in a loneliness epidemic. People long for connection, yet even with endless resources on belonging, many still feel alone. After nearly three decades devoted to spiritual inquiry, recovery, and lived transformation, Luke Storey discovered that loneliness is not simply a lack of people—it arises from a felt sense of separation within ourselves.

A Horse Named Lonesome traces Luke’s journey through addiction, trauma, recovery, and profound spiritual awakening to reveal how early disconnection imprints the psyche. Through deeply personal storytelling and grounded spiritual insight, he shows how loneliness often disguises itself as anxiety, depression, compulsive striving, relational chaos, or substance abuse. The pain of separation doesn’t always look like solitude—it can look like overachievement, codependence, obsession, or escape.

This book explores:
 

• How early trauma, shame, and birth-imprinted separation fracture identity and distort intimacy
• The difference between false belonging and authentic connection
• How ego, performance, and persona deepen separation
• How conscious relationship becomes a path of devotion, discernment, and shared evolution
• Why addictions and spiritual seeking often stem from the same longing for unity 

Blending memoir with reflective insight and practical inner work, A Horse Named Lonesome offers readers a courageous and deeply human path toward reconciliation, belonging, and authentic connection.

New York Times bestseller • USA Today bestseller • Publishers Weekly bestseller • Amazon Charts bestseller  • Indie Booksellers bestseller • Feature film in development with Netflix • Over three million copies sold in the Fae & Alchemy series

Experience the no-holds-barred first novel in the phenomenal Fae & Alchemy trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Callie Hart, featuring razor-sharp banter, heart-stopping action, and blistering hot romance.

Now as a new special edition with:

• brand new, character-based cover art
• gorgeous printed edges
• full-color gatefold map
• plus a Kingfisher point-of-view bonus chapter available in paperback for the first time!

Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate.

Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange alchemical powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been stealing from the Undying Queen for most of her twenty-four years. But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it’s bound to come undone.

When Saeris is caught stealing something she shouldn’t, she accidentally reopens a dormant gateway between realms and is whisked away to a land of ice and snow. There, she discovers that the Fae—creatures of legend and nightmare—are not only real, but they are caught up in a centuries-long conflict that might just get her killed.

After inadvertently binding herself to a secretive and incredibly powerful Fae warrior named Kingfisher, Saeris quickly learns that he will use her secret magic to protect his people, no matter what it costs him… or her.

Be careful of the deals you make, dear child. The devil is in the details… 

Trigger warning: Quicksilver describes graphic violence and adult situations, and is for readers 17+.

#1 New York Times bestseller • USA Today bestseller • Publishers Weekly bestseller • Amazon Charts bestseller  • Indie Booksellers bestseller • Feature film in development with Netflix • Over three million copies sold in the Fae & Alchemy series

The second volume in the phenomenal Fae & Alchemy trilogy, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Callie Hart, features more heart-stopping drama, even higher stakes, and far deadlier consequences.

Now as a new special edition with:

• brand new, character-based cover art
• gorgeous stencilled edges
• full-color gatefold map
• plus a Carrion point-of-view bonus chapter available in print for the first time!

Duty. Blood. Honor. Power.

Saeris Fane never asked for power, but as the newly crowned ruler of the vampire court, she’s discovering that sometimes even queens don’t get what they want.

Saeris is desperately needed back in Zilvaren, but the recent changes that have strengthened her have also made her weak. With no reprieve from its punishing suns, the realm she once called home will likely kill her if she returns. Saeris must send someone in her stead… but does falling for Fisher mean that she can trust him?

Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate has defeated armies and survived hell, but this might just be the death of him. With a mysterious curse crippling Yvelia, the last thing Fisher wants to do is leave his lands and his people, but he made Saeris a promise—a promise he now intends to keep. 

 As darkness falls across Yvelia, Saeris and Fisher must pass through fire and brimstone to save both their realms and the people they love.

Trigger warning: Brimstone describes graphic violence and adult situations, and is for readers 17+.

A long-overdue corrective to the history of rock ‘n’ roll and alternative music, repopulating it with the extraordinary Black artists and influential figures who steered its course, from an author, journalist, and front woman of the British post punk band Big Joanie.

The history of rock and roll and alternative music is often told in bold, sweeping, isolated moments that are removed from the context of their time. Upon closer inspection, however, it becomes clear that the stories we tell center primarily on the achievements of white men like Elvis Presley, the Ramones, Nirvana, and David Bowie. White men who were the stars, white men who supposedly changed the game, white men who seemingly were at the forefront of every musical innovation in the 20th and 21st centuries. These rock and roll retellings perpetuate the belief that white men were the most important people to wield a guitar, strut on stage, or pound out a pummeling drumbeat. What is missing in these stories is everything in between—the people, the places, and the scenes that connect the dots—and you can’t tell the history of any music scene, let alone alternative music, without the Black community.

From the genre’s earliest moments, Black musicians—like gospel entertainer Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the 1930s-40s and rock and roll legend Chuck Berry in the 1950s—have consistently pushed musical boundaries that forever impacted the music that followed. Throughout the decades, numerous Black entertainers continued to add their take on rock and alternative genres, expanding and building on what was already there to create what we know as alternative music today: look no further than the electric fire of Jimi Hendrix’s guitar licks in the ’60s, the kaleidoscopic melee of hardcore and reggae that was Bad Brains in the late ’70s, and the funkadelic swagger of Living Colour in the ’80s.

Despite their groundbreaking contributions, why have Black musicians been so neglected from the historical canon? Is alternative music still seen as a white genre, and how are Black musicians and fans making space for themselves in the music scenes they love? We Were Here tells the story of Black artists performing in alternative genres from punk to rock and roll, indie to new wave, alongside their Black fans. Through brand new interviews and meticulous research, Phillips documents the history of Black people’s influence on these genres, highlighting the key players, assessing the legacy of their work, and drawing attention to those who have been obscured from history.

Where rock magazines and music books previously omitted or misunderstood the stories of Black artists and fans, this book centers their voices and attempts to right the wrongs of the past. Along the way, Phillips infuses her own coming-of-age story as a Black female musician in the punk scene, alongside a cultural analysis of rock and alternative music history.
 

For fans of True Detective, We Begin At The End, and Mare of Easttown, this stunningly “brutal, wild, and wonderful thriller” (Chris Whitaker) sees a newly promoted police officer thrust into a race against time and the harsh Alaskan elements when a teenage girl disappears just as a crushing storm descends.
 

Wolf Point, Alaska. 

When police officer Terril Black is appointed sergeant under brutal circumstances, she expects a quiet first night in charge. Instead, a teenage girl vanishes from a remote motel—and for Terril, turning her back is never an option.
 

With a department that doesn’t want a woman in charge, a hostile officer undermining her every move, and a rookie fresh from Miami as her only back-up, she is plunged into a desperate missing persons investigation, racing against time and the elements. 
 

Here, it isn’t the first 48 hours that count—it’s the first four to eight. After that, even something innocent can end badly. 
 

But unsettling clues point her towards something dark festering beneath the surface of this small town. And when a violent snowstorm cuts them off from the outside world, Terril isn’t just fighting to save the girl—she’s fighting to get out alive. 

To Benjamin’s new wife,

With love from,

The wife he killed…

When Emma married Benjamin, her life came as close to perfect as someone like her ever could have dreamed. No longer just working for his father, she was part of the family. Helping Benjamin move on from the tragic loss of his first wife hasn’t always been easy – tears, anniversaries, photos of her everywhere – but it brought them closer together, even if his daughter still spends all her time shut up in her room.

But then the first letter arrives at Emma’s desk at work. A pristine white envelope with flawless calligraphy inside.

 

• Covers the full span of kids’ emotional challenges and experiences
• Takes a deep dive into one emotion at a time
• Provides creative, memorable, and easy interventions
• Offers skills and strategies to navigate academic pressure, social stress, and real-life fears such as climate change, gun violence.
• Includes specific scripts and exercises for toddlers to teens…and more

• Flowers?… If they were fresh, expect a happy occasion.
• Driving?… If you were at the wheel, watch your wallet!
• Movies?… If you didn’t like the show, beware of insincere friends.
• Soap?… If it was scented, you’ll find happiness in love. 

The stakes are higher than ever as the Demon Overlord must once again confront forces that threaten to trample his town and his vegetables in the third installment of this witty, sharp cozy fantasy series. Includes an exclusive bonus adventure coming 12/29/26! 

The Demon Overlord retired. The problem is… not everyone else did.

Galornus Prime, former Demon Overlord and current enthusiast of comfortable seating and tasteful interior décor, has finally achieved the quiet life he always wanted.

No wars.
No heroes.
No destiny.

Just a small town, a modest farm, and the occasional threat to his pickles. It was working.

Then Lucas found him.

Retirement, it turns out, is not a state others recognize.

Some loyalties do not end.
Some problems do not stay solved.
And some things, once set in motion, refuse to stop.

Disturb a perfectly good retirement today!