Books

9 Must-Read New Books Out This Week

Including new releases from Helen Hoang and Paula Hawkins.

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Exciting new sci-fi, thrillers, and rom-coms are hitting bookstores this week.

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A shifter working for the king is sent on a dangerous mission when the young prince falls ill. The cure lies somewhere far away, back in Rora’s homeland — a place she swore she’d never return to.
$17.99
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Into the Water author Paula Hawks returns with A Slow Fire Burning: the story of three very different women, all of whom knew the young man who just turned up dead.
$28
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Anna unexpectedly finds herself in an open relationship. But when one of her one-night stands turns into something more, she may just find what she’s needed all along.
$26
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In Stephen Graham Jones’ latest novel, one outcast’s fascination with slasher movies unexpectedly comes in handy when her town becomes a serial killer’s hunting ground.
$26.99
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In Several People Are Typing — a novel told entirely through Slack messages — a man finds himself trapped inside his company’s internal messaging app. His employer can’t be bothered to help, so he’s forced to join forces with a co-worker for a shot at re-embodiment.
$24
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Set in New York City in the years immediately preceding the Civil War, Moon and the Mars follows a young girl as she moves from one grandmother’s house to the other, searching for stability in unsteady times.
$30
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In this touching new novel from David Levithan and Jennifer Niven, two teenage siblings — one who’s stuck in an abusive home, and one who’s fled — secretly correspond via email.
$18.99
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When a stranger arrives bearing gifts from faraway lands, a surveillance officer finds ær faith in ær walled-off city shaken.
$14.99
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When the village library is threatened with permanent closure, June, a mousy librarian, steps into the limelight for the first time in her life. It’ll be a hard fight — but thankfully, June’s childhood friend, Alex, is there to help.
$26
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