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  • A Peek at Peak Picks – April 2023

    Eleven new books are joining Peak Picks in April! NONFICTIONTimothy Egan recounts the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, and the woman who stopped them, in the historical thriller A Fever in the Heartland;  David Grann chronicles the survivors of two shipwrecks off the coast of Patagonia who failed to capture a… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – March 2023

    Spring is right around the corner, and March is full of guides for healthy living – physically and emotionally – along with coverage of historical and current events, poetry, crafts and more! In Outlive, Peter Attia challenges conventional thinking on aging to prevent chronic disease while extending long-term health, while William Li helps readers burn… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – March 2023

    10 titles are joining Peak Picks in March! In fiction, Rafael Frumkin introduces us to juvie-bound Ezra and Adonis-like Orson, unlikely friends (and sometimes lovers) who share a passion for scamming people in Confidence; Jeannette Walls (The Glass Castle) travels to Prohibition-era Virginia where Sallie Kincaid battles family and residents alike to be the best… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – February 2023

    In current events, Malcolm Harris presents a true, unvarnished history of California, capitalism, and the world in Palo Alto while Barbara Rae-Venter profiles an amateur DNA sleuth who unmasked the Golden State Killer and changed crime fighting forever in I Know Who You Are. Will Sommer chronicles the rise of QAnon and the conspiracy that… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – February 2023

    Ten titles are joining Peak Picks in February! FICTION. Diane Marie Brown debuts with a drama about four generations of Black women afflicted by a family curse with origins in 1950s New Orleans in Black Candle Woman. Tom Rob Smith (Child 44) returns with a tale of apocalypse survivors who must reinvent civilization in Antarctica… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – January 2023

    Start 2023 with some “new year, new you” titles, assessments of historical and current events, science books, and more! Bestselling author Jay Shetty provides a guide to every stage of romance in 8 Rules of Love, while Portland’s Aubrey Gordon dispels myths about fat people in “You Just Need to Lose Weight.” Legendary music producer… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – January 2023

    Ten titles are joining Peak Picks in January! Fiction leads with three debut thrillers: Parini Shroff introduces us to Geeta, the subject of rumors that she killed her husband — to the envy of other women in her village in India — in the debut The Bandit Queens; screenwriter Michael Bennett’s first novel finds a… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – December 2022

    December’s notable nonfiction focuses on self improvement: from healthy eating and incorporating wellness into your home to physical and financial fitness (and some poetry for good measure), these titles lay the ground for a happier 2023. Seattle-based Tori Dunlop, founder of Her First 100K, teaches readers how to manage debt, invest, and vote with their… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – November 2022

    November is bountiful with outstanding nonfiction! Celebrities, cookbooks, poetry and essays lead the pack. Bono, the lead singer of the legendary band U2, reflects on his remarkable life through 40 chapters named after U2 songs in Surrender; Matthew Perry takes readers behind the scenes of “Friends” and talks candidly about his struggle with addiction in… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – November & December

    TWENTY new titles will be joining Peak Picks! A mix of recently released books, along with forthcoming releases, will be added through December. FICTION.In Afterlives, Nobel Prize-winner Abdulrazak Gurnah tells the story of an East African family fractured by German colonization in the late 1800s; in A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley, two prostitutes in… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – October 2022

    Celebrate the first full month of fall with a bevy of fabulous cookbooks, celebrity biographies, moving memoirs, and so much more! Several leading cookbook authors are releasing new books in October. “Barefoot Contessa” host Ina Garten returns with her latest crowd-pleaser, Go-To Dinners; Danielle Walker provides easy recipes to keep you Healthy in a Hurry;… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – October 2022

    Nine new books are joining Peak Picks in October! In fiction, fans of Colleen Hoover, #BookTok’s most popular author, will be rewarded with the continuing story of Lily, now a single mother, as she’s caught between abusive ex-husband Ryle and first love Atlas in It Starts With Us; Celeste Ng (Little Fires Everywhere) delivers a… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – September 2022

    The fall publishing season kicks off with some big-name authors, critiques of current events, science and nature reads, and so much more! POLITICS & CURRENT EVENTSIn The Divider, journalists Peter Baker and Susan Glasser consider how Trump evolved to emulate the foreign autocrats he admired as president, while Andrew Kirtzman looks at the rise and… Continue reading

  • A Peak at Peak Picks – September 2022

    Eight new titles are joining Peak Picks in September! For nonfiction, New York Times food writer Melissa Clark’s follow up to Dinner in French features 100 one-pot, one-pan and one-sheet recipes that are perfect for weeknights in Dinner in One; poet Javier Zamora tells the harrowing story of his three-thousand mile journey, alone among strangers… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – August 2022

    Ease into August with the month’s best nonfiction. And don’t forget to check out the month’s Peak Picks! Biography and Memoir.The ever prolific James Patterson tells “the most heartbreaking story of our time” in Diana, William and Harry on the 25th anniversary of Princess Di’s death, while biographer David Maraniss covers the complicated life of… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks for August 2022

    Nine new titles are joining Peak Picks in August! Fiction features three highly anticipated new titles by bestselling authors: Taylor Jenkins Reid (Malibu Rising) returns with the story of a retired tennis pro who returns to the court after watching her records shattered by a rising new star in Carrie Soto Is Back; Mohsin Hamid… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – July 2022

    Kick off the summer with the latest nonfiction! From politics, current events and history to sports, entertainment and travel, July has something for everyone. The state of the Republican Party is the subject of three books this month: Jonathan Lemire examines the unprecedented attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in The Big Lie;… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks for July 2022

    Here’s a sneak peek at the nine new books are joining Peak Picks in July! In fiction, Soviet Ukraine-born and Brooklyn-raised Margarita Montimore (Oona Out of Order) tells the story of a famous magician who disappears, leaving her sister to figure out what happened to her, in Acts of Violet; Natasha Pulley gives readers an… Continue reading