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THE CALCULATION OF YOU AND ME by .kaylor is out now!

Marlowe Meadows understands a lot of things. She understands that calculus isn’t overwhelmingly beautiful to everyone, and that it typically kills the mood when you try to talk Python coding over beer pong. She understands that people were surprised when golden boy Josh asked her out and she went from weird, math-obsessed Marlowe to half of their school’s couple goals. Unfortunately, Marlowe was the one surprised when Josh dumped her because he’d prefer a girlfriend who’s more romantic. One with emotional depth.

But Marlowe has never failed anything in her life, and she isn’t about to start now. When she’s paired with Ashton Hayes for an English project, his black clothing and moody eyeliner cause a bit of a systems overload, and the dissonant sounds of his rock band make her brain itch. But when she discovers Ash’s hidden stash of love songs, Marlowe makes a desperate deal to unleash her inner romantic heroine: if Ash will agree to help her write some love letters to win back Josh, she’ll calculate the perfect data analytics formula to make Ash’s band go viral.

might be coming to an end, but we will always continue to amplify LGBTQ+ stories and voices all year long! 📚✨

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE by Dahlia Adler is out now!

Amber McCloud’s dream is to become cheer captain at the end of the year, but it’s an extra-tall order to be joyful and spirited when the quarterback of your team has been killed in a car accident. For both the team and the squad, watching Robbie get replaced by newcomer Jack Walsh is brutal. And when it turns out Jack is actually short for Jaclyn, all hell breaks loose.

✨ Happy to Audrea Lim, Phil Elwood, and all of our authors with new books out today! And, happy paperback publication day to . 📚✨

I KISSED SHARA WHEELER is now out in paperback!

Chloe Green is so close to winning valedictorian. Her only rival is prom queen Shara Wheeler, the principal’s perfect progeny. But a month before graduation, Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes.

On a hunt for answers, Chloe discovers she’s not the only one Shara kissed. There’s also Smith, Shara’s quarterback sweetheart, and Rory, Shara’s bad boy neighbor with a crush. The three of them have nothing in common except Shara, and the cryptic notes she left behind, but together they must untangle her clues and find her. It’ll be worth it if Chloe can drag Shara back before graduation to beat her fair and square.

Thrown into an unlikely alliance, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to this small town than she thought—and maybe more to Shara, too. 📚✨

MOONBOUND by Robin Sloan is out now!

In Moonbound, Robin Sloan has written a novel with the full scope and ambitious imagination of the very books that lit the engines of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore: an epic quest as only Sloan could conceive it, mixing science fiction, fantasy, good old-fashioned literary storytelling, and unrivaled enthusiasm for what’s next.

THE GHOST OF US by James L. Sutter is out now!

Eighteen-year-old ghost hunter Cara is determined to escape life as a high school outcast by finding proof of the supernatural. Yet when she stumbles upon the spirit of Aiden, a popular upperclassman who died the previous year, she learns that ghosts have goals of their own. In the wake of his death, Aiden’s little sister, Meredith, has become a depressed recluse, and Aiden can’t pass on into the afterlife until he knows she’ll be okay. Believing that nothing pulls someone out of a slump like romance, he makes Cara a deal: seduce Meredith out of her shell and take her to prom, and Aiden will give Cara all the evidence she needs for fame. If not, well—no dates, no ghost.

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Today we celebrate Juneteenth, a day to honor the emancipation of the last enslaved African Americans in the United States. This day is a profound reminder of freedom, resilience, and the ongoing struggle for equality and justice. Please visit the links in our bio for more information and for additional resources on this monumental moment in our history.

✨ Happy to .kaylor, , John Ganz, and all of our authors with new books out today! And, happy paperback publication day to . 📚✨

SIX MORE MONTH OF JUNE by Daisy Garrison is out now!

Golden boy Caplan and bookish Mina have been unlikely soulmates since third grade. Bound by growing up in single-mother households on the same cul-de-sac in Two Docks, Michigan, their friendship exists miraculously outside their high school’s social order. Mina is class valedictorian, expected by her late father’s parents to attend his Ivy alma mater; Caplan is laughing off prom-king predictions and the fear that he’s peaking too soon.

When Cap’s skateboard-toting, detention-dodging best friend confesses his feelings for Mina, she is whisked into a social life she never imagined, bumping shoulders with the likes of Caplan’s queen-bee girlfriend. Caplan is determined that things stay just as they’ve always been, while Mina faces the perils and privileges of opening her heart just in time to say goodbye.

As the sun sets on senior year, everything glows. What will Cap and Mina discover in the last-chance light?

Susan Lieu’s THE MANICURIST’S DAUGHTER is being used in college courses and high school classrooms around the country! Swipe to see where! 📚✨

In THE MANICURIST’S DAUGHTER, Susan Lieu’s emotionally raw memoir, Susan faces her family’s harrowing story. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan’s family escaped to California in the 1980s. Susan’s mother, their savvy, beautiful north star, pulled them out of poverty and orchestrated every success. Until Susan was eleven. That year, her mother died as a result of negligence during a routine plastic surgery operation.

After her mother’s death, there was no shared grief or emotional outpouring within her family. For the next 20 years, Susan navigated a series of cascading questions alone—why did the most perfect person in her life feel the need to change her body? Why would no one tell her about her mother’s life in Vietnam? How could she manage the same cultural pressures her mother faced, and succumbed to, in her own life?

THE MANICURIST’S DAUGHTER is more than a memoir about grief and trauma—it’s a story of fierce determination, strength in shared culture, and finding your place in the world.

Throughout June, we will be showcasing some of our favorite titles to check out for Pride Month!

PAGEBOY, now out in paperback, is the bestselling memoir by Elliot Page, the Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno. As Elliot became one of the world’s most beloved actors, the pressure to perform suffocated him, and the career that had been an escape from his reality was suddenly a nightmare.

As he navigated criticism and abuse from some of the most powerful people in Hollywood, a past that snapped at his heels, and a society dead set on forcing him into a binary, Elliot often stayed silent—until enough was enough. PAGEBOY is both the story of a life pushed to the brink, and a beautifully written, winding journey of what it means to untangle ourselves from the expectations of others. 📚✨

TWELFTH KNIGHT by is out now! Get reading with Summer YA Pick ‘24!

Viola Reyes is annoyed.

Her painstakingly crafted tabletop game campaign was shot down, her best friend is suggesting she try being more “likable,” and her school’s star running back Jack Orsino is the most lackadaisical Student Body President she’s ever seen, which makes her job as VP that much harder. Vi’s favorite escape from the world is the MMORPG Twelfth Knight, but online spaces aren’t exactly kind to girls like her—girls who are extremely competent and have the swagger to prove it. So Vi creates a masculine alter ego, choosing to play as a knight named Cesario to create a safe haven for herself.

But when a football injury leads Jack Orsino to the world of Twelfth Knight, Vi is alarmed to discover their online alter egos—Cesario and Duke Orsino—are surprisingly well-matched.

Happy to , , , Anastasia Berg, Rachel Wiseman, Mara Kardas-Nelson, and all our other authors with new books out today!

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ANNIE LEBLANC IS NOT DEAD YET is out now!

Every ten years in the strange little town of Lennon, California, one person is chosen to return from the dead. Wilson Moss entered the town’s top-secret contest in the hopes of resurrecting her ex-best friend Annie LeBlanc, but that doesn’t mean she thought she’d actually win. Now Annie is back and Wil is ecstatic—does it even matter that Annie ghosted her a year before she died?

But like any contest, there are rules—the resurrected dead can only return for thirty days. When Wil discovers a loophole that means Annie might be able to stay for good, she’s desperate to keep her alive. But the potential key is their third best friend Ryan, who openly hates them both, and who has barely spoken to Wilson since that awkward time they kissed.

Wil only has one summer to permanently put an end to her loneliness, or lose her friends…again. But along the way, she might have to face some difficult truths about Annie’s past and their friendship that she’s left buried. 📚✨

We are thrilled that Jay Allison and Dan Gediman’s THIS I BELIEVE has been chosen as Des Moines Area Community College’s One Book for the 2024-2025 school year!

Based on the NPR series of the same name, THIS I BELIEVE features eighty Americans—from the famous to the unknown—completing the thought that the book’s title begins. Each piece compels readers to rethink not only how they’ve arrived at their own personal beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others. From Gloria Steinem and Bill Gates, to a Brooklyn lawyer and a part-time hospital clerk in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, this book is a stirring and provocative trip inside the minds and hearts of a diverse group of people. 📚

THE QUINCE PROJECT by Jessica Parra is out now!

Castillo Torres, Student Body Association event chair and serial planner, could use a fairy godmother. After a disastrous mishap at her sister’s quinceañera and her mother’s unexpected passing, all of Cas’s plans are crumbling. So when a local lifestyle-guru-slash-party-planner opens up applications for the internship of her dreams, Cas sees it as the perfect opportunity to learn every trick in the book so that things never go wrong again.

The only catch is that she needs more party planning experience before she can apply. When she books a quinceañera for a teen Disneyland vlogger, Cas thinks her plan is taking off… until she discovers that the party is just a publicity stunt—and she begins catching feelings for the chambelán.

BEATING HEART BABY by Lio Min is a tender love letter to internet friendships, anime, and indie rock, perfect for fans of HEARTSTOPPER!

When Santi arrives in Los Angeles, he hopes he can move past the loss of the childhood internet friend he’d known only as Memo. And in his new high school’s marching band, Santi gets a taste of the community he’s always longed for. Even the clashes with his section leader, Suwa, lead to Suwa opening up to Santi first as a friend, then something more. But when Suwa gets a shot at the rock star life he’s always dreamed of, the very thing that drew them to each other—a shared devotion to art—tests their budding relationship.

✨ Happy to , , and , and all of our authors with new books out today! And, happy paperback publication day to .mcquiston. 📚✨

THE DANGEROUS ONES by Lauren Blackwood is out now!

1863, Pennsylvania. War doesn’t scare Jerusalem—she’s a Saint. With her powerful demigod-style reflexes, endurance, and strength, she’s fearless. And ever since the Confederates declared civil war, partnering with the vampires who benefitted off slavery, she and her battalion of Saints are essential to the Union army.

Jerusalem herself had been enslaved by a vampire, escaping North after her family was murdered. She wants revenge, but if she can help Black people gain freedom and equality without having to steal it for themselves like she had to, then all the better.

But she never expects to have to team up with a vampire to do it. Alexei is one of those handsome, arrogant Ancient Vampires. But he’s on the Union’s side, and he’s never done anything but prove he’s on hers. Together they’ll set out to change the course of the war and take down the vampire who destroyed everyone she loved. But for her, it’s about more than justice—it’s about killing a god. 📚✨

Storytelling knows no bounds, and neither does love. Celebrate Pride this month and year-round by exploring stories from LGBTQ+ authors and creators that showcase courage, perseverance, and identity. See our curated list of book recommendations at the link in bio and celebrate love. Happy Pride!

With May coming to an end, we continue to celebrate the AAPI community with books and stories from our incredible authors.

Today’s course spotlight features Gabriela Garcia’s OF WOMEN AND SALT, which is being used in a US Latino Literature course at University of California, Santa Barbara!

OF WOMEN AND SALT is a sweeping, masterful story about a daughter’s fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born. It’s a haunting meditation on the choices of mothers, the legacy of the memories they carry, and the tenacity of women who choose to tell their stories despite those who wish to silence them. 📚✨

Educators! Did you know that today is International Everest Day? Today celebrates the climbers who have attempted to summit the vast mountain, and is a reminder that with determination and resilience, anything is possible! Be sure to check out some of our books about Everest and those who have trekked it. 📚✨

THE BRIDES OF HIGH HILL by Nghi Vo is out now!

The Cleric Chih accompanies a young bride to her wedding to the aging ruler of a crumbling estate situated at the crossroads of dead empires. The bride’s party is welcomed with elaborate courtesies and banquets, but between frightened servants and the cryptic warnings of the lord’s mad son, they realize that something is haunting the shadowed halls.

As Chih and the bride-to-be explore empty rooms and courtyards, they are drawn into the mystery of what became of Lord Guo’s previous wives and the dark history of Doi Cao. But as the wedding night draws to a close, Chih will learn at their peril that not all monsters are found in the shadows—some hide in plain sight. 📚✨

ANOTHER WORD FOR LOVE is Carvell Wallace’s transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for healing.

In this memoir, Wallace excavates the layers of his own history, situated in the struggles and beauty of growing up Black and q***r in America. Turning the focus on himself, he examines his own life and what frames it—making sense of seeking refuge from homelessness with a young single mother, living in a ghostly white Pennsylvania town, becoming a partner and parent, and raising two teens in what feels like a collapsing world.

With courage, vulnerability, and a remarkable expansiveness, ANOTHER WORD FOR LOVE makes an irresistible case for life, the fullness of our humanity, and for love itself. 📚✨

We love celebrating our authors! Congrats to Jonathan Eig, who visited the office to toast to the success of his book KING: A LIFE, which won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography! 📚✨

Happy to .ocean, , , and , and all our authors with new books out today!

 

The Anatomy Duology is out in paperback now!

A gothic tale full of mystery and romance, Dana Schwartz’s #1 New York Times bestselling duology follows a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, and the buried secrets they must uncover together. 📚✨

This week we are putting the spotlight on BLACKOUTS by Justin Torres, which was assigned as reading in an Introduction to Creative Writing course at Mount Holyoke College!

BLACKOUTS uses fiction to see through the inventions of history and narrative. A marvel of creative imagination, it draws on testimony, photographs, illustrations, and a range of influences as it insists that we look long and steadily at what we have inherited and what we have made. A reclamation of ransacked history, a celebration of defiance, and a transformative encounter, BLACKOUTS mines the stories that have been kept from us and brings them into the light. 📚✨