Notable New Releases: January 2015

Last month I put this series on a bit of a hiatus, but happily it’s back in what’s hopefully an uncluttered, user-friendly new format. I’m condensing these posts in several ways: mainly by limiting them to monthly rather than weekly, and also by choosing just a few covers rather than visually featuring each book. I know cover art is an important aspect of books, but my goal is to simplify (at least for a little while) so I can put more time and effort into the actual selection. I’ve also removed the new-to-paperback section, which might come back next month (possibly along with a middle grade section, if there’s any interest?). Of course, let me know if there’s anything you’d like to see added, returned, or removed; I’m always open to suggestions!

After the War is Over by Jennifer Robson (William Morrow, 1/6)

Almost Famous Women: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman (Scribner, 1/6)

The Season of Migration by Nellie Hermann (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1/6)

The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton (Grand Central Publishing, 1/6)

House Broken by Sonja Yeorg (NAL, 1/6)

The Empty Throne (The Warrior Chronicles/Saxon Stories #8) by Bernard Cornwell (Harper, 1/6)

The Magician’s Life by Greer Macallister (Sourcebooks Landmark, 1/13)

My Father’s Wives by Mike Greenberg (William Morrow, 1/20)

A Small Indiscretion by Jan Ellison (Random House, 1/20)

The Sweetheart by Angelina Mirabella (Simon & Schuster, 1/20)

Perdita by Hilary Scharper (Sourcebooks Landmark, 1/20)

The Same Sky by Amanda Eyre Ward (Ballantine Books, 1/20)

The Grown Ups by Robin Antalek (William Morrow, 1/27)

Girl Before a Mirror by Liza Palmer (William Morrow, 1/27)

Rodin’s Lover by Heather Webb (Plume, 1/27)

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce #7) by Alan Bradley (Delacorte Press, 1/6)

Insatiable Appetites (Stone Barrington #32) by Stuart Woods (Putnam, 1/6)

Trust No One by Jayne Ann Krentz (Putnam, 1/6)

Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman (Lady Montfort Mystery #1) by Tessa Arlen (Minotaur, 1/6)

A Fine Summer’s Day (Inspector Ian Rutledge #17) by Charles Todd (William Morrow, 1/6)

Cold Cold Heart by Tami Hoag (Dutton, 1/13)

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Riverhead, 1/13)

Mr. Kiss and Tell (Veronica Mars #2) by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham (Vintage, 1/20)

Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm (Viking, 1/22)

Private Vegas (Private #9) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, 1/26)

The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick (Roaring Brook Press, 1/6)

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Knopf, 1/6)

Golden Son (Red Rising Trilogy #2) by Pierce Brown (Del Rey, 1/6)

Firefight (Reckoners #2) by Brandon Sanderson (Delacorte Press, 1/6)

Dead of Winter (The Arcana Chronicles #3) by Kresley Cole (Simon & Schuster BYR, 1/6)

Audacity by Melanie Crowder (Philomel, 1/8)

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black (Little, Brown BYR, 1/13)

The Way We Bared Our Souls by Willa Strayhorn (Razorbill, 1/22)

All Fall Down (Embassy Row #1) by Ally Carter (Scholastic, 1/27)

I Was Here by Gayle Forman (Viking, 1/27)

Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles #0.1) by Marissa Meyer (Feiwel & Friends, 1/27)

A Cold Legacy (The Madman’s Daughter #3)
Megan Shepherd (Balzer Bray, 1/27)

The Mime Order (The Bone Season #2) by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury, 1/27)

Dreamer’s Daughter (Nine Kingdoms #9) by Lynn Kurland (Berkley, 1/6)

The Just City (Thessaly #1) by Jo Walton (Tor Books, 1/13)

The Deep by Nick Cutter (Gallery Books, 1/13)

Saint Odd (Odd Thomas #7) by Dean Koontz (Bantam, 1/13)

Burned (Fever #7) by Karen Marie Moning (Delacorte, 1/20)

First Frost (Waverley Family #2) by Sarah Addison Allen (St. Martin’s Press, 1/20)

Viper Game (GhostWalkers #11) by Christine Feehan (Jove, 1/27)

Inside a Silver Box by Walter Mosley (Tor, 1/27)

The Earl I Adore (Prelude to a Kiss #2) by Erin Knightley (Signet, 1/6)

Last Call (Cocktail #4.5) by Alice Clayton (Gallery Books, 1/6)

The Importance of Being Alice (Ainslie Brothers #1) by Katie MacAlister (Signet, 1/6)

Filthy Beautiful Forever (Filthy Beautiful Lies #4) by Kendall Ryan (Kendall Ryan, 1/12)

The Marriage Charm (The Brides of Bliss County #2) by Linda Lael Miller (HQN, 1/27)

The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy (Smythe-Smith Quartet #4) by Julia Quinn (Avon, 1/27)

The Devil Takes a Bride (The Cabot Sisters #2) by Julia London (HQN, 1/27)

My Captain (Ned & Elaina #2) by Raine Miller (Raine Miller, 1/30)

Falling Away (Fall Away #3) by Penelope Douglas (Penguin, 1/6)

I Think He’s the One (The One #1) by J.S. Cooper (J.S. Cooper, 1/6)

Best Kind of Broken (Finding Fate #1) by Chelsea Fine (Grand Central, 1/13)

Raveling You by Jessica Sorensen (Jessica Sorensen, 1/13)

The Untouchables (Ruthless People #2) by J.J. McAvoy (J.J. McAvoy, 1/22)

Take Me with You (Take Me #2) by K.A. Linde (K.A. Linde, 1/27)

Beautiful Redemption (The Maddox Brothers #2) by Jamie McGuire (Jamie McGuire, 1/27)

Russian Tattoo by Elena Gorokhova (Simon & Schuster, 1/6)

Women, Food, and Desire… by Alexandra Jamieson (Gallery, 1/6)

Silver Screen Fiend… by Patton Oswalt (Scribner, 1/6)

The Undertaker’s Daughter by Kate Mayfield (Gallery, 1/13)

The Book Lovers’ Anthology… by The Bodleian Library (Bodelian Library, University of Oxford, 1/15)

40 Days of Dating: An Experiment by Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman (Abrams, 1/20)

A Fifty-Year Silence… by Miranda Richmond Mouillot (Crown, 1/20)

Leaving Before the Rains Come by Alexandra Fuller (The Penguin Press, 1/22)