Eclectic selection
Dogs, dragons, witches and toads: 17 titles hitting shelves this month that run the gamut
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'The Amateur' By Chris Bohjalian
Set in the 1970s, "The amateur" deals with the repercussions of a freak accident.
'The Ego Trip' By Kimon de Greef
Journalist de Greef explores a true crime story that involves claims of secret rituals, a psychedelic god molecule and the growth of Socalled "toad medicine."
'Meet Me in the Garden'
By Nina LaCour
This historical fiction book is about a Creole family in 1940s New Orleans and Los Angeles, inspired by LaCour's own family and the great Migration.
'Exhumed'
By Aaron Mahnke
"Lore" podcaster Mahnke explores the real case of Mercy Brown and the great New England Vampire Panic in the 1890s.
'The Blue Flame'
By George Pelecanos
Pelecanos brings his Washington, D.C., private investigator Derek strange back for a new case involving drugs, greed and revenge.
'Killing Sadie'
By Rachel Peterson
In this debut novel, a party turns deadly and is recounted by unreliable narrators, the teens who witnessed the murder.
'Triage'
By Claudia Rankine
Rankine returns with a personal narrative, sparked by attending the lecture of a once-close college friend, that reevaluates those early days and what's happened since.
'Dragonlance: War Wizard'
By Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
The first book in the dragonlance Chronicles, "dragons of autumn Twilight," was published more than 40 years ago. The latest from the original authors, Weis and hickman, kicks off a prequel trilogy.
'Etna'
By Paul Yoon
A working canine that served alongside soldiers in a bloody war takes off in search of a home that may not exist.
'The Witches of Cambridge'
By Alice Hoffman
Set at Radcliffe College during the 1950s, "The Witches of Cambridge" weaves together a story that includes McCarthyism, secret societies, witches and Witchhunts.
'A Tender Age'
By Chang-Rae Lee
This coming-of-age story is about a Korean American preteen and the events that unravel during a summer at a church camp.
'Freight'
By Ryan Lowell
This fast-paced debut novel involves a semi-truck full of drugs and a cast of characters trying to get their hands on it.
'Sunrise'
By Téa Obreht
In "sunrise," three strangers' stories become connected by the ghost town of sunrise and the secrets it holds between 1902 and 2024.
'Reliquary'
By Hannah Whitten
This atmospheric horror book follows a grieving woman who realizes her late fiancé's family is keeping dark secrets.
AUGUST 18
'The Maltese Version'
By Katy Simpson Smith
Realizing she might be pregnant, Leonie enlists her friend, a travel writer, to track down the errant father, Max sometime after reaching the Mediterranean island of Malta.
AUGUST 25
'Makeshift'
By Peter Rock
Set on a small island off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, the novel tells the story of three sisters who believe they're the last humans on Earth.
'The Devil Knows Her Name'
By C.N. Vair
A new name in the game takes a stab at Appalachian horror. "The devil Knows her Name" asks what happens when you're willing to make a deal with the devil not once, but twice.
