Derek Miller’s NORWEGIAN BY NIGHT has been sold in ten countries. That means ten different jackets hugging the same one-of-a-kind story: the story of Sheldon Horowitz, 82-year-old widower and ex-Marine, on the run through the Norwegian wilderness with the six-year-old son of a murdered stranger. 

Left to right, top to bottom: Ours, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Norway, Israel, and Holland. Not pictured: Spain and Italy. 

A mix of fiction and nonfiction, present day and past, how-tos and how-not-tos, this week’s new releases will teach you about life, success, respect, and…birding. You know, the four pillars.  

NORWEGIAN BY NIGHT: A Novel by Derek B. Miller. A profoundly moving, deliciously suspenseful novel about an American grandfather and a newly orphaned boy racing across the Norwegian wilderness, fleeing demons both real and imagined. 

THE ASYLUM: A Novel by John Harwood. Georgina Ferrars awakens in a small room in an asylum, with no memory of the past few weeks. Then a doctor tells her that she admitted herself under the a different name the day before…

THE LAST OF THE DOUGHBOYS: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War by Richard Rubin. For the past decade, Richard Rubin sought every last living American veteran of World War I—and uncovered a forgotten great generation, and their war. 

BRAND NEW HUMAN BEING: A Novel by Emily Jeanne Miller. “A whip-smart first novel that gripped me with its wry humor and wonderfully real characters” (Curtis Sittenfeld, author of American Wife), and the story of a stay-at-home dad who’s holding his life together by a thread.

WHAT THE ROBIN KNOWS: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young.  Go beyond identifying bird calls and listen to their messages: a groundbreaking introduction to avian communication and what it can reveal about the natural world around us.

BROTHERHOOD: Dharma, Destiny, and the American Dream by Deepak Chopra and Sanjiv Chopra. The inspiring story of two brothers who immigrated to America from India and took very different paths to becoming world-renowned healers and teachers.

Happy reading!

Introducing Take Five! 

Each month, our bookish experts will choose five e-books, some old, some new, that surround a particular theme (this month’s theme is reading groups). These books will be available for just $2.99 all month long, from Amazon, Apple, B&N, Google, Kobo, and Sony. Take a look at this month’s titles and get reading! 

Two mysteries, one, in fiction form, from Elly Griffiths, the other, an all too true-life mystery from Ken Ilgunas: how do pay off student debt? 

A ROOM FULL OF BONES by Elly Griffiths. In this thrilling installment of the Ruth Galloway mysteries, Ruth investigates a collection of Aboriginal skulls that seems to be cursed, causing people to die from a mysterious fever - one that threatens to claim Det. Inspector Harry Nelson. 

WALDEN ON WHEELS: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedomby Ken Ilgunas. Inspired by Thoreau, Ilgunas set out on a Spartan path to pay off $32,000 in undergraduate student loans by scrubbing toilets and making beds in Coldfoot, Alaska. Determined to graduate debt-free after enrolling in graduate school, he lived in an Econoline van in a campus parking lot, saving—and learning—much about the cost of education today.

Happy reading!