HPL's New Books

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for:  2011 .  To see new books from other years try:  2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

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Well-Tempered Clavicle By Anthony, Piers 2011-11 - Tor Books 9780765331342 Check Our Catalog Picka Bones and his sister Joy'nt are off in search of adventure with three creatures newly arrived from Mundania--and not the sort of creatures readers might expect. Fans of the series will join them in a madcap quest, in this 35th tale of the land of Xanth. 320 pp. 20,000 print. …More

The Death of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend. Peter Ackroyd By Ackroyd, Peter 2011-06 - Penguin Books 9780140455656 Check Our Catalog …More

Zero Day By Baldacci, David 2011-10 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446573016 Check Our Catalog John Puller is a combat veteran and the best military investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigative Division. Now, Puller is called out on a case in a remote, rural area in West Virginia coal country far from any military outpost. Someone has stumbled onto a brutal crime scene, a family slaughtered. 416 pp. (Espionage/Thriller) …More

Yellow Emperor's Cure By Basu, Kanal 2011-10 - Overlook Press 9781590207086 Check Our Catalog …More

Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life By Beattie, Ann 2011-11 - Scribner Book Company 9781439168714 Check Our Catalog Beattie delivers an original work about Pat Nixon--a riveting exploration of an elusive and modern icon and of the fiction writer's art. Mrs. Nixon, once a community theater actress, understood the world, in part, from some of the roles she played. Beattie puts her on stage again, to try to understand what her thoughts may have been--from the perspective of a fiction writer. 320 pp. 35,000 print. …More

The Deception at Lyme: Or, the Peril of Persuasion By Bebris, Carrie 2011-09 - Tor Books 9780765327970 Check Our Catalog …More

Well of Souls By Bick, Ilsa J. Created by Roddenberry, Gene 2003-10 - Pocket Books 9780743463751 Check Our Catalog The secret history of Captain Rachel Garrett, commander of the U.S.S. "Enterprise NCC-1701C," is revealed as she and her crew battle an interstellar conspiracy for control of ancient alien ruins. Original. …More

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues By Brandman, Michael 2011-09 - Putnam Adult 9780399157844 Check Our Catalog Paradise, Massachusetts, is preparing for the summer tourist season when a string of car thefts disturbs what is usually a quiet time in town. In a sudden escalation of violence, the thefts become murder, and chief of police Jesse Stone finds himself facing one of the toughest cases of his career. …More

Bring Me Home for Christmas By Carr, Robyn 2011-10 - Mira Books 9780778312710 Check Our Catalog New York Times"-bestselling author Carr brings fans home to Virgin River in a Christmas story about reuniting with the one person who's hard to forget. Original. …More

Dear Creature By Case, Jonathan 2011-10 - Tor Books 9780765331113 Check Our Catalog Deep beneath the waves, a creature named Grue broods. He no longer wants to eat lusty beachgoers, no matter how their hormones call to him. A chorus of crabs urges him to reconsider. After all, people are delicious! But this monster has changed. Grue found Shakespeare's plays in cola bottles and, through them, a new heart. Now he yearns to join the world above. When his first attempt ends... poorly, Grue searches for the person who cast the plays into the sea. What he finds is love in the arms of Giulietta--a woman trapped in her own world. When she and Grue meet, Giulietta believes her prayers are answered. But people have gone missing and Giulietta's nephew is the prime suspect. With his past catching up to him, Grue must decide if becoming a new man means ignoring the monster he was. Rising from a brine of drive-in pulp and gentle poetry, "Dear Creature" is the love story you never imagined! …More

Heat Rises By Castle, Richard 2011-09 - Hyperion Books 9781401324438 Check Our Catalog In the third book of the New York Times bestselling Nikki Heat series, following HEAT WAVE and NAKED HEAT, Richard Castle's new thrilling mystery continues the story of NYPD Homicide Detective, Nikki Heat. Tough, sexy, professional, Nikki Heat carries a passion for justice as she leads one of New York City's top homicide squads. …More

The Wedding Quilt: An ELM Creek Quilts Novel By Chiaverini, Jennifer 2011-11 - Dutton Books 9780525952428 Check Our Catalog Sarah McClure arrived at Elm Creek Manor as a newlywed, never suspecting that her quilting lessons with master quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson would inspire the successful and enduring business Elm Creek Quilts, whose members have nurtured a circle of friendship spanning generations. "The Wedding Quilt" opens as the wedding day of Sarah's daughter Caroline approaches. 336 pp. 100,00 print. (General Fiction) …More

Seduced on the Red Carpet By Christopher, Ann 2010-10 - Kimani Press 9780373861811 Check Our Catalog Discovered at sixteen, supermodel Livia Blake has lived a life most women only dream of. But beneath the glitz and glamour is a small-town girl who yearns for babies, a permanent home--and the man to go with it. Then she meets Hunter Chambers at his family-owned Napa Valley winery. The sexy single father tempts Livia with a desire she's never known...and with a dream she was afraid wouldn't come true. Hunter knows Livia's type...and she's not "his" type at all. But he can't deny the passion surging between them. But what happens once Livia jets off to her next photo shoot, taking Hunter's heart with her? Is their love strong enough to create their own private paradise, far from the glare of the spotlight? …More

X-Men: Days of Future Past By Claremont, Chris Text by (Art/Photo Books) Calremont, Chris Illustrator Claremont, Chris 2006-06 - Marvel Comics 9780785115601 Check Our Catalog Relive the legendary first journey into the dystopian future of 2013 where Sentinels stalk the Earth, and the X-men are humanity's only hope.. umtil they die! Also featureing the first apperance of Alpha Flight, the return of the Wendigo, the history of the X men of Cyclops... am a demon for Christmas!? …More

Aleph By Coelho, Paulo Translator Costa, Margaret Jull 2011-09 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307700186 Check Our Catalog In "Aleph," the #1 internationally bestselling author of "The Alchemist" returns to his roots, leading readers on a fascinating spiritual voyage via the Trans-Siberian railroad--a journey across countries and continents, across time and space, past and present. …More

The Drop By Connelly, Michael 2011-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316069410 Check Our Catalog Harry Bosch has been given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, and he wants cases more fiercely than ever. In one morning, he gets two. DNA from a 1989 rape and murder case matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has something gone terribly wrong in the new Regional Crime Lab? 416 pp. (Espionage/Thriller) …More

Prince of Ravenscar By Coulter, Catherine 2011-11 - Putnam Adult 9780399158070 Check Our Catalog The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author brings a daring and witty new historical romance to life, with a sparkling cast of engaging, multifaceted characters. Nicholas Monroe, widowed "Prince of Ravenscar," is feeling pressure from his family to remarry. But the mysterious death of his first wife, Lily, still hangs over his head. Her brother, Richard, believes Nicholas is responsible for her death. When Richard finally confronts Nicholas, long-held secrets threaten to resurface-despite someone's desperate effort to keep them buried. …More

Micro By Crichton, Michael Author Preston, Richard 2011-11 - Harper 9780060873028 Check Our Catalog After Crichton's death in November 2008, Preston ("The Hot Zone") was drafted to complete the work Crichton had begun on this novel. The setting: Hawaii. The characters: graduate students at a biotech company who get dumped into the rain forest and must use their science smarts to survive. …More

Devil's Gate By Cussler, Clive Author Brown, Graham 2011-11 - Putnam Adult 9780399157820 Check Our Catalog A Japanese cargo ship cruises the eastern Atlantic near the Azores--then it bursts into flames. A gang of pirates speeds to take advantage of the disaster--then their boat explodes. As Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA Special Assignments Team rush to investigate, they find themselves drawn into the extraordinary ambitions of an African dictator, the creation of a weapon of almost mythical power, and an unimaginably audacious plan to extort the world's major nations. …More

Star Trek: Corps of Engineers: Wildfire By Mack, David Author DeCandido, Keith R. A. Author York, J. Steven 2004-10 - Pocket Books/Star Trek 9780743496612 Check Our Catalog No one can guess what awaits Captain Gold, Commander Gomez, and the rest of the S.C.E. team when they are called to Galvan VI for a salvage mission. Their job is to retrieve the deadly Wildfire device from the atmosphere of a gas giant before it explodes. Original. …More

The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories By DeLillo, Don 2011-11 - Scribner Book Company 9781451655841 Check Our Catalog The Angel Esmeralda" is the first ever collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011, from one of the greatest living writers. 208 pp. 50,000 print. …More

Adjustment Team: The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume Two By Dick, Philip K. 2011-07 - Subterranean Press 9781596063952 Check Our Catalog …More

Between Lovers By Dickey, Eric Jerome 2002-05 - Signet Book 9780451204677 Check Our Catalog Dumping her fianc at the altar, Nicole moves to Oakland, builds a successful career, and falls in love again--this time with a woman. But Nicole's still not entirely happy--she misses what she once had. Now she asks herself if she can have it all. By luring her ex back into her life and testing the boundaries between lovers, Nicole plays with fire. …More