Summer 2024 Avid Reader Press Catalog
TitleThe Ministry of Time
AuthorBradley, Kaliane
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1FICTION / Literary
Category Full 2FICTION / Science Fiction/Time Travel
Category Full 3FICTION / Romance/Time Travel
ISBN-139781668045145
On Sale05/07/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$29.99
CDN Price$39.99
Pages352
Cover StatusFinal
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024 • A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL • WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE, VOX, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, THE INDEPENDENT, PARADE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND MORE…

“This summer’s hottest debut.” —Cosmopolitan • “Witty, sexy escapist fiction [that] packs a substantial punch...Fresh and thrilling.” —Los Angeles Times • “Electric...I loved every second.” —Emily Henry

“Utterly winning...Imagine if The Time Traveler’s Wife had an affair with A Gentleman in Moscow...Readers, I envy you: There’s a smart, witty novel in your future.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post

A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley.
TitleThe Birds that Audubon Missed
AuthorKaufman, Kenn
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1NATURE / Animals/Birds
Category Full 2HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries
Category Full 3BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers
ISBN-139781668007594
On Sale05/07/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$32.5
CDN Price$44
Pages400
Cover StatusFinal
Renowned naturalist Kenn Kaufman examines the scientific discoveries of John James Audubon and his artistic and ornithologist peers in this fascinating “blend of history, science, art, biography, and memoir” (Booklist, starred review) that is “a bird lovers’ delight” (Kirkus Reviews).
TitleLittle Monsters
AuthorBrodeur, Adrienne
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatPaperback
Category Full 1FICTION / Family Life/Siblings
Category Full 2FICTION / Sagas
Category Full 3FICTION / Literary
ISBN-139781982198114
On Sale05/07/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages336
Cover StatusFinal
A National Bestseller!

“Juicy…simmers with tension as secrets explode out into the open.” —The Washington Post * “So alluring…I raced happily through the pages.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Compulsively readable.” —Vogue * “An absolutely captivating read.” —Elin Hilderbrand

From the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complicated families, and long-buried secrets.
TitleChallenger
AuthorHigginbotham, Adam
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1HISTORY / United States/20th Century
Category Full 2TECHNOLOGY / Aeronautics & Astronautics
Category Full 3BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
ISBN-139781982176617
On Sale05/14/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$35
CDN Price$45
Pages576
Cover StatusFinal
Winner of the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction • Winner of the 2024 Kirkus Nonfiction Prize • Shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction • A New York Times Notable Book of 2024

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Stunning…A heart-pounding thriller…Challenger is a remarkable book.” —The Atlantic • “Devastating…A universal story that transcends time.” —The New York Times • “Dramatic…a moving narrative.” —The Wall Street Journal

From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, “compelling, and exhaustively researched” (The Washington Post) minute-by-minute account of the Challenger disaster, based on fascinating and new archival research—a riveting history that reads like a thriller.
TitleParty of One
AuthorWong, Chun Han
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatPaperback
Category Full 1POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies/Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
Category Full 2POLITICAL SCIENCE / World/Asian
Category Full 3HISTORY / Asia/China
ISBN-139781982185749
On Sale05/21/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$20.99
CDN Price$27.99
Pages416
Cover StatusFinal
From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian leader of the People’s Republic whose hard-edged tactics have set the rising superpower on a collision with Western liberal democracies.
TitleThe Safekeep
Authorvan der Wouden, Yael
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1FICTION / Literary
Category Full 2FICTION / Jewish
Category Full 3FICTION / Historical/General
ISBN-139781668034347
On Sale05/28/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$28.99
CDN Price$38.99
Pages272
Cover StatusFinal
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE *
* WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION *
* WINNER OF THE 2025 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION *

Shortlisted for the 2025 Dylan Thomas Prize and Aspen Words Literary Prize • A Best Book of 2024: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time, The Economist, The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Kirkus Reviews, The Independent, BookPage, The Sunday Times (London)

“Remarkable…Compelling…Fine and taut…Indelible.” —The New York Times • “Moving, unnerving, and deeply sexy.” —Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with the Pearl Earring • “A brilliant debut, as multi-faceted as a gem.” —Kirkus Reviews

A “razor-sharp, perfectly plotted” (The Sunday Times, London) tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961—a powerful exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past.
TitleDrowning
AuthorNewman, T. J.
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatPaperback
Category Full 1FICTION / Thrillers/Suspense
Category Full 2FICTION / Thrillers/Psychological
Category Full 3FICTION / Thrillers/Technological
ISBN-139781982177928
On Sale05/28/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages320
Cover StatusFinal
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES * “Reads like Apollo 13 underwater.” —Don Winslow * “Masterful.” —Patricia Cornwell * “A stunningly vivid tour de force!” Gripping. Shocking.” —Brad Thor

Flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newman’s adrenaline-fueled thriller about a commercial jetliner that crashes into the ocean and sinks to the bottom with passengers trapped inside—and the extraordinary rescue operation to save them.
TitleWhen the Sea Came Alive
AuthorGraff, Garrett M
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts/World War II/General
Category Full 2HISTORY / United States/20th Century
Category Full 3HISTORY / Military/United States
ISBN-139781668027813
On Sale06/04/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$32.5
CDN Price$39.99
Pages608
Cover StatusFinal
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Absolutely gripping.” —The Washington Post • “A masterpiece of oral history…stirring, surprising, grim, joyous, moving, and always riveting.” —Evan Thomas

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist for Watergate comes the most complete and up-to-date account of D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history and the moment that secured the Allied victory in World War II—featuring hundreds of eyewitness accounts.
TitleHow to Stay Married
AuthorKey, Harrison Scott
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader Press
FormatPaperback
Category Full 1BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Category Full 2HUMOR / Topic/Marriage & Family
Category Full 3HUMOR / Topic/Religion
ISBN-139781668015650
On Sale06/04/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$19.99
CDN Price$26.99
Pages320
Cover StatusFinal
Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, tells the shocking, “shot through with sharp humor” (The Washington Post), spiritually profound story of his journey through hell and back when infidelity threatens his marriage.
TitleBen & Me
AuthorWeiner, Eric
Sub-ImprintAvid Reader press
FormatHardcover
Category Full 1BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
Category Full 2HISTORY / United States/Revolutionary Period
Category Full 3TRAVEL / Special Interest/General
ISBN-139781501129049
On Sale06/11/24
Title StatusAS
US Price$29.99
CDN Price$39.99
Pages336
Cover StatusFinal
Part biography, part travelogue, part self-help, New York Times bestselling author Eric Weiner follows in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin, mining his life for inspiration and practical lessons for living a purposeful and virtuous life.