If you've been waiting patiently (or impatiently) for a paperback edition of a must-read book, your wait is over.  Some truly terrific fiction titles previously only available in hardcover are being released in PAPERBACK this Summer.  

If you come in and browse our Oakland store, you'll find many of these titles featured as "Staff Picks" in our "Fiction Just Released in Paperback" section (Aisle 1-B).

• Release dates from June 21, 2022 through September 19, 2022.  Check back often for newly listed titles.
• Just-released titles are at the top of the list followed by soon-to-be-released books that you can pre-order.

Links to more lists of paperback fiction in every genre are at the bottom of this page.

Check out our lists of new fiction released in paperback before June 21, 2022:

• Best New Fiction FINALLY in Paperback: Spring, 2022
• Best New Fiction FINALLY in Paperback: Winter, 2022
• Best New Fiction FINALLY in Paperback: Fall, 2021
• Outstanding Fiction FINALLY in Paperback: Summer, 2021
• Outstanding Fiction FINALLY in Paperback: Spring, 2021
• Outstanding Fiction FINALLY in Paperback: Winter, 2021
• Outstanding Fiction FINALLY in Paperback - 2020

Even more lists of fiction released in paperback: 

• The Best Boarding School Fiction
• FICTION'S FINEST! All the Winners of the Booker Prize: 1969 to the Present
• Our Most In-Demand Fiction in Paperback (updated every 60 days)
• Fiction Set in Oakland, California
• Stone Walls, Steel Bars, & Barbed Wire: Fiction Set in Institutions of Detention
• BORROWED FROM THE BARD: Modern Fiction Inspired by Shakespeare
• WHAT IF? Must-Read Alternate History Fiction
• SPIES, SPIES, SPIES: The Best of Current and Classic Espionage Fiction
• Truly Terrifying Horror Books You Should Know About
• Timeless Fantasy & Science Fiction You Might Not Know About
• Pandemic (and Post-Pandemic) Fiction
• Must-Read Magical Realism
• Must-Read Historical Novels
• Five Must-Read Coming of Age Novels

Featured Authors:

• Books by JACK LONDON
• Happy Birthday, ALICE WALKER!
• Happy Birthday, ISHMAEL REED!
• Happy Birthday, LANGSTON HUGHES!
• RALPH ELLISON: Works, Biographies, & Criticism
• JOHN STEINBECK: Works, Biographies, & Criticism
• JAMES JOYCE: Works, Biographies, & Criticism
• GERTRUDE STEIN: Works, Biographies, & Criticism
• EDGAR ALLAN POE: Works, Biographies, & Criticism
• The Inspector Maigret Novels of GEORGES SIMENON
• JULES VERNE: The Best New Translations
• CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE: Works, Biographies, & Fiction Inspired by His Life

Looking for short stories? Start here:

• Best Short Story Collections by a Single Author: Winter, 2022
• Best Short Story Collections by a Single Author: Fall, 2021
• Best Short Story Collections by a Single Author: Summer, 2021
• Best Short Story Collections by a Single Author: Spring, 2021
• Best Short Story Collections by a Single Author: Winter, 2021
• Best Short Fiction Collections of 2020 by a Single Author
• Ten Masters of Timeless Short Fiction.