Paperback releases for the week of October 23rd include THE SHARDS, a novel of sensational literary and psychological suspense from Bret Easton Ellis that tracks a group of privileged high school friends in a vibrantly fictionalized 1980s Los Angeles as a serial killer strikes across the city; SIGNAL FIRES, Dani Shapiro’s first work of fiction in 15 years, a novel that examines the ties that bind families together --- and the secrets that can break them apart; THE REVOLUTIONARY, a revelatory biography from Stacy Schiff about the most essential Founding Father, Samuel Adams, who stood behind the change in thinking that produced the American Revolution; PEOPLE PERSON by Candice Carty-Williams, a witty and insightful novel about the power of family --- even when they seem like strangers; LADYPARTS by Deborah Copaken, a frank, witty and dazzlingly written memoir of one woman trying to keep it together while her body falls apart; and the paperback original LAWS OF ANNIHILATION, the third entry in Eriq La Salle's highly acclaimed Martyr Maker series, which is full of grit, relentless action and twists you'll never see coming.