Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, July 25:
Chester B. Himes: A Biography by Lawrence P. Jackson (Norton, $35, 9780393063899) is the biography of the groundbreaking African American author.
Empire Made: My Search for an Outlaw Uncle Who Vanished in British India by Kief Hillsbery (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 9780547443317) explores a family mystery about an East India Company clerk who went missing in 19th-century Nepal.
Deadfall by Linda Fairstein (Dutton, $28, 9781101984048) is the 19th mystery with New York City assistant DA Alexandra Cooper.
The Lying Game: A Novel by Ruth Ware (Gallery/Scout Press, $26.99, 9781501156007) is a thriller about four friends who share a deadly secret from their boarding school days.
Paradise Valley: A Novel by C.J. Box (Minotaur, $27.99, 9781250051042) tracks the hunt for a truck stop serial killer called the Lizard King.
Fierce Kingdom: A Novel by Gin Phillips (Viking, $25, 9780735224278) is a thriller about a mother and son trying to survive deadly events at a zoo.
Amanda Wakes Up by Alisyn Camerota (Viking, $26, 9780399563997) is the debut novel of a CNN anchor about a TV reporter who lands her dream job.
Mama Lion Wins the Race by Jon J. Muth (Scholastic, $17.99, 9780545852821) is a picture book that uses Italian motor racing and stuffed animals to show how competition can be fun and fair.
Far from the Tree (Young Adult Edition) by Andrew Solomon and adapted by Laurie Calkhoven (Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781481440905) answers for young readers the question, "What happens when the apple does fall far from the tree?"
Paperbacks:
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power by Al Gore (Rodale, $25.99, 9781635651089) follows up on Gore's original global warming warning.
The Moores Are Missing by James Patterson (Grand Central, $9.99, 9781478971634).
The Wildling Sisters by Eve Chase (Putnam, $27, 9780399174131).
Movie:
From the Land of the Moon, based on the novel by Milena Agus, opens July 28. Marion Cotillard stars as a married 1950s French woman who falls for another man while on a medical retreat in the Alps.
