Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week

Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday:

The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $27.99, 9781476758763) continues the Plantagenet and Tudor historical fiction series.

The Good Daughter: A Novel by Karin Slaughter (Morrow, $27.99, 9780062430243) is a thriller about a defense attorney whose tragic past catches up with her.

The List by Patricia Forde (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $16.99, 9781492647966) features a young woman who uncovers a sinister plan in a fantasy world in which everyone must speak List, a language of only 500 words.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality by Jonah Winter and Stacy Innerst (Abrams, $18.95, 9781419725593) presents to young readers the life of the Supreme Court Justice as a court case against injustice.

Playing Hurt: My Journey from Despair to Hope by John Saunders and John U. Bacon (Da Capo, $27, 9780306824739) is the posthumously published memoir of a sports journalist.

You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a "Useless" Liberal Arts Education by George Anders (Little, Brown, $27, 9780316548809) defends the economic viability of liberal arts degrees.

America 51: A Probe into the Realities That Are Hiding Inside "The Greatest Country in the World" by Corey Taylor (Da Capo, $26, 9780306825446) is a hard rock musician's look at the underbelly of American life.

Paperbacks:
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer (Gallery, $16, 9781501139895).

You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages by Carina Chocano (Mariner, $16.95, 9780544648944) is a collection of essays from a pop culture critic.

A Promise of Ruin by Cuyler Overholt (Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492637394).

Movie:
The Glass Castle, based on the memoir by Jeannette Walls, opens August 11. Brie Larson, Naomi Watts and Woody Harrelson star in this story of a dysfunctional family with irresponsible adults and resilient children.

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