Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week

Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, December 5:

Mississippi Roll: A Wild Cards Novel, edited by George R. R. Martin (Tor, $27.99, 9780765390523) continues the ensemble Wild Cards sci-fi/fantasy series.

Collected Poems by Galway Kinnell and Edward Hirsch (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35, 9780544875210) highlights the life's work of the late poet.

Happiness in This Life: A Passionate Meditation on Earthly Existence by Pope Francis, translated by Oonagh Stransky (Random House, $27, 9780525510970) collects speeches from the Pope.

No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $22, 9781328661593) collects Le Guin's online writing.

The Demon Crown by James Rollins (Morrow, $28.99, 9780062381736) is the 12th Sigma Force thriller.

Canto Bight: Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Saladin Ahmed, Mira Grant, Rae Carson and John Jackson Miller (Del Rey, $28.99, 9781524799533) contains four stories set in a location from the upcoming Star Wars movie.

Persepolis Rising by James S. A. Corey (Orbit, $28, 9780316332835) is book seven in the Expanse sci-fi series.

Spy of the First Person by Sam Shepard (Knopf, $18, 9780525521563) is the final book by a writer who recently died from ALS, in which a narrator experiences a debilitating illness.

Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art by Sam Wasson (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780544557208) is a history of American improvisational comedy.

Come Home Already! by Jory John, illustrated by Benji Davies (HarperCollins, $17.99, 9780062370976) features Duck, who is desperate for his best friend, Bear, to come home from a fishing trip.

Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills (Holt, $17.99, 9781627799379) follows Claudia's attempt at navigating her senior year of high school after eavesdropping on the epic breakup of the school's it couple.

The Whole30 Fast & Easy Cookbook: 150 Simply Delicious Everyday Recipes for Your Whole30 by Melissa Hartwig (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30, 9781328839206) is a cookbook for the Whole30 diet.

The Whole30 Day by Day: Your Daily Guide to Whole30 Success by Melissa Hartwig (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $19.99, 9781328839237) is a companion guide for the Whole30 program.

Paperbacks:
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2018 by Sarah Janssen (World Almanac, $14.99, 9781600572135).

Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis (Forever, $7.99, 9781538744482).

Notorious Pleasures by Elizabeth Hoyt (Forever, $7.99, 9781538760086).

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