Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week

Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, June 12:

Fight No More by Lydia Millet (Norton, $24.95, 9780393635485) connects 12 short stories about broken families in Los Angeles.

Room to Dream by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna (Random House, $32, 9780399589195) is a blend of biography and memoir about the visionary film/TV director.

Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great by Richard A. Billows (The Overlook Press, $32.50, 9781590207406) explores the conquests and consequences of Alexander the Great's life.

Final Draft by Riley Redgate (Amulet Books, $17.99, 9781419728723) portrays a young woman's attempts to impress her critical and sadistic writing teacher.

Stegothesaurus by Bridget Heos, illus. by T.L. McBeth (Holt, $17.99, 9781250134882) features two stegosauruses and a stegothesaurus who loves synonyms.

Paperback:
Who Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie Knecht (Tin House Books, $15.95, 9781947793019).

Movies:
Loving Pablo, based on the memoir Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar by Virginia Vallejo, opens June 15. Penélope Cruz stars as a journalist who has a relationship with Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar (Javier Bardem). A movie tie-in edition (Vintage, $16.95, 9780525433385) is available.

Eating Animals, a documentary based on the memoir by Jonathan Safran Foer, is narrated by Natalie Portman. It opens June 15.

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