Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, December 6:
Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy (Knopf, $26, 9780307269003) is the second volume in McCarthy's The Passenger series.
A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré by John le Carré, edited by Tim Cornwell (Viking, $40, 9780593490679) collects correspondence from the late master of espionage thrillers.
The Earl and the Pharaoh: From the Real Downton Abbey to the Discovery of Tutankhamun by the Countess of Carnarvon (Harper, $28.99, 9780063264229) marks the centennial of the discovery of King Tut's tomb.
Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon by Kate Andersen Brower (Harper, $32.50, 9780063067653) is the biography of an iconic movie star.
The Ingenue: A Novel by Rachel Kapelke-Dale (St. Martin's Press, $27.99, 9781250834560) is a suspense story about a woman unexpectedly denied her late mother's inheritance.
Anatomy of 55 More Songs: The Oral History of 55 Hits That Changed Rock, R&B, and Soul by Marc Myers (Grove Press, $27, 9780802160201) collects more of a music critic's Wall Street Journal column.
Of Ice and Men: How We've Used Cold to Transform Humanity by Fred Hogge (Pegasus, $27.95, 9781639361830) gives a history of human interaction with ice.
The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford (Inkyard, $19.99, 9781335915801) is a YA fantasy featuring a young woman who saves a person despite her community's wishes.
Eva in the Band by Rebecca Elliott (Scholastic, $5.99, 9781338745436) is the 17th book in the early chapter book series.
Paperbacks:
Sharpe's Assassin by Bernard Cornwell (Harper, $18, 9780062563279).
Midnight by Dean Koontz (Berkley, $11.99, 9780593441367).
Gods and Dragons: Wake the Dragon Book 3 by Kevin J. Anderson (Tor Books, $21.99, 9781250302229).
You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories by Gabrielle Union (Dey Street, $17.99, 9780062979940).
