Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, December 20:
The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem by Matthew Hollis (Norton, $40, 9780393240252) chronicles the creation of T.S. Eliot's famous poem.
The Risen City: A Novel by Isabelle Steiger (St. Martin's Press, $35, 9781250088529) concludes the Paths of Lantistyne fantasy trilogy.
Heart String by Brooke Boynton-Hughes (Chronicle Books, $17.99, 9781452181653) is a picture book about the connection shared by all humankind.
Paperbacks:
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Fourteen, edited by Ellen Datlow (Night Shade, $19.99, 9781949102673).
Rigged Justice: How the College Admissions Scandal Ruined an Innocent Man's Life by John Vandemoer (HarperOne, $16.99, 9780063020115).