Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, May 13:
The Emperor of Gladness: A Novel by Ocean Vuong (Penguin Press, $30, 9780593831878) follows a teenager and elderly widow who connect after a near suicide attempt.
Fever Beach: A Novel by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $30, 9780593320945) is a humorous Floridian romp with a cast of eccentric characters.
Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up by Dave Barry (Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668021781) is the memoir of the acclaimed humorist.
Anima Rising by Christopher Moore (Morrow, $30, 9780062434159) is a humorous fantasy starring Gustav Klimt in 1911 Vienna.
Marble Hall Murders: A Novel by Anthony Horowitz (Harper, $31, 9780063305700) is the third mystery featuring detective Atticus Pünd and editor Susan Ryeland.
Life and Art: Essays by Richard Russo (Knopf, $28, 9780593802168) contains 12 new essays from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow (Penguin Press, $45, 9780525561729) is a comprehensive biography of Samuel Clemens.
The Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America by Mark Whitaker (Simon & Schuster, $30.99, 9781668033296) coincides with the 100th anniversary of the civil rights leader's birth.
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global by Laura Spinney (Bloomsbury, $29.99, 9781639732586) explores the common ancestor to half the world's languages, Proto-Indo-European.
The Devils by Joe Abercrombie (Tor, $29.99, 9781250880055) begins a new action fantasy series.
All Ears by Stuart Gibbs (Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781665956482) is the ninth novel in the middle-grade FunJungle series, this time about a missing elephant.
The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon by Grace Lin (Little, Brown, $18.99, 9780316478328) is a middle-grade novel built out of Chinese folklore in which a girl must open a spirit portal.
Paperbacks:
No Straight Road Takes You There: Essays for Uneven Terrain by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9798888903636).
Maine Characters: A Novel by Hannah Orenstein (Dutton, $19, 9780593851555).
Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake (Berkley, $19, 9780593815991).
Dancing with Muddy: Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, and My Lucky Life In and Out of the Blues by Jerry Portnoy (Chicago Review Press, $19.99, 9780897334587).
Anji Kills a King by Evan Leikam (Tor, $18.99, 9781250369246).