Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, August 26:
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager, $35, 9780063021471) is a fantasy novel about two students of magic looking for their recently deceased teacher in hell.
The Book of Lost Hours: A Novel by Hayley Gelfuso (Atria, $29.99, 9781668076347) revolves around a time traveling library full of memories.
The Break-In by Katherine Faulkner (Gallery/Scout Press, $28.99, 9781668024812) is a thriller about a mother who kills an intruder in self-defense.
Tomlinson's Wake: A Doc Ford Novel by Randy Wayne White (Hanover Square Press, $29.99, 9781335014290) is the 29th thriller with Florida fixture Doc Ford.
A New New Me: A Novel by Helen Oyeyemi (Riverhead, $29, 9780593718773) follows a woman who has a different personality for every day of the week.
A Bite of Pepper by Balazs Lorinczi (McElderry, $13.99, 9781665970464) is a queer YA graphic novel featuring a love story between a skateboarding vampire and a human artist.
Perla and the Pirate by Isabel Allende, illus. by Sandy Rodríguez (Philomel, $18.99, 9780593623626) is the second title in the author's picture book series about the bond between child and pet.
Guinness World Records 2026 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484750) updates the annual record book.
Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion by Chris DeVille (St. Martin's Press, $29, 9781250363381) charts the rise of indie rock beginning in the early 2000s.
Could Should Might Don't: How We Think about the Future by Nick Foster (MCD, $30, 9780374619350) explores how people conceive of future events.
Sabzi: Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes by Yasmin Khan (W.W. Norton, $35, 9781324064664) contains more than 80 recipes inspired by Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and South Asian cuisine.
The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World by Peter Brannen (Ecco, $35, 9780063036987) gives the history of a gas that makes Earth habitable.
Paperbacks:
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham (Vintage, $18, 9780593687239).
Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum (Vintage, $17.99, 9780593471203).
A Kiss of Flame (The Lost Queen) by Jessica Thorne (Forever, $18.99, 9781538772423).
The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #19) by Louise Penny (Minotaur, $19, 9781250328151).
Laying Down the Latte: A Bakeshop Mystery by Ellie Alexander (Minotaur, $9.99, 9781250326225).