Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, May 12:
The Last Mandarin: A Novel by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung (Minotaur, $30, 9781250412522) is a thriller starring a Chinese American mother and daughter.
American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed by Isaac Fitzgerald (Knopf, $32, 9780593537794) retraces the steps of the American folk hero.
Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Simon Six, $26, 9781668249970) prepares for the potential of extraterrestrial visitors.
Radiant Star by Ann Leckie (Orbit, $30, 9780316290357) is a standalone story set in the Imperial Radch sci-fi universe.
The Good Eye by Jess Gibson (Cardinal, $28, 9781538777749) collects 12 short stories.
The Tapestry of Fate by Shannon Chakraborty (Harper Voyager, $32, 9780062963543) is book two in the Amina al-Sirafi Adventures fantasy series.
The Pillagers' Guide to Arctic Pianos: A Novel by Kendra Langford Shaw (Pantheon, $28, 9780593702437) follows a family of Alaskan homesteaders.
Dad by Christian Robinson (Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9781250397041) is a picture book about all the different kinds of and ways to be a father.
Underwearwolf by Gideon Sterer, illus. by Charles Santoso (Simon, $19.99, 9781665955584) is a picture book featuring one underwear-loving child who can't help but put on a pair of underwear not to be worn under the light of the full moon.
How to Watch Soccer Like a Genius: What Architects, Stuntwomen, Paleoanthropologists, and Computer Scientists Reveal About the World's Game by Nick Greene (Abrams Press, $28, 9781419777172) is written by the author of How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius.
Paperbacks:
Hunger by Choi Jin-Young, trans. by Soje (Europa Editions, $17.99, 9798889661849).
Entomology of the Pin-Up Girl by Lauren Osborn (Dzanc Books, $17.95, 9781938603709).