Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, June 16:
Arrivals and Departures: A Novel by Amanda Eyre Ward (Ballantine, $30, 9780593500323) is a globe-spanning family drama featuring characters from The Jetsetters.
Little Wonder: A Novel by Sophie Chen Keller (Ballantine, $30, 9798217094608) follows a Chinese music prodigy separated from his mother as a child.
A Year of Marvelous Ways by Sarah Winman (Putnam, $29, 9798217181117) takes place in 1940s Cornwall, where an elderly woman and young soldier become friends.
Songs of the Dead by Brandon Sanderson and Peter Orullian (S&S/Saga Press, $30, 9781668068144) is the first book in a new contemporary fantasy series called the Strata Wars.
Wildflower: A Novel by Becky Jenkinson (Del Rey, $29.99, 9798217095216) is romantasy about a magical florist.
Never Tell a Black Girl How to Black Girl: Essays by Amena Brown (Tiny Reparations Books, $30, 9798217044689) contains essays about being a Black woman.
I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World by Sarah Wilson (Penguin Life, $32, 9780593994993) looks at living under difficult circumstances.
Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America by Lauren Hough (Pantheon, $30, 9780593686621) is a social commentary travelogue inspired by John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley.
Kingdom of Waves by Melissa de la Cruz (Roaring Brook, $20.99, 9781250361677) is the first title in a new YA series about teen thieves seeking mythical treasure.
Spaghetti Head & Chicken Fingers by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, illus. by Erica Salcedo (HarperPop, $21.99, 9780063474154) is a picture book from the creators of Good Mythical Morning.
Paperbacks:
Dearly Departed by Chip Pons (Putnam, $20, 9798217179558).