Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, July 21:
Cool Machine: A Novel by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday, $30, 9780385550505) concludes the Harlem Trilogy.
The Mortons: A Novel by Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld (Pamela Dorman, $32, 9798217059492) follows the scion of a murderous crime family attending a cutthroat college.
The Story Keeper by Kelly Rimmer (MIRA, $30, 9781525831669) follows a woman investigating the secrets of her family's crumbling estate.
The Subtle Pleasures of Indiscretion by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon, $30, 9798217207336) is the 16th Isabel Dalhousie mystery.
The Talking Bone by Rene Denfeld (Harper, $28.99, 9780063396890) is a thriller about a woman who frees innocent men from death row.
Monsters Love Brownies by Ben Okon, illus. by Komal Sharma (Flamingo, $12.99, 9798217321056) is an interactive picture book that explains not all monsters love cookies.
I Didn't Do It by Elle Gonzalez Rose (Bloomsbury, $19.99, 9781547618484) features the daughter of a murderer who becomes the prime suspect when some of her teen peers are killed.
This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy by Ben Wikler (W.W. Norton, $29.99, 9781324131434) explores how to defeat and rebuild after the Trump regime.
Unsayable: A Life in Writing by Michael Cunningham (Random House, $30, 9798217198337) is a memoir by the author of The Hours and Day.
Dad, Love, Me: A Memoir by Matthew Quick (Avid Reader Press, $30, 9781668091753) is a memoir about a novelist's relationship with his father.
The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism, 1818-1915 by Joseph Kelly (Bloomsbury, $33, 9781639732111) traces fascism in the U.S. to the Antebellum South.
Country of Lords: Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America by Kim Phillips-Fein (W.W. Norton, $35, 9781324074441) charts the anti-egalitarian streak in American history.
Paperbacks:
Yes, Chef by Grace Reilly (Avon, $18.99, 9780063384811).
If Books Could Kill: A Novel by Kate Eberle (Penguin, $18.99, 9780143139102).
My Friends: A Novel by Fredrik Backman (Atria, $20, 9781982112837).