Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, October 27:
A Court of Splintered Harmony: The Valkyrie Cycle, Movement I by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury, $32, 9781639739134) continues the A Court of Thorns and Roses romantasy series.
The Hollow by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, $32, 9780316563857) is the 21st Harry Bosch thriller.
Public Access Afterworld: A Novel by Jane Schoenbrun (Hogarth, $33, 9780593978382) is horror/fantasy spanning multiple decades about a surreal secret TV network.
The Brightness: A Novel by Chad Harbach (Little, Brown, $32, 9780316455695) follows two young women in college and into their 20s.
Code and Codex by Yoon Ha Lee (S&S/Saga Press, $29, 9781668059975) is a space opera set in an evil empire whose power relies on erasing other languages.
Mortal Things by Marie Lu (Roaring Brook, $20.99, 9781250381590) is a YA fantasy novel featuring a young woman beholden to the god of death.
This Is a Door by Daniel Nayeri (Stonefruit Studio, $19.99, 9781464246029) is an unusual and experimental middle-grade bildungsroman about a boy, a mouse, and a dog seeking purpose.
Abandoning a Cat: A Personal Story by Haruki Murakami, trans. by Philip Gabriel (Knopf, $26, 9798217208692) expands a New Yorker essay about the author's father and a cat.
We Thought They'd Never Leave: Musings on Food and Family by Tony Shalhoub and Josie Adams (Gallery, $30, 9781668227725) chronicles decades of annual family gatherings in Wisconsin.
In My Own Time: A Memoir by Christopher Lloyd (Grand Central, $32.50, 9781538776544) is the memoir of an actor best known as Doc Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy.
Tyrant Lizard Queen: The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth's Greatest Carnivore by Riley Black (St. Martin's Press, $29, 9781250403483) is narrative nonfiction about the life of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Sound Tracks: An Archaeological Journey Through Our Musical Past by Graeme Lawson (Knopf, $35, 9780593320365) traces the ancient history of music-making through 60 archaeological discoveries.
Paperbacks:
Writing, the Other Life: Texts and Art by and About Annie Ernaux by Annie Ernaux, edited by Pierre-Louis Fort (Seven Stories Press, $35, 9781644214152).
The Keeper (Gods of the Game Book 3) by Ana Huang (Bloom Books, $19.99, 9781464223341).
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald by John U. Bacon (Liveright, $21.99, 9781324147435).