Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, September 1:
Purity: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374239213) follows a young woman who travels with a German peace activist to South America.
Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg (Gallery/Scout Press, $26, 9781476798172) revolves around the accidental deaths of four people at a wedding.
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27, 9780544409910) is a novel based on real early American female deputy sheriffs.
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn J. Edin and H. Lu (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9780544303188) explores extreme poverty afflicting 1.5 million American households.
Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America by Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney (Threshold Editions, $28, 9781501115417) shares opinions from the former vice president and his daughter.
The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers by Gillian Tett (Simon & Schuster, $28, 9781451644739) explores institutional organization.
Guinness World Records 2016 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781910561027) adds thousands of new records.
Paperbacks:
Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story by Ursula K. Le Guin (Mariner, $14.95, 9780544611610) updates a writing guide first published in the 1990s.
The Time Garden: A Magical Journey and Coloring Book by Daria Song (Watson-Guptill, $15.99, 9781607749608).
The Sisters of Versailles: A Novel (The Mistresses of Versailles Trilogy) by Sally Christie (Atria, $16, 9781501102967).
Only a Kiss: A Survivors' Club Novel by Mary Balogh (Signet, $7.99, 9780451469687).
Movie:
A Walk in the Woods, based on the book by Bill Bryson, opens September 4. The cast includes Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson and Nick Offerman. A movie tie-in (Anchor, $7.99, 9781101970881) is available.
