Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, July 16:
The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur by Lev Grossman (Viking, $35, 9780735224049) is a new reimagining of the King Arthur legend.
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Shadow by Brian Freeman (Putnam, $29.99, 9780593716458) is the 19th thriller with Jason Bourne.
White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power, edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker (Tor Teen, $20.99, 9781250861269) is a YA anthology of horror stories by BIPOC authors in which every kid of color "survives the first kill."
The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld by Dan Slater (Little, Brown, $32.50, 9780316427715) examines organized crime in pre-World War I New York City.
Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age by Kathleen Sheppard (St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250284358) explores female Egyptologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great by Rachel Kousser (Mariner, $35, 9780062869685) chronicles Alexander the Great's final campaign.
The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession by Amy Stewart (Random House, $32, 9780593446850) includes 50 illustrated vignettes about people obsessed with trees.
Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist by Jasmin Graham (Pantheon, $28, 9780593685259) is the memoir of a young Black scientist.
The Lost Story: A Novel by Meg Shaffer (Ballantine, $29, 9780593598870) follows two friends who went missing in a Narnia-like land for six months as children.
I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones (S&S/Saga Press, $29.99, 9781668022245) is a slasher horror novel set in 1980s Texas.
The Black Bird Oracle: A Novel by Deborah Harkness (Ballantine, $32, 9780593724774) is book five in the All Souls fantasy series.
Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas (HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063056817) is a middle-grade graphic novel that features a young video-game player who, having just qualified for a championship, is instead sent by his parents to a summer camp where electronics are forbidden.
Paperbacks:
The Body in the Backyard: A Riley Thorn Novel by Lucy Score (Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781464216558).
Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto (Forever, $17.99, 9781538740910).
The Birds, the Bees, and the Elephant in the Room: Talking to Your Kids About Sex and Other Sensitive Topics by Rachel Coler Mulholland (Union Square, $18.99, 9781454953708).
The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce (Berkley, $19, 9780593548424).
Catch the Sun by Jennifer Hartmann (Bloom Books, $13.99, 9781464218682).
