Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, December 9:
Spasm by Robin Cook (Putnam, $32, 9798217044931) is the 15th Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery medical thriller.
The Birdwatcher by Jacquelyn Mitchard (Mira, $30, 9780778368670) follows an escort convicted of double murder and her journalist friend.
Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson (Tor, $29.99, 9781250410481) contains 10 short works of sci-fi and fantasy, including a new novella.
The Time Hop Coffee Shop: A Novel by Phaedra Patrick (Park Row, $30, 9780778305675) is magical realism about a woman discovering her ideal life.
Dark Sisters: A Novel by Kristi DeMeester (St. Martin's Press, $29, 9781250286819) is historical horror about a curse spanning three generations of women.
The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World by Tilar J. Mazzeo (St. Martin's Press, $30, 9781250352583) is a history of the first female captain of a merchant ship.
The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age by Alex Wellerstein (Harper, $32, 9780063379435) expands on President Truman's decision to use atomic bombs on Japan.
How Not to Die: Revised and Updated: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Dr. Michael Greger and Gene Stone (Flatiron, $36.99, 9781250363725) updates a popular longevity guide.
A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature by Adam Morgan (Atria/One Signal, $29, 9781668053645) chronicles a progressive literary review and its 1921 legal troubles.
Groundhog vs. Cupid by Todd Tarpley, illus. by Stephanie Laberis (Little, Brown, $10.99, 9780316584487) is the fourth title in the Festive Feuds series, featuring a fight between Valentine's Day and Groundhog Day.
Ren's Cupcake Mission by Coco Simon, illus. by Manuela López (Simon Spotlight, $6.99 paper, 9781665984720) is the seventh book in the early chapter book Cupcake Diaries series in which Ren and her cupcake friends throw a party for her parents.
Paperbacks:
Everyone in the Group Chat Dies: A Novel by L.M. Chilton (Gallery/Scout Press, $19, 9781668094174).
Seeing Other People by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka (Berkley, $19, 9780593954263).
Her Time Traveling Duke by Bryn Donovan (Berkley, $19, 9780593816615).