Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, February 17:
American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology by Jon Meacham (Random House, $38, 9780593597552) collects writing about U.S. history.
On Morrison by Namwali Serpell (Hogarth, $32, 9780593732915) is a thorough exploration of Toni Morrison's work.
A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides by Gisèle Pelicot, trans. by Natasha Lehrer and Ruth Diver (Penguin Press, $32, 9798217181322) is a memoir by the survivor of a horrific French sexual abuse case.
The Blood Countess: Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster by Shelley Puhak (Bloomsbury, $32.99, 9781639732159) explores the life of Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian noblewoman and prolific serial killer.
The Price of Mercy: Unfair Trials, a Violent System, and a Public Defender's Search for Justice in America by Emily Galvin Almanza (Crown, $32, 9780593799116) examines some of the many problems in the American justice system.
The Astral Library by Kate Quinn (Morrow, $30, 9780063479753) is romantasy about a woman in a magic library.
The Devil's Bible: A Cotton Malone Novel by Steve Berry (Grand Central, $30, 9781538770603) is the 20th Cotton Malone thriller.
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett (Del Rey, $29, 9780593973257) is cozy fantasy about a cat rescue in 1920s Montreal.
The Hard Line by Mark Greaney (Berkley, $31, 9780593954812) is the 15th Gray Man thriller.
The Sun and the Starmaker by Rachel Griffin (Sourcebooks Fire, $19.99, 9781728256184) is a frostbitten YA romantasy in which a young woman must learn how to use her magic before it kills her.
The Dream by Gideon Sterer, illus. by Nik Henderson (Clarion, $19.99, 9780063357990) is a wordless picture book featuring a girl and a wolf seeking hope in a disheartening world.
Paperbacks:
The Halifax Hellions by Alexandra Vasti (St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99, 9781250360151).
Half City by Kate Golden (Ace, $19, 9780593953433).
Book of Forbidden Words by Louise Fein (Morrow, $18.99, 9780063411432).