Selected titles appearing next Tuesday, May 26:
The Land and Its People: Essays by David Sedaris (Little, Brown, $30, 9780316264839) is the latest collection from a master humorist.
America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. (Crown, $31, 9780593239803) explores how national anniversaries promote mythological versions of American history.
Freedom Round the Globe: A World History of the American Revolution by Sarah M. S. Pearsall (Doubleday, $35, 9780385548717) expands the history of the American Revolution to other British colonies of the time.
Ghalen: A Romance in Black by Walter Mosley (Amistad, $30, 9780063451551) is a coming-of-age story about a neurodivergent Black man.
The Midnight Train: A Novel by Matt Haig (Viking, $30, 9780593833377) is a sequel to The Midnight Library.
Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You: A Novel by Julián Delgado Lopera (Liveright, $31.99, 9781324097204) is queer literary fiction set in 1990s Colombia.
The Vivisectors: A Novel by Missouri Williams (MCD, $28, 9780374619299) is a surreal romance set in a university city overrun by nature.
Babylon, South Dakota: A Novel by Tom Lin (Little, Brown, $30, 9780316576277) follows a Chinese American family who inherit a South Dakota homestead with an alarming military secret.
A Room with a View by Joanna Ho, illus. by Thais Mesquita (Harper, $19.99, 9780063287556) features childhood unforgettable summer memories in picture book form.
We Could Be Anyone by Anna-Marie McLemore (Feiwel and Friends, $20.99, 9781250370587) is a YA supernatural thriller about two teen con-artists.
Paperbacks:
Bromantasy by Máire Roche (Putnam, $20, 9798217180707).
Too Fast to Fall (Fast Track #2) by Karen Booth (Afterglow Books by Harlequin, $15.99, 9781335507426).
Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K. England (Poisoned Pen Press, $32.99, $32.99, 9781464278464).