Selected titles appearing next Tuesday, September 1:
The Disappearers: A Novel by Marlon James (Riverhead, $32, 9780593717202) takes place in 1988 Kingston, Jamaica, where eight gay men rehearsing for a play are victims of a violent crime.
The Most Dangerous Games by MrBeast and James Patterson (Morrow, $35, 9780063488762) pits 100 contestants against nature and each other to win a billion dollars.
American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump by Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark (Scribner, $32, 9781668031575) is the biography of an infamous political fixer who worked with the Mafia and Republican politicians.
Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best by Angela Duckworth (Scribner, $30, 9781668005941) is a self-help book by the author of Grit.
Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter? by Jared Diamond (Mariner, $32, 9780063517660) looks at whether historical events are shaped by influential individuals or wider social conditions. From the author of Guns, Germs and Steel.
The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men by Jon Ronson (Riverhead, $32, 9781594634208) explores a "masculinity crisis" in which unmoored men are falling into extremist ideology rabbit holes.
Under Story by Chloe Benjamin (Putnam, $32, 9780593545218) follows a scientist at McMurdo Station in Antarctica when strange lights appear on the ice.
The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig (Orbit, $30, 9780316601849) is book two in the Stonewater Kingdom romantasy series.
The Birthing Tree: A Novel by Amanda Peters (Catapult, $28, 9781646223695) follows a Mi'kmaq woman contending with generational trauma and a changing community.
Blightfall by Brandon Sanderson, illus. by Janci Patterson (Delacorte, $22.99, 9780593707050) is the first in the YA science fiction Riftwake series featuring the Skyward Flight pilot team undertaking a dangerous interstellar mission.
Dance Team Drama by Meg Cabot, illus. by Amelia Allore (HarperAlley, $13.99, 9780063254961) is the first title in the middle-grade graphic novel series Detective Baby featuring a superpowered babysitter who can understand baby talk and a genius baby.
Homemaking with Babs: Tips and Tricks for Making a House a Home by Barbara Costello (Clarkson Potter, $38, 9780593797921) includes 150 photographs.
Paperbacks:
Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature by Emily Wilson (Liveright, $19.99, 9781324099406).
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron, $18.99, 9781250828019).