NEW ON THE SHELVES

This week’s fiction releases include R.F. Kuang’s “Babel.” The award-winning fantasy author’s latest novel examines the power of language, the violence of colonialism and the sacrifices of resistance.

Fiction

■ “Ruby Fever” Ilona Andrews

■ “Lightlark” Alex Aster

■ “Soul Taken” Patricia Briggs

■ “The Hunt” Faye Kellerman

■ “Born of Blood” Sherrilyn Kenyon

■ “Fox Creek” William Kent Krueger

■ “Heartbreaker” Sarah Maclean

■ “The Ninth Month” James Patterson/richard Dilallo

■ “Surrendering to Hunt” Jennifer Ryan

■ “Girl, Forgotten”

Karin Slaughter

Nonfiction

■ “Be A Plant-based Woman Warrior” Jane Esselstyn/ann Crile Esselstyn

■ “We Never Die”

Matt Fraser

■ “Breaking History”

Jared Kushner

■ “This Much Is True”

Miriam Margolyes

■ “Retail Gangster”

Gary Weiss