Here's a peek at upcoming books that look promising.

The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement

By Taylor Branch

Simon & Schuster, $26

Publishes Tuesday

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch draws on his majestic “America in the King Years” trilogy to illuminate key moments of the civil rights movement and the life of its most important figure.

Kind of Kin

By Rilla Askew

Ecco, $25.99

Publishes Tuesday

When harboring undocumented immigrants becomes a felony in Oklahoma, a churchgoing pillar of the community is arrested and sent to prison in a novel that Luis Alberto Urrea calls “bracing, startling, snort-out-loud funny and heart-rending.”

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The Last Runaway

By Tracy Chevalier

Dutton, $26.95

Publishes Tuesday

From the author of “Girl with a Pearl Earring” comes a rich novel set in Ohio in 1850 among Quakers running the Underground Railroad.

Ross Perot: My Life

By Ross Perot

Simon & Schuster, $30

Publishes Tuesday

The Texas entrepreneur and third-party presidential candidate tells his own story in his own words.

The Miniature Wife and Other Stories

By Manuel Gonzales

Riverhead, $26.95

Publishes Thursday

In these 18 stories by Austin writer Manuel Gonzales, such as the title tale, in which a man accidentally shrinks his wife, the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and vice versa.

Ship It Holla Ballas!: How a Bunch of 19-Year-Old College Dropouts Used the Internet to Become Poker's Loudest, Craziest and Richest Crew

By Jonathan Grotenstein and Storms Reback

St. Martin's Press, $25.99

Jan. 15

In the couple of years leading up to 2011, when the government curtailed online gambling, a group of kids formed the most successful online poker crew ever, winning more than $40 million with mathematical precision.

Private Berlin

By James Patterson and Mark Sullivan

Little, Brown, $27.99

Jan. 21

Fans of the ultra-prolific James Patterson will love this international thriller set in Private Berlin, German headquarters for the world's most powerful investigation firm.

Hitmaker: The Man and His Music

By Tommy Mottola with Cal Fussman

Grand Central, $27.99

Jan. 29

How a kid from the Bronx became one of the music industry's most powerful figures, working with Mariah Carey, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, the Dixie Chicks, Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan and many others.

American Turnaround: Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way We Do Business in the USA

By Edward Whitacre with Leslie Cauley

Grand Central, $28.99

Feb. 5

The tough-talking Texas businessman tells how he turned AT&T from a “Baby Bell” to an international giant and how he steered General Motors back to financial health.

The Good Nurse: America's Most Prolific Serial Killer, the Hospitals that Allowed Him to Thrive, and the Detectives Who Brought Him to Justice

By Charles Graeber

Twelve, $26.99

March 5

Working in multiple hospitals over 16 years, Charles Cullen, RN, played a role in the deaths of some 300 patients. Compounding the horror is the number of colleagues that knew or should have known what he was up to.

Pati's Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking

By Pati Jinich

Houghton Miflin Harcourt, $30

March 5

Authentic Mexican cuisine from the popular PBS chef. Her philosophy: “Mexican home cooking is beautiful in its simplicity, tremendously convenient, and wholesome,” she says.

Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy

By David Sheff

Houghton Miflin Harcourt, $25

April 2

Journalist follows up his best-seller “Beautiful Boy,” about his son's struggle with addiction, with a myth-shattering look at drug abuse and treatment.
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