In January, watch for a follow-up to Leigh Bardugo’s “Ninth House” and a damning investigation of cobalt mining. Oh, maybe you’ve heard about a new memoir coming from Prince Harry?

“Age of Vice”: Deepti Kapoor (Riverhead)

The fates of three people in New Delhi converge. Sunny, the heir to a powerful family, strives to eclipse his father and brings about all manner of ruin. Ajay, who was born to a poor family, begins working for Sunny, with tragic results. There’s also Neda, a journalist sniffing around the Wadia family even as she tries to resist its pull.

“Brotherless Night”: V.V. Ganeshananthan (Random House)

In this novel, it’s 1980s Sri Lanka, and Sashi — the “inconvenient sister” in a large family — dreams of becoming a doctor. As civil war breaks out, her loved ones are brought into the fray, particularly as Tamil militant groups form. K, a close friend, joins the Tamil Tigers and urges her to work for them as a medic; as Sashi is drawn further into the conflict, she sees her own values take shape.

“The Chinese Groove”: Kathryn Ma (Counterpoint)

Shelley, the hero of this novel, leaves behind an unhappy life in Yunnan province, lured by the promise of a comfortable life with a wealthy relative and the chance to pursue love in San Francisco. He’s dismayed by what he finds but he finds his way, thanks to what he calls the “Chinese groove,” or a bond shared by immigrants.

“Cobalt Red — How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives”: Siddharth Kara (St. Martin’s)

Cobalt is a critical component of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, which are used in dozens of devices we depend on, including smartphones and electric vehicles. More than two-thirds of the world’s reserves are in Congo, which has set off a frantic effort to mine it. Kara, who studies modern slavery, offers a damning portrait of the human rights abuses intrinsic to many cobalt mining.

“Hell Bent”: Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron)

Bardugo’s first novel for adults, “Ninth House,” imagined that the secret societies of Yale were hubs of black magic, and followed a ghost-seeing student named Alex as she navigated those worlds. Now, in “Hell Bent,” Alex tries to bring back a beloved mentor from purgatory and to solve a string of deaths among Yale’s faculty.

“How to Sell a Haunted House”: Grady Hendrix (Berkley)

Hendrix, a bestselling horror author, wanted to write something “comforting and old-fashioned and gothic” during the pandemic, he said, which to him meant a story about a haunted house. After the sudden deaths of both her parents, Louise returns to her childhood home in Charleston, S.C. She’s reluctant to engage with her brother, from whom she’s estranged, and daunted by the idea of clearing out the home before it can go on the market. And then there’s the little issue of her mother’s extensive and creepy doll collection.

“Master, Slave, Husband, Wife — An Epic Journey From Slavery to Freedom”: Ilyon Woo (Simon & Schuster)

This history tells the remarkable story of Ellen and William Craft: In 1848, the married couple, who were enslaved, escaped Georgia for the north. Ellen disguised herself as a white man, and William posed as “his” slave. They evaded capture, dodging military officers and friends of their former enslavers, and were celebrated in New England for their remarkable escape. But two years later, after the Fugitive Slave Act was enacted, they were forced to go on the run once more.

“Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia”: David Graeber (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Graeber, an anthropologist who rose to fame as a leader of the Occupy Wall Street movement, was no stranger to challenging big, overarching ideas about the evolution of human societies; look no further than his 2021 book “The Dawn of Everything,” written with David Wengrow. Graeber examines pirate communities in 18th-century Madagascar.

“Rikers, An Oral History”: Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau (Random House)

Drawing on more than 100 interviews, this book pulls uses the perspectives of inmates, their families, law enforcement officials, lawyers and others to tell the story of one of the country’s most notorious jails.

“Spare”: Prince Harry (Random House)

This highly anticipated memoir promises to give “the definitive account of the experiences, adventures, losses and life lessons that have helped shape” Prince Harry. In the wake of Queen Elizabeth II’s death and the Netflix documentary series about him and his wife, Meghan Markle, royal watchers are debating how much Harry might reveal. Ghostwriter J.R. Moehringer, known for his work on Andre Agassi’s memoir, worked on this book.