Starred Reviews Releasing This Week

April 22, 2024 through April 28, 2024
All the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week.
FICTION

The Sky Was Ours

Joe Fassler. Penguin, $18 trade paper (464p) ISBN 978-0-14-313568-5

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MYSTERY/THRILLER

Safe and Sound

Laura McHugh. Random House, $29 (304p) ISBN 978-0-593-44885-4

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Extinction

Douglas Preston. Forge, $29.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1770-4

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SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR

The Wings Upon Her Back

Samantha Mills. Tachyon, $18.95 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-61696-414-6

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A Letter to the Luminous Deep

Sylvie Cathrall. Orbit, $18.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-0-316-56553-0

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NONFICTION

The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power

Dana Mattioli. Little, Brown, $32.50 (416p) ISBN 978-0-316-26977-3

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Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals

Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy. Knopf, $35 (464p) ISBN 978-0-525-65906-8

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The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters

Susan Page. Simon & Schuster, $30 (480p) ISBN 978-1-982197-92-6

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The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow: The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi

Elin Anna Labba, trans. from the Swedish by Fiona Graham. Univ. of Minnesota, $22.95 (208p) ISBN 978-1-517-91330-4

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I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays

Nell Irvin Painter. Doubleday, $35 (464p) ISBN 978-0-385-54890-8

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The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union

Stephen Puleo. St. Martin’s, $32 (464p) ISBN 978-1-250-27627-8

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CHILDREN'S

Song of the Six Realms

Judy I. Lin. Macmillan/Feiwel and Friends, $20.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-250-87161-9

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Two Together

Brendan Wenzel. Chronicle, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-79720-277-8

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Homebody

Theo Parish. HarperAlley, $26.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-06-331959-2; $18.99 paper ISBN 978-0-06-331958-5

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Punk Rock Karaoke

Bianca Xunise. Viking, $24.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-593-46450-2; $17.99 paper ISBN 978-0-593-46452-6

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POETRY

Black Bell

Alison C. Rollins. Copper Canyon, $22 trade paper (136p) ISBN 978-1-55659-700-8

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