Starred Reviews Releasing This Week

February 2, 2026 through February 8, 2026
All the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week.
FICTION

Autobiography of Cotton

Cristina Rivera Garza, trans. from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney. Graywolf, $17 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-64445-369-8

Complete Review »

Mass Mothering

Sarah Bruni. Holt, $27.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-250-39261-9

Complete Review »

In Her Defense

Philippa Malicka. Scribner, $29 (320p) ISBN 978-1-6680-3362-3

Complete Review »

This Book Made Me Think of You

Libby Page. Berkley, $30 (416p) ISBN 979-8-217-18699-0

Complete Review »

MYSTERY/THRILLER

Wolf Hour

Jo Nesbø, trans. from the Norwegian by Robert Ferguson. Knopf, $30 (400p) ISBN 978-0-593-80365-3

Complete Review »

ROMANCE/EROTICA

Get Over It

Ashley Herring Blake. Berkley, $19 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-0-593-81601-1

Complete Review »

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates

Shailee Thompson. Gallery, $18 trade paper (368p) ISBN 978-1-6682-0671-3

Complete Review »

SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR

The Universe Box

Michael Swanwick. Tachyon, $18.95 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-61-696450-4

Complete Review »

The Glowing Hours

Leila Siddiqui. Hell’s Hundred, $29.95 (336p) ISBN 978-1-64129-701-1

Complete Review »

Boy

Ian McDonald. Tordotcom, $17.99 trade paper (128p) ISBN 978-1-250-41953-8

Complete Review »

The People’s Library

Veronica G. Henry. 47North, $16.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-662520-29-7

Complete Review »

NONFICTION

The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram: The Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love

Ethelene Whitmire. Viking, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-0-593-65419-4

Complete Review »

Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone

Khameer Kidia. Crown, $32 (384p) ISBN 978-0-5935-9428-5

Complete Review »

A Killing in Cannabis: A True Story of Love

Scott Eden. Spiegel & Grau, $30 (384p) ISBN 978-1-954118-62-1

Complete Review »

Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun

Keza MacDonald. Knopf, $32 (304p) ISBN 978-0-593-80268-7

Complete Review »

The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet

Yi-Ling Liu. Knopf, $30 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-49185-0

Complete Review »

A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future

Robert Wachter. Portfolio, $32 (352p) ISBN 979-8-217-04424-5

Complete Review »

CHILDREN'S

Because of a Shoe

Julie Fogliano, illus. by Marla Frazee. Knopf, $19.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-5937-0740-1

Complete Review »

Yulu’s Linen

Cao Wenxuan, trans. from the Chinese by Helen Wang, illus. by Suzy Lee. Atheneum/Dlouhy, $19.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-6659-3119-9

Complete Review »

The Lions’ Run

Sara Pennypacker, illus. by Jon Klassen. Macmillan/Balzer + Bray, $18.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-25039-281-7

Complete Review »

A Scar Like a River

Lisa Graff. Little, Brown/Ottaviano, $17.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-316570-80-0

Complete Review »

Queen of Faces (Queen of Faces #1)

Petra Lord. Holt, $22.99 (432p) ISBN 978-1-250-36297-1

Complete Review »

Seven Million Steps: The True Story of Dick Gregory’s Run for the Hungry

Derrick Barnes and Christian Gregory, illus. by Frank Morrison. Amistad, $19.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-335752-5

Complete Review »

Rumpelstiltskin

Mac Barnett, illus. by Carson Ellis. Orchard, $19.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-338-67385-2

Complete Review »

The Mighty Macy

Kwame Alexander, illus. by Kitt Thomas. Little, Brown, $16.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-316-44216-9

Complete Review »

Few Blue Skies

Carolina Ixta. Quill Tree, $19.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-0632-8791-4

Complete Review »

The Mysterious Magic of Lighthouse Lane

Erin Stewart. Aladdin, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-6659-5228-6

Complete Review »

Wake Now in the Fire

Jarrett Dapier, illus. by AJ Dungo. Ten Speed Graphic, $38 hardcover (464p) ISBN 978-0-5938-3804-4; $24.99 paper ISBN 978-0-5938-3803-7

Complete Review »

Jeong Is Jeong

Jessica Yoon, illus. by Michelle Lee. Make Me a World, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 979-8-2170-2726-2

Complete Review »

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