Starred Reviews Releasing This Week

The StalkerPaula Bomer. Soho, $28 (256p) ISBN 978-1-64129-626-7 |
The DirectorDaniel Kehlmann, trans. from the German by Ross Benjamin. Summit, $28.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-6680-8779-4 |
Old School IndianAaron John Curtis. Hillman Grad, $28 (416p) ISBN 978-1-63893-145-4 |
Other Worlds: StoriesAndré Alexis. FSG Originals, $18 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-0-37461-140-8 |
The NamesFlorence Knapp. Viking/Dorman, $30 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-83390-2 |
Are You Happy?Lori Ostlund. Astra House, $26 (272p) ISBN 978-1-6626-0302-0 |
My Name Is Emilia del ValleIsabelle Allende, trans. from the Spanish by Frances Riddle. Ballantine, $30 (304p) ISBN 978-0-593-97509-1 |
The Retirement PlanSue Hincenbergs. Morrow, $30 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-339801-6 |
Big Bad Wool: A Sheep Detective StoryLeonie Swann, trans. from the German by Amy Bojang. Soho Crime, $28.95 (384p) ISBN 978-1-64129-662-5 |
A Thousand Natural ShocksOmar Hussain. Blackstone, $27.99 (352p) ISBN 979-8-212-97913-9 |
Disco Witches of Fire IslandBlair Fell. Alcove, $19.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 979-8-89242-034-1 |
The Adventures of Mary DarlingPat Murphy. Tachyon, $18.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-61696-438-2 |
The Night BirdsChristopher Golden. St. Martin’s, $29 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-28591-1 |
Six Wild CrownsHolly Race. Orbit, $30 (416p) ISBN 978-0-316-57292-7 |
Warhol’s Muses: The ArtistsLaurence Leamer. Putnam, $32 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-71666-3 |
This Is Your Mother: A MemoirErika J. Simpson. Scribner, $27.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-6680-2403-4 |
Everyday Intuition: What PsychologyElizabeth Greenwood. Harper, $32 (256p) ISBN 978-0-06-337569-7 |
Ellmann’s Joyce: The Biography of a Masterpiece and Its MakerZachary Leader. Belknap, $35 (448p) ISBN 978-0-674-24839-7 |
Things Become Other Things: A Walking MemoirCraig Mod. Random House, $31 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-73254-0 |
Karen: A Brother RemembersKelsey Grammer. Harper Select, $31.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-4002-5281-7 |
Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital AgeAmanda Hess. Doubleday, $29.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-3855-4973-8 |
Four Mothers: An Intimate Journey Through the First Year of Parenthood in Four CountriesAbigail Leonard. Algonquin, $30 (288p) ISBN 978-1-64375-653-0 |
Melting Point: FamilyRachel Cockerell. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $32 (416p) ISBN 978-0-374-60926-9 |
Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting BackMiranda S. Spivack. New Press, $27.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-62097-855-9 |
Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped AmericaBridget Read. Crown, $30 (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-44392-7 |
Everything Is Now: Primal HappeningsJ. Hoberman. Verso, $34.95 (464p) ISBN 978-1-80429-086-6 |
The End Is the Beginning: A Personal History of My MotherJill Bialosky. Washington Square, $28.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-4516-7792-8 |
Return to SenderVera Brosgol. Roaring Brook, $18.99 (320p) ISBN 978-125029218-6 |
This Thing of OursFrederick Joseph. Candlewick, $18.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-5362-3346-9 |
Wake the Wild CreaturesNova Ren Suma. Little, Brown, $18.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-61620-672-7 |
CrankyCorey R. Tabor. Greenwillow, $19.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-337358-7 |
Miss LibertyErin Moonyeen Haley. Storytide, $18.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-06-336001-3 |
HurricaneJason Chin. Holiday House/Porter, $19.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8234-5849-3 |
A Hero’s Guide to Summer VacationPablo Cartaya. Kokila, $18.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-4514-7975-4 |
J vs. KKwame Alexander and Jerry Craft, illus. by Jerry Craft. Little, Brown, $16.99 hardcover (240p) ISBN 978-0-316-58268-1; $10.99 paper ISBN 978-0-316-59710-4 |
His Face Is the Sun (Throne of Khetara #1)Michelle Jabès Corpora. Sourcebooks Fire, $19.99 (528p) ISBN 978-1-4642-2458-4 |
Drawing Is... Your Guide to Scribbled AdventuresElizabeth Haidle. Tundra, $19.99 (72p) ISBN 978-1-7748-8503-1 |
Catch!Trish Cooke, illus. by Ken Wilson-Max. Charlesbridge, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-6235-4622-9 |
Shampoo UnicornSawyer Lovett. Disney Hyperion, $18.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-368-10895-9 |
The Gathering TableAntwan Eady, illus. by London Ladd. Knopf, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-593-48060-1 |
So Many Years: A Juneteenth StoryAnne Wynter, illus. by Jerome Pumphrey. Clarion, $19.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-063-08114-7 |
The ThrashersJulie Soto. Wednesday, $20 (352p) ISBN 978-1-2503-7717-3 |
Where Are YouTomie dePaola, illus. by Barbara McClintock. Simon & Schuster, $19.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-5344-1850-9 |