Starred Reviews Releasing This Week

October 28, 2024 through November 3, 2024
All the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week.
FICTION

Canoes

Maylis de Kerangal, trans. from the French by Jessica Moore. Archipelago, $19 trade paper (208p) ISBN 978-1-953861-96-2

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MYSTERY/THRILLER

The Grey Wolf

Louise Penny. Minotaur, $30 (432p) ISBN 978-1-250-32813-7

Complete Review »

Drop Dead Sisters

Amelia Diane Coombs. Mindy’s Book Studio, $28.99 (262p) ISBN 978-1-6625-2555-1

Complete Review »

SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR

Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions

Nalo Hopkinson. Tachyon, $16.95 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-1-61696-426-9

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NONFICTION

The Wagner Group: Inside Russia’s Mercenary Army

Jack Margolin. Reaktion, $22.50 (336p) ISBN 978-1-78914-957-9

Complete Review »

Mondrian: His Life

Nicholas Fox Weber. Knopf, $40 (656p) ISBN 978-0-307-96159-4

Complete Review »

CHILDREN'S

Pig Town Party

Lian Cho. HarperCollins, $19.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-0632-3751-3

Complete Review »

Lost in the Empire City

Avi. Quill Tree, $19.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-308695-1

Complete Review »

Umami

Jacob Grant. Viking, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-5936-2406-7

Complete Review »

POETRY

The Opening Ritual

G.C. Waldrep. Tupelo, $19.95 trade paper (82p) ISBN 978-1-961209-14-5

Complete Review »

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