Starred Reviews Releasing This Week

April 29, 2024 through May 5, 2024
All the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week.
FICTION

In Universes

Emet North. Harper, $26.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-331487-0

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The Mother Act

Heidi Reimer. Dutton, $28 (400p) ISBN 978-0-593-47372-6

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MYSTERY/THRILLER

1795: The Order of the Furies

Niklas Natt och Dag, trans. from the Swedish by Ian Giles. Atria, $28 (400p) ISBN 978-1-9821-4597-2

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A Nest of Vipers: A Bangalore Detectives Club Mystery

Harini Nagendra. Pegasus Crime, $26.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-63936-614-9

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ROMANCE/EROTICA

Happy Medium

Sarah Adler. Berkley, $18 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-0-593-54781-6

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NONFICTION

The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas

Karen Valby. Pantheon, $29 (304p) ISBN 978-0-593-31752-5

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Soul by Soul: The Evangelical Mission to Spread the Gospel to Muslims

Adriana Carranca. Columbia Global Reports, $18 trade paper (192p) ISBN 979-8-9870535-2-2

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris

Erik Larson. Crown, $35 (608p) ISBN 978-0-385-34874-4

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Juice: A History of Female Ejaculation

Stephanie Haerdle, trans. from the German by Elisabeth Lauffer. MIT, $27.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-262-04851-4

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Profiles in Mental Health Courage

Patrick J. Kennedy and Stephen Fried. Dutton, $30 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-47176-0

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The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life

Angela Garcia. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29 (272p) ISBN 978-037-460578-0

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The Countryside: Ten Rural Walks Through Britain and Its Hidden History of Empire

Corinne Fowler. Scribner, $30 (400p) ISBN 978-1-6680-0397-8

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Gaslight: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight for America’s Energy Future

Jonathan Mingle. Island, $30 (352p) ISBN 978-1-64283-248-8

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LIFESTYLE

The Levantine Vegetarian: Recipes from the Middle East

Salma Hage. Phaidon, $39.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-83866-764-1

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CHILDREN'S

Not Like Other Girls

Meredith Adamo. Bloomsbury, $19.99 (448p) ISBN 978-1-5476-1400-4

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I’ll Be Waiting for You

Mariko Turk. Little, Brown, $18.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-3167-0344-4

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You’ll Always Be My Chickadee

Kate Hosford, illus. by Sarah Gonzales. Chronicle, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-79721-437-5

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Dust Spells

Andrea Lynn. CamCat, $19.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-744308-46-4

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COMICS

Her Frankenstein

Kawashima Norikazu, trans. from the Japanese by Ryan Holmberg. Smudge, $19.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-961581-91-3

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The Puerto Rican War: A Graphic History

John Vasquez Mejias. Union Square, $20 (112p) ISBN 978-1-4549-5246-6

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RELIGION

Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy

Cait West. Eerdmans, $26.99 (252p) ISBN 978-0-8028-8358-2

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