Starred Reviews Releasing This Week

March 23, 2026 through March 29, 2026
All the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week.
FICTION

Python’s Kiss: Stories

Louise Erdrich. Harper, $32 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-337500-0

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The Dog Meows

Eka Kurniawan, trans. from the Indonesian by Annie Tucker. New Directions, $14.95 trade paper (128p) ISBN 978-0-8112-3976-9

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MYSTERY/THRILLER

Two Kinds of Stranger: An Eddie Flynn Novel

Steve Cavanagh. Atria, $29 (400p) ISBN 978-1-6680-9339-9

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The Survivor

Andrew Reid. Minotaur, $29 (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-39328-9

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ROMANCE/EROTICA

The Night We Met

Abby Jimenez. Forever, $30 (400p) ISBN 978-1-5387-5922-6

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SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR

Wolf Worm

T. Kingfisher. Nightfire, $29.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-25082-982-5

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Honeysuckle

Bar Fridman-Tell. Bloomsbury, $28.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-63973-673-7

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Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories

Amal El-Mohtar. Tordotcom, $24.99 (208p) ISBN 978-1-250-34100-6

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The Cellar Below the Cellar

Ivy Grimes. Violet Lichen, $18.95 trade paper (180p) ISBN 978-1-955765-41-1

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NONFICTION

How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature’s Revolutionaries

David George Haskell. Viking, $32 (352p) ISBN 978-0-59383-496-1

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Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff. Harper, $30 (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-348432-0

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CHILDREN'S

You Are Now Old Enough to Hear This

Aaron Starmer, illus. by Jaime Zollars. Penguin Workshop, $18.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-593-75109-1

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The Queen’s Granddaughter

Diane Zahler. Roaring Brook, $18.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-36311-4

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Into the Wilderness

Haven Iverson, illus. by August Zhang. Roaring Brook, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-250-35308-5

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While We’re Here

Anne Wynter, illus. by Micha Archer. Clarion, $19.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-323829-9

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POETRY

Horses

Jake Skeets. Milkweed, $18 trade paper (152p) ISBN 978-1-63955-152-1

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