Starred Reviews Releasing This Week

January 12, 2026 through January 18, 2026
All the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week.
FICTION

We Would Have Told Each Other Everything

Judith Hermann, trans. from the German by Katy Derbyshire. FSG Originals, $17 trade paper (208p) ISBN 978-0-374-61951-0

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Lost Lambs

Madeline Cash. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28 (336p) ISBN 978-0-374-61923-7

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The Bookbinder’s Secret

A.D. Bell. St. Martin’s, $29 (400p) ISBN 978-1-250-41264-5

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Hyper

Agri Ismaïl. Coffee House, $20 trade paper (360p) ISBN 978-1-56689-747-1

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This Is Where the Serpent Lives

Daniyal Mueenuddin. Knopf, $29 (368p) ISBN 978-0-525-65515-2

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The School of Night

Karl Ove Knausgaard, trans. from the Norwegian by Martin Aitken. Penguin Press, $32 (512p) ISBN 978-0-593-83280-6

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Ever Since We Small

Celeste Mohammed. Ig, $18.95 trade paper (270p) ISBN 978-1-63246-176-6

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MYSTERY/THRILLER

Divine Ruin: A Sister Holiday Mystery

Margot Douaihy. Zando/Flynn, $28 (336p) ISBN 978-1-63893-198-0

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The Cyclist

Tim Sullivan. Atlantic Crime, $17 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-0-8021-6777-4

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ROMANCE/EROTICA

Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl

Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone. Avon, $28.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-333837-1

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SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR

The Book of Blood and Roses

Annie Summerlee. Del Rey, $30 (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-97596-1

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NONFICTION

Do More in Four: Why It’s Time for a Shorter Workweek

Joe O’Connor and Jared Lindzon. Harvard Business Review, $32 (256p) ISBN 979-8-89-279-145-8

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Miracle Children: Race

Katie Benner and Erica L. Green. Metropolitan, $29.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-250-75910-8

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Fly

Jung Chang. Harper, $35 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-348004-9

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The Snakes That Ate Florida: Reporting

Ian Frazier. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $32 (384p) ISBN 978-0-374-60310-6

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The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s

Jason Burke. Knopf, $40 (768p) ISBN 978-0-525-65943-3

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The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein. Norton, $29.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-324-09685-6

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The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game

C. Thi Nguyen. Penguin Press, $32 (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-65565-8

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LIFESTYLE

The Lucky Egg: Understanding Your Fertility and How to Get Pregnant Now

Lucky Sekhon. St. Martin’s, $35 (400p) ISBN 978-1-250-40871-6

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99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them

Ashely Alker. St. Martin’s, $30 (384p) ISBN 978-1-250-35964-3

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CHILDREN'S

A Year Without Home

V.T. Bidania. Penguin/Paulsen, $18.99 (432p) ISBN 978-0-59369-720-7

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How to Hatch: A Gosling’s Guide to Breaking Free

Sara Holly Ackerman, illus. by Galia Bernstein. Knopf, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-593-81106-1

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The Moon Without Stars

Chanel Miller. Philomel, $17.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-593-62455-5

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A Good Hide

Karina Iceberg, illus. by Natasha Donovan. Heartdrum, $19.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-063254-93-0

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How to Have a Thought: A Walk with Charles Darwin

Nicholas Day, illus. by Hadley Hooper. Holiday House/Porter, $19.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-5850-9

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POETRY

Transit

David Baker. Norton, $26.99 (96p) ISBN 978-1-324-11747-6

Complete Review »

RELIGION

Light for the Way: Seeking Simplicity

Edited by Rose Marie Berger. Broadleaf, $28.99 (336p) ISBN 979-8-88983-541-7

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