PW Starred Reviews Releasing This Week

March 20, 2023 through March 26, 2023
Exceptional books out this week!

The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans

Bill Hammack. Sourcebooks, $26.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-7282-1575-4

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Flux

Jinwoo Chong. Melville House, $26.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-68589-034-6

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Y/N

Esther Yi. Astra House, $26 (224p) ISBN 978-1-6626-0153-8

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The Hand That Feeds You

Mercedes Rosende, trans. from Spanish by Tim Gutteridge. Bitter Lemon, $15.95 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-1-913394-74-5

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How I’ll Kill You

Ren DeStefano. Berkley, $27 (352p) ISBN 978-0-593-43830-5

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Beyond That

Laura Spence-Ash. Celadon, $27.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-250-85437-7

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The Raven Thief: A Secret Staircase Mystery

Gigi Pandian. Minotaur, $26.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-80501-0

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The Lies of the Ajungo

Moses Ose Utomi. Tordotcom, $19.99 (96p) ISBN 978-1-250-84906-9

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Out Beyond the Dust N’ Dark (West of Sundown # 1)

Tim Seeley, Aaron Campbell, and Jim Terry. Vault, $17.99 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-1-63849-155-2

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Biography of X

Catherine Lacey. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28 (416p) ISBN 978-0-374-60617-6

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Wild Bird

Diane Zahler. Roaring Brook, $18.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-2508-3340-2

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Two Wars and a Wedding

Lauren Willig. Morrow, $27.99 (448p) ISBN 978-0-06-298618-4

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We Dream of Gods

Devin Madson. Orbit, $18.99 trade paper (624p) ISBN 978-0-316-53645-5

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Ghosts of the Orphanage: A Story of Mysterious Deaths

Christine Kenneally. PublicAffairs, $30 (384p) ISBN 978-1-5417-5851-3

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The Great Unmaking

Brian Nelson. Blackstone, $27.99 (474p) ISBN 978-1-5385-0784-1

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Meesh the Bad Demon (Meesh the Bad Demon #1)

Michelle Lam. Knopf, $21.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0593372876

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Belle of the Ball

Mari Costa. First Second, $24.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-78413-1

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Remember

Joy Harjo, illus. by Michaela Goade. Random House Studio, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-59-348484-5

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The Monkey Trial: John Scopes and the Battle over Teaching Evolution

Anita Sanchez. Clarion, $19.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-3584-5769-5

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Koresh: The True Story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco

Stephan Talty. Mariner, $32.99 (464p) ISBN 978-0-358-58128-4

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The Story of the Saxophone

Lesa Cline-Ransome, illus. by James E. Ransome. Holiday House, $19.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8234-3702-3

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Foolproof: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity

Sander van der Linden. Norton, $30 (368p) ISBN 978-0-393-88144-8

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Trace Evidence

Charif Shanahan. Tin House, $16.95 trade paper (112p) ISBN 978-1-953534-66-8

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Free Radicals

Lila Riesen. Penguin/Paulsen, $19.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-593-40771-4

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Ephemera: A Memoir

Briana Loewinsohn. Fantagraphics, $24.99 (200p) ISBN 978-1-68396-690-6

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