Starred Reviews Releasing This Week

February 23, 2026 through March 1, 2026
All the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week.
FICTION

The Reservation

Rebecca Kauffman. Counterpoint, $27 (272p) ISBN 978-1-64009-748-3

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Mule Boy

Andrew Krivak. Bellevue Literary, $17.99 trade paper (192p) ISBN 978-1-954276-46-8

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Brawler: Stories

Lauren Groff. Riverhead, $29 (388p) ISBN 978-0-59341-842-0

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White River Crossing

Ian McGuire. Crown, $29 (288p) ISBN 979-8-217-08570-5

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Saoirse

Charleen Hurtubise. Celadon, $27.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-250-40064-2

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I Am the Ghost Here: Stories

Kim Samek. Dial, $28 (224p) ISBN 979-8-217-15357-2

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A Good Animal

Sara Maurer. St. Martin’s, $29 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-38356-3

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Kin

Tayari Jones. Knopf, $30 (368p) ISBN 978-0-525-65918-1

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Queen

Birgitta Trotzig, trans. from the Swedish by Saskia Vogel. Archipelago, $19 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-1-962770-53-8

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MYSTERY/THRILLER

The Girls Before

Kate Alice Marshall. Flatiron, $28.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-34308-6

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SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR

The Trident and the Pearl

Sarah K.L. Wilson. Orbit, $19.99 trade paper (448p) ISBN 978-0-316-58657-3

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NONFICTION

Get Home Safe: A Guide to Self-Defense and Building Our Collective Power

Rana Abdelhamid. Algonquin, $21.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-64375-703-2

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I Told You So! Scientists Who Were Ridiculed

Matt Kaplan. St. Martin’s, $30 (288p) ISBN 978-1-2503-7227-7

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Picky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History

Helen Zoe Veit. St. Martin’s, $29 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-40250-9

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CHILDREN'S

Mythspeaker

Christopher Roubique. Viking, $18.99 (304p) ISBN 979-8-2170-3904-3

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Is It Spring?

Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow, $21.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-346925-9

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Mary Morland in the Time of Dinosaur Discovery

Jane Kurtz, illus. by Giselle Potter. Beach Lane, $19.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-66595-554-6

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Welcome

Rashin Kheiriyeh. NorthSouth, $19.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-7358-4617-3

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Every Space Between

Naseem Hrab, illus. by John Martz. Groundwood, $19.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-77306-710-0

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COMICS

Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell

Charles Soule and Steve McNiven. Marvel, $22 (128p) ISBN 978-1-302-96831-1

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POETRY

The Distance of a Shout

Michael Ondaatje. Knopf, $35 (240p) ISBN 978-0-593-80501-5

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RELIGION

Braving the Truth: Essential Essays for Reckoning with and Reimagining Faith

Rachel Held Evans. HarperOne, $29.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-289450-2

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