Starred Reviews Releasing This Week

June 16, 2025 through June 22, 2025
All the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week.
FICTION

How to Dodge a Cannonball

Dennard Dayle. Holt, $28.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-34567-7

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The Sisters

Jonas Hassen Khemiri. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30 (656p) ISBN 978-0-374-61889-6

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The Scrapbook

Heather Clark. Pantheon, $27 (256p) ISBN 978-0-593-70190-4

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Weepers

Peter Mendelsund. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28 (320p) ISBN 978-0-374-61907-7

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Jamaica Road

Lisa Smith. Knopf, $29 (448p) ISBN 978-0-593-53765-7

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MYSTERY/THRILLER

Murder Takes a Vacation

Laura Lippman. Morrow, $30 (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-299810-1

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Ecstasy

Ivy Pochoda. Putnam, $28 (224p) ISBN 978-0-593-85117-3

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ROMANCE/EROTICA

Sounds Like Love

Ashley Poston. Berkley, $19 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-0-59364-100-2

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SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR

UnWorld

Jayson Greene. Knopf, $28 (224p) ISBN 978-0-59380-218-2

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A Far Better Thing

H.G. Parry. Tor, $18.99 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-1-250-33418-3

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The Mercy Makers

Tessa Gratton. Orbit, $19.99 trade paper (544p) ISBN 978-0-316-57879-0

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NONFICTION

The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog: And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science

Carly Anne York. Basic, $30 (288p) ISBN 978-1-5416-0521-3

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American Scare: Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives

Robert W. Fieseler. Dutton, $32 (496p) ISBN 978-0-593-18395-3

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Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship

Dana A. Williams. Amistad, $32.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-06-301197-7

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We Might Just Make It After All: My Best Friendship with Kate Spade

Elyce Arons. Gallery, $29.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-6680-6907-3

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CHILDREN'S

In the World of Whales

Michelle Cusolito, illus. by Jessica Lanan. Holiday House/Porter, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8234-5342-9

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The Tournament

Rebecca Barrow. McElderry, $21.99 (416p) ISBN 978-1-6659-3230-1

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If We Survive This

Racquel Marie. Macmillan/Feiwel and Friends, $19.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-25035-269-9

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The Grove

Brooks Whitney Phillips. Viking, $19.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-5932-0212-8

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COMICS

Black Cohosh

Eagle Valiant Brosi. Drawn & Quarterly, $24.95 trade paper (360p) ISBN 978-1-77046-777-4

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