Starred Reviews Releasing This Week

April 7, 2025 through April 13, 2025
All the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week.
FICTION

Audition

Katie Kitamura. Riverhead, $28 (208p) ISBN 978-0-593-85232-3

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The Creation of Half-Broken People

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu. House of Anansi, $20.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4870-1327-1

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Sky Daddy

Kate Folk. Random House, $29 (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-23149-4

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Open Up: Stories

Thomas Morris. Unnamed Press, $28 (200p) ISBN 978-1-961884-34-2

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Plum

Andy Anderegg. Hub City, $25 (236p) ISBN 979-8-88574-046-3

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The Float Test

Lynn Steger Strong. Mariner, $28.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-339073-7

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MYSTERY/THRILLER

Hard Town

Adam Plantinga. Grand Central, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-1-5387-3990-7

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Your Steps on the Stairs

Antonio Muñoz Molina, trans. from the Spanish by Curtis Bauer. Other Press, $18.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-1-63542-434-8

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The Impossible Thing

Belinda Bauer. Atlantic Monthly, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-0-8021-6441-4

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The Maid’s Secret

Nita Prose. Ballantine, $30 (304p) ISBN 978-0-593-87541-4

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ROMANCE/EROTICA

Passion Project

London Sperry. Penguin Books, $19 trade paper (368p) ISBN 978-0-14-313856-3

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The Never List

Jade Presley. Red Tower, $32.99 (432p) ISBN 978-1-64937-752-4

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SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR

Don’t Sleep with the Dead

Nghi Vo. Tordotcom, $24.99 (112p) ISBN 978-1-250-36261-2

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The Book That Held Her Heart

Mark Lawrence. Ace, $30 (384p) ISBN 978-0-593-43797-1

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NONFICTION

Authority: Essays

Andrea Long Chu. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30 (288p) ISBN 978-0-374-60033-4

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Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age

Vauhini Vara. Pantheon, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-0-593-70152-2

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No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson and Johnson

Gardiner Harris. Random House, $32 (464p) ISBN 978-0-593-22986-6

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LIFESTYLE

Fat + Flour: The Art of a Simple Bake

Nicole Rucker. Knopf, $35.00 (224) ISBN 978-0-593-80178-9

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CHILDREN'S

Don’t Trust Fish

Neil Sharpson, illus. by Dan Santat. Dial, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-593-61667-3

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Fart Boy and Reeky Dog

Joan Holub, illus. by Rafael Rosado. Random House, $14.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-5934-3430-7

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Carousel Summer

Kathleen Gros. Quill Tree, $24.99 hardcover (304p); $15.99 paper ISBN 978-0-06-305769-2; ISBN 978-0-0630-5768-5

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Rainbow Fair

Diana Ma. Clarion, $19.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-0633-3952-1

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The Trouble with Secrets

Naomi Milliner. Quill Tree, $19.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-331164-0

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COMICS

Precious Rubbish

Kayla E. Fantagraphics, $29.99 (196p) ISBN 978-1-68396-928-0

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Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy

Paul Auster et al. Pantheon, $35 (400p) ISBN 978-0-553-38764-3

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POETRY

Lonely Women Make Good Lovers

Keetje Kuipers. BOA, $19 trade paper (96p) ISBN 978-1-960145-45-1

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