Starred Reviews Releasing This Week

July 22, 2024 through July 28, 2024
All the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week.
FICTION

The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia

Juliet Grames. Knopf, $29 (416p) ISBN 978-0-593-53617-9

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Nicked

M.T. Anderson. Pantheon, $28 (240p) ISBN 978-0-593-70160-7

Complete Review »

Great Fear on the Mountain

Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, trans. from the French by Bill Johnston. Archipelago, $22 (250p) ISBN 978-1-953861-82-5

Complete Review »

Liars

Sarah Manguso. Hogarth, $28 (272p) ISBN 978-0-593-24125-7

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ROMANCE/EROTICA

Ne’er Duke Well

Alexandra Vasti. Griffin, $18 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-250-91094-3

Complete Review »

The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love

India Holton. Berkley, $19 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-0-593-54728-1

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NONFICTION

Reap the Whirlwind: Violence

Peter Houlahan. Counterpoint, $30 (432p) ISBN 978-1-64009-451-2

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A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer

Kim Mager, with Lisa Pulitzer. St. Martin’s, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-27488-5

Complete Review »

A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles—and America

James Tejani. Norton, $35 (448p) ISBN 978-1-324-09355-8

Complete Review »

A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune

Noliwe Rooks. Penguin Press, $28 (208p) ISBN 978-0-593-49242-0

Complete Review »

Dark Tide: Growing Up with Ted Bundy

Edna Cowell Martin, with Megan Atkinson. Permuted, $30 (272p) ISBN 979-8-88845-060-4

Complete Review »

CHILDREN'S

The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

Josh Galarza. Holt, $19.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-90771-4

Complete Review »

COMICS

Search and Destroy

Atsushi Kaneko, trans. from the Japanese by Ben Applegate. Fantagraphics, $14.99 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-1-68396-932-7

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