Last Week’s Top Reviews

The most-read reviews on publishersweekly.com last week were...

Murder in the City: New York, 1910–1920

Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland

An Anonymous Girl

Where the Crawdads Sing

Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

From the Newsletters

Tip Sheet

PW editors pick big spring books.

Children’s Bookshelf

We speak with children’s authors about award-season jitters.

Religion BookLine

Christian booksellers gear up for this year’s Christian Product Expo, which will run January 27–29.

Global Rights Report

For a rumored high six figures, Random House preempted U.S. rights to a title by paleobiologist Thomas Halliday.

Podcasts

Week Ahead

PW senior writer Andrew Albanese looks at the indie publishing and bookselling boom driving growth for the ABA’s Winter Institute.

More to Come

Heidi MacDonald talks with Ben Coleman, coauthor of The Long Con, a humorous look at a postapocalyptic comic con.

Blogs

ShelfTalker

A children’s bookseller eagerly anticipates this winter’s round of visits from publisher reps.

PW Insider

PW deputy reviews editor Gabe Habash shares highlights from our “Writers to Watch” feature.