Starred Reviews Releasing This Week

March 24, 2025 through March 30, 2025
All the books to receive starred reviews in PW that are hitting bookstore shelves this week.
FICTION

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert

Bob the Drag Queen. Gallery, $27.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-6680-6197-8

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Twist

Colum McCann. Random House, $28 (256p) ISBN 978-0-593-24173-8

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Thrilled to Death

Lynne Tillman. Soft Skull, $27 (320p) ISBN 978-1-59376-719-8

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Counting Backwards

Binnie Kirshenbaum. Soho, $28 (400p) ISBN 978-1-64129-468-3

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The Unwanted

Boris Fishman. Harper, $30 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-338744-7

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Sons and Daughters

Chaim Grade, trans. from the Yiddish by Rose Waldman. Knopf, $35 (704p) ISBN 978-0-394-53646-0

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MYSTERY/THRILLER

Saltwater

Katy Hays. Ballantine, $30 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-87555-1

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The Savage

Ron Currie. Putnam, $29 (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-85166-1

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SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR

Blood on Her Tongue

Johanna Van Veen. Poisoned Pen, $17.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-72828-157-5

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NONFICTION

The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue: A Story of Climate and Hope on One American Street

Mike Tidwell. St. Martin’s, $29 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-36226-1

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King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Freedom Struggle Outside of the South

Jeanne Theoharis. New Press, $30.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-62097-931-0

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Blazing Eye Sees All: Love Has Won

Leah Sottile. Grand Central, $30 (304p) ISBN 978-1-5387-4260-0

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The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing

Rebecca Lemov. Norton, $32.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-324-07526-4

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Trauma Plot: A Life

Jamie Hood. Pantheon, $28 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-70097-6

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A Greek Tragedy: One Day

Jeanne Carstensen. One Signal, $28.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-6680-8314-7

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In the Rhododendrons: A Memoir with Appearances by Virginia Woolf

Heather Christle. Algonquin, $27 (288p) ISBN 978-1-6437-5592-2

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CHILDREN'S

Blake the Snake Bakes a Cake

Amy Young, illus. by Alison Young. Viking, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-5936-2174-5

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I Am the Swarm

Hayley Chewins. Viking, $19.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-62386-2

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Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend

Bob Shea. Abrams, $19.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4197-7155-2

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To Steal from Thieves

M.K. Lobb. Little, Brown, $19.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-316575-48-5

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When We Ride

Rex Ogle. Norton, $18.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-3240-5282-1

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Isle of Ever

Jen Calonita. Sourcebooks, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-7282-7703-5

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The Corruption of Hollis Brown

K. Ancrum. HarperCollins, $19.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06328-583-5

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Magic in a Drop of Water: How Ruth Patrick Taught the World About Water Pollution

Julie Winterbottom, illus. by Susan Reagan. Rocky Pond, $19.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-593-62022-9

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When Sally O’Malley Discovered the Sea

Karen Cushman. Knopf, $17.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-593-65057-8

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RELIGION

Godstruck: Seven Women’s Unexpected Journeys to Religious Conversion

Kelsey Osgood. Viking, $30 (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-83467-1

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