Wonderful Reads | November 2024 Starred Reviews

Titles not to miss across fiction, nonfiction, audio, and reference.

AUDIO

Balibrera, Gina María. The Volcano Daughters. Books on Tape.

Constable, Harriet. The Instrumentalist. S. & S. Audio.

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE

Short, Sharon. Trouble Island. Minotaur: St. Martin’s.

Wade, Kevin. Johnny Careless. Celadon.

Welsh-Huggins, Andrew. The Mailman. The Mysterious Pr.

SF/FANTASY

Cole, Penn. Glow of the Everflame. Atria.

Nayak, Michael. Symbiote. Angry Robot.

Park, Silvia. Luminous. S. & S.

ROMANCE

Bastone, Cara. Promise Me Sunshine. Dial Trade Paperback.

Chase, Loretta. My Inconvenient Duke. Avon.

Connor, Erin. Unromance. Forever: Grand Central.

Jessen, Lauren Kung. Yin Yang Love Song. Forever: Grand Central.

FICTION

Allegri, Adriana. The Sunflower House. St. Martin’s.

Bohjalian, Chris. The Jackal’s Mistress. Doubleday.

Raymond, Midge. Floreana. Little A.

CHRISTIAN FICTION

White, Roseanna M. An Honorable Deception. Bethany House.

CLASSIC RETURNS

Blish, James. Black Easter. Valancourt.

Gilbert, Michael. Game Without Rules. Union Square & Co.

Roth, Joseph. Weights and Measures. Pushkin.

ARTS & HUMANITIES

Baumgärtel, Bettina & Annette Wickham. Angelica Kauffman. Royal Academy of Arts.

Bolton, Andrew (text) & Nick Knight & Anna-Marie Kellen (photos). Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Gilbert, Julie. Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-Selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film. Pantheon.

Mestizaje: The Feminist Art of Kathy Sosa. Tinta: Trinity Univ.

Robey, Tim. Box Office Poison: Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops. Hanover Square.

Schoch, Richard. How Sondheim Can Change Your Life. Atria.

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Van Overtveldt, Johan. The Icarus Curse: How Western Democracies Derailed and How To Get Back on Track. Agate B2.

Williams, Apryl. Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating. Stanford Univ.

PARENTING

Benton, Sarah Allen. Parents in Recovery: Navigating a Sober Family Lifestyle. Rowman & Littlefield.

Kappadakunnel, Bryana. Parent Yourself First: Raise Confident, Compassionate Kids by Becoming the Parent You Wish You’d Had. Putnam.

Mazzanoble, Shelly. How To Dungeon Master Parenting: A Guidebook for Gamifying the Child Rearing Quest, Leveling Up Your Skills, and Raising Future Adventurers. Univ. of Iowa.

Tandon, Pooja Sarin & Danette Swanson Glassy. Digging Into Nature: Outdoor Adventures for Happier and Healthier Kids. American Academy of Pediatrics.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Carnall, Mark. Beautiful Shells: George Perry’s Conchology. Bodleian Library.

Eby, Margaret. You Gotta Eat: Real-Life Strategies for Feeding Yourself When Cooking Feels Impossible. Quirk.

Lamb, Nicola. Sift: The Elements of Great Baking. Clarkson Potter.

Seinfeld, Jessica. Not Too Sweet: 100 Dessert Recipes for Those Who Want More with Just a Little Less. Gallery.

Stewart, Martha. Martha: The Cookbook: 100 Favorite Recipes, with Lessons and Stories from My Kitchen. Clarkson Potter.

REFERENCE

Pickett, Brent L. The Transgender Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield.

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