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Big Books of the Week

We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes (Viking: Pamela Dorman) leads holds this week.

Other titles in demand include:

Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (Knopf)

Scythe & Sparrow by Brynne Weaver (Zando: Slowburn)

First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison (Berkley; LJ starred review)

Paranoia by James Patterson & James O. Born (Little, Brown)

Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett (Del Rey; LJ starred review)

These books and others publishing the week of February 10, 2025, are listed in a downloadable spreadsheet.

Librarians and Booksellers Suggest

Five LibraryReads and seven Indie Next picks publish this week.

First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison (Berkley; LJ starred review)

“A cute story about Lucie, whose daughter calls into a radio show for people looking for love. Aiden, the show’s host, is taken by her honesty and invites her to the show to document her quest for love. It’s a bumpy ride, but Aiden is there the whole way! Readers will love the tension between Lucie and Aiden and the secondary characters are chef’s kiss.”—Claire Schroeder, Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library, OH

It is also an Indie Next pick:

“B.K. Borison climbed into my brain and pulled out my most vulnerable thoughts on love. I’ve never felt more called out by a romance in the absolute best way. The world needs more Sleepless In Seattle moments, and First Time Caller is truly the best!”—Emily Morgan, The Novel Neighbor, Webster Groves, MO

We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes (Viking: Pamela Dorman) is a Hall of Fame pick.

Hall of Fame pick Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (Knopf) is also an Indie Next pick:

“Sixty-something Gail is suddenly without a job, her daughter is getting married tomorrow, and her ex shows up without a place to stay for the wedding (and he’s brought a CAT!). But, hey, a lot can happen in three days. An absolute joyride!”—Barb Bassett, Red Balloon Bookshop, St. Paul, MN

Hall of Fame pick Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett (Del Rey; LJ starred review) is also an Indie Next pick:

“A conclusion to the trilogy that invites old friends back, shows us new parts of the beautifully bizarre and macabre Faerie world, and has Emily Wilde come into her own as a scholar, a partner, and a monarch. Fawcett concludes this series with a flourish!”—Emily Gilbow, House of Books, Kent, CT

Hall of Fame pick The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict (St. Martin’s; LJ starred review), *Good for Book Clubs, is also an Indie Next pick:

“Crime writer Dorothy Sayers gathers four actual female mystery novelists (including Agatha Christie!) to solve the murder of a young nurse. Through language, costume, and ambiance, Benedict once again brings the 1930s to life. Wonderful!”—Mindy Ostrow, The River’s End Bookstore, Oswego, NY

Three addtional Indie Next picks publish this week:

Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories by Amanda Peters (Catapult)

“This short story collection is filled with stunning prose, ranging chronologies, and characters that will stick with you after even the shortest vignette. A beautiful homage and moving contribution to the lineage of Indigenous storytelling.”—Camille Thornton, The Bookshop, Nashville, TN

Beartooth by Callan Wink (Spiegel & Grau)

“Callan Wink has an ability to describe the look and smell of a setting like I’ve never experienced. This is the story of two brothers fighting to survive in a modern West by partaking in an illegal poaching trade. A suspenseful and timely family novel.”—Josie Williams, Invitation Bookshop, Gig Harbor, WA

Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford (Scribner)

“Prepare to be consumed by this eerie debut. A group of cousins venture into an impenetrable forest in search of a missing child from their group. Like many youthful escapades, their mystery is much more innocent than the one they uncover.”—Melissa Sagendorph, Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA

In the Media

People’s book of the week is Memorial Days: A Memoir by Geraldine Brooks (Viking). Also getting attention are This Is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer (Dutton) and Isola by Allegra Goodman (Dial). “New Mystery & Horror” includes Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel (St. Martin’s Griffin), The Snowbirds by Christina Clancy (St. Martin’s), and The Lamb by Lucy Rose (Harper).

The “Picks” section spotlights Watson on CBS, based on the characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Dogman, the animated film based on the graphic novels by Dav Pilkey; Star Trek: Section 31 on Paramount+, with assoc. titles; and Every Little Thing, inspired by the book Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood by Terry Masear (Mariner). Plus, a recipe from Christina Tosi, Bake Club: 101 Must-Have Moves for Your Kitchen, written with Shannon Salzano (Knopf; LJ starred review)\.

Reviews

NYT reviews Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood (Riverhead): “Activism, abdication, atonement, grace: In this novel no one of these paths is holier than another; Wood is more invested in noticing the human pursuit of holiness itself”; The Continental Divide by Bob Johnson (Cornerstone): “Johnson’s inventive, assured writing delivers what one hopes for in a first book, pages that breathe with life, and the introduction to a writer who has absorbed the echoes of iconic storytellers, but whose already identifiable voice is his own”; The World After Gaza: A History by Pankaj Mishra (Penguin Pr.): “Decolonization is a tremendously large frame in which to fit the last eight or so decades of human history, and while it broadens Mishra’s realm of inquiry, it results in few new insights into the violence in the Middle East”; and Live Fast by Brigitte Giraud, tr. by Cory Stockwell (Ecco): “Live Fast is almost entirely organized around impossible revisions of its own plot.”

Plus, there are short reviews of “four new novels worth investigating”: Dead in the Frame by Stephen Spotswood (Doubleday; LJ starred review), Boystown by John Shannon (Unnamed Pr.), Beauty in the Blood by Charlotte Carter (Vintage), and Big Name Fan by Ruthie Knox & Annie Mare (Kensington).

Briefly Noted

The March Indie Next preview is out, featuring #1 pick Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron; LJ starred review).

Grove Atlantic will launch the new Atlantic Crime imprint this fall.

CrimeReads suggests 10 new books for the week.

People shares the best books of the month.

BookRiot has “7 Books By Black Authors to Read for the 2025 Read Harder Challenge.”

NYT highlights the new book Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of The Bangles by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike (Da Capo), due out next week.

OprahDaily recommends five new books for winter.

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Barbara Kingsolver has donated royalties from her novel Demon Copperhead (Harper; LJ starred review) towards a rehab center for women, NYT reports.

Kenny Chesney will publish a memoir, Heart Life Music, due out from HarperCollins on November 4, USA Today reports.

Jane Costello, It’s Getting Hot in Here (Zibby), writes an essay for People about the “midlife revolution,” citing several new books that show “why 50 isn’t the new 30,” including Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley (Berkley), Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I’d Known About Menopause by Naomi Watts (Crown), and How To Menopause: Take Charge of Your Health, Reclaim Your Life, and Feel Even Better Than Before by Tamsen Fadal (Balance).

Novelist Tom Robbins, author of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, has died at the age of 92. NYT has an obituary. NPR remembers the author’s life and legacy.

Authors on Air

Virginia Feito talks with People about her new novel, Victorian Psycho (Liveright: Norton; LJ starred review), and the forthcoming adaptation starring Margaret Qualley.

PBS News Weekend talks with Neha Ruch about her new book, The Power Pause: How To Plan a Career Break After Kids—and Come Back Stronger Than Ever (Putnam).

A forthcoming French-language film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux will be inspired by the Twilight series, Reactor reports.

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