Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

Claire Lynch’s A Family Matter is the latest pick for Jenna Bush Hager’s Today show book club.

The trailer begins with Mirren talking to Kingsley and Brosnan, saying, “Our latest cold case is from May the 11th, 1973.” It cuts to a scene of a woman being thrown from a window. Imrie enters the ...

Decades ago, the first thing you’d do in a new job was print out fresh business cards. They’d have your name, your ...

A caring bear puts his own needs aside to help his friends and gets an unexpected surprise in return in Hendrick’s picture book. Bernard the bear is good at building things—he even built his very own ...

On the orders of her mother, a woman goes to dragon-riding school. Even though her mother is a general in Navarre’s army, 20-year-old Violet Sorrengail was raised by her father to follow his path as a ...

Two people with bad luck in relationships find each other through a popular Reddit thread. Emma Grant and her best friend, Maddy, are travel nurses, working at hospitals for three-month stints while ...

After praying to a Fate for help, Evangeline discovers the dangerous world of magic. When her father passes away, Evangeline is left with her cold stepmother and kind but distant stepsister, Marisol.

In a haven for the displaced called the Sea, a girl tends her ailing father and is nurtured by fellow refugees from across the centuries. “The buildings of the Sea are made of time,” Lina’s father, ...

In the wake of the JFK assassination, another death shakes Chicago. Before “true crime” and “cold case” became cultural bywords, the real-life mystery surrounding Karyn “Cookie” Kupcinet obsessed her ...

A Wizard of Oz–themed guide to self-care for caregivers from Green. The Wizard of Oz and its adaptation, The Wiz, are employed as metaphors for the caregiving experience in this self-help book.The ...

Betrayed by her husband, a severely depressed young woman gets drawn into the over-the-top festivities at a lavish wedding. Phoebe Stone, who teaches English literature at a St. Louis college, is ...