New Book Releases: February 2, 2021

Each week, I’ll catalog the biggest and most exciting adult and YA fiction — and the occasional nonfiction — coming out that Tuesday.

ANNIE AND THE WOLVES, Andromeda Romano-Lax. A historian obsessed with Annie Oakley uncovers secrets about the sharpshooter when she discovers what she believes may be her journals. A beautiful, riveting novel about trauma, revenge, and justice. I loved this book. “The dual storylines dovetail perfectly for a winning anthem of female power sustained across a century,” writes Publisher’s Weekly. Aggregated critical reviews, Bookshop.

THIS GOLDEN FLAME, Emily Victoria. As she searches for her brother, an orphaned scribe awakens a hidden automaton whose father once tried to destroy all the kingdom’s automatons. Bookshop.

THE KINDEST LIE, Nancy Johnson. In this moving, tender novel, a chemical engineer returns home to small town Indiana to uncover what happened to the baby she secretly gave up as a teenager. In a starred review, Publisher’s Weekly writes that “Johnson’s clear-eyed saga hits hard.” Aggregated critical reviews, Bookshop.