January 1, 2026

Digital Issue XCIV View digital issue

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Listen up, book lovers: Kirkus Reviews now includes audiobooks! Find our first-ever section of audiobook reviews in this issue, plus the book reviews, author interviews, and book news you know and love.

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Perspectives

4 Long Novels Perfect for Winter Hibernation

Profiles

Confronting His ‘Hard-Wired Religious Trauma’

Perspectives

6 New YA Books That Will Empower Teens in 2026

Profiles

Taking (Respectful) Liberties With a Classic

Profiles

Introducing Kirkus’ New Audiobooks Editor

Perspectives

Listen Up: Kirkus Introduces Audiobook Reviews


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CHILDREN'S

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Featuring 393 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, YA, and audiobooks; also in this special International Issue: Geetanjali Shree, Hu Anyan, Eugenia Perrella, and Ludwig Volbeda; and more

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