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New & Notable Fiction January 2026 |
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Vigil by George Saunders (release date 1/27)Acclaimed short story writer George Saunders presents his second novel, the highly anticipated follow-up to, the Booker Prize-winning Lincoln in the Bardo taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life as he is ferried from this world into the next. Saunders takes on the gravest issues of our time -- the menace of corporate greed, the toll of capitalism, the environmental perils of progress -- and, in the process, spins a tale that encompasses life and death, good and evil, and the thorny question of absolution.
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Skylark by Paula McLain (release date 1/6)The bestselling author of The Paris Wife weaves a tale of Paris above and below -- where a woman's quest for artistic freedom in 1664 intertwines with a doctor's dangerous mission during the German occupation in the 1940s, revealing a story of courage and resistance that transcends time.
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Departure(s) by Julian Barnes (release date 1/20)On the occasion of his 80th birthday, one of the UK's great novelists delivers a playful and profound work about memory, love, and the writer's endgame. Whether Departure(s) is mostly fiction or not, there is a lot of its author in it, including Barnes's reckoning with the blood disorder he has been living with since he was diagnosed in 2020, his long preoccupation with dying and grief, and his mordant sense of the indignities and lost opportunities we're prey to in love.
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The Last of Earth by Deepa Anappara (release date 1/13)Historical fiction set in 19th-century Tibet that follows two outsiders --an Indian schoolteacher spying for the British Empire and an English lady explorer -- as they venture into a forbidden kingdom.
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This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin (release date 1/13)Moving from Pakistan's dazzling chaotic cities to its lawless feudal countryside, this novel by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Daniyal Mueenuddin powerfully evokes contemporary feudal Pakistan, following the destinies of a dozen unforgettable characters whose lives are linked through violence and tragedy, triumph, and love.
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Evelyn in Transit by David Guterson (release date 1/20)The author of Snow Falling On Cedars returns with crystalline short novel about defying expectations, hitting the road, and seeking the right way to live.
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Missing Sam by Thrity Umrigar (release date 1/27)From the bestselling author of Honor comes a provocative examination of suburban mores, capturing the terror manifested in today's political climate and the real dangers, both physical and psychological, of being brown and queer in America.
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Wandering Souls and Other Stories by Philip Caputo (release date 1/20)Pulitzer Prize-winning author Philip Caputo returns to the heart of the human condition with a collection of powerful stories that explore war, love, nature, life, and death. In the gripping title story, a Vietnam vet revisits the war-torn landscape of his past, searching for the grave of a forgotten soldier--only to uncover far more than he bargained for. In another tale, a wildlife photographer in the African savanna risks everything for a chance at true love. A thief escaping Central America finds himself aboard a ship, only to be thrust into the peril of an approaching storm.
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The Hitch by Sara Levine (release date 1/13)From the author of the cult classic Treasure Island!!!, a seductively outlandish novel following a woman as she attempts to exorcise the spirit of a dead corgi from her nephew and renegotiate the borders of her previously rational world.
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Crucible by John Sayles (release date 1/20)From the Oscar-nominated filmmaker and author comes a complex and sweeping historical novel about Henry Ford -- the Elon Musk of his day -- and his attempt to rule not only an automotive empire but the rambunctious city of Detroit. It is an epic tale ranging from the 1920s through the second World War, featuring violent labor disputes, misbegotten jungle expeditions, a tragic race riot, and the gestapo tactics of Ford's private army.
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