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New & Notable Fiction February 2026 |
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Kin by Tayari Jones (release date 2/24)Tayari Jones follows up her 2018 hit An American Marriage with a novel about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy. A blurb from Ann Patchett: "Kin is the kind of all-encompassing reading experience I'm always hoping to find: smart and funny and deftly profound. This is Tayari Jones's very best work."
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White River Crossing by Ian McGuire (release date 2/24)Historical fiction about the lust for gold and its bloody consequences, set in the unforgiving landscape of the sub-Arctic Canadian wilderness, from the acclaimed author of The North Water. McGuire transports us back to the furthest edges of the eighteenth-century British empire where two radically different worlds -- indigenous and European -- collide with calamitous and deadly results.
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More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen (release date 2/24)The bestselling author of After Annie returns with a novel about a high school English teacher who combs through her family history after an ancestry test kit yields surprising results, and finds that the close friends in her book club will change her life in surprising ways.
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Brawlerby Lauren Groff (release date 2/24)Acclaimed novelist Lauren Groff returns with a short story collection. Ranging from the 1950s to the present day and moving across age, class, and region -- from New England to Florida to California -- these nine stories reflect and expand upon a shared theme: the ceaseless battle between humans' dark and light angels.
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Rebel English Academy by Mohammed Hanif (release date 2/17)From the Booker-longlisted Mohammed Hanif comes a lively, rich novel about the power of language, friendship, and protest in the face of political turmoil. After the death of a major Pakistani political figure, Sir Baghi is surprised by a knock at the door of the Rebel English Academy, his tuition center that offers affordable English lessons. An unexpected visitor, Sabiha, seeks refuge at the Academy -- but she has a gun, her parents are political prisoners, her husband has just died in a suspicious fire, and she's clearly hiding something.
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This Is Not about Usby Allegra Goodman (release date 2/10)The bestselling author of Isola returns with a family saga about the Rubensteins -- a story of growing up and growing old, the weight of parental expectations, and the complex connection between sisters.
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Ashland by Dan Simon (release date 2/17)A buzzy debut novel that Kirks Reviews calls "powerfully poetic" and "a testament to American virtues -- and flaws." Set in the small town of Ashland, New Hampshire, Ashland recalls the work of Richard Russo, Paul Harding, Marilynne Robinson, and Elizabeth Strout.
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The End of Romance by Lily Meyer (release date 2/3)An "anti-romance romance novel" about a woman who, after getting out of an abusive marriage, actively tries to avoid finding love.
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Mule Boy by Andrew Krivak (release date 2/24)An elegiac novel of men lost in a 1929 coal mining disaster and the boy who survives to tell the story, from National Book Award finalist Andrew Krivak (author of the 2020 novel The Bear).
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Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal (release date 2/3)Centuries ago, the myths say, the holy river Saraswati flowed through what is now Northern India. But when Satnam arrives in his ancestral village for his grandmother's funeral, he is astonished to find water in the long-dry well behind her house. The discovery sets in motion a contentious scheme to unearth the lost river and build a gleaming new city on its banks, and Satnam -- from his job, girlfriend, and flat back in London -- soon finds himself swept up in this ferment of Hindu nationalist pride.
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