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Contemporary & Literary Fiction
Isola
Allegra Goodman
A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this breathtaking saga, an epic story of love, faith, and defiance from the bestselling author of Sam. Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine, Isola is the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: The Dial Press
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Softcore
Brittany Newell
A young woman’s madcap search for her missing ex-boyfriend takes her into the sexual underground in Brittany Newell’s savage, tender Soft Core. A brutally funny, propulsive story of power, fantasy, love, and loss, Brittany Newell’s Soft Core is an ode to the heartbroken and unhinged, to those whose appetites lead them astray. It is a hallucinogenic romp about a girl coming undone, whose longing for friendship, romance, and revenge will take her over the edge and back again.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: FSG
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Black Woods Blue Sky
Eowyn Ivey
Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey returns to the mythical landscapes of Alaska with an unforgettable dark fairy tale that asks the question: Can love save us from ourselves?
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Random House
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Gliff
Ali Smith
From a literary master, a moving and genre-bending story about our era-spanning search for meaning and knowing. An uncertain near-future. A story of new boundaries drawn between people daily. A not-very brave new world. Add two children. And a horse. From a Scottish word meaning a transient moment, a shock, a faint glimpse, Gliff explores how and why we endeavour to make a mark on the world.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Pantheon
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End of August
Paige Dinneny
A captivating, multigenerational debut novel of a young woman navigating the personal trauma that ties herself, her nomadic mother, and her alcoholic grandmother together, perfect for fans of Ask Again, Yes and What the Fireflies Knew.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Alcove Press
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Theory & Practice
Michelle de Kretser
A new novel of startling intelligence from prizewinning Australian author Michelle de Kretser, following a writer looking back on her young adulthood and grappling with what happens when life smashes through the boundaries of art
Publication date: February 18
Publisher: Catapult
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A Season of Light
Julie Iromuanya
For fans of Behold the Dreamers, comes a compelling novel about a tightly bound Nigerian family living in Florida and the wounds that get passed down from generation to generation, from the author of the acclaimed Mr. and Mrs. Doctor.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Algonquin Books
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This Is A Love Story
Jessica Soffer
An intimate and lyrical celebration of great love, great art, and the sacrifices we make for both. An homage to New York City, to romance, and even to loss, This Is a Love Story tenderly and suspensefully captures deep truths about life and marriage in radiant prose. It is about love that endures despite what life throws at us, or perhaps even because of it.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Dutton
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Brother Brontë
Fernando A. Flores
Two women fight to save their dystopian border town—and literature—in this gonzo near-future adventure. An adventure that only the acclaimed Fernando A. Flores could dream up, Brother Brontë is a mordant, gonzo romp through a ruined world that, in its dysfunction, tyranny, and disparity, nonetheless feels uncannily like our own.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: MCD
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Three Days in June
Anne Tyler
A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant classic: a socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter’s wedding. Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, Three Days in June is a triumph, and gives us the perennially bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer at the height of her powers.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Knopf
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Stone Yard Devotional
Charlotte Wood
Shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, a novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be good, from the award-winning author of The Weekend.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Riverhead Books
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We All Live Here
Jojo Moyes
The #1 New York Times bestselling author brings us a fresh, contemporary story of a woman and her unruly blended family. Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is . . . complicated.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Pamela Dorman
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Crush
Ada Calhoun
When a husband asks his wife to consider what might be missing from their marriage, what follows surprises them both—sex, heartbreak and heart rekindling, and a rediscovered sense of all that is possible.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: Viking
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The Grand Scheme of Things
Warona Jay
Two unlikely friends hatch an extraordinary scheme to expose the theater world in this wildly entertaining and sharply observed debut novel exploring perception, redemption, and how success shapes us all.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: Atria/Washington Square Press
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The Talent
Daniel D’Addario
Hollywood Wives meets A Visit from the Goon Squad in this emotional debut novel from Variety chief correspondent and a moderator of the Actors on Actors series about a group of actresses confronting their careers, their secrets, and each other throughout one turbulent awards season.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press
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Death Takes Me
Cristina Rivera Garza
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Liliana’s Invincible Summer, a dreamlike, genre-defying novel about a professor and detective seeking justice in a world suffused with gendered violence. Originally written in Spanish, where the word “victim” is always feminine, Death Takes Me is a thrilling masterpiece of literary fiction that flips the traditional crime narrative of gendered violence on its head.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: Hogarth
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Historical Fiction
Harlem Rhapsody
Victoria Christopher Murray
She found the literary voices that would inspire the world…. The extraordinary story of the woman who ignited the Harlem Renaissance, written by Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Berkley
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Junie
Erin Crosby Eckstine
A young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost, navigating truths about love, friendship, and power as the Civil War looms. When we choose love and liberation, what must we leave behind?
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Mutual Interest
Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
From the bestselling author of The Reader, a striking exploration of the past, told through the story of a German bookseller’s attempt to connect with his radicalized granddaughter.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Bloomsbury
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The Sable Cloak
Gail Milissa Grant
Jordan Sable, a prosperous undertaker turned political boss, has controlled the Black vote in St. Louis for decades. Sara, his equally formidable wife, runs the renowned funeral establishment that put the Sable name on the map. When tragedy bursts their carefully constructed empire of dignity and safety, the family rallies around an unconventional solution. But at what cost? Set in the Midwest in the 1940s, The Sable Cloak is a rarely seen portrait of an upper middle class, African American family in the pre-Civil Rights era.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Grand Central
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Idle Grounds
Krystelle Bamford
On a New England morning in the late 1980s, a group of young cousins wander deep into the woods on their family’s property, drawn in by uncanny visions and the disappearance of one of their own—but the farther they go, the stranger their surroundings become.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Scribner
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The Riveter
Jack Wang
In the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, a cross-cultural love story set against the dramatic backdrop of the Allied invasion of Europe during WWII. From the critically acclaimed author of We Two Alone, Jack Wang’s gorgeous debut novel explores what one man must sacrifice to belong in the only home he has ever truly known.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: HarperVia
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Maya & Natasha
Elyse Durham
This stunning debut novel set in the fascinating world of Cold War Soviet ballet follows the fates of twin sisters whose bond is competitive, complicated, but never broken.
Publication date: February 18
Publisher: Mariner Books
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People of Means
Nancy Johnson
From the acclaimed author of The Kindest Lie, a propulsive novel about a mother and daughter each seeking justice and following their dreams in 1960s Nashville and 1990s Chicago; perfect for readers of Brit Bennett and Tayari Jones.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: William Morrow
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Boy
Nicole Galland
From critically acclaimed author Nicole Galland comes a vibrant and thought-provoking historical tale of love, political intrigue, and gender-swapping set in the theatre world of Elizabethan London.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: William Morrow
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Fagin the Thief
Allison Epstein
A thrilling reimagining of the world of Charles Dickens, as seen through the eyes of the infamous Jacob Fagin, London’s most gifted pickpocket, liar, and rogue. Colorfully written and wickedly funny, Allison Epstein breathes fresh life into the teeming streets of Dickensian London–reclaiming one of Victorian literature’s most notorious villains in an unforgettable new adventure.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: Doubleday
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The Secret History of Audrey James
Heather Marshall
An astonishing historical novel of one woman’s dangerous journey through World War II Germany and her life-changing friendship with a young woman decades later—from the #1 international bestselling author of Looking for Jane.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Romance
Deep End
Ali Hazelwood
A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.
Publication Date: February 4
Publisher: Berkley
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Dream Girl Drama
Tessa Bailey
A steamy chance encounter between a professional hockey player and the manic pixie dream girl he just can’t seem to forget takes a turn when the pair realize that their parents are engaged.
Publication Date: February 4
Publisher: Avon
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A Forty Year Kiss
Nickolas Butler
From the critically acclaimed author of Shotgun Lovesongs comes an exquisitely written, small-town story about one couple’s hard-won second chance at love, forty years after their divorce.
Publication Date: February 4
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
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First-Time Caller
B.K. Borison
A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle–inspired love story from beloved author B.K. Borison.
Publication Date: February 11
Publisher: Berkley
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Change of Heart
Falon Ballard
A workaholic is faced with striving for the one goal she never wanted: love. Making partner at her law firm at thirty-four, Campbell Andrews has no time for anything or anyone else. That is, until she wakes up in Heart Springs—her own personal hell—a small town straight out of the Hallmark channel. Cam can’t stand it, but in order to make it back to her real life, she has to fulfill three tasks . . . foremost among them, experience true love.
Publication Date: February 11
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
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Never Planned on You
Lindsay Hameroff
A glittering, laugh-out-loud second chance romance that reminds us true love is sometimes the one thing you never planned on.
Publication Date: February 18
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
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You Between the Lines
Katie Naymon
In this “brilliant, poignant love story perfect for fans of Emily Henry,” a former sorority girl starts a prestigious poetry MFA program only to discover that one of her classmates is her high school crush-turned-nemesis—and he can’t stop writing about her.
Publication Date: February 18
Publisher: Forever
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Back After This
Linda Holmes
From the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over and Flying Solo, a podcast producer agrees to host a new series about modern dating—but will the show jeopardize her chance at finding real love?
Publication Date: February 25
Publisher: Ballantine
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Thrillers & Mysteries
Saint of the Narrows Street
William Boyle
As an Italian American family’s decades-old secret begins to unravel, they will have to bear the consequences—and face each other—in this thrilling south Brooklyn-set tragic opera of the highest caliber from crime fiction luminary William Boyle.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Soho Crime
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Oromay
Baalu Girma
A journalist finds himself embroiled in a disastrous government campaign as well as a sweeping romance in this landmark English translation of Ethiopia’s most famous novel. An engrossing political thriller and a tale of love and war for readers of John Le Carré and Philip Kerr.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Soho Press
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Beartooth
Callan Wink
Two brothers in dire straits, living on the edge of Yellowstone, agree to a desperate act of survival in this taut, propulsive novel reminiscent of the works of Peter Heller and Donald Ray Pollock. Evoking the timeless voices of American pastoral storytelling, this is a bracing, masterful novel about survival, revenge, and the bond between brothers.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
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The Queens of Crime
Marie Benedict
A thrilling story of the five greatest women writers of the Golden Age of Mystery and their bid to solve a real-life murder. Inspired by a true story in Sayers’ own life, Marie Benedict brings to life the lengths to which five talented women writers will go to be taken seriously in the male-dominated world of letters as they unpuzzle a mystery torn from the pages of their own novels.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
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You Are Fatally Invited
Ande Pliego
An exclusive thriller writer’s retreat hosted on a private island turns lethal when one of the authors is found murdered.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Bantam
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The Last Hamilton
Jenn Bregman
After the last heir of Alexander Hamilton’s line is murdered, her heartbroken husband and best friend team up in this twisty thriller where a mysterious death uncovers not just an ancient secret society, but the treasures it holds—perfect for fans of Dan Brown and Sarah Penner.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Crooked Lane
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Close Your Eyes & Count to 10
Lisa Unger
When the real game begins, who will make it to the count of 10? An extreme game of hide-and-seek turns deadly in this riveting new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: Park Row
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Famous Last Words
Gillian McAllister
From the author of Reese’s Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes an addictive thriller about a new mother’s world upended when her husband commits a terrifying crime. How well does she truly know the man she loves? And what danger does she face if her entire life has been built on a lie?
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: William Morrow
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The Strange Case of Jane O.
Karen Thompson Walker
In this spellbinding and provocative novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Miracles, a young mother is struck by sudden and puzzling psychological symptoms that illuminate the mysterious dimensions of the human mind—and of love.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: Random House
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White Out
R. S. Burnett
A researcher stranded in Antarctica receives a radio message that a nuclear war has broken out in this claustrophobic survival thriller, perfect for fans of The Martian, The Last Murder at the End of the World and Breathless.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Crooked Lane
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Notes on Surviving a Fire
Christine Murphy
When Sarah’s only friend in her graduate program is found dead of an alleged heroin overdose, Sarah is forced back into the orbit of the man in their department who assaulted her. A hurtling ride of a novel—darkly funny and propulsive.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: Knopf
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Horror & Gothic Fiction
Listen to Your Sister
Neena Viel
For fans of Jordan Peele’s films, Stranger Things, and The Other Black Girl, Listen To Your Sister is a laugh-out-loud, deeply terrifying, and big-hearted speculative horror novel from electrifying debut talent Neena Viel.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
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Victorian Psycho
Virginia Feito
From the devious author of Mrs. March comes a gruesome and gleeful new novel that probes the psyche of a bloodthirsty governess.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Liveright
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The Lamb
Lucy Rose
From an incendiary new talent, a contemporary queer folktale about a mother and daughter living in the woods, for fans of Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, and Julia Armfield. With this gothic coming-of-age tale, debut novelist Lucy Rose explores how women swallow their anger, desire, and animal instincts—and wrings the relationship between mother and daughter until blood drips from it.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Harper
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Something in the Walls
Daisy Pearce
Unbearably tense, utterly propulsive, and studded with folklore and horror, Something in the Walls is perfect for anyone who loves Midsommar and The Haunting of Hill House.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: Minotaur Books
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Hungerstone
Kat Dunn
A compulsive feminist reworking of Carmilla, the queer novella that inspired Dracula. It’s the height of the industrial revolution and 10 years into Lenore’s marriage to Henry, their relationship has soured. When Henry’s ambitions take them from London to the remote British moorlands to host a hunting party, a shocking carriage accident brings the mysterious Carmilla into their lives. Carmilla, who is weak and pale during the day but vibrant at night. Carmilla, who stirs up something deep within Lenore. And before long, girls from the local villages fall sick, consumed by a terrible hunger . . .
Publication date: February 18
Publisher: Zando
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Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Magical Realism
The Bones Beneath My Skin
T.J. Klune
A spine-tingling standalone novel by bestselling author TJ Klune―a supernatural road-trip thriller featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors on the run from cultists and the government.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Tor Books
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Dengue Boy
Michel Nieva
For fans of David Cronenberg’s films and lovers of Kafka, this gaucho-punk, sci-fi novel set in 2197 offers an explosive interpretation of an ultra-capitalistic society on the brink of climate collapse.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Astra House
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Upon a Starlit Tide
Kell Woods
Upon a Starlit Tide is a dark and enchanting historical fantasy combining elements of “The Little Mermaid” and “Cinderella” into a wholly original tale of love, power, and betrayal.
Publication date: February 18
Publisher: Tor Books
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Short Stories & Essays
Code Noir: Fictions
Canisia Lubrin
Canisia Lubrin’s debut fiction is that rare work of art—a brilliant, startlingly original book that combines immense literary and political force. Its structure, deceptively simple, is based on the infamous Code Noir, a set of real historical decrees originally passed in 1685 by King Louis XIV of France defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire. The original code had 59 articles; Code Noir has 59 linked fictions—vivid, unforgettable, multilayered fragments filled with globe-wise characters who desire to live beyond the ruins of the past.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Soft Skull
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Waiting for the Long Night Moon
Amanda Peters
In her debut collection of short fiction, Amanda Peters describes the Indigenous experience from an astonishingly wide spectrum in time and place—from contact with the first European settlers, to the forced removal of Indigenous children, to the present-day fight for the right to clean water.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Catapult
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Show Don’t Tell: Stories
Curtis Sittenfeld
A funny, fiercely intelligent, and moving collection exploring marriage, friendship, fame, and artistic ambition—including a story that revisits the main character from Curtis Sittenfeld’s iconic novel Prep—from the New York Times bestselling author of Eligible and Romantic Comedy.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: Random House
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Alligator Tears: A Memoir in Essays
Edgar Gomez
A darkly comic memoir-in-essays about the scam of the American Dream and doing whatever it takes to survive in the Sunshine State—from the award-winning author of High-Risk Homosexual.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Crown
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Memoirs & Biographies
Memorial Days
Geraldine Brooks
A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse. A spare and profoundly moving memoir that joins the classics of the genre, Memorial Days is a portrait of a larger-than-life man and a timeless love between souls that exquisitely captures the joy, agony, and mystery of life.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Viking
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Cleavage: Men, Women, & the Space Between Us
Jennifer Finney Boylan
What is the difference between men and women? Jennifer Finney Boylan, bestselling author of She’s Not There and co-author of Mad Honey with Jodi Picoult, examines the divisions—as well as the common ground—between the genders, and reflects on her own experiences, both difficult and joyful, as a transgender American.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Celadon Books
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Bibliophobia: A Memoir
Sarah Chihaya
Bibliophobia is an alternately searing and darkly humorous story of breakdown and survival told through books. Delving into texts such as Anne of Green Gables, Possession, A Tale for the Time Being, The Last Samurai, Chihaya interrogates her cultural identity, her relationship with depression, and the intoxicating, sometimes painful, ways books push back on those who love them.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Random House
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Fearless and Free: A Memoir
Josephine Baker
Published in the US for the first time, Fearless and Free is the memoir of the fabulous, rule-breaking, one-of-a-kind Josephine Baker, the iconic dancer, singer, spy, and Civil Rights activist. At last we can hear Josephine in her own voice: charming, passionate, and brave. Through her own telling, we come to know a woman who danced to the top of the world and left her unforgettable mark on it.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Tiny Reparations
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Reading the Waves: A Memoir
Lidia Yuknavitch
The frank and revealing memoir of a writer who draws from her own creativity to heal. Drawing on her background — her father’s abuse, her complicated dynamic with her disabled mother, the death of her child, her sexual relationships with men and women — and her creative life as an author and teacher, Yuknavitch has come to understand that by using the power of literature and storytelling to reframe her memories, she can loosen the bonds that have enslaved her emotional growth.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Riverhead Books
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Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America
Jeff Hobbs
From the bestselling author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, a powerful portrayal of American homelessness that follows a single mother of six in Los Angeles courageously struggling to keep her family together and her children in school amidst the devastating housing crisis.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Scribner
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Shattered: A Memoir
Hanif Kureishi
From acclaimed author and playwright Hanif Kureishi comes an urgent and stunning memoir about rebuilding a new life in the wake of devastating physical loss. In late 2022, in Rome, Hanif Kureishi had a fall. When he came to, he realized he could no longer walk. So began a yearlong odyssey through the medical systems of Rome and Italy, with the hope of somehow being able to return home to his house in London.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Ecco
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Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History
Rich Benjamin
A piercingly powerful memoir, a grandson’s account of the coup that ended his grandfather’s presidency of Haiti, the secrecy that shrouded that wound within his family, and his urgent efforts to know his mother despite the past.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Atria/Signal One
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American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental Justice
Daniel Stone
From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer comes the untold story of Alice Hamilton, a trailblazing doctor and public health activist who took on the booming auto industry—and the deadly invention of leaded gasoline, which would poison millions of people across America.
Publication date: February 18
Publisher: Dutton
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Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
Susan Morrison
Over the fifty years that Lorne Michaels has been at the helm of Saturday Night Live, he has become a revered and inimitable presence in the entertainment world. He’s a tastemaker, a mogul, a withholding father figure, a genius spotter of talent, a shrewd businessman, a name-dropper, a raconteur, the inspiration for Dr. Evil, the winner of more than a hundred Emmys—and, essentially, a mystery. Lorne will introduce you to him, in full, for the first time.
Publication date: February 18
Publisher: Random House
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No Fault: A Memoir of Romance and Divorce
Haley Mlotek
An intimate and candid account of one of the most romantic and revolutionary of relationships: divorce. Brilliant, funny, and unflinchingly honest, No Fault is a kaleidoscopic look at marriage, secrets, ambitions, and what it means to love and live with uncertainty, betrayal, and hope.
Publication date: February 18
Publisher: Viking
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Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with the Music of Joni Mitchell
Hanif Kureishi
From the celebrated novelist and memoirist, a gorgeous account of how Joni Mitchell’s work has shaped his writing throughout his life. Lisicky offers his own coming-of-adulthood as testimony to the power of songwriting and staying true to your creative vision. A guide to life that is part memoir, part biography, and part homage, Song So Wild and Blue is a joy for devoted Joni enthusiasts, budding writers, and artists of all stripes.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: HarperOne
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Nonfiction
The Secret Public: How Music Moved Queer Culture From the Margins to the Mainstream
Jon Savage
The legendary author of England’s Dreaming presents a monumental history of the queer influence on popular culture, from the rise of Little Richard to the collapse of disco in 1979.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: Liveright
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You Can’t Kill A Man Because of the Books He Reads: Angelo Herndon’s Fight for Free Speech
Brad Snyder
The story of a young, Black Communist Party organizer wrongly convicted of attempting to incite insurrection and the landmark case that made him a civil rights hero. A legal odyssey of Herndon’s narrow escape from certain death because of his unpopular political beliefs, You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads explores Herndon’s journey from Alabama coal miner to Communist Party organizer to Harlem hero and beyond.
Publication date: February 4
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
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The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances
Kevin Fagan
In the tradition of Stephanie Land and Matthew Desmond, a powerful and deeply reported narrative of homelessness, despair, and hope. Kevin Fagan’s The Lost and the Found, set in San Francisco—one of the wealthiest cities in America—takes an empathic, character-driven approach to exploring the human side of what’s behind the homelessness epidemic.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Atria/Signal One
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Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
Eve L. Ewing
Why don’t our schools work? Eve L. Ewing tackles this question from a new angle: What if they’re actually doing what they were built to do? She argues that instead of being the great equalizer, America’s classrooms were designed to do the opposite: to maintain the nation’s inequalities. It’s a task at which they excel.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: One World
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The Stained Glass Window: A Family History as the American Story, 1790-1958
David Levering Lewis
National Humanities Medal recipient and two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize David Levering Lewis’s own family history that shifts our understanding of the larger American story.
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Penguin Press
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The World After Gaza: A History
Pankaj Mishra
From one of our foremost public intellectuals, an essential reckoning with the war in Gaza that reframes our understanding of the ongoing conflict, its historical roots, and the fractured global response
Publication date: February 11
Publisher: Penguin Press
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Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary
Victoria Amelina
Destined to be a classic, a poet’s powerful look at the courage of resistance. When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina became someone new: a war crimes researcher and the chronicler of extraordinary women like herself who joined the resistance. These heroines include Evgenia, a prominent lawyer turned soldier; Oleksandra, who documented tens of thousands of war crimes and won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2022; and Yulia, a librarian who helped uncover the abduction and murder of a children’s book author.
Publication date: February 18
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
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Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity
Yoni Appelbaum
How did America cease to be the land of opportunity? We take it for granted that good neighborhoods—with good schools and good housing—are only accessible to the wealthy. But in America, this wasn’t always the case. Cutting through more than a century of mythmaking, Stuck tells a vivid, surprising story of the people and ideas that caused our economic and social sclerosis and lays out common-sense ways to get Americans moving again.
Publication date: February 18
Publisher: Random House
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Disposable: America’s Contempt for the Underclass
Sarah Jones
In a compelling blend of personal narrative and in-depth reporting, New York magazine senior writer Sarah Jones exposes the harsh reality of America’s racial and income inequality and the devastating impact of the pandemic on our nation’s most vulnerable people.
Publication date: February 18
Publisher: Avid Reader Press
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad
From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values. In El Akkad’s nonfiction debut, he writes his most raw and vulnerable work to date, a heartsick breakup letter with the West. It is a brilliant articulation of the same breakup we are watching all over the U.S., in family rooms, on college campuses, on city streets; the consequences of this rupture are just beginning. This book is for all the people who want something better than what the West has served.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: Knopf
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The Rebel Empresses: Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, Power and Glamour in the Struggle for Europe
Nancy Goldstone
From the acclaimed author of In the Shadow of the Empress comes the thrilling chronicle of two of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe—Elisabeth, empress of Austria, and Eugénie, empress of France—and their efforts to rule amid the scandal, intrigue, tragedy, and violence of their era.
Publication date: February 25
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
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