This month’s best new literary fiction

Don't miss the best new literary fiction from the past month, hand-picked by our editors! Don't miss this month's literary fiction picks — which include a moving Booker Prize finalist, a celebrated novelist's final work, and more!

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	Ann Patchett says this 'profoundly moving' road novel reads 'like sitting in a car beside a dear friend' WHY IT'S READWORTHY: After dropping his daughter off at college, Tom isn't ready to face what's waiting for him at home — so he takes a cross-country road trip to confront various people and places of his past… A Booker Prize finalist recommended by NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many more "It would be impossible to read The Rest of Our Lives without pleasure" (The Telegraph) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers A photographer sacrifices everything for his ambitions — and decades later, the past comes calling WHY IT'S READWORTHY: From the acclaimed author of My Struggle, who's "among the finest writers alive" (The New York Times) When his career reaches a high point, is Kristian Hadeland prepared to pay the price of success? "A damned masterpiece" (The Times) set in 1980s London and 21st-century New York City Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Published to much anticipation, this 'hit debut' (Booklist) follows one family's unraveling WHY IT'S READWORTHY: "I can't remember the last time a novel made me laugh so hard or feel so much tenderness for its characters" (Leslie Jamison, author of Splinters) As Catherine and Bud's marriage falls apart, their daughters' lives are also spiraling into chaos. Then, their fates become intertwined with that of a mysterious billionaire… "I've read entire books that contain less wit and inventiveness than a single one of Cash's sentences" (Eric Puchner, author of Dream State) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers This unforgettable saga won over Stephen King, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Gabrielle Zevin WHY IT'S READWORTHY: In the Mojave Desert, Dan and Tamma — two high schoolers bound by their love of rock climbing and adventure — face their families' pasts and their own futures From the New York Times bestselling author of My Absolute Darling "Insanely bighearted" (The Washington Post) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers 'A standout novel of 2026' (The Guardian) set on a wealthy colonel's estate in Pakistan WHY IT'S READWORTHY: "You'll be hearing about [this book] again when the shortlists for the big literary prizes are announced… The pages turn themselves" (The New York Times) A kaleidoscope of characters finds their lives intertwining and clashing against the background of a feudal society From a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist hailed as a "literary magician" (The Times) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Bea and her eccentric, estranged mother venture west on a madcap treasure hunt WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Follow along on the road trip of a lifetime that will take the mother-daughter duo down unexpected and transformative paths A deeply moving and very funny novel based on a true story Full of "rich, vivid characters," "gasps of gorgeous prose," and "moments that gleam with brilliance" (Kirkus Reviews) The ending is guaranteed to surprise you Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers The self-proclaimed final novel from the Booker Prize–winning author of The Sense of an Ending WHY IT'S READWORTHY: In this inventive work of autofiction, the narrator — an ailing writer named Julian — narrates his decades-long investment in the romance between two friends "Each time I read it, I thought about it for days afterwards" (Financial Times) Published on the author's 80th birthday, this literary reflection on love, death, and memory is not to be missed Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers 'It's even better than I could have imagined,' raves Celeste Ng WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Indian-American preteen Georgie makes a shocking confession: She and her sister have killed their uncle, but the British are to blame for his death… A witty coming-of-age tale set in '80s Wyoming "I fell in love with McConigley's fierce, wry narrator Georgie Ayyar from the first page and couldn't stop reading" (Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good Mothers) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Recently widowed Isabel returns to the Cornish coastal village where she was found as a child WHY IT'S READWORTHY: This transportive novel steeped in atmosphere, adventure, and folklore is one of The Washington Post's top picks for January When a band of smugglers approaches Isabel's cottage with their wounded captain in tow, her life will never be the same In a starred review, Publishers Weekly says this historical novel "stands out from the pack" Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers In 19th-century Tibet, two outsiders venture into a forbidden kingdom WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Balram, an Indian surveyor-spy, searches for a missing friend, as Katherine sets out to become the first European woman to reach Lhasa Both "thrilling and profound," this novel is "a proper page-turner" (BBC) Set against the awesome Himalayan landscape — its looming peaks, glimmering waters, and small villages Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers
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