7 New & Notable Books Coming in February 2026

Leigh Wilde watched her family die. It’s a grief she can bear because she has to. Survival is in her blood. That’s why when the bus taking her to prison crashes and kills everyone except her, she accidentally stumbles into an unexpected sanctuary. 

She doesn’t expect to find a different kind of family in a flower farm in Alabama. But the ghosts of her past won’t stop haunting her. And when they finally catch up, they’ll test exactly how much Leigh can truly survive.

Venice and Annie grew up together. They were best friends and neighbors throughout their childhood, but their lives were destined to diverge. 

Venice goes to Atlanta, where she attends Spelman College and marries into an affluent family. Annie becomes obsessed with finding the mother who abandoned her. 

Two women who came from similar backgrounds but led wildly different lives. And still they both experienced the complex struggle of being a woman in the American South. 

Susan Bliss is a beautiful soap opera star. She splits her time between her family in New England and her star-filled life in Los Angeles. 

Fifteen years later, Susan is dead, and her children struggle to find themselves in her shadow. Sebastian holds onto her memory, while Viola wants nothing to do with her. 

Until she meets Orson Grey, one of her mother’s costars. Through him, she finally sees another side to the woman she thought she knew. And with him, might also finally find herself.

The Sharaf family came to the US with nothing but the clothes on their back. Now, after years of hard work, they are successful, rich, and happy. 

But when tragedy strikes, the family suddenly finds itself under the scrutiny of public opinion. Did they actually achieve the American dream? Or was the truth hidden behind closed doors, and their lives were nothing but a lie?

Polly Goodman would be lost without her book club. She can talk to them about anything, which is why they’ve become her closest friends. But when she takes an ancestry test as a joke, her entire life shifts when her results match her with a stranger. 

As Polly combs through her family history for answers and a member of the book club threatens to leave, Polly learns that what can change your life in the deepest and most profound way is the people you have as friends.

When a ragged fur trader comes to a remote outpost of the Hudson Bay Company, he demands to speak to the outpost’s chief factor, Magnus Norton. He promises that what he has will make Magnus rich beyond his wildest dreams. 

And when he produces a lump of gold, Magnus immediately starts planning the perilous expedition. Led by a family of native guides, one of the crew violates a line that can’t be taken back. 

But the true consequences of that act don’t come to light until they reach their destination. And by then, one of the crew will have to make a choice that defines who he is and what his future will be.

A financial crisis is looming, and the residents of Jamal “Jack” Shaban’s Chicago condo are all in danger of losing their homes. 

Jack is doing everything he can to save them, but questions about who he is and what his motives are are beginning to surface. When a single mom moves into the building, Jack is suddenly thrown back to 1980s Gaza. 

An affair almost ruined his life back then. Torn between a devoted Muslim wife, a bawdy best friend, and an angry new desire, Jack will do anything to maintain peace. Including sacrificing himself.