This week’s fiction releases include new novels by Mary Kubica, Jo Nesbo, and Jenny Tinghui Zhang, while nonfiction includes work by Dan Chiasson, Joshua Bennett, and Andrew Yang. February’s children’s releases include books by James Ponti and Rebecca Traister.
31 works of fiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-february-3
12 works of nonfiction
https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-february-3
18 children’s titles
https://bookshop.org/lists/february-2026-children-s-releases
Also publishing this week is The Exes by Leodora Darlington, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2025: Fall/Winter anthology. Watch Darlington discuss her debut thriller and how she balances being a book editor with writing from our Buzz Books panel.
We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming months on Bookshop. Check out February‘s 127 fiction releases, 21 works of nonfiction, and 18 children‘s titles, and March‘s 142 fiction releases, 61 works of nonfiction, and 32 children‘s titles, and April‘s 120 fiction releases, 26 works of nonfiction, and 15 children‘s titles.
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