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The good news: Maggie O'Farrell has a new novel out. The better news: once you're done with that, there's still a glowing jellyfish mystery, a 1930s Mob takedown, and an enchanted forest waiting for you.
And if you’re looking for even more, check out today’s Worth the Read, where I’m discussing one of 2026’s most ultra-hyped books—Famesick by Lena Dunham—and breaking down whether I think some other buzzy books are actually worth your time.
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CRITICAL LOVE
Land
by Maggie O’Farrell
This is Maggie O’Farrell’s first novel since Hamnet—and its Oscar-winning film adaptation—became a phenomenon, and anticipation has been running high. Once again, she turns her gaze to the past, offering a historical novel about a father and son in Ireland in the years before and after the Great Hunger. And, once again, she promises big complex feelings and a story we’ll be thinking about for months, as Publishers Weekly called it “a stunning and gorgeous epic…. a devastating yet tender portrait of Irish history.”
HISTORICAL FICTION SPOTLIGHT
A Pair of Aces
by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
After the success of The Personal Librarian, readers know we can count on Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray to deliver fierce, empowering historical fiction. Now they’re taking us to 1930s New York, where two women on opposite sides of the law—a prosecutor and a madam—team up to bring down a notorious Mob boss. Marie Bostwick (The Book Club for Troublesome Women) gushes that A Pair of Aces is a “dazzling, page-turning work of historical fiction that crackles with life and suspense.”
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Here are a few more new books out this week that we didn’t have room to feature, but definitely deserve a spot on your radar.
The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang
(Literary Fiction)
Debut. A grieving marine biologist travels to a remote Maine island to investigate a giant glowing jellyfish and finds a missing former love, a town full of secrets, and a mystery that changes everyone it touches.
Father Material by Alexis Hall
(Romance)
New from the author of Husband Material. After years of hard-won domestic bliss, Luc and Oliver welcome an adorable puppy into their lives and begin to imagine a future that includes becoming fathers.
The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden
(Fantasy)
New from the author of The Bear and the Nightingale. Anne of Brittany's desperate bid to preserve her sovereignty leads her into an enchanted forest where political intrigue and ancient magic intertwine.
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Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James! Did you see that James is publishing a YA fantasy later this year?