Big Feelings, Beautiful Writing: Literary Fiction Reads
24 Jan 2026
Big Feelings, Beautiful Writing: Literary Fiction Reads
Explore Literary Fiction that captures love, loss, and identity with elegance and honesty. These books focus on the moments that shape lives and relationships. Ideal for readers drawn to emotional, character-driven storytelling.
Your Tomorrow Was Today
by Oyindamola Dosunmu
Release Date: January 15, 2026
After her mother’s sudden death, Karen’s life unravels. Grief resurfaces, a secret affair is exposed, and she faces an unexpected pregnancy. She must confront family fractures, buried desire, and the radical choice to remain child‑free in a patriarchal world.
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Mancala Moon
by Asa Bowers
Release Date: December 30, 2025
Micah, lost in grief and uncertainty, is drawn to a forest where time bends, visions stir, and the past refuses to stay buried. Guided by a silent fox and tested by trials of courage and self-discovery, he must navigate its haunting paths and confront the darkness both around him and within.
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Ukraine: Year Two (Fallout of War Book 2)
by H. Peter Alesso
Release Date: December 18, 2025
Commander James Fairbanks has earned his place among Ukrainian special forces. His drone operations reshape battles and bloody Russian logistics across the front. But when Pentagon doctrine clashes with battlefield reality during the summer offensive. When a Russian missile orphans a four-year-old girl, Lucy becomes the only family Maria has left.
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The Last Post (The Knocknashee Series Book 7)
by Jean Grainger
Release Date: January 6, 2026
As the dark clouds of war finally begin to break, Grace Fitzgerald and Richard Lewis glimpse the possibility of a future together after years of turmoil. Their hard-won love has withstood so much already. Now, as the Allies launch their final assault on the European continent—determined to rid the world of Nazi terror at whatever cost—Grace must say goodbye once again.
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The Earl Who Married the Wrong Sister (Hearts of the Regency)
by Abigail Agar
Release Date: January 9, 2026
Clara Westwood has always lived in the shadow of her beautiful, charismatic, and manipulative sister. Quiet and thoughtful, she never expected to be thrust into the spotlight, or into a marriage she never wanted. When her sister suddenly disappears, Clara dreads marrying a man who is as handsome as he is dismissive of her way of thinking…
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Vigil
by George Saunders
Release Date: January 27, 2026
Not for the first time, Jill “Doll” Blaine finds herself hurtling toward earth, reconstituting as she falls, right down to her favorite black pumps. She plummets towards her newest charge, yet another soul she must usher into the afterlife, and lands headfirst in the circular drive of his ornate mansion.
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