[Ginga-argentina] This month’s best new literary fiction

Thu Jan 22 23:08:02 CET 2026

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This Month’s Best New Literary Fiction

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The Rest of Our Lives by Benjamin Markovits

Ann Patchett says this ‘profoundly moving’ road novel reads ‘like sitting in a car beside a dear friend’

- 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, <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The Washington Post</i>, and many more 

- “It would be impossible to read <i>The Rest of Our Lives</i> without pleasure” (<i>The Telegraph</i>)

Media Praise: NPR, TODAY Show, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Parade, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, The Times, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist

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The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgaard

A photographer sacrifices everything for his ambitions — and decades later, the past comes calling

- From the acclaimed author of <i>My Struggle</i>, who’s “among the finest writers alive” (<i>The New York Times</i>)

- When his career reaches a high point, is Kristian Hadeland prepared to pay the price of success? 

- “A damned masterpiece” (<i>The Times</i>) set in 1980s London and 21st-century New York City 

Media Praise: NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, BookPage, Literary Hub

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Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash

Published to much anticipation, this ‘hit debut’ (<i>Booklist</i>) follows one family’s unraveling

- “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 <i>Splinters</i>)

- 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 <i>Dream State</i>)

Media Praise: Book of the Month, TODAY Show, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, Financial Times, Harper's Bazaar, Bustle, Good Housekeeping, Vulture, Forbes, The Times, The Boston Globe, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage, Literary Hub

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Crux by Gabriel Tallent

This unforgettable saga won over Stephen King, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Gabrielle Zevin

- 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 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>My Absolute Darling</i>

- “Insanely bighearted” (<i>The Washington Post</i>)

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This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin

‘A standout novel of 2026’ (<i>The Guardian</i>) set on a wealthy colonel’s estate in Pakistan 

- “You’ll be hearing about [this book] again when the shortlists for the big literary prizes are announced… The pages turn themselves” (<i>The New York Times</i>)

- 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” (<i>The Times</i>)

Media Praise: NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Town & Country, Bustle, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage

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Scavengers by Kathleen Boland

Bea and her eccentric, estranged mother venture west on a madcap treasure hunt

- 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”
(<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>)

- The ending is guaranteed to surprise you

Media Praise: The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Town & Country, Bustle, San Francisco Chronicle, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Electric Literature, Literary Hub

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Departure(s) by Julian Barnes

The self-proclaimed final novel from the Booker Prize–winning author of <i>The Sense of an Ending<i> 

- 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” (<i>Financial Times</i>)

- Published on the author’s 80th birthday, this literary reflection on love, death, and memory is not to be missed

Media Praise: NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist

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How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley

‘It’s even better than I could have imagined,’ raves Celeste Ng

- 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 <i>The School for Good Mothers</i>)

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The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus

Recently widowed Isabel returns to the Cornish coastal  village where she was found as a child

- This transportive novel steeped in atmosphere, adventure, and folklore is one of <i>The Washington Post</i>’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, <i>Publishers Weekly</i> says this historical novel “stands out from the pack”

Media Praise: Locus, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly

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The Last of Earth by Deepa Anappara

In 19th-century Tibet, two outsiders venture into a forbidden kingdom

- 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

Media Praise: Town & Country, Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, Literary Hub

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