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New For You - Contemporary Fiction - March 2026

Explore modern life in all its fictional glory with this selection of new contemporary fiction titles.

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  • When a child abuser is murdered, circumstances change suddenly for three women connected to the dead man—a traumatized victim, a former reality TV star, and the abuser’s mother.
    Book, 2026London : Tinder Press, 2026. — THRILLER MAD
  • This addictive London ballad of sisterhood, grief, modern dating and the joys of bad behaviour combines a clever premise with witty writing and vivid characters who you root for. 
    Book, 2026London : Borough Press, 2026. — ROMANCE STO
  • Kate, happily married for thirty years and living a comfortable life in North London, becomes unsettled when a hit TV show called Cheating seems to mirror the most private details of her own marriage. As her world starts to darken, Kate begins to…
    Book, 2026London : Faber & Faber, 2026. — FICTION LAN
  • A charismatic misfit livestreams herself for seven straight days to raise money for her sister’s life support.
    Book, 2026London : Scribner, 2026. — FICTION TOR
  • Mr Burman is unmoored. Dealing with personal tragedy, he finds himself on a train to London, at the invitation of the police. He is to meet Raf, a young man suspected of terrorism - and a man once intimately connected with the Burman family. Have…
    Book, 2026Edinburgh : Canongate, 2026. — FICTION MEE
  • After years spent outrunning her past, Cecília reexamines the case of a close family friend killed by a colleague and her father.
    Book, 2026London : Maclehose Press, 2026. — FICTION BEN
  • Ellen's beloved, beautiful, complicated family are gathered around her hospital bed as she prepares to slip away, and boy, is she ready. You'd think she could finally get some peace and quiet, but instead her children have chosen now of all times to…
    Book, 2026London : Virago, 2026. — FICTION EDW
  • Out in the marshes, the locals discover something shocking, risen to the surface after many years buried in the silty earth. Anna is drawn to the site, fascinated and shaken by what she finds there. And as researchers descend, her curiosity gives…
    Book, XX(1757360.1)
  • A fearless and darkly absorbing immersion into the mind of a mother in crisis. In spare, deeply affecting prose, it explores the vulnerable corners and tender highs of queer parenthood, telling the story of a family on the brink of unravelling.
    Book, XX(1757358.1)
  • Samson Kabarebe is on the verge of stardom. At just nineteen, he's poised to take the football world by storm. Joining a struggling Premier League team, he steps into the spotlight, taking over the position-and squad number-of a rising homegrown…
    Book, 2025London, England : Dialogue Books, 2025. — ROMANCE ALL