The Bookish Mindset

Spring is almost here and it’s time to find something great to curl up with. Get the kettle on, the blankets prepped and snuggle up with a new book. Sounds perfect, right? It’s definitely the perfect time to pick up a book being the National Year of Reading too, we’re ready to Go All In!

So let me share some of my favourite new releases for the month. Just tap on the titles to get more info from Bookshop.org and to support my work.

Suckerfish – Ashani Lewis. Literary. Hardback. From the author of Winter Animals comes a a story of reversed parent child relationship. I’ve heard a lot of great things! Publish date: 02/02.

Good People – Patmeena Sabit. Literary. Hardback. When eldest daughter Zorah dies, rumours fly around the family’s wealth and reputation. Publish date: 02/02.

The Exes – Leodora Darlington. Literary. Hardback. All of Natalie’s exes are dead, and when it happens to her husband she must start facing truths. Publish date: 02/02.

Cleopatra – Saara El-Arifi. Fantasy. Hardback. From the author of Faebound, comes a reimagining of the iconic queen. Publish date: 02/02.

The Obake Code – Makana Yamamoto. Sc-Fi. Hardback. The first in the series blending cyberpunk and Hawaiian folklore. Publish date: 02/02.

Luminous – Silvia Park. Sci-Fi. Paperback. A brilliant cross over of sci-fi and literary, where robots are very much integrated into daily lives. Publish date: 05/02.

Bitter Honey – Lola Akinmade Åkerström. Literary. Paperback. Author of In Every Mirror She’s Black, comes a novel of mothers, daughters and finding your own way in life. Publish date: 05/02.

Love In Exile – Shon Faye. Non-Fiction, Memoir. Paperback. Author of The Transgender Issue explores love and lovelessness. Publish date: 05/02.

Model Home – Rivers Solomon. Horror. Paperback. After their parents death, three siblings unfurl family secrets and much worse in their childhood home. Publish date: 05/02.

Tideborn – Eliza Chan. Fantasy. Paperback. Second in the duology after Fathomfolk featuring “a dragon queen, a vengeful sea witch, and a mythical titan converge on the underwater city of Tiankawi”. Publish date: 10/02.

Fire In Every Direction – Tareq Baconi. Non-Fiction, Memoir. A queer coming of age memoir, featuring the Palestinian authors displacement from Haifa. Hardback. Publish date: 12/02.

Big Chief – Jon Hickey. Literary. Paperback. It’s all a game of politics for Anishinaabe law grad Mitch and Tribal President Mack. Publish date: 12/02.

Fundamentally – Nussaibah Younis. Literary. Paperback. Nadia takes a job in rehabilitating radicalised ISIS brides and the result is brilliant. Publish date: 12/02.

A Hymn to Life – Gisèle Pelicot. Non-Fiction, Memoir. Hardback. A woman and book that I hope needs no introduction. Waiving her right to anonymity, she wants shame to change sides. Publish date: 17/02.

Saltswept – Katalina Watt. Fantasy. Hardback. Based on Southeast Asian mythology, a pirate and a farmer leads a gang of misfits. Publish date: 26/02.

Minority Rule – Ash Sarkar. Non-Fiction, Politics. Paperback. PB. Irrational fears, distraction tactics and redirecting outage towards systemic change, Minority Rule covers it all. Publish date: 26/02.

Have you planned to pick any of these up? I’d love to know!

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And don’t forget to check out my other blogs and reviews – you can find books with similar themes in the same folder link below, or click back onto blogs to see the whole offering.

Last updated 27/02/2026