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Recommended Books: February 2026 Is it still snowy outside your door? Despite slightly non-polar weather the last few days, the snowdrifts remain high and the puddles are murky. Also, we have some literary recommendations for you …

"When someone falls in love with a statue, is that relationship doomed from the outset?"

WHEN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED is one of Volume 1's favorite books of February!

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So thrilled to see so many of our titles on the Story Prize longlist! Congratulations to @karenebender.bsky.social, Canisia Lubrin, and Amanda Peters!

The Reservation Table Fourteen Seat #1 let his wife do the talking at the host stand. It wasn’t like she had any more experience with this kind of thing—fine dining—than he did, but she was more outgoing of the tw…

“Table Fourteen Seat #1 let his wife do the talking at the host stand.” Read from Rebecca Kauffman’s new novel, The Reservation.

What Fetishists Can Teach Us About Consumerism and Desire A new book asserts that we all might learn something from fetishists, who exist in playful surrender to the things that they covet.

"Fedorova seems to understand that sexual deviation is an extension of everyday life . . . SECOND SKIN takes our most uncanny attractions and reveals their eminent humanity." — @newyorker.com

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THEORY & PRACTICE is available now in paperback! 📚

"THEORY & PRACTICE is anything but conventional. It is something new, born of the recognition between holding two truths in mind at once." — @latimes.com

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Rebecca Kauffman is back with a new novel—THE RESERVATION hits shelves today! 🍽️

✨ "From the Mennonite baker to the tattooed chef to the college student hostess, no one creates characters like Kauffman." — @people.com

GLORIA is an @latimes.com Book Prize finalist in the fiction category! Congratulations, Andrés! 🥳

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Reading the West Book Awards Introducing the 36TH Annual LONGLIST We are delighted to present the titles nominated for this year’s Reading the West Book Awards. Click on any of the categories below to explore the lists.…

Congratulations to @justinhocking.bsky.social for making the Reading the West longlist for his memoir A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SUBTERRANEAN! 🥳

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"It was definitely my goal to center multidimensional, complex immigrant characters in the novel."

@annelllopez.bsky.social interviews Ivonne Lamazares about The Tilting House (@catapultbooks.bsky.social).

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Happy publication day to Lauren J. Joseph's LEAN CAT, SAVAGE CAT! 🐈‍⬛

✨ "A salacious romp of breathtaking self-invention and spectacular self-destruction." —Service95

✨ "A strange and wild ride in the best way." — @autostraddle.bsky.social

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We're excited to share that we'll be publishing Chuck Thompson's SASQUATCH COUNTRY this fall! 🥾 🏕️ This true crime investigation dives into the mysterious deaths of two hikers in the Pacific Northwest, last seen in an area where multiple Bigfoot sightings have been reported.

Congratulations to Justin Hocking for being named a finalist in the @literary-arts.org Oregon Book Awards for his memoir A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SUBTERRANEAN! 🥳

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Debutiful Podcast: C. William Langsfeld discusses Salvation - Debutiful Listen and Subscribe: Apple | Spotify C. William Langsfeld, author of Salvation, joined the podcast to discuss growing up on the Western Slope of Colorado, his non-traditional (and unagented) path to…

C. William Langsfeld joined the @debutiful.bsky.social podcast to discuss growing up on the Western Slope of Colorado, his non-traditional path to publishing, and his debut novel SALVATION.

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Milkweed Live : Canisia Lubrin : The World After Rain | Milkweed Editions Canisia Lubrin returns to Between the Covers for a live conversation in downtown Portland, at Powell’s Bookstore, about her latest poetry collection The World After Rain. A private book, that Canisia ...

Don't miss today's conversation—recorded live at @powells.bsky.social, in downtown Portland, Oregon—with poet Canisia Lubrin about The World After Rain
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Recap from an amazing event at Skylight Books with Canisia Lubrin celebrating the release of her new book THE WORLD AFTER RAIN. Thank you to all who came out and said hello! 📚

We are all deeply saddened by the news of Counterpoint author Suzannah Lessard's passing.

Suzannah authored three books during her life, including THE ABSENT HAND, a remarkable work of relentless curiosity and a graceful mixture of observation and philosophy.

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Happy paperback publication day to @amandapetersauthor.bsky.social's WAITING FOR THE LONG NIGHT MOON! 🥳

✨ "Holding grief and joy in each hand, Peters’ latest tells of tradition, systemic discrimination and resilience." — @usatoday.com

✨ "A must-read." — @people.com

Plastic Poet Matthew Rice discusses his new book length poem, Plastic.

You can hear me ramble about my new book here 💙🤍🧡🩷🩵 @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @catapultbooks.bsky.social

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Quite sincerely if Julia Sanches has chosen it to translate that means it's excellent. Even if you read in Spanish (which I do) it's about the best way to find the most excellent books. I've preordered!

Review: This new book about kink might just change the way you see your own 'deviant desires' Anastasiia Fedorova’s ‘Second Skin: Inside the Worlds of Fetish, Kink, and Deviant Desire’ is a meticulously researched, passionately penned historical and sociological analysis.

"In this American era, with basic human rights being violated in our legislature and on our streets; when being “different”. . . is punishable by death, this book advocates for a person’s right to like what they like and to get it consensually." — @latimes.com
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C. William Langsfeld on Nature, Trauma, and the Healing Power of the Wilderness My life has always been tied to the natural world. I was raised on a thirty-eight-acre parcel of land that, though no longer in my family, still bears my family’s name: the Langsfeld tract. The hou…

"Mother nature is neither cruel nor kind. It’s the sort of benevolent god that created the world then stood back and watched it all play out according to a set of semi-undefined rules."

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20 books we can't wait to read in 2026 Looking for your next great read? We asked critics, authors and literary folks about town to share books they’re most excited for in 2026. Featuring new works by Tayari Jones, Claudia Rankine, Jesmyn…

SALVATION is one of @latimes.com most-anticipated books of 2026!

"I like thrillers that work a little theology into the plot: the mysteries of a crime — not just whodunit, but a whydunit — can throw a little light on the mysteries of creation and existence."

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COOL TO THE TOUCH Rhoda Feng on Emi Yagi's When the Museum Is Closed

"Yagi and her translator Yuki Tejima have a gift for finding beauty in the quotidian—a kind of ekphrasis of the everyday." — @artforum.com

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Interview: Scott Broker on his Debut Novel ‘The Disappointment’ Seven ideas for creative fuel if you’re a writer headed to Key West

Read my exclusive interview with author Scott Broker on his upcoming novel The Disappointment: toddwe.com/2026/02/03/i...
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The Architect of New York - Historical Novel Society In 1881, Rafael Guastavino Moreno, a well-known Spanish architect, immigrates to America with his wife, two daughters and a young son, Rafaelito (Rafael, Jr.).  His dream of professional success in…

"This intricate and fascinating tale of an immigrant father and son’s relationship, both personal and professional, unfolds in Javier Moro’s rich and fluid prose that sifts through Rafaelito’s recollections." — @histnovsoc.bsky.social

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PEOPLE’s Best Books of January 2026: New Fiction from Amy DuBois Barnett. Julian Barnes and More See PEOPLE's picks for the best books of January 2026 so far, including self-help books, literary fiction and photo books.

WHEN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED has been named a best book of January by @people.com!

“[A] unique, witty novel about love and loneliness.”
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What happens when care becomes control? Listen to @susantonetta.bsky.social on The Curious Mans podcast discussing THE DEVIL'S CASTLE: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry’s Troubled History Reverberates Today. bit.ly/3ZbtJdy @catapultbooks.bsky.social

GRAVITY was 1st published as a chapbook in 1998 by Small Poetry Press & had 15 printings. Atelier26Books published the next edition in 2014, with more poems & prose included, along with artwork by Lola Fraknoi. @catapultbooks.bsky.social is reissuing the book in March 2026, with a new introduction.

THE FLOWERS OF GOOD by Sidarta Ribeiro is available now! 🍃

🍃 "A Brazilian neurobiologist recounts the joys of weed. . . . You don’t have to be stoned to read this, but it couldn’t hurt." —Kirkus Reviews

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Opinion | The Border Patrol Is the Problem. It Always Has Been.

I wrote for the New York Times about how state violence that was hidden in the borderlands has burst into view in Minneapolis. The solution cannot be simply to send it back there www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...