New Winter Book Releases 2027
The new winter book releases for 2027 are fantastic, and I cannot wait to dive into these amazing books. This is the post where we divide the book releases by publication date for the entire season! I have not seen any definite theme for the year, but I will say that I have too many books on my TBR than I can read.
If you are looking for new release books divided by genre, I put those in a separate post divided by month. You can find the most anticipated book releases for December 2026, January 2027, and February 2027 separately, divided by genre.
I know that it can seem like a lot, but feel free to jump around. There are so many books that Kirsten and I cannot wait to read, it’s hard to pick which to read first. If there are books on this list you KNOW you will buy, pre-ordering them really helps your favorite authors.
The books on this list are divided by release date, so you will know when the books are coming out. But sometimes dates change. Publishers have many reasons for this, and we try to stay as up-to-date as possible. And as always, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Kirsten or me!
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New Winter Book Releases: December 2026
Want the full list organized by genre? See the December 2026 book releases.
December 1, 2026
Fetal Position
Author: Carolyn Huynh
Release Date: December 1, 2026
Genre: Speculative Fiction
More info: Author of the Good Morning America Book Club pick The Fortunes of Jaded Women
Plot
In a world awash in male loneliness and plummeting birth rates, Hatch is a start-up looking for viable women to be surrogates. Their Utopian center looks too good to be true, but Lena is happy to sign up to get a break from her corporate 9-5. But as the women around her begin to disappear, she needs to uncover the dark truth of Hatch before it’s too late.
Plot
Newly divorced, Liv has given up on London and moved to the Yorkshire Dales. She wanted a fresh start, but is now desperately lonely, so she adopts a grumpy dog named Harry. During her daily walks with Harry, she begins to connect with the other lonely villagers and find community, as she begins to heal the world around her and herself.
The Heart Note
Author: Vanessa McCausland
Release Date: December 1, 2026
Genre: Fiction
More info: Three Timelines
Plot
In 2022, Eva’s sense of smell is gone after an illness and her mother Lily is suffering from dementia. When Lily, in a moment of clarity, mentions something about Grasse 20 years earlier, Ava is suddenly intrigued.
2001: Lily and Eva are in France together and after the two are seperated, Lily meets a handsome widower
1532: Heli things she is destined to be a glovemaker, but yearns to learn her mother’s craft of perfume making. When her mother falls ill, she creates a mixture of her own that changes the history of perfume forever. This book is perfect for my list of Perfume Fiction Books!
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One of my favorite authors is back with another thriller, and I can’t wait to read it! At the Chester School, the third-graders and their parents go on an annual camping trip at the end of the year on a remote island in California. Stranded during a massive storm, the chaperones wake up to find two children missing from their tents. The search leads to a body and a realization that someone else is on the island in this locked-room mystery-thriller.
Plot
Florence and Tom have been best friends since childhood, and they are now facing their upcoming graduation. Determined to stay friends, they make a pact to write five secret predictions at every NYE party from now on. Whoever gets the most guesses correct by the following year gets to choose a big change for the other person. It works until last year, when their friendship was shattered over a letter. Forced to reunite to plan the NYE party again, these two need to come to terms with their friendship and the feelings they are harboring for one another.
December 8, 2026
Plot
Lina & June have an opposites-attract kind of friendship. They shouldn’t make sense on paper, but they are the best friends at their NYC college. They are thick as thieves until June’s health takes a bad turn and Lina hops on a plane to Paris, leaving her behind. Can they fix their friendship, or are they going to sever ties for good?
The Three Daughters of Annam
Author: Phong Nguyen
Release Date: December 8, 2026
Genre: Historical Fiction
More info: An Epic Story that spans ninety years
Plot
This is a book that spans over ninety years and three continents. It is based on the author’s family and their immigration to the United States from Vietnam. It follows three women as they survive trials and whose friendship bonds them forever.
The Bureau of Unknown Fates
Author: Gaëlle Nohant
Release Date: December 8, 2026
Genre: Historical Fiction
Plot
When Irene moves to Germany, she takes a job at the International Tracing Service to determine what happened to the millions of people lost during WWII, and her work takes over her life. Years later, she is tasked with returning artifacts from concentration camps to family members of deceased relatives, even some connected to her own past. She finds out about humanity – the good, bad, ugly – during her work and it profoundly changes her.
The Villain Edit
Author: Rosie Danan
Release Date: December 8, 2026
Genre: Fantasy Romance
More info: Best selling Author of Fan Service
Plot
Gabriel Hargrave has been sent to live with humans for ten years. If he can prove that he is not an out-of-control, bloodthirsty vampire during that time, he will be welcomed back as the crown prince. He had been avoiding temptation by living in a retirement community. But his chance knocks on his door, inviting him to be the first vampire on a reality TV dating show. Harper has a lot to prove, and getting a vampire on TV is her chance. The problem? He has no experience with dating or drinking blood, and she has three weeks to get him camera-ready. This is perfect for my list of Reality TV Novels.
Plot
Sophie Sullivan is back with a NYE romance story! Kyra has decided that this will be HER year, and thus, at midnight, she has an unexpected one-night stand… with her brother’s best friend, Ethan. Ethan doesn’t want to lose his best friend, so he’s determined not to cross that line again, until something unexpected brings him close to Kyra once again.
Plot
This is a friends-to-lovers romance that I cannot wait to read. Libi Newman’s OCD makes it nearly impossible for her to have a relationship. Luckily, her friend Nate from her OCD support group knows just how to support her. So when Libi is invited to her grandparents’ timeshare in Mexico to celebrate their anniversary, she is so happy to bring Nate along for emotional support. She has no idea he has had a crush on her the whole time. The two make up a fake-dating scheme to help her cope with her ex and her father’s new girlfriend, and soon the lines begin to blur.
The Rothschilds: The Untold Family Story
Author: Harry Freedman
Release Date: December 8, 2026
Genre: Nonfiction
Plot
This book explores the legacy of the Rothschild name. It explores the history spanning wars and revolutions, along with the fight against antisemitism that has followed them from the ghettos of Frankfurt. This book is a new view of a very well-known family.
Kissing Cowboys
Author: Meg Cabot
Release Date: December 8, 2026
Genre: YA Romance
More info: New York Times Bestselling Author
Plot
This is a sweet romance from the December 2026 book releases that I cannot wait to read. Winn Riley is from NYC and would have been happy to stay put. Her mother takes a job in Montana teaching troubled boys on a dude ranch. Now, Winn is the only girl surrounded by very cute boys. This is the first book in a new series that is sure to be a must-read.
December 15, 2026
Rabbit Rabbit
Author: Jennifer E. Smith
Release Date: December 15, 2026
Genre: Fiction
More info: Thousand Voices Imprint
Plot
Billie is 39 and single when she makes the decision to have a baby on her own. An hour later, she meets Arthur. He seems perfect in almost every way except one: he does not want children. This book takes place over a year, one month at a time, as Billie visits fertility clinics and then heads off on romantic vacations with Arthur. Which version of her life will she choose?
New Winter Book Releases: January 2027
Want the full list organized by genre? See the January 2027 book releases.
January 5, 2027
Pure Ox
Author: Mateo Askaripour
Release Date: January 5, 2027
Genre: Fiction
More info: New York Times Bestselling Author of Black Buck
Plot
Ox is a sanitation worker in Brooklyn. He loves his job and working in service to people, but his dream has always been to be a writer. When he discovers a literary agent has moved into a house on his route, his partner convinces him to leave a copy of his book on the doorstep. Soon, Ox enters a world and industry that he always wanted, but not everybody is welcoming him. When the sanitation workers go on strike, Ox is forced to choose between the duty we have to ourselves and the duty we have towards others.
Lochbound: A Novel
Author: Rebecca Templeton
Release Date: January 5, 2027
Genre: Fantasy Romance
More info: Little Mermaid meets Scottish Folklore
Plot
Iris has been cursed to live each night walking the shores of Kilmara as a broken-hearted woman who never ages. By day, she is Moirech, a monster imprisoned in Loch Moine. When bodies begin to appear on shore, the villagers are sure that she is responsible. They summon a hunter, Henry, to slay the monster. Iris must break her curse before she is killed. But as the hunt for the monster continues, she and Henry find themselves drawn together. What is she willing to do to gain her freedom?
Daisy: A Novel
Author: Katie Cotugno
Release Date: January 5, 2027
Genre: Thriller
More info: contemporary reimagining of The Great Gatsby aftermath
Plot
Daisy Buchanan is married with two children and leads an idyllic life on the outside. Nobody knows what it takes her to get through the day since Jay Gatsby, the love of her life, was killed two summers ago. When Daisy’s best friend, Jordan Baker, is found dead in the pool after her husband’s 40th birthday, Daisy is convinced that anybody who gets close to her winds up dead. She is determined to figure out why.
Miss Archer
Author: Jordan Harrison
Release Date: January 5, 2027
Genre: Gothic/ speculative Fiction
More info: Debut novel from a Pulitzer Prize finalist and playwright.
Plot
Dre Archer has been recruited to work as a governess for a five-year-old boy named Albie. He believes it is 1884, and everyone working at the family’s Grand Victorian Manor works to maintain this illusion and keep out the modern world. Miss Archer must act like she is in a period drama, complete with corsets. But she begins to question why the family is so strict about maintaining the illusion of living in the 19th century. As she gets closer to the truth, she must go to greater lengths to protect Albie, whom she has come to love as her own.
People Pleasing
Author: Hannah Bonam-Young
Release Date: January 5, 2027
Genre: Romance
More info: Book 2 of 2: People
Plot
Nadia is reluctantly heading home to help her brother, Nik, with the opening of his new brewery. She is not surprised to see Aleks; he is her brother’s business partner, but she is not sure she is prepared to spend time with him again.
Alexs and Nadia easily fall into old routines when they are back together, but Nadia is not sure she can stay home or that Aleks will ever ask her. Is giving in to something between them a recipe for pain?
Plot
Bianca wants to spend her life making documentaries, but is currently stuck photocopying movie manuscripts. When she is a finalist for a film making grant, she has to impress the judges. She decides to propose a documentary about Brazil’s first all female Samba school. The president and the founder is Bianca’s aunt. The problem is that Bianca has never been to Brazil, does not speak Portuguese, and has never met her aunt.
When Bianca finds a letter from her aunt to her late mother, she must make a choice between uncovering the truth and making a name for herself.
Dumpling Therapy: My Mother, Chinese Food, and Five Thousand Years of Not-So-Ancient Recipes
Author: Miranda Brown
Release Date: January 5, 2027
Genre: Memoir
More info: Perfect for Nonfiction Food Books
Plot
In this memoir, Miranda Brown put together her family’s story across two millennia through secret letters and recipes. When Miranda was young, she didn’t understand why her immigrant mother did not cook like other Chinese women. After her death, Miranda was determined to master classic Chinese cooking. And doing so, she propelled herself into the history of Chinese food.
Plot
This pick from the winter 2027 book releases looks like a YA, gender swapping version of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Poppy has incredibly high standards and bails at the hint of a red flag. Cam has never dated anyone for longer than a month before bailing.
When Poppy’s friends challenge her to give someone a chance for two months, she decides that it should be Cam. But Cam has decided he will not end his next relationship; he will let the girl endthings. He will do whatever he can to put Poppy off. But what will happen when the two of them can find love despite their flaws?
January 12, 2027
In One Brief Moment All Eternity
Author: Elif Shafak
Release Date: January 12, 2027
Genre: Biographical Fiction
Plot
This is a fictionalized story about Gustav Flaubert, the author of Madame Bovary, and the women who influenced him and his writing. This is also a story that gives voice to women who were silenced in the world. It is an expoloration of why writers do what they do and where the characters come from.
A Court of Forgotten Melody
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Release Date: January 12, 2027
Genre: Fantasy
More info: A Court of Thorns and Roses Book 7 of 7
Plot
Will this be the stunning and epic conclusion of the ACOTAR series? Alliances are crumbling, bonds will be tested, and power will shift. While you are waiting for this long-anticipated new book, check out A Court of Thorns and Roses Books in Order to refresh your memory.
Ten Years Gone
Author: Wendy Walker
Release Date: January 12, 2027
Genre: Thriller
More info: USA Today Bestselling author of Blade
Plot
Griffin Ford has just been released from prison after serving 10 years for a crime he did not commit. But within hours of his release, someone attempts to abduct him. Clearly, someone does not want the truth from 10 years ago to be revealed. Claire Keaton was in love with Griffin 10 years ago. He told her to forget him, but she never did. On the day of his release, she receives a text message that makes her doubt everything. She thought she knew. Griffin and Claire have to make sense of the past and find out who is responsible.
The Things You’ll Never Know
Author: Ashley Audrain
Release Date: January 12, 2027
Genre: Thriller
More info: New York Times Bestselling Author of The Push
Plot
This is a story of Fiona, a woman discovering the truth about her life after she dies. Fiona watches her body be taken away and quietly moves among the members of her family as it becomes clear that everybody is hiding something. Can Fiona even trust herself? When her teenage daughter discovers her diary, she also discovers Fiona’s betrayal. This is a story about Books About Mothers and Motherhood told from a unique perspective.
Gilded Wings
Author: Emily Theide
Release Date: January 12, 2027
Genre: YA Historical Fantasy
More info: Fantasy romance with dragons
Plot
Stella runs to the city to escape a betrothal. She knows that in her world, there is danger from dragons, and the jewels worn by the rich are a means of magical protection. Gentry is a newsie who has secrets of his own. When he discovers that he is missing something priceless, he needs to hunt down the beautiful girl whom he believes is the thief. Stella and Gentry must go undercover in the elite circles to find what is causing the growing number of dragon attacks on the city.
January 19, 2027
Plot
I cannot wait to read this pick from the winter 2027 book releases. Beverly Atwood is trying to figure out how to navigate life after the death of her husband. When she connects with George on a seniors dating site, she feels a connection with him. When he confides that he needs money to care for his sick grandson, Bev decides to sell her prized antiques to help him. Slowly, Bev realizes that these objects have sentimental value as well. She begins to open her eyes to the other people around her. This is a story about love, friendship, and finding yourself.
Belle Haven Finishing School
Author: Adele Myers
Release Date: January 19, 2027
Genre: Historical Fiction
More info: Author of Tobacco Wives
Plot
Birdie and her cousin Rue are at the Belle Haven Finishing School, where orphans can be given a chance at a better future. But unusual rules and atmosphere have Birdie questioning the true intentions of the school. Thirty-five years later, in 1987, Charlotte Davenport is a New York Times reporter convinced that a cover-up took place at the finishing school to protect a university professor behind an unethical experiment. Based on the real-life “Monster Study” of 1939, this intergenerational story will bring two women together.
Emily Wilde’s History of Dark Faerie
Author: Heather Fawcett
Release Date: January 19, 2027
Genre:
More info: Emily Wilde Book 4 of 4
Plot
Emily Wilde is the foremost scholar on faeries, and happens to be married to Professor Wendell Bramleby, a faerie who has just regained his throne. When one of their friends goes missing in the black forest in Germany, Emily will have to decide how ruthless she can be to save her friend. She will have to explore the dark faerie realm. Check out Guide to The Emily Wilde Series!
The Magical Cheese Emporium
Author: Sarah Beth Durst
Release Date: January 19, 2027
Genre: Fantasy
More info: #1 New York Times bestselling author, fourth standalone in the spell shop series
Plot
Eloren was an assistant librarian at the great library. But when it burned down, she had no choice but to return home. Now she is stuck in her grandmother’s shop, The Magical Cheese Emporium, on a small island. She has one struggle after another (unicorns won’t let her milk them), but her childhood friend Garyn, is much more handsome than she remembers. When the governor imposes taxes on small businesses, she knows she is not going to let someone else exploit good people.
Firstdawn
Author: Lana Harper
Release Date: January 19, 2027
Genre: Fantasy
More info: Author of Payback’s a Witch
Plot
I have not read many books with Demons, but I cannot wait to read this one from the winter 2027 book releases. Danica is a private investigator in Chicago who has spent her whole life battling her inner demons and nightmares. Her reality shatters when she is pursuing a Target one night and realizes there is a stranger beneath her skin when her reflection starts to flicker. She is desperate for answers and must turn to two half-demons and follow them into their world. There she will find answers about her real heritage and the truth about her world.
Four & Twenty Blackbirds
Author: Susan Dennard
Release Date: January 19, 2027
Genre: Romantic mystery
More info: Lakeside Murders Book 1 of 2
Plot
I cannot wait to read this book that has a little bit of everything to love. It is a cozy romance with a small-town mystery and a little bit of enemies-to-lovers romance as well. Wren Peters is home on Blackbird Island for winter break, and is planning a New Year’s Eve festival.
When she has a nightmare about a man being chased into a frozen lake, and he turns up dead, she is freaked out. She is forced into a secret alliance with Archer Sullivan. Their families have been feuding for generations, but the two must work together to uncover the secrets before the killer strikes again.
Plot
Three couples are vacationing in paradise for two weeks in Mexico. They quickly become friends and make the decision to vacation together. It feels fun and effortless, but no one suspects that one couple is playing a game: seduce your target however you can. They have played this game before, but this time, boundaries are pushed, and this might be the one game that goes too far.
Garden Club Women: The Hidden Force Behind a Century of American Change
Author: Meredith Henne Baker
Release Date: January 19, 2027
Genre: Nonfictiom
More info:
Plot
This is a sweeping non-fiction history of women’s garden clubs and their overlooked role in community improvement and conservation across the United States. Conservationists like Lady Bird Johnson and the Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer are names history may have forgotten for their role in protecting thousands of acres of endangered land from California to Florida. I cannot wait to read this pick from the winter 2027 book releases.
Family Across Town: My Father’s Double Life, a Memoir
Author: Aynah V. Askanas
Release Date: January 19, 2027
Genre: Memoir
Plot
Aynah grew up in a suburb of LA with her three siblings. Something about her childhood always felt like it was not quite right. As an adult, she discovered that her father had another family with two daughters who lived just across town. This memoir explores family dysfunction and the cost of secrecy across generations. How can a family heal?
January 26, 2027
Instant Classic
Author: Kate Fagan
Release Date: January 26, 2027
Genre:
More info: Bestselling Author of Reese’s Book Club Pick The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Plot
Marion May is a filmmaker who is under contract for one more film, and she needs this one to be a success after previous failures. When she meets Jaz Jones, a WNBA player with a great idea for a film, Marion dives into gathering the history of Harper Kidd, a rising star in women’s basketball in the 1950s. Forced to leave a game that she loved only to come back years later, Marion is determined to tell Harper’s story and in doing so, confront parts of herself that she has kept a secret. This book is a love letter to women’s sports.
The Jewel of Sugar Hill
Author: Fiona Davis
Release Date: January 26, 2027
Genre: Historical Fiction
More info: New York Times bestselling author
Plot
I am so excited to read this historical fiction pick from the new winter book releases of 2027. Elisa Brown is determined to break into high society. When she meets Aaron Burr, she admires his political aspirations and vows to win his love. Her ultimate goal is to purchase the most beautiful house in Manhattan. This is the Morris-Jumel Mansion, which was built in 1865. In 2010, Abie is an architect who must choose between saving her family’s money and legacy or saving the mansion, after her father falls from it in dubious circumstances.
The One We Buried
Author: Kate Alice Marshall
Release Date: January 26, 2027
Genre: Supernatural Thriller
More info: New York Times bestselling author
Plot
Thirteen years ago, Nic, Alanna, Talia, and Jess were sent to Sanctuary Springs, a program for gifted but troubled girls. Dr. Sheffield and her daughter ran an experimental program that promised the girls would emerge as different women during their three months at the facility. None of the girls ever talked about what happened on the island.
When Nick is attacked and her fiancé is killed, she returns to the sanctuary where Talia has built a wellness retreat. Soon, Nick is convinced that her fiancé’s murder is linked to what happened all those years ago and is determined to confront the truth about that time.
New Winter Book Releases: February 2027
Want the full list organized by genre? See the February 2027 book releases.
February 2, 2027
Tastes Like Seeing God
Author: Nina Michiko Tam
Release Date: February 2, 2027
Genre: Fiction
More info: A Coming of Age Novel
Plot
Jessie is angry and lost after the accidental death of her brother, an up and coming chef. When Jessie finds a list of five meals that “taste like seeing god”, in her brother’s handwriting, she makes a decision to taste the foods on the list. As she travels from New York to Paris, Germany, and Dakar, she learns more about her brother and the people who loved and inspired him. This book from the winter 2027 book releases looks unforgettable.
Plot
This looks like a completely hilarious debit from Leah Abrams. Sophie is an idealist who has a career working for the mayor of NYC. But when the mayor takes a hard right-wing turn with escalating global conflict, Sophie starts to feel the strain- especially because she wants to avoid talking politics to her mother and grandmother, Irene. What Sophie does not know is that Irene wants to see Sophie with a husband so badly, she has created a fake J-Date account for her. She will save Sophie the trouble and just pick out a man herself.
Maria, Maria
Author: Jennifer Galvão
Release Date: February 2, 2027
Genre: Historical Fiction
More info: Debut
Plot
When a drunken man follows Benedito de Silva home and attacks his bride, Bene kills the man and is forced to flee Portugal and take refuge on fishing ships. Maria Luculia, nicknamed Cilia, now feels like an outsider with the da Silva family. Maria Alvares lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland. The sailors come here in the off season.
Soon Bene and Maria start an affair. Bene is unable to red or write so he asks Maria to send word to his wife. Cilia suspects that the woman writing the letters is more than a friend to her husband, but must rely on her anyway. Soon the two Marias form a relationship as they speak to each other directly.
The Society of Forgotten Wives
Author: Pam Jenoff
Release Date: February 2, 2027
Genre: Historical Fiction
More info: NY Times bestselling Author
Plot
Inspired by true events and Jenoff’s family. Hazel Brister is forced to leave her privileged upbringing and start a new life on the lower east side of New York City. She is working at a small newspaper. When a woman named Freyda arrives and asks for help to find her missing husband, Hazel is pulled into a mystery. There are a number of women who share this strange predicament of missing husbands. Together, they will seek the answers that might be closer to home than Hazel could have imagined.
Plot
Lucy and Francis were rivals turned best friends when they found themselves thrown back in time 200 years. Now the time machine is broken, and they are stuck with the ancestors of their present-day peers. As they work together to find a way home, will it become something more?
The Two-Body Problem
Author: Ali Hazelwood
Release Date: February 2, 2027
Genre: Romance
More info: Sequel to The Love Hypothesis
Plot
This is the sequel to The Love Hypothesis that we all needed, and I cannot wait to read this book. Olive has graduated. She has her PhD and is living with Adam. Everything is going just as she always hoped, except for the fact that the job market is competitive, she cannot find time to spend with Adam with their conflicting schedules, and she wants to be seen as something more than Dr. Carlsen’d girlfriend.
This is sure to be the perfect romance for the season.
Plot
Nora and Robin have been together for a decade and agreed they didn’t need a wedding. But when Robin proposes, Nora knows the answer is yes. On the night of their engagement party, Bren shows up on her doorstep. They had grown up best friends who always thought they would end up together, but when her heartbreak turned their lives, Bren left, and the distance between them became insurmountable.
now that he is back, Nora has to ask herself what she truly wants. This is a love triangle that asks about the what-ifs and choices that have shaped our lives.
We Go Way Back
Author: Niamh Connolly
Release Date: February 2, 2027
Genre: Romance
More info: Books set in Ireland
Plot
Frances is back in Ireland for a wedding. But she never thought she would be a guest, rather than the bride in Callum Sutton’s wedding. She has four days at a hotel to get Callum go and leave him behind. Frances and Callum were friends from the time of mixtapes, through life’s ups and downs. What finally tore them apart? When callum knocks on Frances’s hotel room door, will she get closure or more questions?
Stealing George Washington: The Heist That Shook the Library of Congress
Author: Daniel Stone
Release Date: February 2, 2027
Genre: Nonfiction
More info: Novels About Thieves
Plot
George Washington’s diary and other artifacts were stolen from the Library of Congress in 1887. The Secret Service started an investigation, which led to a trial that threatened to unravel the national library. This nonfiction pick from the winter 2027 book releases is the story of the lengths people will go to in order to possess a piece of the nation’s history.
Always One More Time
Author: Nicola Yoon
Release Date: February 2, 2027
Genre: YA
More info: Bestselling Author
Plot
I read and loved Everything, Everything, and The Sun Is Also a Star, so I am very excited for this YA romance from Nicola Yoon. Tallie’s mom died from a heart condition on the day Tallie was born. She has the same condition and will have surgery in 49 days that will either save her or end her story.
She decides to track down Thomas, a boy who felt like her soulmate during the five hours they spent together, and whom she got separated from. But her text is answered by Owen. He is sarcastic and complicated, but offers to help her search for Thomas. But what if the connection she was looking for was Owen the whole time?
The Last Testimony
Author: Veronica Roth
Release Date: February 2, 2027
Genre: YA Dystopian
More info: The Sixth Faction (Divergent Universe)
Plot
We are back with Tris and Four, who are trying to save Four’s home and unravel a secret that has devastating consequences. Tris has ben a faction defector, a covert Fox and now she is on the run.
February 9, 2027
The Three Sisters
Author: Jojo Moyes
Release Date: February 9, 2027
Genre: Fiction
More info: #1 New York Times Bestselling author
Plot
Florian is a famous artist who summons his three daughters to his home in Capri. Cora has been estranged from him and her two sisters for a decade. This is a story about a fractured family and sisters that is a must-read from the winter 2027 book releases.
Elizabeth Loring Slept Here
Author: Sara St. Antione
Release Date: February 9, 2027
Genre: Historical Fiction
More info: Biographical Fiction
Plot
Elizabeth Loring is known as the mistress of Willian Howe and a joke throughout history books. In this historical biographical fiction, St. Antoine reclaims the history of a woman with torn loyalties and loved ones on both sides of a great war.
The Making of a Mad Woman
Author: Kristy Cambron
Release Date: February 9, 2027
Genre: Historical Fiction
More info:
Plot
Josephine Carmichael was a runway model turned ad executive in the 1960s. Going up against mostly men, she had to prove herself as more than a pretty face. In the present day, Alex Carmichael lives in her grandmother’s shadow, but has always had questions about what made her grandmother walk away from the advertising world for a quiet life in Michigan. Grandmother and granddaughter must come to terms with Jo’s departure from Manhattan.
Plot
Mitzy Barlow is a housewife and mother of two in 1969 in London. She is bored with her everyday routine, and her husband doesn’t show her any affection. She finds comfort in scribbling fantasies into her journal every night.To make ends meet, she hosts Tupperware parties.
Soon, Mitzy begins to rewrite steamer endings to classic novels and sharing these with the women in her neighborhood. Before long, she is sealing the stories into the Tupperware containers. But when whispers of improper conduct start to spread, she realizes she could be putting her family at risk. Will she be able to rewrite her story?
The Daughters
Author: Leslie Jamison
Release Date: February 9, 2027
Genre: Mythology
More info: Multiple Timeline Historical fantasy
Plot
This is the story of three women connected by an ancient myth. The witch queen, Pasiphaë, gives birth to her son, a Minotaur, in Knossos, 1550 BC. In NYC, 1944, Beth sees an image from the ancient past that forces her to make an impossible choice. Jac uncovers secrets in a community in Crete in 1997. One myth connects all these women, centuries apart.
It takes Village
Author: Alyssa Cole
Release Date: February 9, 2027
Genre: Thriller
More info: New York Times Bestselling Author, Set in the world of When No One is Watching
Plot
Eboni has a Master’s in SocialWork, but delivers groceries as a job. When she is offered a position for an experimental village created to reduce homelessness, she is excited. When she arrives, there is a lot of hostility outside of the community, and strange things are happening inside. The only person she can talk to is Michael, the security guard. When the town’s history and secrets are exposed, there may be more danger than the job is worth.
February 16, 2027
Plot
Matilda Frost’s grandfather invented time travel, but since he died, the time-box stopped working, and nobody can figure out why. Matilda had been content to build the miniature house rather than return to her family home. When her beloved uncle disappears, Matilda has to dig into old family secrets.
Coffee and Conjuring
Author: Isla Jewell
Release Date: February 16, 2027
Genre: Cozy Fantasy Romance
More info: Arcadia falls book 2 of 2
Plot
Cait Wolfe is a graphic designer who needs a change of pace. When her sister invites her to come to Arcadia Falls, she jumps at the chance. There is free lodging and a magical legacy waiting for her. The new place definitely needs a makeover, but Brenda, the local picker, is more than happy to help her fix the place up, and more.
The Last Match
Author: Jessa Maxwell
Release Date: February 16, 2027
Genre: Thriller
More info: Bestselling Author ofThe Golden Spoon
Plot
When 50 influencers and celebrities gather for a matchmaking retreat, they all have the intention of finding love. But when the hotel owner is found dead at the bottom of the cliff and a storm isolates them together, there may be more than one body because everyone has something to hide.
Murder Most Cryptic
Author: Alys Cummings
Release Date: February 16, 2027
Genre: Mystery
More info: Debut
Plot
Nina is a recovering alcoholic who attends meetings weekly. But she is not really sober most of the time. When a stranger walks into one of the meetings and drops dead, they find a crossword clue in his pocket whose answer is “murder”. Now, they are determined to find out who killed him. But with Nina’s unreliable memory, can they find the murderer? This looks like a mystery I cannot wait to read!
Champagne Problems
Author: Hannah Grace
Release Date: February 16, 2027
Genre: Romance
More info: #1 New York Times Bestselling authof of Icebreaker
Plot
Move over ice-skating, here comes Formula One. Ivy will not date athletes, too much drama and too many bad experiences. But when she is sent to work with a Formula One team and their new driver is Saint Thompson, she might have to change her rules. She fell for him a year ago before a scandal ended things. He wants to pick up where they left off and more. He wants commitment. She would be open to a no strings, no commitment situation only.
Plot
Celestine is released from prison on the condition that she joins the Nightguard. She takes the opportunity to try to reunite with her ex-love, Aire, to destroy the world! Kivessin blames Celestine for his mother’s death, but agrees to work with her to finally take her down. But, Celestine and Kivessin discover they have an attraction and questions whether she is truly the monster everyone believes her to be.
February 23, 2027
Plot
Julia is a 45-year-old journalist who is dealing with the pressures of life, marriage, motherhood, and all the minutiae that go with it. When Julia is offered a large amount of money to take a new anti-aging drug and write about the experience, she jumps at the chance. She also reconnects with her best friend from high school. Soon, she looks younger, feels younger, and is reminded of her dreams from her younger years. But is there a cost to getting your youth back?
Backstitch
Author: Idrissa Simmonds-Nastili
Release Date: February 23, 2027
Genre: Dual Timeline Fiction
More info: Debut
Plot
This is a multigenerational novel that spans from 1920s Haiti to NYC in the 90s. This is a story of motherhood and sisterhood, secrets and ghosts. Serenity has spend the summer recovering from loss with her six year old daughter when Jouvay vanishes in a crowd on Labor Day weekend. To understand what lead to her disappearance, Serenity must uncover the ghosts of her past.
Otter Music
Author: Karen Joy Fowler
Release Date: February 23, 2027
Genre: Literary Fiction
More info: New York Times Bestselling author and Man Booker Prize Finalist
Plot
Lainey Miller studies Otters in Santa Cruz. As an introvert, she is happy with her post-divorce life until her niece mentions, “Mom thinks you don’t have any fun. Lainey has to decide if she is brave enough to want more.
Twist
Author: Alice Feeney
Release Date: February 23, 2027
Genre: Thriller
More info: Bestselling Author
Plot
I cannot wait to read this book from the winter 2027 book releases. I love Alice Feeney Books. I have read all of them and cannot wait to see what twists and turns she has for this book. Ariella is a flight attendant living a double life with two husbands. Darcy lives in London with one husband, her perfect partner. When one of the husbands is killed, his wife wants to know who did it. How far will someone go to protect their secrets?
Repeat After Me
Author: Fiona Barton
Release Date: February 23, 2027
Genre: Thriller
More info: New York Times Bestselling Author
Plot
This is a courtroom thriller from the winter 2027 book releases. Josie is a courtroom usher who is still dealing with the emotional impact of an accident that destroyed her family. Natalie is an actress who is canceled after the man she accused of sexual assault is found not guilty. They both have been denied justice. Now with Josie on trial in her own courtroom, they have forged a relationship that is escalating and may lead to death.
Plot
I cannot wait to read this epistolary novel from debut author, Cassie Powney. Ava and Will met in university and become friends, eventually buying the house they shared from their elderly landlady. There is one condition: they need to send postcards to the house from wherever they are in the world. The years move on and Ava and Will come in and out of each other’s lives, realizing that they are drawn to one another.
The secret Seekers: A Book Detective’s Quest to Crack the Coded Messages of History’s Most Brilliant Women
Author: Vanessa Braganza
Release Date: February 23, 2027
Genre: Nonfiction
More info: Debut
Plot
I cannot wait to read this book from the winter 2027 book releases. With its impeccable research, Braganza brings to life the secret lives of royal British Women! She reveals the ciphers in Lady Mary Wroth’s novels and the cryptic messages in the jewelry of Katherine of Aragon.
Dina in the Red Dress: The Artist’s Muse Who Defied the Nazis
Author: Lynne Bermont
Release Date: February 23, 2027
Genre: Nonfiction
Plot
Dina Vierny is the inspiration for many works by Artstide Maillol. The two became close friends and collaborators. In 1940, Dina led Resistance missions through the Pyrenees Mountains. She brought artists, activists, and intellectuals into Spain from Nazi Germany. She guided them all wearing a red dress. This is the biography of Dina’s amazing life.
The Illuminati: The history of the Conspiracy Theory
Author: Michael Taylor
Release Date: February 23, 2027
Genre: Nonfiction
Plot
This book is the untold story and history of a secret society and the conspiracy theories that have shaped the Western world for the last 250 years.
Expert Tip
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the most anticipated winter 2027 book releases (December 2026- February 2027)?
There are so many books this season in our TBR stacks, we could not pick just the top 5. Here is a list of the books we cannot wait to read! These are not necessarily the biggest names on this list, but these are books we are excited about, and that you may not know about yet.
Rabbit Rabbit by Jennifer E. Smith
The Heart Note by Vanessa McCausland
The Chaperones by Amy Meyerson
A Good find by Brigid Duffy
Daisy by Katie Cotugno
Miss Archer by Jordan Harrison
Tasted Like Seeing God by Nina Michiko Tam
Maria, Maria by Jennifer Galvão
Are there new books from big authors this winter?
There are a few books from the new winter book releases that are VERY highly anticipated. A Court of Forgotten Melody by Sarah J. Maas is the seventh book in the ACOTAR world. People are waiting on baited breath for this one.
The History of Dark Faerie by Heather Fawcett and The Magical Cheese Emporium by Sarah Beth Durst are other fantasy books people are pre-ordering.
The Jewel of Sugar Hill by Fiona Davis is sure to be a fantastic historical fiction, like all her books.
Jojo Moyes has her new book, Three Sisters releasing in February.
There are a number of thriller new winter book releases that are from favorite authors: The Things You’ll Never Know by Ashely Audrain, Twist by Alice Feeney, It Takes a Village by Alyssa Cole, and Repeat After Me by Fiona Barton. The Two-Body Problem by Ali Hazelwood marks the beginning of the beach read romance season- in February! And two YA authors have much anticipated books: Veronica Roth’s The Last Testimony and Nicola Yoon’s Always One More Time.
What winter 2027 book releases are good for book clubs?
There are so many books that look like they would be great book club picks. Here are a few new winter book releases that Kirsten and I think would make excellent book club selections:
Fetal Position by Carolyn Huynh
Pure Ox by Mateo Askaripour
Daisy by Katie Cotugno
Tastes Like Seeing God by Nina Michiko Tan
Maria Maria by Jennifer Galvão
People in Love by Claire Daverly
Always One More Time by Nicola Yoon (for a YA pick)
How can I keep up with new book releases every month?
The best way to keep up with the new releases every month is to sign up for the “Weekly 5” email. I deliver the new releases of the week straight to your inbox. Want even more? Kirsten and I discuss all the books we have read BEFORE the release day with our book club members. You can check out all the perkd of the Beyond the Bookends Book Club.
Epilogue
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