27th February 2026 Watson, Little


Silent Mountain Anika Scott “Conclave meets The Matrix” in a gripping historical mystery about a secretive convent of nuns, snowed in on a mountaintop in Renaissance Italy, who discover their abbess murdered.


Agent Laetitia Rutherford


Cold Fusion Paul Grimstad Literary debut from academic, composer, and actor Grimstad (One Battle After Another, Marty Supreme), about an alienated student reeling from his father’s sudden death in 1990s Wisconsin.


Agent James Wills US Simon & Schuster


The Cohort


Lana St James-Kautny Debut thriller set at an elite Finnish business school, where 30-something Ava becomes entangled in a seductive circle of young founders: “Industry meets The Secret History.”


Agent Ciara McEllin


The Greatest Game Tara Sexton Spicy football romance about rival coaches – gutsy American Marcee and ex-Premier League player Remington – who butt heads when their teams compete for the state championship.


Agent Megan Carroll World English Canelo, Portugal


The Scottish Art of Living Slowly Molly Ella Month-by-month guide showing readers how to move away from hustle culture, reconnect with nature and live a slower, more mindful life.


Agent Hannah Weatherill UK & Commonwealth Watkins


UK Abacus, US Simon Six, France Gallimard, Italy Stile Libero, Spain Anagrama, Netherlands


Habila Wayétu Moore Award-winner Moore’s “dazzling and daring” work of magical realism that follows the lives of a Liberian immigrant family and the water goddess who haunts them.


Agent Susan Golomb US Viking


Life in Perspective Tiago Forte Productivity expert Forte’s practical guide to The Annual Life Review, a new strategic framework for personal renewal that can happen at any time of year.


Agent Lisa DiMona US Simon Acumen


Writers House


Cello’s Gate Maurice Africh Africh’s originally self- published debut space opera about Captain Grey’s crew of sky pirates and the race to find seven mythological stones.


Agent Merrilee Heifetz UK Hodder, US Saga


Immortal Rose Alexandra Bracken The YA star’s debut adult fantasy set in a sumptuous world ruled by magical perfume with an achingly romantic, slow- burn love story; “perfect for fans of Bridgerton”.


Agent Merrilee Heifetz


UK Hachette, US Avon Quant


Shanley Jane Kearney “Searing” Wall Street- set debut about three prodigies who must navigate the fatal and twisting floor of their high-frequency trading firm.


Agent Sasha Landauer


The Wylie Agency


Assaut contre la frontière (Assault on the Border) Leïla Slimani The Prix Goncourt winner’s reflections on why she does not write in the language of her native country and the painful relationship she has with that.


Agent Sarah Chalfant French Gallimard


Sea Change Rana Foroohar The Financial Times associate editor follows the crew of the Healy, the US Coast Guard’s largest icebreaker, to chart how a new Great Game is being played in the melting Arctic between Russia, China and the US for control of minerals, gas and sea lanes.


Agent Andrew Wylie UK Swift Press, US Crown, Korea


Anti-Fascist Economics Isabella Weber Economist Weber’s “paradigm-shifting” look at economics in the age of Trump, and how the conversation can be pivoted to centre on people’s dignity.


Agent Sarah Chalfant


UK Penguin Allen Lane, US Random House, Germany Suhrkamp, France La Découverte, Italy Einaudi, Brazil, Japan


Contrapposto Dave Eggers Eggers’ newest is a “sweeping novel about friendship, love, and the lifelong pursuit of art”.


Agent Andrew Wylie


US Knopf, UK Canongate, Germany Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Netherlands


Everything Is Nice, Everything Is Lovely Nicole Flattery An unnerving, deliciously precise account of a newly engaged couple’s weekend at a spa in the Irish Midlands.


Agent Tracy Bohan UK Cape, US Riverhead 22


Agent John Berlyne World English Head of Zeus


YMU Eat For Life:


The New Science of Supportive Eating GQ Jordan Cutting through the noise of modern wellness culture, this nutritional therapist with more than 1.3 million social media followers offers a clear, flexible plan for “Supportive Eating” – a way of approaching food that emphasises nourishment over rules.


Agent Briony Gowlett UK & Commonwealth Orion


Pre-Cancer: The Scientific Race to Stop Cancer Before It Starts Sarah Blagden An inside account of life at the cutting edge of pre-cancer research by a professor of experimental oncology, guiding readers through the exhilarating, often messy race toward cancer-prevention vaccines and early- interception strategies.


Agent Briony Gowlett World Penguin Life


No Contact: A Modern Guide to Estrangement Becca Bland A journalist and estrangement specialist explores how families fracture, to the emotional pain and social stigma of disconnection, offering clear pathways to understanding for a deeply misunderstood reality.


AgentsBriony Gowlett and Anna Dixon


No Meat Disco Sam Jones “Plant-forward” soul food from the man behind @nomeatdisco that “hits hard on flavour, colour and texture, without overcomplicating it”.


Agent Anna Dixon


UK & Commonwealth Little, Brown, US Countryman


Zeno


The Archeology of Falling Worlds Megan Chee Slow-burn romance in a fantastical world where strange creatures and objects fall from the sky: “Brandon Sanderson’s Yumi and the Nightmare Painter if it was a Studio Ghibli film.”


Agent Stevie Finegan


UK & Commonwealth Daphne Press, UK & Commonwealth audio Bolinda, North America The Binder, Hungarian


These Shattered Spires Cassidy Ellis Salter Four magical rivals avoid their twisted romances and the end of the world in a deadly competition. Queer gothic fantasy YA.


Agent Stevie Finegan


World English Bloomsbury, Italian Fazi, French Ynnis, Polish, Ukrainian


Deadlift Clio Evans A dark romcom “for fans of Butcher and Blackbird” about finding the perfect partner to help you get that dead body into your truck.


Agent Stevie Finegan


UK & Commonwealth, North America Bramble Macmillan


Hungry Thirsty Roots Shaina A Cordas Small town, “coming- of-rage” novel in which every night Dove wakes up in a haunted house and has to survive until the morning with the help of a mysterious guardian she can’t fully trust.


Agent Kirsten Lang


The Luminous Infinity Lavie Tidhar Tidhar’s newest space opera centres on a ragtag group – including a sentient flower, an insane machine mind, a gentle if parasitic librarian and a warrior nun – searching for a mysterious relic across three billion years and megalight-years.


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