Looking for a new book to read? Here are Stylist's recommendations of which new books to buy in February 2021, including fiction, essays and the memoirs to know about now. 

Best new books February 2021: what to read this month. 

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The Smash Up by Ali Benjamin

Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden

Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X Kendi and Keisha N Blain 

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

Thin Places by Kerri ní Dochartaigh

Kink edited by RO Kwon and Garth Greenwell

Space Hopper by Helen Fisher

Coming Out Stories edited by Emma Goswell and Sam Walker

This One Wild And Precious Life by Sarah Wilson

On Getting Off by Damon Young

Temporary by Hilary Leichter

The Spy Who Came In From The Bin by Christopher Shevlin

The Night We Met by Zoe Folbigg

The 27 Club by Lucy Nichol

Minty Alley by CLR James

Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion

A Court Of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas

Where Hope Comes From by Nikita Gill

A Net For Small Fishes by Lucy Jago

Outlawed by Anna North

From comfort reads to uplifting poetry and excellent thrillers – lose yourself in some amazing books. 

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