New Book Releases: January 26, 2021

Each week, I’ll catalog the biggest and most exciting adult and YA fiction — and the occasional nonfiction — coming out that Tuesday.

IF I DISAPPEAR, Eliza Jane Brazier. When her favorite true crime podcast host goes missing, a loyal listener becomes obsessed with trying to find her. Kirkus calls it “a disquieting and distinctly creepy debut.” Read an excerpt here. Bookshop.

THE MASK FALLING, Samantha Shannon. In the fourth entry to the popular The Bone Season series, dreamwalker Paige Mahoney unites with her enemy to turn the underground rebellion into all-out war. Bookshop.

BRIDE OF THE SEA, Eman Quotah. When an Ohio-based Saudi couple gets a separation, the husband returns to Saudi Arabia, while the wife disappears with their infant daughter, a choice that will ripple through the family for decades. Bookshop.

UNCHOSEN, Katharyn Blair. In a post-apocalyptic world, a neglected middle sister takes her sister’s place when raiders attack her settlement. Bookshop.