**Indigo’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026 • CBC Books Spring Fiction List 2026 • CBC Books Canadian Fiction BestsellerA dual coming-of-age story about performance—both public and private—sexuality, envy, and grief. Motherclown explores the most fundamental and potentially explosive of human relationships: that of a mother and her daughter.**In the wake of her father’s death, twenty-one-year-old Elise leaves her boyfriend, mother, and hometown of Niagara Falls to mo...

**OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A musical prodigy and his mother spend years searching for each other in this “tender, heartfelt novel about love, loss, and the enduring power of a mother’s love” (Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women).A SWEEPING NOVEL FROM JENNA BUSH HAGER’S THOUSAND VOICES“An immersive journey amid the sights and sounds of urban China as a migrant mother and son follow a seemingly impossible dream inspired by their...

A lost young man’s sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking attempt at navigating adulthood, online culture, and friendship in this coming-of-age story for our times.Waylon Gans did not mean to start a riot on the university campus. He was only there because he wanted to be in the audience while one of his heroes, Josh Modley, recorded a live podcast.The problem, as Waylon sees it, is that he is trash: he lives in Walleye, a town everyone wants to leave...

“Hackett’s skillful plotting and character work will keep readers hooked…”- Publishers WeeklyCan a luxury resort transform her life by giving her back control? Georgia Evans thinks it sounds too good to be true. Turns out her motherly intuition isn't wrong . . . In the vein of Liane Moriarty's Nine Perfect Strangers, Mom Brain turns a discerning eye toward society's view on modern motherhood and reframes "mom brain" as a superpowe...

A romantic, life-affirming memoir about a young woman’s solo honeymoon to Europe after her fiancé’s sudden death weeks before their wedding, and the community of hope and wonder she built along the wayWhen Laura and Devon sat down to plan their honeymoon, Castellina in Chianti, Italy, was the obvious destination. Four months later, Laura found herself standing in a secret spot at the edge of the village watching the sunset. It would have been perfect, if Devon had ...

**One of Ms. Magazine’s Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2026A gorgeously rendered, unflinching portrait of the fractured relationship between a mother and her daughter—set against the tumultuous end of apartheid in South Africa.**There is that photograph, of course. My mother: standing in front of a soldier, closer than anyone else would dare . . .In late-1980s South Africa, teenager Kelelo is forced to leave her mountain school for a newly dese...

In contemporary Paris, a narrator and two companions explore the life and work of Gertrude Stein: a subversive imagining of a truly subversive female artist.This program is read by Audie Award–winning narrator Kristin Atherton."[Kristin Atherton's] narration is cool, precise and perfectly paced." — The Guardian"[Narrator Kristin] Atherton's delivery of [author Deborah] Levy's curious turns of phrase...

A “stunning, at times shocking collection” (The Boston Globe) of linked stories following a cast of characters navigating bodies, queerness, power, and sex—with radical results—from the bestselling author of Housemates.“A book I have savored . . . exquisite.”—Roxane Gay, The Audacity“These interconnected stories blitzed my brain and gut. Prepare to be shaken.”—Kiese Laymon, author of Long Division...

**A CBC and Globe and Mail Spring Book PickIn this debut novel, a young woman in the Rocky Mountains, separated from the ancestral rhythms of her home in Scotland, turns to ancient rituals to find solace and connection. With shades of Olga Tokarczuk, Ali Smith, and Rachel Cusk, Hovel is a book for those fascinated by female interiority.**Homesickness takes many forms. Alone in the mountains because of her husband’s job, occupied by little more than online ...

**An explosive, jaw-dropping debut about a woman who loses her job as an oil company CEO after she’s filmed having sex with a tree in her sleep, a calamity that unravels her mind, spiraling her through history until she’s united with a centuries-old coven of ecstatically revolutionary women.“You’re holding a torpedo of a book in your hand. Take a seat and get comfortable. This novel’s energy, humor, and rebel spirit will awaken your mind and change your way of thinking.” —Olga Toka...

Three generations of women, an unforgettable summer of music, and the epic cross-country road trip they'll never forget.Summer, 1969: Eleanor Bell doesn't have anything to lose. According to the doctors, she might not remember how to sing or play guitar soon, so why not head west now? Why not join the music festivals sweeping the country and lose herself in the music again, in a swan song of her own?Except she forgets, maybe on purpose, to tell anyone where s...

**A thrilling gothic debut • The untimely death of a student at a girls’ boarding school marks the first in a haunting series of escalating supernatural events, and uncovers buried truths of teenage repression, queer desire, and the everyday horror of coming of age."A truly impeccable novel.” —Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea"This book destroyed me.” —Tamsyn Muir, author of Gideon the Ninth**In 1928, Emily Locke's final year at the...