Partita
by Barbara Kingsolver
What it is
Barbara Kingsolver's new novel: a call from an old lover takes a woman back to the years when she was a young, gifted pianist.
Why it's on the list
Partita is the new novel from Barbara Kingsolver, the author of Demon Copperhead, and it went straight into Amazon's most sold fiction chart in its first week. Livia Cable has made her peace with her marriage in the farm country where she grew up when a phone call from an old lover brings back the years she spent as a young pianist at a music conservatory. The novel moves between those two lives, with memories framed as musical dances. It is a book about the paths we don't take, and about what art means to people who had to choose something else.
Popularity when chosen: #11 · Amazon Charts, Most Sold Fiction, week of 11 October 2026 (seen 19 October 2026). A sales ranking, not a review.
Chosen for 19–25 October 2026.
Edition linked: Hardcover, Harper, 6 October 2026, 352 pages · ISBN 9780063577541.
Who this book is for
Readers of literary fiction and of Kingsolver's earlier novels, music lovers, and book clubs; it is also a Read with Jenna book club pick.
Where to find it
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