PARTITA - THE HEARTRENDING NEW NOVEL FROM BARBARA KINGSOLVER - COMING OCTOBER 2026



THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION





'One of the best books about climate change.' NAOMI KLEIN



'Lyrical, socially-engaged and passionate.' SUNDAY TIMES

'Impressive.' OBSERVER



'Beautiful.' IRISH TIMES



'Compelling.' DAILY TELEGRAPH



A captivating, topical and deeply human story touching on class, poverty and climate change by the award-winning, global bestselling author of Demon Copperhead and The Lacuna





On the Appalachian Mountains above her home, a young mother discovers a beautiful and terrible marvel of nature. As the world around her is suddenly transformed by a seeming miracle, can the old certainties they have lived by for centuries remain unchallenged?





Flight Behaviour is a captivating, topical and deeply human story touching on class, poverty and climate change. It explores the truths we live by, and the complexities that lie behind them.





Readers loved Flight Behaviour:



'Fascinating and unflinchingly raw. Highly recommended.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐



'A beautifully crafted tale of creation, destruction and resurrection.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐



'So resonant and moving.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐



'A great book and in many ways a fable for our times.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐



Barbara Kingsolver's books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction include the novels the international bestseller The Poisonwood Bible, which is now considered a modern classic and was chosen as the best reading group novel ever at the Penguin/Women's Prize Awards, and The Lacuna, which won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2010. Her latest novel is Flight Behaviour.