From Nikita Gill to Joan Didion and beyond, 20 new books to make your shelf happy. 

February is one of those packed-to-the-brim months of incredible book releases. Alongside Stylist’s uplifting new collection Life Lessons On Friendship featuring wise essays by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené, Gina Martin, Flo Perry and Candice Brathwaite, many of 2021’s most anticipated fiction and non-fiction titles will also be hitting the shelves.