Demon Copperhead

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES READERS BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY**
**PARTITA - THE HEARTRENDING NEW NOVEL FROM BARBARA KINGSOLVER - COMING OCTOBER 2026**

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION

TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR FICTION

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR

BOOK AT BEDTIME ON BBC RADIO 4

AN OPRAHS BOOK CLUB PICK

Without a doubt the best book Ill read this year. KATE ATKINSON
Its EPIC. Righteously angry, DEEPLY moving and exquisitely written. MARIAN KEYES
Daring, entertaining and highly readable.The Times
Electrifying.Daily Mail
A blaze of a book. RACHEL JOYCE
A masterclass. RICHARD POWERS
Masterful. Pulitzer Prize
Powerful.Guardian
A work of genius. KATE MOSSE

____________
Demon Copperhead is a once-in-a-generation novel that breaks and mends your heart in the way only the best fiction can.


Demons story begins with his traumatic birth to a single mother in a single-wide trailer, looking like a little blue prizefighter. For the life ahead of him he would need all of that fighting spirit, along with buckets of charm, a quick wit, and some unexpected talents, legal and otherwise.

In the southern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, poverty isnt an idea, its as natural as the grass grows. For a generation growing up in this world, at the heart of the modern opioid crisis, addiction isnt an abstraction, its neighbours, parents, and friends. Family could mean love, or reluctant foster care. For Demon, born on the wrong side of luck, the affection and safety he craves is as remote as the ocean he dreams of seeing one day. The wonder is in how far hes willing to travel to try and get there.

Suffused with truth, anger and compassion, Demon Copperhead is an epic tale of love, loss and everything in between.

____________

Readers love Demon Copperhead:


⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Outstanding . . . I dont know how someone can write a book like this: inhabit a totally different character and create it with such empathy, respect and fullness.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Powerful and brilliant. To immerse yourself in a Kingsolver novel is to put yourself in the hands of a master.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐This was one of the greatest books I have read . . . Kingsolver is a magician with words, and her rage quietly seeps from each page.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Raw, angry, starkly beautiful . . . Genuinely one of the best books Ive ever read.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐An incredibly raw and moving read, with a big-hearted hero who will stay with me for a long time.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I cannot overstate how absorbing this book is. It is wonderful and has restored my faith in fiction and novels.