The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett – Hardcover Historical Novel (2026)

Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help, returns with a sweeping Depression-era novel about three women in 1933 Mississippi who refuse to accept the hand they have been dealt. 656-page hardcover.

Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur was left at the Lafayette County orphanage one Christmas Eve and has learned to count on no one. Birdie Calhoun, unmarried and outspoken, arrives in town hoping her socialite sister will help the family she left behind, only to discover that her sister's glittering life is built on lies. And Charlie, a woman with little luck and even less to lose, has an idea bold enough to change all three of their fortunes.

When their paths cross, the women hatch an audacious plan to take back what is rightfully theirs in a place where hypocrisy rules and a woman's freedom can vanish overnight. Big-hearted, funny and fierce, The Calamity Club is a celebration of friendship and of the quiet courage it takes to stand up for yourself.

Praised by Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry, as a must-read, this is the long-awaited second novel from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Help. A natural pick for book clubs and for readers of Southern and historical fiction.

Product details

• Author: Kathryn Stockett
• Format: Hardcover
• Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
• Pages: 656
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 9781954118812
• Publication date: January, 2026
• Dimensions: 6.20 x 6.00 x 9.00 in