As one who has been reading Anna Quindlen since her NYT columns in the 1960's, she never disappoints. She has her finger on the pulse of the contemporary woman, societal/health issues and the importance of support of family and friends.. She writes of hope in these troubled times.

I have been reading Anna Quindlen since her days as a NYT writer. Skillful and never disappoints and thoroughly enjoyed this book. Thanks for the advance read and good luck with the book.

I truly enjoyed this book. I often found myself talking to one character or another in response to something happening or being said. I enjoyed the book despite having a very negative view of women who blame themselves for not being able to reproduce themselves. It is, in my opinion, both a societally imposed servitude and incomprehensible to me. So, too, the obvious "plot twist" regarding Polly's biology. Hence the 4.5 stars. Notwithstanding my personal biases, the author delivers as she usually does. The writing style is lovely and the insights into life and relationships worth every moment of reading

Thanks to NetGalley and Random House for this ARC. I've been a huge fan of Anna Quindlen so I was so excited to receive this latest work! There is a rich collection of characters, including the main character, Polly. The mix of past and present keeps the interest level up and I really enjoyed the depth of the relationships between the characters, some more complex than others, but all giving meaning to their lives. The underlying focus, the result of a DNA test taken may leave one to re-think going down that path if you're interested!

Anna Quindlen knows how to tug at your heart strings. Once again with, More Than Enough she weaves the importance of friendship, family and love. Quindlen had me fully invested in the complex relationships that make up Polly's life while the one thing she truly wants seems just out of reach, motherhood. It isn't until she comes to terms with all those she loves slipping away that she truly understands how loved she is. Vividly detailed you feel deeply at peace at the cottage, the busyness of her city life, and along side her for her book club meetings. Pick this one up for your TBR it reminds you that even when it doesn't feel like it most people are looking out for us. Enjoyed this one!

Thank you to Random House for the advanced reader copy via Net Galley in exchange for my honest review.

I have really enjoyed all of Anna Quindlen's writing and More Than Enough is just as wonderful as all of her past work. This story about Polly navigating her journey to motherhood while balancing complex relationships with her parents was full of well-developed characters. I connected with Polly on so many levels and the side characters in her book club provided so much humor and love. Polly is also dealing with the results of an ancestry test that has connected her to unknown family. Quindlen handles this plot point with such grace that it really enhances the story. I highly recommend this book to all readers but especially those who enjoy family dramas and character-driven stories. This is some of the author's best writing, in my opinion. Thanks to Anna Quindlen, Random House, and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

A contemporary, relatable story of a woman facing the challenges that life doles out. It’s a lovely story with characters to connect with. This is the third book I’ve read by Anna Quindlen and enjoyed exactly because of that. Her characters are ordinary people dealing with things that many of us know about first hand - grief, loss, terminal illness, a parent with dementia, family relationships sometimes fraught with resentment held for years, troubled teens, infertility, those DNA tests that change people’s lives . But she also gives us time to reflect on the wonderful parts of life that many of us know - love, friendships, family ties. I liked the people in the book and the struggles they were dealing with felt real and familiar.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Random House for the ARC.of Anna Quindlen’s latest novel .I really enjoyed the storyline, Polly’s life as a teacher, daughter and want to be Mom kept me engaged. I can definitely relate to her ongoing struggles. The writing was good, but there was a lot of meandering. Perhaps it was just her mind wandering. (as ours all do) when dealing with grief, fertility, love and life. A very emotional ride.

A fabulous story about mother-daughter relationships, family and the power of long-held secrets. I loved the characters and how Quindlen handles sensitive subjects. Highly recommend. One of my top reads of the year.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House for this ARC.

Wow, Anna Quindlen has done it again! More Than Enough is an absolutely fantastic novel that drew me in from the very first page.

The story follows Polly Goodman, who has spent years trying (unsuccessfully) to conceive a child through countless methods. By her side through it all is her devoted husband and a tight-knit circle of supportive girlfriends. At the same time, Polly is navigating complicated family dynamics: her father, who suffers from Alzheimer’s and lives in a memory care facility, and her emotionally distant relationship with her mother. When a mail-in ancestry test unexpectedly connects her with a stranger, Polly begins to reexamine everything she thought she knew about family, love, and belonging.

I’ve read many of Anna Quindlen’s novels and loved them all, but dare I say More Than Enough might just be my new favorite. With beautifully drawn characters and a deeply moving storyline, this book is easily a 5-star read. I highly recommend it to everyone-without a doubt, it will be one of my top books of the year!

Fans of Anna Quindlen will be thrilled with her latest novel, More Than Enough, due out in February of 2026. Ms. Quindlen’s trademark writing style is front and center in this beautiful, character-driven novel. The story is full of self-discovery, love of family and friends, celebration and renewal. Anyone who appreciates a descriptive, gentle, thought provoking and meaningful read will appreciate More Than Enough.

While this was a good story, the writing was a bit sloppy. It was all over the place. The character would be talking then go off on an unrelated tangent, ruining the moment. The writing was inconsistent with her previous novels for sure.

Anna Quindlen's latest novel is a beautiful character driven novel that focuses on the complex relationships with families, friendships and the struggles of life.

Polly Goodman, a high school English teacher at a prestigious all girls private school, has had a failed marriage, but now has found the most wonderful man of her dreams. But one of the dreams the beautiful couple has is to have a baby, which through IVF has not been successful. Among Polly's other life events is an ailing father who has Alzheimer's and a best friend who is also ill. She finds comfort in her monthly Book Club, where they have all agreed to never read the book. Her Book Club friends have decided to surprise her with a genetics test, that brings shocking results. This was a novel that through relationships, Polly must come to terms with past regrets and how to move forward.

More Than Enough will be available February 24,2026. Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House for the Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review. #NetGalley #MoreThanEnough @PenguinRandomHouse

A well written story of friendships, love, hope, and unexpected discoveries. Family secrets can only stay hidden for so long.

Heartfelt and engaging, this novel beautifully captures the power of friendship and the search for belonging.

Polly is a wonderfully relatable protagonist—her struggles with family, fertility, and identity are handled with nuance and warmth. At the same time, her book club circle provides humor, comfort, and honesty in equal measure.

The ancestry test twist adds just the right layer of mystery, but at its core, this is a story about how the people we choose can shape and sustain us through life’s most complex challenges.

Moving, thoughtful, and quietly profound, it’s the kind of book that reminds you why friendship stories matter.

The publisher provided ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

More Than Enough
Anna Quindlen
NOTE: I received an advanced copy of this book. Publication date: February 25, 2026

Polly and her friends have a monthly book club. At one time they actually read the book, now each buys the book (to support the author), but doesn’t read it. Instead they spend their time together talking and visiting, they are close friends who share (almost) everything.

When her book club friends gift her an ancestry test kit as a joke, Polly struggles on whether to use it or toss it. Polly and her husband, Mark have spent years trying to conceive a child. At 43 she’s ready to stop and maybe consider other options. Mark, a large animal veterinarian, wants a baby and will 100% support her decision. When a letter arrives for Polly, it is the genetic testing results. She learns that she has a DNA match - somewhere she has a brother or sister. But who? And how? Her husband tells her those tests are no good and to toss it, but she’s intrigued. When she receives a letter from her “match” asking to meet she is hesitant, but agrees. Her father is far into Alzheimer’s disease so she can’t ask him, her brother is gay and has never produced a child and she and her mother barely talk. She does know that she can’t let this drop or chalk it up to error, she must find out who this distant relative is.

I received an advanced copy of More Than Enough from #NetGalley and it absolutely blew me away. Publication Date February 24, 2026. Of course, author Anna Quindlen’s books are always full of warmth, all the feels and honesty, but this novel is definitely going to be viewed as one of her best. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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A quiet book about many heavy issues such as dementia, cancer, and infertility. It was handled well by the author and I really felt for Polly Goodman as she navigated the path of one getting older.

I slogged thru this one, which is surprising for Quindlen. The writing was jumpy to me, to the point of distraction. She'd veer off on different topics without easy transitions. The pacing was slow and at times repetitive. The ending was predictable. She did draw very likeable characters, however both Sarah and Mark were too good to be believable.
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I have read many Anna Quindlen books and have enjoyed them all. I was excited about the premise of this book. Having had two people contact me from ancestry.com I could relate and knew exactly how it feels to have a new relative come out of the woodwork. I have also been in a book club where ten minutes was spent on the book discussion, the rest of the gathering was a gossipy girls night out, in my mind, this book had to be a winner.

The book started strong, introducing characters and the book club. Every day drama starts to build and then towards 40 percent it fell flat. I didn’t want to finish but pushed through. I love reading and kept trying to figure out what was keeping me from finishing this story. I’d read three pages and put it down. Read 5 pages put it down, then I got to dread picking it back up and just wanted to be done with it. Maybe it was the predictability, maybe the long, drawn out wait to find out about the DNA family member, maybe too many sub plots, but mostly I think the characters. I did not think they were well defined. During the first half I kept going back to the book club friends and rereading the introduction section to remember who was who. Which one was rich, which one had the two kids, who was the therapist, they all blended in my mind. Polly wasn’t even that defined, a teacher, trying to get pregnant and the love of her life, her husband Mark. Mark was probably the most defined character in the book and I felt like he was the only one I knew and could relate to. The rest, there just wasn’t anything there. So many characters introduced yet we hardly knew anything about their lives or their part in the story. Sarah we really get know in the last ten percent of the book. Too little too late. This book definitely wasn’t a hit for me but hopefully it is for others. I can’t remember the last time I gave a two star rating. This one was really tough to finish.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House for an ARC of this book.

Anna Quindlen's books are always fascinating as they focus on new plot twists and enchanting and sometimes annoying characters. Her ability to weave the lives of different people into a sterling whole never wavers. In this book we meet the members of her book club. The only odd aspect of the book club is that every one of the four in the group buys the book which is chosen each month, but they steadfastly never read it. They do, however, talk about the worries, loves, and considerations of the four members, almost as if they are creating their own cast of literary characters.

Polly Goodman (an appropriate last name) and her second husband Mark have struggled for years to have a baby, and many rounds of IVF do not seem to work. Mark, as a husband and person and as a zoo veterinarian is an almost perfect man. We meet his parents, and then we also meet Polly's rather frigid mother, a well-known and respected judge, and her father who is in assisted living and not completely aware of his surroundings. Polly's lovely brother is also part of the group of characters, and we learn a little about Polly's first husband who is decidedly unlikable, rather a cad.

As a former teacher of literature, I especially appreciated literary references and the examination of Polly's female students to their assigned reading at a posh school in New York. Polly's relationship with one particular very bright but troubled student is an important part of the story.

Polly's best friend, Sarah, who is a member of the reading club, is also described with honesty and warmth, but that part of the book is an emotional tug and has a sad outcome.

The women in the book group give Polly a genetic test as a gift, almost as a kind of joke, and the outcomes of that are surprising and interesting to all.

Quindlen deserves lots of praise for her ability to take all of these disparate plot lines and descriptions of different people and to weave them carefully and clearly for the reader. This, of course, is generally the way all of her books progress, and it is what makes her books so enticing and readable. I will always read a new book by Anna Quindlen as the characters, locations, and plots are new and different, and they are never repetitive. Quindlen is really a grand and impressive writer.

Thanks to Net Galley and Random House for the opportunity to read this book.