The New Confessions is the fourth novel by the Scottish writer William Boyd published in 1987.

The theme and narrative structure of the novel is modelled on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Les Confessions, the reading of which has a huge impact on the protagonist's life.

The book follows the life of John James Todd from his birth in Edinburgh up to his final exile on a Mediterranean island.

After the financial collapse of his backer, he moves to Hollywood along with many German exiles.

He becomes a war correspondent during the Second World War and then returns to America where he becomes caught up in the anti-communist witch hunts.