Best New Books of 2026

With thousands of miles and a sick cat between them, can this pair find love — or was it all a fluke?“Abby Jimenez has proven time and time again to be one of our must-read writers.”―Cosmopolitan. There might be no such a...

The Fiftieth Annual Hunger Games are about to begin. Who will be tribute? Who will live and die? Return to Panem for more pulse-pounding action than ever before. Oh, and may the odds be ever in your favor.When you've been set up to lose everything you...

Ghosts of a passionate college love triangle resurface, stirring up Jordan’s life decades later. Known for witty and emotionally moving stories that deeply resonate with her fans, Lily King does it again.INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER...

Horror illustrator and YouTube sensation Uketsu invites us into a world of the odd and the macabre in Strange Pictures. An enigmatic thriller that allows readers to solve the mystery right alongside the narrator, this is a perfect puzzle of a story...

Acclaimed author R.F. Kuang journeys into the depths of the underworld in her latest fantasy swirling with dark academia vibes in this gripping tour de force. This is perfect for fans of Olivie Blake and Leigh Bardugo...

The latest from Nobel Prize-winning author Kang is a story of community and history, humanity and hope.THE NEW NOVEL FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE.“[Han Kang’s] intense poetic prose . . . confronts historical...

There are the books you read and then there are the books you experience, like this one by poet, photographer and bestselling writer Ocean Vuong, whose novels are spun from gorgeous prose and vibrant, original imagery.“The Emperor of...

Sharp, incisive and necessary, this hands-on and brutally honest assessment of the corrosion of Western values provides added validation to what so many are facing across the United States. With sweeping prose and dynamic reportage, Omar El Akkad...

A radiant, new escape to the lake from #1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune. I never anticipated Charlie Florek. Good things happen at the lake. That’s what Alice’s grandmother says, and it’s true. Alice spent just one...

Told from the perspective of a wax doll, this chilling tale is inspired by a real group of women accused of dark magic in seventeenth-century Denmark.An astounding, haunting tale of accused witches—a book of sorcery itself—from the...

Taylor Jenkins Reid is back — and her new book is out of this world. One innovative space shuttle program, six astronauts and an endless universe makes this complex and compassionate story one of Reid’s best.GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK...

A triumphant memoir chronicling Arundhati Roy’s journey to becoming an award-winning author. Written after the death of her mother, Roy delicately pieces together how their powerful relationship helped shape her into the celebrated writer she is...

A slow-burn love story unfolds on a fading Malaysian farmstead. Hailing in the winds of change with vividly poetic prose, this teenage summer coming-of-age journey will leave its mark.A radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys...

A 2025 International Booker Prize Shortlist Nominee.A scathing, provocative novel about contemporary existence by a rising star in Italian literature.Anna and Tom, an expat couple, have fashioned a dream life for themselves in Berlin. They are young...

The Flynn family is facing the fallout of an open marriage as rumors and secrets swirl around their small coastal town in this quick-witted novel. National bestseller. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Named a Most Anticipated...

In this epic dark fantasy where written words are forbidden, a young woman harnesses the power of poetry to save her people … and her prince. A LIBRARY READS PICK!DELUXE EDITION―featuring gorgeous gilded edges, detailed endpapers, and beautiful...

A big-hearted tale from an award-winning author, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny follows the sweeping story of a novelist and a journalist grappling with love, home and culture. This is perfect for fans of Real Americans. BOOKER PRIZE...

Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money--investing, personal finance, and business decisions--is typically taught as a math-based field,...

Who we are with different people is really up to us, and Sybil channels different parts of herself into the letters she writes. A journey of growing older, healing and reluctantly embracing the winds of change, this reflective and funny read is perfect...

The bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and I Was a Teenage Slasher returns with a chilling tale of blood, buffalo and revenge. Based on gruesome true events, Jones blends history and horror in a haunting story of vengeance...