Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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There are a lot of exciting book releases coming in 2026, with big names like George Saunders, Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Douglas Stuart, Lauren Groff, and more slated to publish new books. Which one are you most excited about? Expand for more information. 👇

Further Viewing 🎥
Last Year’s List: youtu.be/C9KZqNaR3_Q
Our Best Books of 2025: youtu.be/Hkm1_Ux3i9o
My Pulitzer Deep Dive About Less: youtu.be/U-rL7ewcNwA

Titles Mentioned 📚
This is Where the Serpent Lives, Daniyal Mueenuddin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525655152
Jean, Madeleine Dunnigan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324105640
A Domestic Animal, Francis King: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781961341708
I Could Be Famous, Sydney Rende: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781639735860
Is This a Cry for Help?, Emily Austin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668200230
The Old Fire, Elisa Shua Dusapin (translated by Anisa Abbas Higgins): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668212219
Departure(s), Julian Barnes: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593804506
How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder, Nina McConigley: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593702246
Eating Ashes, Brenda Navarro (translated by Megan McDowell): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324096085
The Infamous Gilberts, Angela Tomaski: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668094648
Every One Still Here, Liadan Ní Chuinn: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374620028
Vigil, George Saunders: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525509622
This Book Made Me Think of You, Libby Page: bookshop.org/a/99775/9798217186990
The Roof Beneath Their Feet, Geetanjali Shree (translated by Rahul Soni): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781916751392
This is Not About Us, Allegra Goodman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593447840
Brawler: Stories, Lauren Groff: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593418420
Floodlines, Saleem Haddad: bookshop.org/a/99775/9798889661658
Star Shipped, Cat Sebastion: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063429581
Lake Effect, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063377684
Now I Surrender, Álvaro Enrigue (translated by Natasha Wimmer): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593084076
An Arrow in Flight, Mary Lavin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668098714
An Awfully Big Adventure, Beryl Bainbridge: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781961341920
Python’s Kiss, Louise Erdrich: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063375000
Celestial Lights, Cecile Pin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250863492
Almost Life, Kiran Millwood Hargrave: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668204276
The Scone Queen Bakes, Danielle Sepsy: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593801642
The Night We Met, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538780794
The News from Dublin, Colm Tóibín: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781476785141
American Fantasy, Emma Straub: bookshop.org/a/99775/9798217046850
Transcription, Ben Lerner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374618599
Dear Monica Lewinsky, Julia Langbein: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385551502
John of John, Douglas Stuart: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802167194
Whistler, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063511637
Land, Maggie O’Farrell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593320648
There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood, Rasheed Newson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250406149
Father Material, Alexis Hall: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781728264295
Villa Coco, Andrew Sean Greer: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385551977
It Will Come Back to You, Sigrid Nunez (7/14): bookshop.org/a/99775/9798217179152
Beginning Middle End, Valeria Luiselli: bookshop.org/a/99775/9798217208319
Body Language, Meg Howrey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385551755
Exit Party, Emily St. John Mandel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593321461

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