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Aother years, Another list of books to look forward toAnd another chance to cash in Read More Age-Old New Year’s ResolutionsThis will be easier than ever to try with a bunch of exciting new titles on the horizon for 2026.
Book catalogs are released seasonally, so admittedly this list is only waiting for the first quarter of the year (plenty of last-minute announcements are sure) but there’s already plenty to dig into between thrilling investigative non-fiction, revealing celebrity memoirs, and debuts that are already ready for the big screen.
We believe that some of these books will eventually be available At the end of each year, the best list comes out the following December. – But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. For now, here are all the books that should be on your radar for 2026.
Imagination
half his age by Janet McCurdy (HarperCollins)
Janet McCurdy’s 2022 memoir makes more sense than its daring name suggests. i’m glad my mom died Describing her time spent as a child actor on Nickelodeon, the title of her book highlights her battles with eating disorders, addiction and an abusive mother. If her debut novel, about a 17-year-old girl’s affair with a married teacher, is anything like her memoir, it will be a wild journey told with dark humor and a lot of heart. 20 January
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news from dublin By Colm Tóibín (Picador)
Irish writer, at 70 long Island And brooklyn Has earned a reputation for engendering intimacy through restraint. He brings his signature clean prose to a new collection of short stories about living away from home. Here, we see a woman in Galway honoring her son who died in the First World War; An Irishman seeking anonymity in Barcelona, haunted by the crimes he has committed; A man is flying from Enniscorthy to Dublin to plead for a special favor from the Health Minister – and more. 26 March
john’s john By Douglas Stuart (Picador)
best selling author of shuggie bann And young mungo is back with john’s johnAbout a young man who has dropped out of art school and is penniless returning to his hometown, where he is torn between his father, John, a sheep farmer and pillar of their local church, and his Glaswegian grandmother, Ella, whose relationship with her son-in-law is uncertain at best. If Stuart’s previous books are anything to go by, this will be a heartbreaking story, as brutal as it is tender. 21 may
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relatives By Tayari Jones (Oneworld)
Tayari Jones won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2019 an american weddingAbout the painful impact of injustice on a black family in America. Her first book since is the story of two girls whose mothers are absent as they navigate life in the racially segregated South, attending university, falling in love for the first time, and following a budding civil rights movement that offers a glimpse of hope. Here is a rich story about friendship. 26 March
first year Cairo by Claire Burke (Fourth Estate)
As the debut takes place, first year It is one of the most talked about films of next year, with Anne Hathaway already co-signed to star in and produce the film adaptation. Natalie is a social media influencer of the tradwife variety, sharing her cute aprons and bread-baking lifestyle to millions of followers. However, when she wakes up and finds herself trapped in the past, she is forced to consider her reality, where her choices are not a choice but an inevitable way of life. Expect highs and lows in this inspiring novel. 9 April
i will take fire By Leila Slimani (Faber)
author of Lullaby – That stressful, detailed book about a “perfect nanny” that everyone was reading in 2018 – is back i will take fireHer new novel, which takes its title from Jean Cocteau’s quote about choosing passion over security, promises to be just as intense as her previous novel, which tells the story of two Arab sisters struggling to make a new home in Paris after fleeing politically and socially turbulent Morocco in the 1980s, A family mural inspired by the themes of reinvention and revival of the past, 23 April
prayers by Lucy Caldwell (Faber)
Eight stories of memory and connection make up this powerful new book from award-winning author Caldwell Crowd, intimacies And InaugurationThe stories are wide-ranging in their subjects – one is about a woman whose grandfather claimed to have met Jesus, another about a young Belfast theater troupe bringing their own production, small village to New York – but they are bound by a shared interest in the various ways life can be disturbed. 23 April
non-fiction
Even Nice Girls Will Cry: My 90s Rock Memoir By Melissa Der Maur (Atlantic)
Who better to tell the story of the nineties rock scene than perennial cool girl and bassist of Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins, Melissa Auf der Maur? His memoir will describe his life, from growing up in Montreal to the difficult days spent with Courtney Love as part of Hole. Expect cameos from Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Rufus Wainwright, Michael Stipe, and even Ben Stiller. 19 March
london is falling By Patrick Raden Keefe (Picador)
From investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe comes a new in-depth look into the mysterious death of teenager Zack Brettler, who fell from a luxury apartment building in 2019 – after which his grieving parents were shocked to learn he was revealing himself to be the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch. The book is an expansion of Keefe’s thoughtful and thrilling essay on the subject, which was published in the new Yorker Last year. Award-winning author of the IRA non-fiction book say nothing and opioid crisis-focused empire of pain (both adapted for TV shows), Keefe will certainly do justice to this intriguing and sensitive subject. 7 April
The Street Clinic: 10 young lives on the front lines of gang culture By Dorcas Guata (Picador)
Nearly a decade after Adam K. it’s gonna hurt Giving readers an in-depth look at the life of a junior doctor, the appetite for medical memoirs has never been greater, and Dorcas Guetta’s new book will be a welcome and important addition to that rapidly growing collection. Through 10 intimate stories, Gatwa, a nurse and mental health advocate, walks readers through the painful consequences of London’s youth violence crisis – a look at the people behind the headlines. 12 February
Famousic: A Memoir By Lena Dunham (The Fourth Estate)
Viewers have already had a look inside the mind of Lena Dunham with HBO’s girlsA series he created in his twenties, inspired by that period of his life, and recently inspired by Netflix Too muchwhich was drawn from her experience as an expat in London with a British husband and a beloved rescue dog. his new memoir, famesikFrom his 2014 collection of autobiographical essays, not that kind of girlSeven years in the making, famesik It is an account of how Dunham’s health troubles affected her life in the spotlight. 14 April
We Were Here: A History of Black People and Alternative Music by Stephanie Phillips (Faber)
In her second book, music journalist and punk musician Stephanie Phillips exposes any preconceived notions readers have of rock’n’roll and alternative music as a white pursuit. Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Little Richard, Jimi Hendrix, Tina Turner, Betty Davis, Poly Styrene and Bad Brains are among the acts to be included in a detailed book that spans the musical landscape from the 1930s to the present day. “Blackness is inherently punk,” Phillips declares in his thoughtful history of how black musicians have transcended and helped define the spaces that have ostracized them. 27 August
age code by David Cox (HarperCollins)
How to live forever seems to be the question of the moment – at least for the billionaires and tech bros of the world obsessed with cryogenics and personalized pill-popping. The good news for everyone else is that the answer is actually very simple and cheap. In his optimistic new book, health journalist Dr David Cox explains how to slow down your biological clock, and how years of research into the process show that what you put on your plate is more important than any fad or gimmick. 9 April
light and thread By Han Kang, translated by E. Yvonne, Maya West and Paige Aniyah Morris (Penguin Random House)
The prolific South Korean author is back with her first book after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2025. light and threadKang remembers a poem she wrote when she was eight in which she imagined that “golden thread” of connection, of language. Here she uses that thread to tie together essays and poems, her life and her work, beginning with a “Nobel Lecture” in which the author discusses her writing process and the myriad questions that drive her work. 12 March