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The 18 Best Books of 2026 (So Far)

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July 11, 2026
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<i>This Is Where the Serpent Lives</i> by Daniyal Mueenuddin (Knopf)” title=”<i>This Is Where the Serpent Lives</i> by Daniyal Mueenuddin (Knopf)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1766008751-81jz8ifAt5L.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1707″ height=”2560″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>Nearly two decades after his short story collection <em>In Other Rooms</em>, <em>Other Wonders</em> was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, Mueenuddin returns with a masterful debut novel set in Pakistan. It begins in 1955 with an orphaned tea seller in the Rawalpindi bazaar, and expands to follow the “upstairs, downstairs” lives of a wealthy family and the men and women who work for them. It is a startling and breathtaking work of fiction that will be remembered as a classic multigenerational epic.</p> </div> <div data-ad-exclude=

<em>Football</em> by Chuck Klosterman (Penguin Press)” title=”<em>Football</em> by Chuck Klosterman (Penguin Press)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1769028195-81BsH54vvGL.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1684″ height=”2560″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>Chuck Klosterman’s <em>The Nineties</em> was one of the most interesting and satisfying nonfiction reads of 2022 for me, so I was thrilled to hear he was turning his inquisitive eye on American football next. “In 2023, 93 of the 100 most-watched programs on U.S. television were NFL football games,” says Penguin Press. “This is not an anomaly.” I particularly enjoyed Klosterman’s investigation of the socio-cultural layers of football in places like Texas and the Southeast.</p> </div> </section> <div data-journey-unblur=

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<em>Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island – A Provocative Archaeological Study of Colonial Legacy, Indigenous Reclamation, and the Collapse Myth</em> by Mike Pitts (Mariner)” title=”<em>Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island – A Provocative Archaeological Study of Colonial Legacy, Indigenous Reclamation, and the Collapse Myth</em> by Mike Pitts (Mariner)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1777912257-91qkzAiGhFL.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1695″ height=”2560″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>In 1994, the British archaeologist Mike Pitts found himself, rather unexpectedly, in one of the most remote places in the world—Easter Island, home to the giant stone statues immortalized as the 🗿 emoji. When he learned about a lost goldmine of research conducted by an English couple during the early twentieth century, Pitts spent decades tracking it down in archives and libraries. As a result, <em>Island at the Edge of the World</em> is a groundbreaking, eye-opening work of history and adventure that challenges the prevailing story of Easter Island among tourists and scholars.</p> </div> <div data-ad-exclude=

<em>One Sun Only: Stories</em> by Camille Bordas (Random House)” title=”<em>One Sun Only: Stories</em> by Camille Bordas (Random House)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1777912465-91zJo0egsL.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1650″ height=”2475″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>I’ve been telling people for years that Bordas is one of our greatest living short story writers. Her new collection, <em>One Sun Only</em>, showcases her unique command of voice, tone, and tension. In “Chicago on the Seine,” a man who repatriates American bodies after they die in France is asked to spend the night with one in a morgue. In “The Presentation on Egypt,” a surgeon’s unexpected death changes the way his surviving wife perceives time. It’s a great concept album on how we experience life, death, time, and space—with no skippable tracks.</p> </div> </section> <div data-journey-unblur=

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<em>Autobiography of Cotton: A Novel</em>, by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by Christina MacSweeney (Graywolf)” title=”<em>Autobiography of Cotton: A Novel</em>, by Cristina Rivera Garza, translated by Christina MacSweeney (Graywolf)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1769028357-815BlCU8LL.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1707″ height=”2560″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>Now 61 years old, the Mexican novelist and memoirist Cristina Rivera Garza remains one of the most innovative and fascinating writers in the Western Hemisphere. Her latest, <em>Autobiography of Cotton</em>, is a stunning work of autofiction based on her grandparents’ journey to the cotton fields along the US-Mexico border. Originally published in Spanish in 2020, this new translation from Christina MacSweeney is silky smooth.</p> </div> <div data-ad-exclude=

<i>On Morrison</i> by Namwali Serpell (Hogarth)” title=”<i>On Morrison</i> by Namwali Serpell (Hogarth)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1768412497-81RYwwgTzvL.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1682″ height=”2560″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>Namwali Serpell is a brilliant novelist herself, but also a Professor of English at Harvard, where she teaches a course on Toni Morrison, the Nobel Prize-winning author of <em>The Bluest Eye</em>, <em>Sula</em>, <em>Song of Solomon</em>, and <em>Beloved</em>. Serpell’s deep but clear investigation of Morrison’s literary genius is one the best primers to an author’s oeuvre I’ve ever read.</p> </div> </section> <div data-journey-unblur=

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<i>Kin</i> by Tayari Jones (Knopf)” title=”<i>Kin</i> by Tayari Jones (Knopf)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1769028554-81un3IdH1OL.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1696″ height=”2560″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>Following the massive success of An American Marriage, Jones returns with <em>Kin</em>, an intense, heartbreaking story about a lifelong friendship in the American South during the Jim Crow era. Annie and Vernice, two “cradle sisters” in the small town of Honeysuckle, Louisiana, have been “friends since we smiled with our milk teeth.” But Annie’s mother abandoned her shortly after giving birth, while Vernice’s mother was murdered by Vernice’s father. Years later, as adults, they wind up in very different places, geographically and socially, until Annie becomes desperate for an escape that only Vernice has the power to provide.</p> </div> <div data-ad-exclude=

<em>Whidbey</em> by T Kira Madden (Mariner)” title=”<em>Whidbey</em> by T Kira Madden (Mariner)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1768414565-81f6iz5FNYL.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1695″ height=”2560″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>Seven years after her memoir <em>Long Live the Tribe of Motherless Girls</em>, T Kira Madden’s debut novel has arrived, and it’s a tense, atmospheric thriller set on an island near Seattle. When a sex criminal is murdered, three women—his mother and two of his victims—must reckon with the ensuing secrets, confusion, and darkness.</p> </div> </section> <div data-journey-unblur=

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<em>The Natural Way of Things </em>by Charlotte Wood (Riverhead)” title=”<em>The Natural Way of Things </em>by Charlotte Wood (Riverhead)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/product-images/2e60e253-8a79-4def-a382-ae7fa8502073/3989eecd-c464-4391-9033-bab1c21a81ae.jpeg?crop=1xw:0.640833333333xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1538″ height=”2400″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>When I read the first chapter of Charlotte Wood’s fifth novel, I was completely entranced and kept reading until well after midnight. First published in Australia ten years ago, <em>The Natural Way of Things</em> is a subtle, haunting, sun-bleached nightmare of a novel. When several women wake up in a spartan compound somewhere in the desert, with no memory of how they arrived, they share stories and realize they all have something in common: abuse at the hands of powerful men. Wood’s sparse and evocative prose makes this an unforgettable reading experience.</p> </div> <div data-ad-exclude=

<i>Children of Strife</i> by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit)” title=”<i>Children of Strife</i> by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1777912716-81i9rAv9m-L.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1651″ height=”2560″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>Tchaikovsky’s 2015 novel, <em>Children of Time</em>, is one of the most popular works of science fiction of the century so far. Each book in the ensuing series has introduced a new intelligent species “uplifted” by human technology, including spiders, octopi, and ravens. This year’s <em>Children of Strife</em>, the fourth entry in Tchaikovsky’s franchise, features an interstellar ship piloted by a giant mantis shrimp, which discovers a forgotten planet terraformed by Earth’s diaspora long ago. It’s a fast-paced romp that showcases Tchaikovsky’s galactic imagination once again.</p> </div> </section> <div data-journey-unblur=

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<em>Python’s Kiss</em> by Louise Erdrich (Harper)” title=”<em>Python’s Kiss</em> by Louise Erdrich (Harper)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1769028729-91PK7HS5dWL.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1695″ height=”2560″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>Now 71 years old, Louise Erdrich has written more than 30 books, but <em>Python’s Kiss</em> is only her second short story collection. These stories were written over the past two decades of her career, including her 2022 standout “The Hollow Children,” set in Minnesota during the deadly 1923 blizzard where a bus driver holds the lives of children in his hands.</p> </div> <div data-ad-exclude=

<em>Seasons of Glass and Iron</em> by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom)” title=”<em>Seasons of Glass and Iron</em> by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1769020311-91Mu-pZfzjL.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1613″ height=”2475″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>A fascinating speculative short story collection (plus a few poems) from the author of <em>The River Has Roots </em>and the co-author of <em>This Is How You Lose the Time War</em>. These deliciously imaginative stories have won and been nominated for Hugo, Locus, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards, and there’s not a single dud in the bunch.</p> </div> </section> <div data-journey-unblur=

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<em>Transcription</em> by Ben Lerner (FSG)” title=”<em>Transcription</em> by Ben Lerner (FSG)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1777912889-815UXRxTFIL.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1613″ height=”2475″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>Chances are you’ve already heard the hype around Lerner’s first novel since 2019’s <em>The Topeka School</em>. But is it really that good? Yes—resoundingly. This will likely be remembered as one of the year’s best works of fiction, if not the decade’s. It starts with every journalist’s nightmare: showing up to a once-in-a-lifetime interview without a recording device. At less than 150 pages, Transcription joins the ranks of “weird little novels” that are moving and challenging enough to change your perspective.</p> </div> <div data-ad-exclude=

<em>London Falling</em> by Patrick Radden Keefe (Doubleday)” title=”<em>London Falling</em> by Patrick Radden Keefe (Doubleday)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1766150961-81eRsW9FoNL.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1684″ height=”2560″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>The author of<em> <a href=Say Nothing—which was adapted by FX into one of the best TV series of the decade so far—returns with another blockbuster feat of reportage. This time, Keefe investigates the mysterious death of Zac Brettler, a teenager who jumped in the River Thames just outside the headquarters of MI6 in 2019 after pretending to be the son of a Russian oligarch. I sprinted through this addictive book in three days and gasped more than once at the true story’s twists and turns.

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<i>Questions 27 & 28</i> by Karen Tei Yamashita (Graywolf)” title=”<i>Questions 27 & 28</i> by Karen Tei Yamashita (Graywolf)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1769029667-81YNe1XtqSL.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1707″ height=”2560″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>Karen Tei Yamashita deserves to be a literary household name courtesy of her previous novels <em>Brazil-Maru</em>, <em>Tropic of Orange</em>, I<em> H</em><em>otel</em>, and <em>Through the Arc of the Rainforest</em>. I devoured her ambitious fifth novel, <em>Questions 27 & 28</em>, titled after the “so-called loyalty questionnaire” that 120,000 Japanese Americans were forced to take in order to be considered for release during their internment in concentration camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor.</p> </div> <div data-ad-exclude=

<em>Honey</em> by Imani Thompson (Random House)” title=”<em>Honey</em> by Imani Thompson (Random House)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1769030027-71QnkdLImHL.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1650″ height=”2475″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p><em>Honey</em> was one of my most-anticipated debut novels of the year thanks in part to its perfect-for-Hollywood premise: a Cambridge PhD student “who murders bad men and justifies it in the name of feminism.” Based in London, Imani Thompson studied Sociology at Cambridge herself, and her debut novel was “fiercely fought” over by ten different book publishers when it sold at auction last fall.</p> </div> </section> <div data-journey-unblur=

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<em>John of John</em> by Douglas Stuart (Picador, May 21)” title=”<em>John of John</em> by Douglas Stuart (Picador, May 21)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1766008569-91P0uVFcV3L.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1600″ height=”2402″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>The Scottish writer Douglas Stuart became a literary star after his debut novel <em>Shuggie Bain </em>(2020) and its follow-up <em>Young Mungo</em> (2022). Now, Stuart moves from Glasgow to the mountainous island of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, where a young art student returns to his hometown and faces cultural and personal reckonings with his father and mother. <em>John of John</em> is another masterful, heartbreaking character study that will likely get awards attention later this year.</p> </div> <div data-ad-exclude=

<em>One Leg on Earth</em> by ‘Pemi Aguda (Norton)” title=”<em>One Leg on Earth</em> by ‘Pemi Aguda (Norton)” data-fp-product-image=”true” datafptag=”data-fp-product-image” src=”https://hips.hearstapps.com/vader-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/1777913241-8150N18ab8L.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=980:*” width=”1688″ height=”2550″ decoding=”async” loading=”lazy”></p> </div> <p></a></div> <p>A stunning and lyrical literary horror novel set in the city of Lagos, Nigeria, where rumors contend that pregnant women are inexplicably walking into bodies of water and drowning themselves. When a 23-year-old woman named Yosoye arrives in Lagos to start her career at a prestigious architectural firm helping build Omi City—a luxury development on reclaimed land—she soon discovers her own pregnancy. Aguda was a finalist for her 2024 short story collection <em>Ghostroots</em>, but <em>One Leg on Earth</em> is even more richly imagined and deftly executed.</p> </div> </section> </div> <p><a href=Read More

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