Contemporary & Literary

Frida’s Cook by Florencia Etcheves English | 2026 | General Fiction This colorful, emotive historical debut whisks us to the home of Frida Kahlo, where food, art, and love weave

My Bags Are Big by Tibor Fischer English | 2026 | General Fiction The best fiction to read this year —New Statesman Our 25 most anticipated fiction books for 2026

Fatherland by Victoria Shorr English | 2026 | General Fiction A tale of the American dream on the rocks. A legacy of broken promises, deceit, and perseverance against the backdrop

The Home for Unwed Husbands by Molly Giles English | 2026 | General Fiction Molly Giles is the WINNER of a Pushcart Prize, The Flannery O’ Connor Prize and The

Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin English | 2026 | General Fiction Emily Austin, the bestselling “queen of darkly quirky, endearingly flawed heroines” (Sarah Haywood, author of

The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad English | 2026 | General Fiction Written by an inimitable new voice, The Age of Calamities is a genre-defying, mind-bending collection of absurdist,

This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin English | 2026 | General Fiction A stunning new work from universally acclaimed Daniyal Mueenuddin, whose debut short story collection won

Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash English | 2026 | General Fiction Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Vulture, Bustle, Good Housekeeping, The Times (UK), Our Culture, and Harper’s

The Last of Earth by Deepa Anappara English | 2026 | General Fiction From the award-winning author of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line comes a stunning historical novel set

Far from the A-List by Stephanie Burns English | 2025 | General Fiction In this fresh, propulsive take on fame in the tabloid era of the ’00s, a former child

Best Debut Short Stories 2025 by Kendall Storey and Elizabeth Pankova English | 2025 | General Fiction The essential annual guide to the newest voices in literature Best Debut Short

Casanova 20 by Davey Davis English | 2025 | General Fiction A novel about art, desire, and mortality, Casanova 20: Or, Hot World follows a young man isolated by his

Posthumous Stories by Roberto Bolaño English | 2025 | General Fiction . . . because stories like this don’t have an ending . . . Gathering the short works, in

Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage English | 2025 | General Fiction Lexi Villiers is a 29-year-old Englishwoman doing her medical residency in Hobart, working too hard, worried about her bank

The Memory Gardener by Meg Donohue English | 2025 | Women’s Fiction An enchanting tale of the power of memory and the nourishing magic of gardens from the USA TODAY