60 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2026

by John Boyne

A witty and melancholy act of literary resurrection. Full review >

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by Drew Buxton

Part satire, part wake-up call, and all openhearted perspective, this debut promises excellent work to come from its author. Full review >

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by Emma Cline

Unexpected, beautifully controlled, and almost dangerously captivating. Full review >

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by Hernan Diaz

A brainy, challenging, and engrossing trek into a battered but unbeaten future. Full review >

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by Stephen Dixon ; edited by Conor O'Brien

In a world as fraught and misbegotten as this one, Dixon’s is the voice we need to hear. Full review >

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by Tom Drury

A fond, brilliant farewell to Drury’s slice of the uncanny Midwest. Full review >

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by Tananarive Due

Simply stated, this feels perilously close to a career triumph for its author. Full review >

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by Jasper Fforde

A rollicking jumble of plot devices, dad jokes, literary references, existential dread, and pure, joyful silliness. Full review >

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by Bonnie Garmus

Mostly charming, sometimes twee, with some really lovely things to say about poetry. Full review >

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by Chad Harbach

Brilliant, poignant, and absorbing. Full review >

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by Scott Hawkins

Eerie and unexpected, a strangely satisfying new take on the hero’s journey. Full review >

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by Marlon James

Even when it stress-tests your senses, this sprawling depiction of gay life in Jamaica is galvanizing. Full review >

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by T. Geronimo Johnson

A swing-for-the-fences novel, both a gripping procedural and high literary study of American bigotry. Full review >

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by Barbara Kingsolver

Brilliant, affecting work from one of contemporary literature’s masters. Full review >

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by Brais Lamela ; translated by Jacob Rogers

A very human portrait of the traumas of displacement and struggles for cultural survival. Full review >

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