The Best Paperbacks For 2026 Summer Reading List

Author: Alison EspachISBN-10: 1250899559ISBN-13: 9781250899552Publisher: Holt PaperbacksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/05/2025Pages: 384Format: Paperback

Author: T. KingfisherISBN-10: 1250400244ISBN-13: 9781250400246Publisher: BrambleLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/28/2026Pages: 464Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d

Author: Kate StewartISBN-10: 1496762584ISBN-13: 9781496762580Publisher: Kensington Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/28/2026Pages: 622Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbs

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeneva Rose comes the definitive edition of her shocking breakout thriller, The Perfect Marriage. Fully reedited, this special edition paperback includes gorgeous sprayed edges, and features a sneak peek of the sequel, The Perfect Divorce.Sarah Morgan is...

A charming story about friendship, community, and the magic that happens in bookstores--when an anonymous note left in a book finds the wrong recipient. April, a smart and lonely tech worker, worries work from home has gotten out of hand: She's left an anonymous...

Here to slake the unquenchable thirst of Dazai's legions of loyal fans are eleven works of short fiction and vignettes, most of which have never before appeared in English.Beginning with "Memories" (which tells a tale of teenage love, based on the autobiographical events that...

For fans of Normal People, a queer, coming-of-age debut of impossible first love, first loss, and first heartbreak... It's the early 1990's in the small town of Crossmore, Ireland, and Lucy knows what she's expected to do. Fall in love with the son of...

A Queendom is in peril and the only person who can save it is locked away in a dungeon...until a raven arrives with a mysterious letter. Sir Render, a once-great knight of the Knights of the Hexagonal Table, accepts a deal from Queen Leigh...

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK - The #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder--now a hit Netflix series--returns with her first novel for adults: an "irresistible" (The Washington Post) thriller about a young woman trying to solve...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 - FINALIST FOR THE BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE AND BEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD - WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE WINNER 2025The Artist and the Feast is a captivating novel of love,...

*An instant New York Times bestseller!Vying for the hand of one brother.Falling in love with the other. A new Victorian-inspired romantasy, perfect for fans of Bridgerton, The Selection, and The Cruel Prince."If you're looking for the next YA sensation, here it is." --Adalyn Grace,...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters comes a slow-burn psychological drama about an opulent family that unravels when a decades-old crime resurfaces."Full of chills and darkness."--Oprah Daily"Fans of family dramas and thrillers will devour this tense, suspenseful novel."--Woman's WorldIn 1992,...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RYAN GOSLING AND DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER LORD AND PHIL MILLER From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this "propulsive" (Entertainment Weekly),...

In Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning classic, twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community.Life in the community where Jonas lives is...

Summer's Best Beach Reads by The New York Times - Books You Should Read This July by New York magazine - Books We're Most Excited About by Today - Best Beach Reads by Harper's Bazaar - Best Books of Summer by ELLE - Most...

"The List of Suspicious Things somehow manages to be heartwarming yet heartbreaking, a story of innocence lost that will make you feel innocent again, and beautifully nostalgic while being an unflinching portrait of the past. I loved it."--Tracy Sierra, author of Nightwatching"We'll make a...

Author: Stephen Graham JonesISBN-10: 1668075091ISBN-13: 9781668075098Publisher: S&s/Saga PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/14/2026Pages: 448Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 8.38h x 5.50w x 1.12d

Translated for the first time into English, this richly textured novel by "the shining light of Catalan literature" (Colm Tóibín), follows one young woman's homecoming, as she navigates love, friendship, ambition and betrayal in a Barcelona on the brink of revolution--with an introduction by...

Author: Jennifer GrahamISBN-10: 1250323835ISBN-13: 9781250323835Publisher: Wednesday BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/24/2026Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d

Author: Brynne WeaverISBN-10: 1638934207ISBN-13: 9781638934202Publisher: SlowburnLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/05/2026Pages: 416Format: Paperback

For the first printing only! This hardcover features vibrant sprayed edges while the special edition supply lasts. A young pickpocket gets recruited into an elite group of thieves in this upper middle grade boarding school adventure full of heists, danger, and secret plots perfect...

For a limited time only. The third installment in Jasmine Mas's dark and twisted Cruel Shifterverse trilogy now in deluxe paperback with gorgeous stenciled edges and foil detail. Pre-order your copy today!Welcome to Serpentine City... Where the Mafia rule, and we're about to be...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A brilliant follow-up that proves Kristen Perrin is here to stay...A thrilling story that ends with a big reveal you won't see coming, even though the clues were in front of you the entire time!"--G.T. Karber, international bestselling author of Murdle...

From acclaimed internationally bestselling author LJ Ross comes a chilling, atmospheric mystery steeped in ritual, secrets, and small-town tensions, perfect for fans of Michael Connelly and Louise Penny.On Holy Island, everyone is a suspect... Detective Chief Inspector Ryan retreats to the remote Holy Island...

Cat Sebastian's long-awaited foray into contemporary romance! A witty, emotional, and deliciously slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance between two costars on a popular sci-fi television series.Simon and Charlie, actors on a long-running sci-fi show, can't stand one another. Charlie is impetuous, outgoing, and basically feral,...

A YA horror-thriller-romance retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray by the New York Times bestselling author of Our Infinite Fates, with a never-before-seen bonus chapter! Penny Paxton is the daughter of an icon. Her supermodel mother has legions of adoring fans around the...

Author: Rachel Ekstrom CourageISBN-10: 1368117872ISBN-13: 9781368117876Publisher: Hyperion AvenueLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2026Pages: 320Format: Paperback

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER - TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM DISNEY Read the ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic that has delighted children for over 60 years! "A Wrinkle in Time is one of...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Two women haunted by their sisters' unsolved disappearances band together in this captivating mystery from the author of All Good People Here and host of the #1 true crime podcast Crime Junkie. This edition includes a bonus chapter set...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Propulsive and powerful. . . A gripping roller coaster ride of escalating danger." --New York Times Book Review"Pick up the novel everyone will be talking about." --The Atlantic"Dark, riveting, and accomplished." --Washington PostAward-winning, New York Times bestselling author S....

With only one summer to turn things around, one woman finds herself fighting to hold together the one place that's always felt like home with the people who have become like family, in this summery novel from USA TODAY bestselling author of The Sandy...

Author: Allen LeviISBN-10: 1668236516ISBN-13: 9781668236512Publisher: Atria BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/03/2025Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.31w x 1.00d

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ● READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY ● From Laila Lalami--the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist and a "maestra of literary fiction" (NPR)--comes a riveting and utterly original novel about one woman's fight for freedom, set...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Brilliant, riveting, so beautifully written, impossible to put down." --Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author Inspired by a true literary mystery, New York Times bestselling author of the mesmerizing The Secret Book of Flora Lea returns with...

DELUXE EDITION--features gorgeous dark teal sprayed edges, exclusive endpapers, and deliciously moody art throughout. From New York Times bestselling author RuNyx comes Enigma, a twisted Hades and Persephone meets scorching dark academia romance--a tale of love and obsession between two rivals. There are secrets...

Bram Stoker Award-nominee and USA Today bestseller Johanna van Veen unveils a sapphic folk-horror tour de force--perfect for fans of The VVitch and The Salt Grows Heavy. A skull's grin is eternal...The year is 1635.Sister Ursula, a young nun fleeing the ruins of her...

From #1 bestselling author of The Perfect Couple Elin Hilderbrand, and her daughter, Shelby Cunningham: the irresistible, deliciously scandalous story of one drama-filled year at a New England boarding school. It's move-in day at Tiffin Academy and amidst the happy chaos of friends reuniting,...

The past comes back in a big way for Chicago's only professional wizard in this action-packed novella from the #1 New York Times-bestselling Dresden Files.In a city that's just beginning to recover from the devastation caused by the Battle of Chicago, Harry Dresden is...

Author: Haley PhamISBN-10: 1668095181ISBN-13: 9781668095188Publisher: Atria BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/03/2026Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.31w x 0.80d

A brash bounty hunter and an energetic elementary school teacher become the murder-solving team no one asked for--but they're stuck together, come hell or high tide, until a killer is found in this spicy rom-com featuring a brand-new bonus novella from Tessa Bailey, #1...

Author: R. F. KuangISBN-10: 006302148XISBN-13: 9780063021488Publisher: Harper VoyagerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/02/2026Pages: 560Format: Paperback

Author: Bonnie QuinnISBN-10: 1668096595ISBN-13: 9781668096598Publisher: S&s/Saga PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2026Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d

Author: Madeline CashISBN-10: 1250468531ISBN-13: 9781250468536Publisher: Picador USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/12/2027Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d

Author: Liz TomfordeISBN-10: 164937979XISBN-13: 9781649379795Publisher: Entangled: AmaraLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/03/2026Pages: 464Format: Paperback

Author: Leonie SwannISBN-10: 164129793XISBN-13: 9781641297936Publisher: Soho CrimeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/07/2026Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbs

- NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST A searing, exquisite new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists--the story of four women and their loves, longings,...

The Fifth Year follows a five-year-old girl, Marili, through each season of a single year on her grandparents' farm in the mountains of Austria. Her grand-mother is a quiet, melancholic woman; her grandfather, with his calm, cheerful disposition, radiates warmth. Marili's parents have presumably...

An Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller Now in paperback, an epic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie, featuring a notorious band of anti-heroes on a delightfully bloody and raucous journey Holy work sometimes requires unholy deeds. Brother...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER / From the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of Atonement and Saturday, a genre-bending novel full of secrets and surprises, and an immersive exploration, across time and history, of what can ever be truly known 2014: At a dinner for...

Author: Nikki ErlickISBN-10: 0063349345ISBN-13: 9780063349346Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/09/2026Pages: 368Format: Paperback