Fiction
Ayad Akhtar, The Radiance (Sept.)
Sarah Addison Allen, Paper Ghosts (Sept.)
Naomi Alderman, The Strangers (Sept.)
Kelly Anderson, The Wild Beneath (Aug.)
Kate Atkinson, Our Noble Selves (Sept.)
Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Names Have Been Changed (Aug.)
Sebastian Barry, The Newer World (Sept.)
Chloe Benjamin, Under Story (Sept.)
Chris Bohjalian, The Amateur (Aug.)
John Boyne, The Weight of Angels (Sept.)
Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie Is Working on It (Sept.)
Elizabeth Castellano, Proof of Progress (Sept.)
Emma Cline, Switzy (Sept.)
Susan Coll, Word Salad (Sept.)
Philippe Collin, The Barman of the Ritz (Sept.)
Patrick DeWitt, Dodge City (Sept.)
Naima Coster, Take What You Can (Aug.)
Rachel Cusk, Life of M (Aug.)
Edwidge Danticat, Déy (Aug.)
Elizabeth Delozier, The Whitechapel Full Moon Society (Aug.)
Hernan Diaz, Ply (Sept.)
Emily Dunlay, The Library of Leaving (Sept.)
Diana Giovinazzo, Daughters of Naples (Aug.)
Jane Green, The Many Private Lives of Missy Cooke (Sept.)
John Green, Hollywood, Ending (Sept.)
Robert Harris, Agrippa (Sept.)
Kristy Woodson Harvey, Falling for Peachtree Bluff (Sept.)
Kristan Higgins, The Me I Used to Be (Sept.)
Elin Hilderbrand, The Thoroughbreds (Sept.)
Alice Hoffman, The Witches of Cambridge (Sept.)
Meg Howrey, Body Language (Sept.)
Marlon James, The Disappearers (Sept.)
Anna Johnston, When Lemons Give You Life (Aug.)
Minyoung Kang, Plant Lady (Aug.)
Laleh Khadivi, Female Life on Planet Earth (Sept.)
R.F. Kuang, Taipei Story (Sept.)
Nina Lacour, Meet Me in the Garden (Aug.)
Justine Larbalestier, The Mortons (Aug.)
Ariel Lawhon, The Pirate Queen (Sept.)
Chang-rae Lee, A Tender Age (Aug.)
Min Jin Lee, American Hagwon (Sept.)
Elizabeth Letts, Fallen for France (Aug.)
Catherine Lloyd, Chelsea Girls (Aug.)
Emily St John Mandel, Exit Party (Sept.)
Madeline Martin, A Time of Witches (Sept.)
Meg Mason, Sophie Standing There (Sept.)
Emily McBride, Queen Mab (Aug.)
Eli McCann, Stitched (Sept.)
Madeline Miller, Mestra (Sept.)
Vanessa Miller, The Ladies Hall (Aug.)
Jaclyn Moriarty, Time Travel for Beginners (Aug.)
Laura Moriarty, Sunlight Finds You (Aug.)
Liane Moriarty, Big Little Truths (Aug.)
Fiona Mozley, Awake Awake (Aug.)
Louise Nealon, Everything That Is Beautiful (Sept.)
Dorthe Nors, Range (Aug.)
Tea Obreht, Sunrise (Aug.)
Valerie Perrin, Tata (Aug.)
Amanda Peters, The Birthing Tree (Sept.)
Deesha Philyaw, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman (Sept.)
Jodi Picoult, Hollow Bones (Sept.)
Nathaniel Rich, Cloudthief (Aug.)
Richard Russo, Under the Falls (Aug.)
Jim Shepard, The Queen of Bad Influences (Sept.)
Alexander Starritt, Drayton and MacKenzie (Aug.)
Danielle Steel, The True Meaning of Love (Aug.)
Danielle Steel, Ruthless (Sept.)
Natalie Sue, You'll Love It Here (Aug.)
Thao Thai, The Seekers of Deer Creek (Aug.)
Nancy Thayer, Nantucket Christmas Stroll (Sept.)
Dawn Turner, Majestic Hills (Aug.)
Fiona Valpy, Sisters of the Midnight Sun (Sept.)
Bo Wang, The Chinese Lady (Sept.)
Helene Wecker, The Gates of Midnight (Sept.)
Elizabeth Wellington Rollins, The Three Graces of Pearl Street (Sept.)
Paul Yoon, Etna (Aug.)
Song Yu-Jeong, The Memory Bookshop (Aug.)
Thrillers
Mallory Arnold, Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die (Aug.)
Linwood Barclay, Not a Word (Aug.)
Leigh Bardugo, Dead Beat (Sept.)
Olivie Blake, Dreamland (Aug.)
Allison Brennan, I'll Be Watching You (Sept.)
W.H. Chizmar, Them (Aug.)
Tom Clancy's Pressure Depth (Sept.)
Mason Coile, Driven (Sept.)
Liv Constantine, Promise Me Never (Aug.)
Jeffery Deaver, Deceptions (Aug.)
Alex Dekker, Desert Heist (Aug.)
Tananarive Due, Mazywood (Sept.)
Robert Dugoni, One Split Second (Sept.)
Mark Edwards, One of the Family (Aug.)
Kendra Elliot, Until She Dies (Sept.)
Vince Flynn, Double Tap (Sept.)
Lisa Gardner, You'll Be Sorry (Aug.)
Tess Gerritsen, The Shadow Friends (Aug.)
S.C. Godfrey, The Enigma Challenge (Aug.)
Heather Graham, These Ancient Bones (Aug.)
John Grisham, The French Illusion (Sept.)
Sophie Hannah, The Opposite of Murder (Aug.)
Rachel Harrison, Kiss Slay Replay (Sept.)
Steve Hawk, Nearshore (Aug.)
Alex Hay, The Midnight Guests (Sept.)
Jennifer Hillier, Heart of Glass (Aug.)
Jason Hough, Throw Away the Key (Aug.)
Emiko Jean, Before You Were Anne (Sept.)
Alma Katsu, Incarnate (Sept.)
Ellery Lloyd, Time to Burn (Aug.)
Josh Malerman, Pictures of You (Sept.)
Gillian McAllister, That Night (Aug.)
Robert McCaw, Traitors (Aug.)
David McCloskey, London Station (Sept.)
Jennifer McMahon, Stay Buried (Aug.)
Natalie Moss, The Night Hunter (Aug.)
Alan Parks, Deception (Sept.)
MrBeast & James Patterson, The Most Dangerous Games (Sept.)
James Patterson, The Munich Affair (Sept.)
James Patterson, Delusional (Aug.)
George Pelecanos, The Blue Flame (Aug.)
Sarah Pekkanen, The Women in White (Aug.)
Sarah Pinborough, They Say a Girl Died Here (Aug.)
Jeneva Rose, Sometimes I Scare Myself (Sept.)
Hank Phillippi Ryan, Mother Daughter Sister Stranger (Sept.)
Aisha Saeed, The Wedding Week (Aug.)
Riley Sager, The Unknown (Aug.)
Margret Ann Thors, Freyja (Aug.)
Alaina Urquhart, The Butcher Legacy (Aug.)
Hannah Whitten, Reliquary (Aug.)
Iliana Xander, Bad Intentions (Aug.)
Mysteries
Jussi Adler-Olsen, No Song for the Dead (Sept.)
Ellie Alexander, Pumpkin Vice Café (Sept.)
Tasha Alexander, Murder on the Sacred River (Sept.)
Donna Andrews, Probable Caws (Aug.)
Jennifer Ashley, Murder in Blackfriars (Aug.)
Lorna Barrett, A Critical Conjunction (Sept.)
James Benn, The Ninth Circle (Sept.)
Laurien Berenson, Peg and Rose Deck the Halls (Sept.)
Katarina Bivald, The Woman Who Wouldn't Die Quietly (Aug.)
Ginger Bolton, Killer Donuts (Aug.)
Rhys Bowen, The Castle in the Glen (Aug.)
Jessica Brody, How to Write a Murder (Sept.)
Ellen Byron, A Murderer's Guide to Mardi Gras (Aug.)
Vivien Chien, And Then There Were Bun (Aug.)
Michelle Chouinard, A Map to Murder (Sept.)
Ann Cleeves, The Dying Light (Sept.)
Lucy Connelly, Death at a Scottish Halloween (Aug.)
Cleo Coyle, Eat, Drink, and Get Buried (Sept.)
Michelle Cullen, Field Guide to Death and Deceit (Sept.)
Jeanne Dams, A Thief's Folly (Sept.)
Maddie Day, Murder at the Toy Soldier (Aug.)
Vicki Delany, 'Tis the Season to Be Scary (Sept.)
Teresa Dovalpage, The Novel Detective (Aug.)
J.T. Ellison, You Know Why (Aug.)
Lucy Foley, Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel (Sept.)
Felix Francis, The Chase (Sept.)
Dianne Freeman, A Christmas Guide to Family and Murder (Sept.)
Victoria Gilbert, Death on the Books (Aug.)
Bryan Gruley, River Deep (Aug.)
Janice Hallett, The Silent Appeal (Aug.)
Robert J. Harris, Crescendo (Aug.)
Anastasia Hastings, Of Devotion and Death (Aug.)
Lee Hollis, Death of a Grill Master (Sept.)
Anna Lee Huber, The Bravest Hour (Aug.)
Laurie R. King, Those Who Are Gone (Sept.)
Michael Koryta, Die Famous (Sept.)
William Kent Krueger, God's Country (Aug.)
David Lagercrantz, Post Mortem (Aug.)
Jess Lourey, The Crying Killer (Sept.)
Clare Mackintosh, It's Not What You Think (Sept.)
Alyssa Maxwell, Murder at Rosecliff (Aug.)
Alexander McCall Smith, Big Cats Dance Party (Sept.)
Leslie Meier, Countdown to Christmas Murder (Sept.)
Margaret Mizushima, Fighting Edge (Sept.)
Mimi Montgomery, Murder Bites (Aug.)
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2026 (Sept.)
E.C. Nevin, A Killer Plot (Aug.)
Jo Nichols, Murder on Charity Lane (Aug.)
Richard Osman, We Chase Shadows (Sept.)
Cathy Pegau, A Deadly Entanglement (Sept.)
Andrea Penrose, Murder on Threadneedle Street (Sept.)
Philippa Perry, Shrink Solves Murder (Aug.)
Gary Phillips, The Haul (Aug.)
Vanessa Riley, Murder in St James Park (Sept.)
J.D. Robb, Fury in Death (Sept.)
Nina Simon, My Sister Is Going to Kill Me (Aug.)
Karin Slaughter, The Secrets We Hide (Aug.)
Archer Sullivan, Brimstone Hollow (Aug.)
Tim Sullivan, The Tailor (Aug.)
Sherry Thomas, The Vanished Sister (Sept.)
Will Thomas, For Services Rendered (Aug.)
Vikki VanSickle, The Mystic and the Missing Girl (Sept.)
John Verdon, Ghost Barn (Sept.)
Bridget Walsh, The Spirit Guide (Aug.)
Kate Westbury, Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies (Sept.)
Romance
Poppy Alexander, How to Find Romance in a Bookshop (Aug.)
Amy Buchanan, The Best I Never Had (Sept.)
Meg Cabot, The Magic We Made (Aug.)
Liana de la Rosa, Mutual Discord (Sept.)
Elliot Fletcher, One for the Road (Sept.)
Pippa Grant, The Gossip and the Grump (Sept.)
Rachel Griffiths, Just for the Season (Sept.)
Shannon Hale, Christmas in Austenland (Sept.)
Sophie Irwin, How to Lose a Lord in Ten Days (Aug.)
Brittany Kelley, Keeping Score (Sept.)
Rina Kent, Deviant King (Sept.)
Bal Khabra, Embrace (Aug.)
Kat MacKenzie, Experiments in Offline Dating (Sept.)
Fern Michaels, The Boat House (Aug.)
Fern Michaels, A Season of Secrets (Sept.)
Julie Olivia, Love Felt Like This (Sept.)
Stephanie Parente, Return to Sender (Sept.)
Karen Rose, The One Who Walked Away (Aug.)
Heidi Swain, All Wrapped Up (Sept.)
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade in Blood (Aug.)
Alexandra Bracken, Immortal Rose (Aug.)
Carissa Broadbent, The Lion & the Deathless Dark (Aug.)
Sylvie Cathrall, The Art of Charming a Changeling (Aug.)
T. Kingfisher, Daggerbound (Aug.)
Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Adversary to the Villain (Aug.)
Eli Snow, The Divine Gardener's Handbook (Aug.)
Chuck Wendig, The Calamities (Aug.)
H.M. Wolfe, Daggermouth (Aug.)
