2026’s highlights include a stunning debut novel, a riveting nonfiction mystery, and a brazenly painful memoir.

In a world drowning in screens and notifications, something remarkable happened in 2025. People returned to books in record numbers, seeking stories that could transport them beyond their daily ...

See PEOPLE's selections for the best books of May 2026, so far — including new celebrity memoirs, long-awaited novels and more.

Kate Riley’s debut drops us straight into a world most heroines spend whole novels trying to flee. Ruth Della Scholl is born in 1963 into a Christian commune in Michigan, one of several linked “Dorfs” ...

What did Britain really lose? Could you swear loyalty to a country that has imprisoned you, fearful of the threat you supposedly pose to its safety? In 1943, tens of thousands of Japanese Americans ...