The most popular cooking books of 2026

Cookbooks give you recipes and the skills to cook them well. Quick weeknight meals, family favorites, world cuisines, special diets and ambitious weekend projects are all here. Beginners will find books that teach the basics, and confident cooks will find new flavors to explore. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.

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Desserts
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Desserts

Kristine Spanier

Published 2026

24 pages

Disney
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Disney

Vivian Jao

Published 2026

176 pages

Camp Cooking
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Camp Cooking

Editors of the Harvard Common Press

Published 2026

128 pages

Upwards
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Upwards

Karen Dudley

Published 2026

208 pages