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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Cake Picnic
Cover of Cake Picnic

Cake Picnic

Elisa Sunga

Published 2026

272 pages