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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A-1 Diner
Cover of A-1 Diner

A-1 Diner

Sarah Rolph, Jeff Giberson

Published 2026

120 pages

Sri Lanka The Cookbook
Cover of Sri Lanka The Cookbook

Sri Lanka The Cookbook

Prakash K Sivanathan, Niranjala M Ellawala

Published 2026

272 pages