How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay
Jenny Lawson
Published 2026
288 pages
The most popular essays books of 2026
Essays are short works of nonfiction in which a writer thinks something through. The subject can be anything: politics, a walk, a film, a grief. What matters is the mind at work and the voice. Collections here range from the classic to the sharply contemporary. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
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Joyful, Anyway
Kate Bowler
Published 2026
304 pages
We Would Have Told Each Other Everything
Judith Hermann
Published 2026
208 pages
Love's Labor
Stephen Grosz
Published 2026
192 pages
Brassy Bit of Aging Crumpet A Memoir in Pieces
Mary Walsh
Published 2026
288 pages
She is Here (Outspoken Authors, 34)
Nicola Griffith
Published 2026
160 pages
Traumascapes
Maria Tumarkin
Published 2026
288 pages
Chaos, Creativity, Completion
Published 2026
216 pages
How We Think
Marius S. Ostrowski
Published 2026
320 pages
Lee Miller
Robin Muir, Amber Butchart, Ami Bouhassane
Published 2026
164 pages
Maintenance Phase The Hidden History of the Weight Loss and Wellness Industries--And the Lies They Sold Us
Aubrey Gordon
Published 2026
320 pages
Southern Women, Southern Landscapes
Judith W. Page, Elise L. Smith
Published 2026
336 pages
Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik
Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik
Published 2026
300 pages
And Warren Niesluchowski Was There Guest, Host, Ghost
Sina Najafi, Joanna Warsza, Barry Schwabsky, Warren Niesluchowski
Published 2026
272 pages
Nothing At All
Olivia Tapiero
Published 2026
144 pages
Future Farm Forms Architecture, Data, Agriculture
Clare Lyster, Alex Synge
Published 2026
192 pages
Bodies of Air Air As Architecture Materiality
Rafael Beneytez-Duran, Javier García-Germán
Published 2026
224 pages
Modern Painting in Egypt
Aimé Azar
Published 2026
704 pages
The Notorious Efg The Fans' Guide to NBA Analytics
Seth Partnow
Published 2026
256 pages
Biophilic Design Polycephalum's Approach to Carbon Neutrality
Claudia Pasquero, Marco Poletto
Published 2026
192 pages
Flex, Crease + Wrinkle A Companion to Curved Folding and Developable Form
Joel Lamere
Published 2026
160 pages
A Certain Kind of Life
Jimmy Carter, Abigail Chang, Francesco Marullo, Agata Siemionow
Published 2026
168 pages
Design Research for Uncertain Futures
Ozayr Saloojee, Sarah Dooling, Jamie Vanucchi
Published 2026
240 pages
Florencia Pita and Co Curves and Lines
Florencia Pita
Published 2026
324 pages