Just a Busy Season Essays on Motherhood, an Unexpected Comedy
Taylor Wolfe
Published 2026
272 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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Erwin Olaf Freedom
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Rein Wolfs, Hans Manen
Published 2026
384 pages
Watershed Essays
Joel Long
Published 2026
200 pages
The Edinburgh Companion to Nonsense
James Williams, Anna Barton
Published 2026
408 pages
American Examples, Vol 5
Michael J. Altman, Rachel E.C. Beckley, Jacob Lassin, Andrew Klumpp
Published 2026
224 pages
Colored People Time A Case for (Casual) Rebellion
Manny Fidel
Published 2026
128 pages
A Certain Kind of Life
Jimmy Carter, Abigail Chang, Francesco Marullo, Agata Siemionow
Published 2026
168 pages
Pushed to the Edge Stories from the Culture Wars in American Education
Sue Granzella
Published 2026
240 pages
Body Weather Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene
Lorraine Boissoneault
Published 2026
280 pages
Love You, Bye A Daughter's Journey in Essays and Poems
Brenda Miller
Published 2026
192 pages
Heart Eater
Sun Yung Shin
Published 2026
350 pages
Letters to Our Sons
Stephen Graham
Published 2026
272 pages
Irene Nordli
Gjertrud Steinsvåg
Published 2026
176 pages
Design Research for Uncertain Futures
Ozayr Saloojee, Sarah Dooling, Jamie Vanucchi
Published 2026
240 pages
A Bite-Sized History of Italy Gastronomic Tales of the Roman Empire, Resistance, and Republic
Danielle Callegari
Published 2026
256 pages
The Snakes That Ate Florida Reporting, Essays, and Criticism
Ian Frazier
Published 2026
384 pages
From Broadway to the Bronx New York City's History Through Song
Sabrina Mittermeier, Veronika Keller
Published 2026
220 pages
Goose Cove
Devin Finigan
Published 2026
320 pages
Divine Anarchy
Cj Story
Published 2026
182 pages
Unlearning with Translation A Critical and Collective Practice
Virginie Bobin
Published 2026
144 pages
How It Feels to Be Alive Encounters with Art and Our Selves
Megan O'Grady
Published 2026
272 pages
These Long Shadows Women's House Museums in the American South
Monica Nelson
Published 2026
320 pages
My Gardening Life
Mary Berry
Published 2026
272 pages
Moveable Feasts A Story of Paris in Twenty Meals
Chris Newens
Published 2026
368 pages