
The Orchid Island Restaurant
Ainsley Keaton
Published 2026
382 pages
Books about friendship honor the people we choose. Childhood best friends, friends who become family, and friendships that fade or break are all here. These stories are about loyalty, jealousy, shared history and the comfort of someone who knows you. Many readers find them as moving as any love story. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.

Ainsley Keaton
Published 2026
382 pages

Rebecca Caprara
Published 2026
400 pages

Monica Garner
Published 2026
305 pages

James Riley
Published 2026
240 pages

Xu Zechen
Published 2026
290 pages

Tess James-Mackey
Published 2026
304 pages

Emily Rosenthal
Published 2026
40 pages

Teo Rivera-Dundas
Published 2026
220 pages

Elissa Soave
Published 2026
366 pages

Corey R. Tabor
Published 2026
32 pages

Golden Books
Published 2026
24 pages

M. H. Clark
Published 2026
48 pages

Sally Rippin
Published 2026
48 pages

Elspeth Wilson
Published 2026
384 pages

Cynthia Rylant
Published 2026
96 pages

Hathaway Pogue
Published 2026
40 pages

Monica Wood
Published 2026
288 pages

Cynthia Rylant
Published 2026
352 pages

Grace Dent
2026 · 2028 edition

Deb Pilutti
Published 2026

Coco Simon
Published 2026
160 pages

Hannah Fay
Published 2026
128 pages

Reena Shah
Published 2026
272 pages

Jodi Picoult
Published 2026
496 pages