My Dear You
Rachel Khong
Published 2026
240 pages
The most popular literary fiction books of 2026
Literary fiction is read for how it is written as much as for what happens. These are novels and stories that care most about language, character and ideas, and take their time with all three. Prize winners and modern classics sit here, beside quieter books that reward a slow read. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
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Reasons to Lie
Emily Listfield
Published 2026
335 pages
Hunger and Thirst
Claire Fuller
Published 2026
320 pages
Summerland Cove
Ellen Baker
Published 2026
352 pages
Paradiso 17
Hannah Lillith Assadi
Published 2026
299 pages
The Plunge
Lila Raicek
Published 2026
336 pages
The Perfect Accident
Tess Stimson
Published 2026
464 pages
The Serial Killer Support Network
D. B. Stephens
Published 2026
392 pages
In Bloom
Liz Allan
Published 2026
256 pages
Elegy in Blue
Mark Helprin
Published 2026
256 pages
Six Strikes
Antonia Grave
Published 2026
Not With a Bang
Temi Oh
Published 2026
432 pages
The Good Eye
Jess Gibson
Published 2026
176 pages
Live Through This
Douglas Corleone
Published 2026
303 pages
The Wellness Retreat
Dawn Kurtagich
Published 2026
423 pages
Going, Going, Gone
Nasheema Lennon
Published 2026
351 pages
Bad fiction
Rebecca Sarah Ley
Published 2026
240 pages
Dangerous Game
Sandra Owens
Published 2026
272 pages
Bones of Evidence
Clea Koff
Published 2026
368 pages
Slow Guillotine
Teo Rivera-Dundas
Published 2026
220 pages
Swirl & Vortex
Larry Levis
Published 2026
580 pages
Discomania
Jennifer Gibbons
Published 2026
208 pages
Animal Spiral
Luis Othoniel Rosa
Published 2026
448 pages
The Bone Garden The brand-new Dr David Hunter thriller
Simon Beckett
Published 2026
304 pages