The most popular writers & writing books of 2026

Books about writers are about the strange business of making stories. Novelists with writer's block, poets in love, ghostwriters with secrets and authors who are not what they seem fill these pages. You will find novels, memoirs and reflections on the writing life itself. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.

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Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange 1550–1850
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Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange 1550–1850

Brianna E. Robertson-Kirkland, Marie Mulvey-Roberts, Louise Duckling, Associate Profesor of English University of British Columbia Jennifer Gustar

Published 2026

256 pages

On Morrison
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On Morrison

Namwali Serpell

Published 2026

416 pages

Hujar
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Hujar

Joel Smith

Published 2026

363 pages

Road Journals
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Road Journals

WOODROW PACK. LANDFAIR

Published 2026

469 pages

We see with the skin
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We see with the skin

Roshanak Kheshti, Duke University Press

Published 2026

218 pages

Ghost Stories
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Ghost Stories

Siri Hustvedt

Published 2026

320 pages

Kafkaesque
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Kafkaesque

Maïa Hruska

Published 2026

240 pages

Tribute
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Tribute

Tony Laplume, Igor Cicarini

Published 2026

24 pages