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Adult Books for Spring 2026
Our editors have sifted through thousands of submissions to bring you the season’s most notable new releases, from game-changing histories to high-voltage romantasies.
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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: SF, Fantasy & Horror
Fairy-tale elements dominate this season’s fantasies, gothic atmosphere pervades the horror novels, and tech-based anxiety animates the sci-fi outings.
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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Romance & Erotica
This season’s offerings balance the light—from Regencies to rom-coms—with the dark, including angsty romantasies and high-heat horror.
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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Politics & Current Events
Government malfeasance, the consequences of too much tech, and the emotional lives of medical caregivers are spotlighted in spring’s current affairs titles.
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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Poetry
Alongside collections confronting political upheaval and technological acceleration are works that celebrate place, art, and the enduring power of literature.
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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Mysteries & Thrillers
On tap this season: promising debuts, provocative prequels, and new novels from Jessica Knoll and Jo Nesbø.
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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Memoirs & Biographies
This season features self-portraits from pop culture personalities including Liza Minnelli and Lena Dunham, plus biographies of literary luminaries.
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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Literary Fiction
In spring’s most anticipated novels, the bonds of families and friends are stretched to the breaking point and the past rears its ugly head.
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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Lifestyle
Spring brings explorations of the complexities of women’s healthcare, social connections in the digital age, and the search for purpose in a volatile world.
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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: History
This season, culture wars and their origins are dissected, fascism and its opponents are profiled, and enclaves of the rich and famous are infiltrated.
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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Cooking & Food
This season’s noteworthy titles celebrate the healing power of food and seek to make showstopping fare accessible to home cooks.
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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Art, Architecture & photography
Artists getting their due this season include an enigmatic Dutch master, a pair of queer American visionaries, and the inimitable Laurie Anderson.
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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Science
Space exploration, debates over AI, and stories of wildlife resilience headline this season’s science titles.
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Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Business & Economics
Guides to workplace equity, analyses of how AI is impacting the workforce, and critiques of capitalism abound in this season’s business titles.
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Personal Finance Books for Today’s Economy
New titles help readers navigate a changing financial picture.
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How to Talk About Money
The authors of two new books advise readers to speak honestly about what they earn, what they spend, and how they feel about it.
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New Crime Fiction from Belgium, France, and Quebec
These authors share a common language and a taste for mystery and thrills.
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Translated Authors Branch Out with Crime Fiction
Jo Nesbø, Miye Lee, and others are heading in new directions.
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Mysteries & Thrillers in Translation
Authors speak the universal language of crime fiction.
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Amor Towles on Seicho Matsumoto
The author of A Gentleman in Moscow discusses the author credited with popularizing detective fiction in Japan.



