Holiday Gift Guide 2026

Explore the early days of the iconic American Girl brand, from developing key characters to opening the first store!

Go behind-the-scenes of the creation of one of America's most iconic brands, American Girl. From founder Pleasant Rowland's original business plan scribbled on a yellow legal pad to...

Kaleidoscopic culture critic Chuck Klosterman rewrites the history of reality in an “ingenious” (Kirkus Reviews) work of speculative nonfiction based on a question that has never been considered or (in all likelihood) even asked: What if The Beatles had only developed a cult following while the...

A ragtag group of activists sets out to repatriate the bones of a Blackfeet boy taken to the infamous Carlisle Indian Industrial School in author Stephen Graham Jones’s return to the Blackfeet reservation of his award-winning New York Times bestsellers The Only Good Indians and The Buffalo Hunter...

From Saturday Night Live legend Kate McKinnon comes the highly anticipated third book in her #1 New York Times bestselling series about mad science, three peculiar sisters, and the mysterious Millicent Quibb!

The Porch sisters are going on a trip—this time, to the beautiful almost-French city...

Say hello to many cute, cuddly, very small pets in this adorable picture book from Newbery Medal winner and author of the Henry and Mudge series, Cynthia Rylant.

In one happy neighborhood, there live many cute and cuddly pets of diminutive size. There are the parakeets, Zelda and Marty; rabbit...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Take a road trip . . . back to where it all started.

For years, the true origins of Gravity Falls have been hidden under lock and key. Now, series creator Alex Hirsch and producer Rob Renzetti crack open the vault, revealing the definitive visual history of the...

New York Times Editors' Pick

"Fierce, fabulous, and very funny." - Oprah Daily, Best Books of Fall 2026 list

"A raucous and moving tale of triumph told with biting wit." - #1 on People’s Must-Read Books of Fall 2026

"A smart and saucy delight. The church ladies still have secrets.... Gird up thy...

When darkness means certain death and survival depends on reaching the dawn, the woman whose magic broke the world will carve another path: defy the dusk. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom comes the first book in a gritty post-apocalyptic fantasy duology.

This...

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants meets Mexikid in this heart-warming novel with illustrations about four friends and the magical bookstore that holds them together.

Cat, Sofia, Ana, and Mari are best friends. Nothing, nada, can break their bond. When Cat’s mom scolds them for their loud cackling...

A sweeping historical novel about hidden, forbidden love in the early 1900s by bestselling writer and former poet laureate of Kentucky, Silas House.

"A masterful storyteller, House has crafted an ambitious and utterly beautiful love story so attuned to the minute moments in which a life can change.”...

The triumphant conclusion to the Villains series from V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.

Eli Ever. Victor Vale.

Two men, first best friends, then mortal enemies, each destined to be the other’s shadow.

On...

Set in the world of The Second Death of Locke, a devastatingly romantic epic fantasy between a spy and thief who were married and are now estranged enemies forced to work together, perfect for fans of The Knight and the Moth and The Six Deaths of the Saint.

A ruthless spy. A deadly mission. A thief...

"Camelot’s most delightful chaos agents are back for more high jinks, yearning and growing pains." - The New York Times

The sequel to the unforgettable New York Times bestseller Gwen & Art Are Not In Love that invites readers on a quest chock full of wit, undeniable yearning, and second chances.

They...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER





"An enthralling and profoundly relevant book." —Salman Rushdie





"I adored reading these joyful, illuminating, and engrossing journeys through ancient literature." —Madeline Miller





Most Anticipated Books of Fall: Goodreads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews





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Two dead princesses must find true love's kiss to be brought back to life in this heart-stopping romantic fantasy debut. Now in paperback!

“A captivating blend of suspense, romance, and fantasy.” —Kalynn Bayron, New York Times bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead

Amala has spent her whole life...

Is it possible to make more nature?

"The most exciting environmental idea of the twenty-first century."

--DAN FLORES, Wild New World

In 2001, a small team of ordinary citizens set out on an audacious effort to establish one of the largest wildlife reserves ever created--bigger than Yellowstone...

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize
How an iconic bird's final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction

The great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on the remote islands of the North...

The Thrice-Bound Fool is the epic, rollicking next chapter in the bestselling and “awesome as hell” (Nicholas Eames) fantasy adventure series that began with The Blacktongue Thief.

Professional thief and inveterate trickster Kinch Na Shannack has always enjoyed a good book. But now his life, and the...

Explore a universe of stubborn survival and found family, of persistent danger and quiet wonder in the first installment of a heartfelt new duology from Hugo Award–winning author Becky Chambers.

Life on the resource-poor planet of Fortune is challenging, but for its inhabitants, it’s home. For two...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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From the renowned paleontologist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a sweeping evolutionary history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to the 10,000+ extraordinary species alive today.

Tens of billions of birds share the planet with us, an...

"A fascinating look into the origins of modern man."--Publishers Weekly
"Authoritative."--New York Times - "A masterpiece."--Wilson Quarterly
Unraveling the mystery surrounding the ancient mother tongue that gave us English and other languages spoken by half the world

Roughly half the world's...

We are all going to die. But how? Will it hurt? Where will we go? What will we find there? What will happen to the people we leave behind? Jonathan Strahan, award-winning editor of The Book of Dragons and The Book of Witches, has compiled a stunning collection of brand-new stories of murder, myth...

A gorgeous new edition of The Hobbit featuring illustrations from Tove Jansson, creator of The Moomins, published in English for the first time.

Whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in his hobbit-hole in Bag End by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself...

A groundbreaking hero's journey from National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner, Daniel Nayeri! A young boy, a mouse, and a dog set out to find their purpose in this fairy tale adventure told in an innovative visual format that offers a one-of-a-kind reading experience.

This is the tale of a boy...

Annie Bot meets Fallout in this dystopian satire: six women created in a lab, designed to serve the billionaires of the future in a luxury fallout shelter, rebel against their programming after the end times arrive.

Welcome to the Felicity Complex! Constructed during the height of the Cold War, our...

Most Anticipated from BookRiot, BookPage, Goodreads and more.

A thrilling and romantic fantasy adventure from Everina Maxwell, bestselling author of Winter’s Orbit.

"There are five of them, all with an exile brand on the back of their hand, and every single one of them should be dead. We don’t...

The bestselling Bakery Dragon is back, braving a snowstorm to deliver cookies and cheer, just in time for Christmas! And a friend in need requires the greatest cookie of all, one that can warm even the coldest heart.

'Tis the season for cookies!

As the holidays approach, Ember the dragon is on...

2026 EISNER AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST LIMITED SERIES

"Working toward a powerful, emotional conclusion, Everything Dead & Dying is a thrilling yet touching graphic novel in which a man struggles to accept the loss of his family." —Foreword Reviews

The Last of Us meets The Walking Dead in this haunting...

A curious cat. A snowy day. An adventure full of wonder.

The morning is quiet and the day is just beginning—time for Willow to go outside and explore under the faint winter sun.

With snow blanketing the ground and a crisp chill in the air, Willow sets out on a journey to go as far as her little feet...

In an all-new adventure set in the world of Disney’s The Owl House, Luz, Eda, King, and the gang return in The Long-Lived King, an original graphic novel cowritten by series creator Dana Terrace.

Set after the events of the series finale, dive deeper into the Boiling Isles than ever before.

King has...

Not to be dramatic, but after I finished this book I had to cut my hair because it felt like I had bugs crawling on my neck. Wolf Worm, inspired by the real life bug, follows Sonia, an illustrator who has recently gone to work for the eccentric Dr. Halder who specializes in parasites. There she...

The forest doesn't just take what it's owed—it takes whatever it wants.

Dominic was born in Aplin Shade, a remote Canadian town built on the bones of another that vanished without a trace. Bookish and quiet, he never asked to lead his family, but after a carriage crash kills his father and leaves...

Art, power, desire, and illusion collide in a hypnotic new novel from Olivia Laing, set in the months leading up to the murder of Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975.

It is September 1974. Two men meet in Venice. One is a young English artist, in panicked flight from London. The other is Danilo Donati, the...

By the International Booker Prize Shortlisted Author of On Earth As It Is Beneath

Edgar Wilson has a gruesome job, one he is entirely unsentimental about--he cleans up roadkill in rural Brazil. But one day vultures are circling in the woods, and he can't not go see what they're gathering for. What...

A GLOBE AND MAIL AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER

Like On Tyranny, but with cats, this is the ultimate guide to channeling feline wisdom in the face of authoritarian nonsense.
 
Cats, the original masters of stealth, sass, and strategic chaos, have been teaching us survival tactics for centuries—they just...

Those who know Kurt Vonnegut as one of America's most beloved and
influential writers will be surprised and delighted to discover that he was also a
gifted graphic artist. This book brings together the finest examples of his funny,
strange, and moving drawings in an inexpensive, beautifully produced...

As our treatment of nonhuman animals is increasingly implicated in planetary crises--from climate change to global pandemics to unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss and species extinction--it's clear that an urgent reconsideration of our relationship to other animals is not only necessary but...

All In: Skateboard Photography by Dave Swift 1989-2025 brings to print his four decades of skateboard photography.

As the longtime editor of Transworld Skateboarding and The Skateboard Mag, Dave Swift documented skateboarding around the world with the best amateur and professional skateboarders of...

Step into the vibrant streets of the 1970s Bronx and witness the exact moment a global movement began. Birth of a Culture gives you a front-row seat to the origins of hip-hop, told through the firsthand experiences of Grandmaster Flash—one of the founding pioneers who helped build the culture from...

"For readers who first met Harpman via her melancholic digital afterlife, We Were Forbidden will arrive as a revelation."--Katy Waldman, The New Yorker

From the bestselling author of I Who Have Never Known Men comes a startling trio of novellas--translated into English for the first time--each...