Megan Abbott, Harlan Coben, S.A. Cosby, Gillian Flynn, Tana French, Rachel Howzell Hall, and Sujata Massey—TIME presents the ...

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See PEOPLE's selections for the best books of May 2026, so far — including new celebrity memoirs, long-awaited novels and more.

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Satire, scandal and sun-drenched secrets: Our critics select the best new fiction and nonfiction to fill your summer stack.

The last 25 years of literature have given us several bona fide masterpieces, from bleak dystopias like The Road to tragic ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. It may be the summer of the nonfiction beach read, but a new season brings ...

Kate Riley’s debut drops us straight into a world most heroines spend whole novels trying to flee. Ruth Della Scholl is born in 1963 into a Christian commune in Michigan, one of several linked “Dorfs” ...

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2026’s highlights include a stunning debut novel, a riveting nonfiction mystery, and a brazenly painful memoir.