Today, the Amazon Editors announced their Best Books of 2026, selecting American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee as their No. 1 pick – a sweeping family saga exploring ambition, sacrifice, and the enduring bonds between generations. You can check out the full Best Books of the Year list at https://www.amazon.com/bestbooks.
The Best Books of 2026 list showcases the Editors’ top 20 overall picks, plus additional favorites across popular categories: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Romance and Romantasy, History, Biographies and Memoirs, and Cookbooks. The list also introduces Buzzworthy, a new category for books people couldn’t stop talking about from this year and past years, and a Horror category for readers who love a good scare.
SaleAmerican HagwonThe National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Pachinko returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic: a masterpiece by turns sweeping and intimate, that reckons with ambition and moderation, lust and loyalty, personal dreams and familial duty.
Exit Party: A NovelThe award-winning, bestselling author
Exit Party: A NovelThe award-winning, bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility returns with a breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a glittering Los Angeles party, and a woman—a gunrunner, an art collector, an operative of the State—searches for answers.
The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate and the Quest to End DementiaFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road comes the heart-wrenching journey of a family facing an unthinkable destiny, whose flawed genetic code might hold the long-sought-after key to a cure for dementia.
Kin: Oprah’s Book Club: A NovelA magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage—Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy.
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Fruit Fly: A NovelFruit Fly: A Novel is a 2026 satirical thriller by Josh Silver. Published on August 4, 2026, this New York Times and USA Today bestseller blends dark comedy with psychological suspense to examine modern literary and identity culture.
