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Amazon editors have named the top 20 literary newcomers of 2026. The shortlist includes the main fiction novels, memoirs and documentary investigations of recent months. The full list of the main books of the year so far: 📍Kin (Tayari Jones) is a novel about the growing up of two friends in the American South in the era of segregation. 📍London Falling (Patrick Radden Keefe) is a documentary investigation into the mysterious death of 19-year-old Zach Brettler in 2019, who fell from the balcony of a luxurious London skyscraper. 📍Yesteryear (Cara Claire Burke) is a satire about a beauty blogger who is suddenly transported to the 19th century. 📍Strangers (Bell Burden) is a memoir about divorce and the sudden collapse of a long-term marriage. 📍Night Objects (Eli Rafael) — a detective story about the dark secrets of an elite boarding school. 📍Land (Maggie O'Farrell) — a family saga about life on a remote Irish peninsula. 📍American Men (Jordan Ritter Conn) — the story of four completely different Americans. 📍Cherry Baby (Rainbow Rowell) is a romantic drama about self-acceptance and a second chance at love. 📍Nothing Tastes as Good (Luke Dumas) is a body horror about society's unhealthy fixation on appearance. 📍Crux (Gabriel Tallent) is a touching story of a strong friendship forged through rock climbing. 📍Transcription (Ben Lerner) is an ironic novel about people's obsession with recording their entire lives on smartphones. 📍Famesick (Lena Dunham) is a memoir by the creator of the TV series Girls about her public life and her struggle with chronic illness. 📍A Far-Flung Life (M. L. Stedman) is a deep family drama set in the Australian outback. 📍Five (Ilona Bannister) is a psychological thriller about five strangers at a train station in London. 📍Into the Blue (Emma Brodie) is a romantic drama about the power and inevitability of first love. 📍John of John (Douglas Stewart) is a new book by a Booker Prize winner about mysteries on a remote Scottish island. 📍Mad Mabel (Sally Hepworth) is a witty and sad family story. 📍The Calamity Club (by Katherine Stokett) is a novel by the author of The Help about the survival of women during the Great Depression. 📍Homebound (by Porsha Alan) is a philosophical fiction about finding one's place in the world. 📍Lady Tremaine (by Rachel Hochhauser) is a reinterpretation of the Cinderella story from the perspective of her "evil" stepmother.