It’s already shaping up to be the year of the reader, with plenty of buzzy on-screen adaptations bringing your favorite ...

See PEOPLE's picks for the best books of January 2026 so far, including self-help books by Oprah Winfrey and new novels.

Big hitter Peter F. Hamilton has a new sci-fi novel out this month – and Booker winner George Saunders ventures into speculative fiction with his latest book, Vigil ...

January is packed with romance, thrills, and action, with some brilliant books to kick off 2026. Here are our favorites.

A fireproof edition of Margaret Atwood's prescient and often-banned book "The Handmaids Tale." It is one of the greatest works of speculative fiction. Speculative fiction, often referred to as spec ...

Science fiction can seem like an intimidating genre for the uninitiated, what with its fantastical tales of advanced technologies, otherworldly beings, and, yes, all that science. But in reality, ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Summer is heating up with these hot new books Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print ...

It was the best-of times (you know, that period in December when we do the best-of lists). But it could feel like the worst of times: There’s so much to read before the year finishes! Well, there’s ...

Everything That Is Beautiful (Manilla, April) is Louise Nealon’s follow-up to her award-winning debut, Snowflake. Told ...